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Kwinana

19,106 residential parcels covering 31.1 km².

Highly restricted land

≈73% of Kwinana’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Kwinana ranks #27 of 31 councils in Perth, and #96 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 Kwinana. ABS LGA code 54830. 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 Kwinana ranks in Perth

Kwinana ranks #27 of 31 Perth-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Kwinana: ≈73% · rank #27 of 31

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Serpentine-Jarrahdale≈99%
  2. 2. Murray≈99%
  3. ⋯
  4. 25. Victoria Park≈78%
  5. 26. Swan≈74%
  6. 27. Kwinana≈70%
  7. 28. South Perth≈70%
  8. 29. Subiaco≈58%
  9. 30. Vincent≈52%
  10. 31. Perth≈2%

Low-density

  1. 1. Mundaring≈94%
  2. 2. East Fremantle≈85%
  3. ⋯
  4. 21. Cockburn≈53%
  5. 22. South Perth≈48%
  6. 23. Kwinana≈47%
  7. 24. Stirling≈46%
  8. 25. Murray≈30%
  9. ⋯
  10. 30. Vincent≈6%
  11. 31. Perth≈2%

Heritage

  1. 1. Fremantle≈51%
  2. 2. East Fremantle≈31%
  3. ⋯
  4. 4. Perth≈15%
  5. 5. Subiaco≈11%
  6. 6. Kwinana≈10%
  7. 7. Vincent≈6%
  8. 8. Belmont≈5%
  9. ⋯
  10. 30. Cockburn≈0%
  11. 31. Joondalup≈0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Serpentine-Jarrahdale≈99%
  2. 2. Murray≈99%
  3. ⋯
  4. 25. Victoria Park≈78%
  5. 26. Swan≈74%
  6. 27. Kwinana≈73%
  7. 28. South Perth≈70%
  8. 29. Subiaco≈62%
  9. 30. Vincent≈56%
  10. 31. Perth≈17%

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

Suburbs in Kwinana

8 suburbs sit inside this council.

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

  1. Bertram≈100%
  2. Calista≈100%
  3. Leda≈100%
  4. Medina≈100%
  5. Parmelia≈100%
  6. Orelia≈99%
  7. Wellard≈58%
  8. Wandi≈4%
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Perth context

Kwinana ranks #27 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

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

Every residential zone in Kwinana

  1. Residential3 km²20.4%
  2. Residential (R5)<1 km²0.4%
  3. Residential (R12.5)<1 km²<0.1%
  4. Residential (R20)7 km²46.7%
  5. Residential (R25)<1 km²0.4%
  6. Residential (R30)<1 km²0.4%
  7. Development4 km²27.4%
  8. Residential (R40)<1 km²1.5%
  9. Residential (R50)<1 km²<0.1%
  10. Town centre residential (R100)<1 km²<0.1%
  11. General town centre<1 km²0.6%
  12. Kwinana town centre<1 km²2.0%
  13. Town centre residential<1 km²0.1%
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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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