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Cottesloe

3,026 residential parcels covering 1.8 km².

Highly restricted land

≈91% of Cottesloe’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Cottesloe ranks #13 of 31 councils in Perth, and #41 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 Cottesloe. ABS LGA code 52170. 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 Cottesloe ranks in Perth

Cottesloe ranks #13 of 31 Perth-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Cottesloe: ≈91% · rank #13 of 31

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Serpentine-Jarrahdale≈99%
  2. 2. Murray≈99%
  3. ⋯
  4. 12. Fremantle≈91%
  5. 13. Stirling≈91%
  6. 14. Cottesloe≈91%
  7. 15. Mandurah≈89%
  8. 16. Gosnells≈89%
  9. ⋯
  10. 30. Vincent≈52%
  11. 31. Perth≈2%

Low-density

  1. 1. Mundaring≈94%
  2. 2. East Fremantle≈85%
  3. ⋯
  4. 11. Mosman Park≈67%
  5. 12. Joondalup≈67%
  6. 13. Cottesloe≈66%
  7. 14. Bassendean≈63%
  8. 15. Nedlands≈59%
  9. ⋯
  10. 30. Vincent≈6%
  11. 31. Perth≈2%

Heritage

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

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Serpentine-Jarrahdale≈99%
  2. 2. Murray≈99%
  3. ⋯
  4. 11. Mosman Park≈92%
  5. 12. Armadale≈92%
  6. 13. Cottesloe≈91%
  7. 14. Stirling≈91%
  8. 15. Mandurah≈90%
  9. ⋯
  10. 30. Vincent≈56%
  11. 31. Perth≈17%

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

Suburbs in Cottesloe

1 suburb sits inside this council.

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

  1. Cottesloe≈91%
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Perth context

Cottesloe ranks #13 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

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

Every residential zone in Cottesloe

  1. Residential——
  2. Residential (R20)1 km²65.0%
  3. Residential (R25)<1 km²0.8%
  4. Residential (R30)<1 km²21.8%
  5. Residential (R35)<1 km²2.1%
  6. Local centre (R50)<1 km²0.4%
  7. Residential (R40)<1 km²0.5%
  8. Residential (R50)<1 km²0.6%
  9. Residential office (R40)<1 km²0.4%
  10. Residential (R60)<1 km²4.7%
  11. Residential office (R60)<1 km²0.1%
  12. Restricted foreshore centre (R60)<1 km²0.5%
  13. Town centre (R100)<1 km²2.6%
  14. Foreshore centre<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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