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Canning

32,410 residential parcels covering 24.7 km².

Highly restricted land

≈85% of Canning’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Canning ranks #22 of 31 councils in Perth, and #67 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 Canning. ABS LGA code 51330. 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 Canning ranks in Perth

Canning ranks #22 of 31 Perth-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Canning: ≈85% · rank #22 of 31

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Serpentine-Jarrahdale≈99%
  2. 2. Murray≈99%
  3. ⋯
  4. 19. Cockburn≈87%
  5. 20. Bayswater≈86%
  6. 21. Canning≈85%
  7. 22. Nedlands≈85%
  8. 23. Rockingham≈79%
  9. ⋯
  10. 30. Vincent≈52%
  11. 31. Perth≈2%

Low-density

  1. 1. Mundaring≈94%
  2. 2. East Fremantle≈85%
  3. ⋯
  4. 17. Kalamunda≈58%
  5. 18. Belmont≈56%
  6. 19. Canning≈55%
  7. 20. Subiaco≈55%
  8. 21. Cockburn≈53%
  9. ⋯
  10. 30. Vincent≈6%
  11. 31. Perth≈2%

Heritage

  1. 1. Fremantle≈51%
  2. 2. East Fremantle≈31%
  3. ⋯
  4. 27. Armadale≈0%
  5. 28. Serpentine-Jarrahdale≈0%
  6. 29. Canning≈0%
  7. 30. Cockburn≈0%
  8. 31. Joondalup≈0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Serpentine-Jarrahdale≈99%
  2. 2. Murray≈99%
  3. ⋯
  4. 20. Bayswater≈87%
  5. 21. Nedlands≈85%
  6. 22. Canning≈85%
  7. 23. Belmont≈83%
  8. 24. Rockingham≈79%
  9. ⋯
  10. 30. Vincent≈56%
  11. 31. Perth≈17%

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

Suburbs in Canning

14 suburbs sit inside this council.

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

  1. Ferndale (WA)≈100%
  2. Riverton (WA)≈100%
  3. Parkwood (WA)≈100%
  4. Rossmoyne≈99%
  5. Shelley (WA)≈99%
  6. Willetton≈99%
  7. Lynwood (WA)≈99%
  8. East Cannington≈93%
  9. Canning Vale≈91%
  10. St James (WA)≈84%
  11. Wilson≈83%
  12. Queens Park (WA)≈59%
  13. Bentley (WA)≈27%
  14. Cannington≈27%
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Perth context

Canning ranks #22 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

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

Every residential zone in Canning

  1. Residential<1 km²<0.1%
  2. Residential (R2.5)<1 km²1.7%
  3. Residential (R5)<1 km²0.4%
  4. Residential (R10)<1 km²0.1%
  5. Residential (R20)11 km²45.7%
  6. Residential (R25)2 km²7.5%
  7. Urban development<1 km²0.4%
  8. Mixed use (R30)<1 km²<0.1%
  9. Residential (R30)3 km²14.4%
  10. District centre (R40)<1 km²1.1%
  11. Mixed use (R40)<1 km²<0.1%
  12. Residential (R40)3 km²13.6%
  13. District centre (R80)<1 km²0.3%
  14. Mixed use (R80)<1 km²<0.1%
  15. Residential (R60)1 km²3.8%
  16. Residential (R80)<1 km²1.4%
  17. Residential (R100)<1 km²0.4%
  18. Centre2 km²8.7%
  19. Local centre<1 km²0.4%
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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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