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Cambridge

9,264 residential parcels covering 7.3 km².

Highly restricted land

≈94% of Cambridge’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Cambridge ranks #10 of 31 councils in Perth, and #26 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 Cambridge. ABS LGA code 51310. 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 Cambridge ranks in Perth

Cambridge ranks #10 of 31 Perth-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Cambridge: ≈94% · rank #10 of 31

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Serpentine-Jarrahdale≈99%
  2. 2. Murray≈99%
  3. ⋯
  4. 7. Wanneroo≈95%
  5. 8. Bassendean≈94%
  6. 9. Cambridge≈94%
  7. 10. Mosman Park≈92%
  8. 11. Armadale≈92%
  9. ⋯
  10. 30. Vincent≈52%
  11. 31. Perth≈2%

Low-density

  1. 1. Mundaring≈94%
  2. 2. East Fremantle≈85%
  3. 3. Melville≈80%
  4. 4. Cambridge≈78%
  5. 5. Claremont≈75%
  6. 6. Fremantle≈70%
  7. ⋯
  8. 30. Vincent≈6%
  9. 31. Perth≈2%

Heritage

  1. 1. Fremantle≈51%
  2. 2. East Fremantle≈31%
  3. ⋯
  4. 9. Cottesloe≈4%
  5. 10. Mosman Park≈4%
  6. 11. Cambridge≈2%
  7. 12. Swan≈2%
  8. 13. Bassendean≈2%
  9. ⋯
  10. 30. Cockburn≈0%
  11. 31. Joondalup≈0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Serpentine-Jarrahdale≈99%
  2. 2. Murray≈99%
  3. ⋯
  4. 8. Wanneroo≈95%
  5. 9. Bassendean≈95%
  6. 10. Cambridge≈94%
  7. 11. Mosman Park≈92%
  8. 12. Armadale≈92%
  9. ⋯
  10. 30. Vincent≈56%
  11. 31. Perth≈17%

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

Suburbs in Cambridge

5 suburbs sit inside this council.

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

  1. Wembley Downs≈100%
  2. City Beach≈99%
  3. Floreat≈98%
  4. Wembley≈82%
  5. West Leederville≈81%
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Perth context

Cambridge ranks #10 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%
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Detailed zoning map

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

Every residential zone in Cambridge

  1. Residential<1 km²1.5%
  2. Residential (R12.5)3 km²48.2%
  3. Residential (R15)<1 km²3.7%
  4. Residential (R20)2 km²24.7%
  5. Urban development<1 km²1.4%
  6. Residential (R30)1 km²9.7%
  7. Residential (R40)<1 km²4.3%
  8. Residential (R-AC0)<1 km²0.6%
  9. Residential (R60)<1 km²1.6%
  10. District centre<1 km²0.6%
  11. Local centre<1 km²1.3%
  12. Mixed use<1 km²1.8%
  13. Residential/commercial<1 km²0.6%
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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.

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