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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 #55 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-Jarrahdale≈99%
  2. 2. Murray≈99%
  3. ⋯
  4. 17. Melville≈89%
  5. 18. Joondalup≈88%
  6. 19. Cockburn≈87%
  7. 20. Bayswater≈86%
  8. 21. Canning≈85%
  9. ⋯
  10. 30. Vincent≈52%
  11. 31. Perth≈2%

Low-density

  1. 1. Mundaring≈94%
  2. 2. East Fremantle≈85%
  3. ⋯
  4. 19. Canning≈55%
  5. 20. Subiaco≈55%
  6. 21. Cockburn≈53%
  7. 22. South Perth≈48%
  8. 23. Kwinana≈47%
  9. ⋯
  10. 30. Vincent≈6%
  11. 31. Perth≈2%

Heritage

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

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Serpentine-Jarrahdale≈99%
  2. 2. Murray≈99%
  3. ⋯
  4. 17. Melville≈89%
  5. 18. Joondalup≈88%
  6. 19. Cockburn≈87%
  7. 20. Bayswater≈87%
  8. 21. Nedlands≈85%
  9. ⋯
  10. 30. Vincent≈56%
  11. 31. Perth≈17%

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

Suburbs in Cockburn

16 suburbs sit inside this council.

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

  1. Lake Coogee≈98%
  2. Yangebup≈98%
  3. Aubin Grove≈98%
  4. Jandakot≈98%
  5. South Lake≈98%
  6. Atwell≈97%
  7. Coogee (WA)≈96%
  8. Beeliar≈95%
  9. Bibra Lake≈95%
  10. Treeby≈92%
  11. Spearwood≈92%
  12. Success≈84%
  13. Hamilton Hill≈84%
  14. Coolbellup≈80%
  15. Hammond Park≈73%
  16. North Coogee≈9%
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Perth context

Cockburn ranks #19 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

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

Every residential zone in Cockburn

  1. Local centre (R20)<1 km²0.3%
  2. Residential<1 km²<0.1%
  3. Residential (R5)<1 km²0.2%
  4. Residential (R12.5)<1 km²0.3%
  5. Residential (R20)13 km²47.4%
  6. Residential (R25)1 km²4.2%
  7. Special use (R20)<1 km²0.5%
  8. Local centre (R30)<1 km²<0.1%
  9. Mixed use (R30)<1 km²<0.1%
  10. Residential (R30)6 km²22.2%
  11. Residential (R35)<1 km²0.2%
  12. Development1 km²4.1%
  13. Local centre (R40)<1 km²<0.1%
  14. Mixed use (R40)<1 km²<0.1%
  15. Residential (R40)3 km²11.8%
  16. Residential (R50)<1 km²0.4%
  17. Local centre (R80)<1 km²0.1%
  18. Mixed business (R60)<1 km²<0.1%
  19. Mixed use (R60)<1 km²0.2%
  20. Mixed use (R80)<1 km²<0.1%
  21. Residential (R60)1 km²3.1%
  22. Residential (R80)<1 km²0.8%
  23. Residential (R100)<1 km²<0.1%
  24. Residential (R160)<1 km²0.2%
  25. District centre (R-AC3)<1 km²0.3%
  26. Local centre<1 km²1.0%
  27. Regional centre1 km²2.3%
  28. Mixed use<1 km²<0.1%
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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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