Highly restricted land
≈88% of Joondalup’s residential land is highly restricted.
Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Joondalup ranks #18 of 31 councils in Perth, and #49 of 133 capital city councils nationally.
Source: Geometric union of 2-storey, low-density, detached-only, and heritage controls across Joondalup. ABS LGA code 54170. 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 Joondalup ranks in Perth
Joondalup ranks #18 of 31 Perth-area councils for highly restricted residential land.
Highly restricted
Joondalup: ≈88% · rank #18 of 31
2-storey cap
- 1. Serpentine-Jarrahdale≈99%
- 2. Murray≈99%
- ⋯
- 16. Gosnells≈89%
- 17. Melville≈89%
- 18. Joondalup≈88%
- 19. Cockburn≈87%
- 20. Bayswater≈86%
- ⋯
- 30. Vincent≈52%
- 31. Perth≈2%
Low-density
- 1. Mundaring≈94%
- 2. East Fremantle≈85%
- ⋯
- 10. Bayswater≈69%
- 11. Mosman Park≈67%
- 12. Joondalup≈67%
- 13. Cottesloe≈66%
- 14. Bassendean≈63%
- ⋯
- 30. Vincent≈6%
- 31. Perth≈2%
Heritage
- 1. Fremantle≈51%
- 2. East Fremantle≈31%
- ⋯
- 29. Canning≈0%
- 30. Cockburn≈0%
- 31. Joondalup≈0%
Highly restricted
- 1. Serpentine-Jarrahdale≈99%
- 2. Murray≈99%
- ⋯
- 16. Gosnells≈89%
- 17. Melville≈89%
- 18. Joondalup≈88%
- 19. Cockburn≈87%
- 20. Bayswater≈87%
- ⋯
- 30. Vincent≈56%
- 31. Perth≈17%
Source: Joondalup ranked against other Perth-area councils on each restriction metric (ex-rural shares). Methodology →
Suburbs in Joondalup
22 suburbs sit inside this council.
ABS Suburb & Locality (SAL) boundaries that fall at least 30% inside Joondalup.
- Beldon≈100%
- Burns Beach≈100%
- Iluka (WA)≈100%
- Kinross≈100%
- Marmion≈100%
- Mullaloo≈100%
- Connolly≈100%
- Kallaroo≈100%
- Padbury≈100%
- Ocean Reef≈99%
- Craigie (WA)≈99%
- Sorrento (WA)≈98%
- Kingsley≈98%
- Woodvale (WA)≈98%
- Duncraig≈96%
- Greenwood (WA)≈96%
- Heathridge≈96%
- Currambine≈88%
- Edgewater≈87%
- Hillarys≈82%
- Warwick (WA)≈66%
- Joondalup≈26%
Perth context
Joondalup ranks #18 of 31 councils in Perth for highly restricted residential land.
- Serpentine-Jarrahdale ≈99%
- Murray ≈99%
- Claremont ≈98%
- East Fremantle ≈98%
- Mundaring ≈97%
- Fremantle ≈97%
- Kalamunda ≈96%
- Wanneroo ≈95%
- Bassendean ≈95%
- Cambridge ≈94%
- Mosman Park ≈92%
- Armadale ≈92%
- Cottesloe ≈91%
- Stirling ≈91%
- Mandurah ≈90%
- Gosnells ≈89%
- Melville ≈89%
- Joondalup ≈88%
- Cockburn ≈87%
- Bayswater ≈87%
- Nedlands ≈85%
- Canning ≈85%
- Belmont ≈83%
- Rockingham ≈79%
- Victoria Park ≈78%
- Swan ≈74%
- Kwinana ≈73%
- South Perth ≈70%
- Subiaco ≈62%
- Vincent ≈56%
- Perth ≈17%
Detailed zoning map
Joondalup’s residential planning controls, polygon-by-polygon
Every residential zone in Joondalup
- Residential<1 km²<0.1%
- Residential (R5)<1 km²0.6%
- Residential (R10)<1 km²0.1%
- Residential (R20)29 km²64.1%
- Residential (R25)1 km²2.1%
- Urban development2 km²4.5%
- Mixed use (R30)<1 km²<0.1%
- Residential (R30)1 km²2.0%
- Centre (R-AC0)<1 km²<0.1%
- Mixed use (R40)<1 km²<0.1%
- Residential (R40)7 km²14.7%
- Residential (R50)<1 km²<0.1%
- Centre (R80)<1 km²0.8%
- Residential (R60)1 km²2.2%
- Residential (R80)<1 km²0.4%
- Centre4 km²8.0%
- Mixed use<1 km²0.2%
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.