Malaga is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, approximately 11 kilometres north of the CBD, in the City of Swan. Early real estate development occurred in the decade before the first world war. The suburb is thought to be named after either the Spanish city of Málaga, or the Aboriginal word malaga which means ironstone. The name was appr…Malaga is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, approximately 11 kilometres north of the CBD, in the City of Swan. Early real estate development occurred in the decade before the first world war. The suburb is thought to be named after either the Spanish city of Málaga, or the Aboriginal word malaga which means ironstone. The name was approved in 1969.