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Cockburn

44,211 residential parcels covering 27.6 km².

Highly restricted land

87% of Cockburn’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Cockburn ranks #19 of 31 councils in Perth, and #54 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 Cockburn. ABS LGA code 51820. 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 Cockburn ranks in Perth

Cockburn ranks #19 of 31 Perth-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Cockburn: 87% · rank #19 of 31

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Serpentine-Jarrahdale99%
  2. 2. Murray99%
  3. 17. Melville89%
  4. 18. Joondalup88%
  5. 19. Cockburn87%
  6. 20. Bayswater86%
  7. 21. Canning85%
  8. 30. Vincent52%
  9. 31. Perth2%

Low-density

  1. 1. Mundaring94%
  2. 2. East Fremantle85%
  3. 19. Subiaco55%
  4. 20. Gosnells54%
  5. 21. Cockburn52%
  6. 22. South Perth48%
  7. 23. Kwinana47%
  8. 30. Vincent6%
  9. 31. Perth2%

Heritage

  1. 1. Fremantle56%
  2. 2. East Fremantle31%
  3. 28. Serpentine-Jarrahdale0%
  4. 29. Canning0%
  5. 30. Cockburn0%
  6. 31. Joondalup0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Serpentine-Jarrahdale99%
  2. 2. Murray99%
  3. 17. Melville89%
  4. 18. Joondalup88%
  5. 19. Cockburn87%
  6. 20. Bayswater87%
  7. 21. Nedlands85%
  8. 30. Vincent56%
  9. 31. Perth17%

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