Skip to content

Perth · Council

Belmont

13,434 residential parcels covering 9.9 km².

Highly restricted land

≈83% of Belmont’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Belmont ranks #23 of 31 councils in Perth, and #72 of 133 capital city councils nationally.

Highly restricted residential
Not highly restricted residential

Source: Geometric union of 2-storey, low-density, detached-only, and heritage controls across Belmont. ABS LGA code 50490. Methodology →

Note: Figures and the map cover only the parts of this area inside the capital’s Significant Urban Area; land beyond the SUA boundary is excluded from our modelling.

Where Belmont ranks in Perth

Belmont ranks #23 of 31 Perth-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Belmont: ≈83% · rank #23 of 31

0% (least restrictive)(most restrictive) 100%

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Serpentine-Jarrahdale≈99%
  2. 2. Murray≈99%
  3. ⋯
  4. 22. Nedlands≈85%
  5. 23. Rockingham≈79%
  6. 24. Belmont≈78%
  7. 25. Victoria Park≈78%
  8. 26. Swan≈74%
  9. ⋯
  10. 30. Vincent≈52%
  11. 31. Perth≈2%

Low-density

  1. 1. Mundaring≈94%
  2. 2. East Fremantle≈85%
  3. ⋯
  4. 16. Gosnells≈59%
  5. 17. Kalamunda≈58%
  6. 18. Belmont≈56%
  7. 19. Canning≈55%
  8. 20. Subiaco≈55%
  9. ⋯
  10. 30. Vincent≈6%
  11. 31. Perth≈2%

Heritage

  1. 1. Fremantle≈51%
  2. 2. East Fremantle≈31%
  3. ⋯
  4. 6. Kwinana≈10%
  5. 7. Vincent≈6%
  6. 8. Belmont≈5%
  7. 9. Cottesloe≈4%
  8. 10. Mosman Park≈4%
  9. ⋯
  10. 30. Cockburn≈0%
  11. 31. Joondalup≈0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Serpentine-Jarrahdale≈99%
  2. 2. Murray≈99%
  3. ⋯
  4. 21. Nedlands≈85%
  5. 22. Canning≈85%
  6. 23. Belmont≈83%
  7. 24. Rockingham≈79%
  8. 25. Victoria Park≈78%
  9. ⋯
  10. 30. Vincent≈56%
  11. 31. Perth≈17%

Source: Belmont ranked against other Perth-area councils on each restriction metric (ex-rural shares). Methodology →

Suburbs in Belmont

6 suburbs sit inside this council.

ABS Suburb & Locality (SAL) boundaries that fall at least 30% inside Belmont.

  1. Redcliffe (WA)≈94%
  2. Belmont (WA)≈91%
  3. Kewdale≈82%
  4. Rivervale≈81%
  5. Cloverdale≈78%
  6. Ascot (WA)≈72%
Per page:

All suburbs →

Perth context

Belmont ranks #23 of 31 councils in Perth for highly restricted residential land.

  1. Serpentine-Jarrahdale ≈99%
  2. Murray ≈99%
  3. Claremont ≈98%
  4. East Fremantle ≈98%
  5. Mundaring ≈97%
  6. Fremantle ≈97%
  7. Kalamunda ≈96%
  8. Wanneroo ≈95%
  9. Bassendean ≈95%
  10. Cambridge ≈94%
  11. Mosman Park ≈92%
  12. Armadale ≈92%
  13. Cottesloe ≈91%
  14. Stirling ≈91%
  15. Mandurah ≈90%
  16. Gosnells ≈89%
  17. Melville ≈89%
  18. Joondalup ≈88%
  19. Cockburn ≈87%
  20. Bayswater ≈87%
  21. Nedlands ≈85%
  22. Canning ≈85%
  23. Belmont ≈83%
  24. Rockingham ≈79%
  25. Victoria Park ≈78%
  26. Swan ≈74%
  27. Kwinana ≈73%
  28. South Perth ≈70%
  29. Subiaco ≈62%
  30. Vincent ≈56%
  31. Perth ≈17%
Per page:

All councils →

Detailed zoning map

Belmont’s residential planning controls, polygon-by-polygon

Every residential zone in Belmont

  1. Residential (R20 density unless otherwise shown)<1 km²<0.1%
  2. Residential (R20 density unless otherwise shown) (R12.5)<1 km²0.2%
  3. Residential (R20 density unless otherwise shown) (R20)5 km²52.1%
  4. Residential (R20)<1 km²<0.1%
  5. Residential (R20 density unless otherwise shown) (R30)<1 km²0.5%
  6. Residential (R20 density unless otherwise shown) (R40)3 km²25.6%
  7. Residential (R20 density unless otherwise shown) (R50)<1 km²0.3%
  8. Residential (R20 density unless otherwise shown) (R60)<1 km²2.6%
  9. Residential (R20 density unless otherwise shown) (R100)1 km²7.4%
  10. Town centre<1 km²1.7%
  11. Mixed use1 km²6.4%
  12. Residential and stables<1 km²3.4%
Per page:

Source: State-published zoning data, residential ex-rural, bounded to the Significant Urban Area. Areas measure the zone polygons drawn here, which include road reserve and unsubdivided land, so they are a different measure from the lot-by-lot areas behind this page’s restricted-land figures.

← Back to Perth