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Rockingham

54,605 residential parcels covering 64.1 km².

Highly restricted land

≈79% of Rockingham’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Rockingham ranks #24 of 31 councils in Perth, and #80 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 Rockingham. ABS LGA code 57490. 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 Rockingham ranks in Perth

Rockingham ranks #24 of 31 Perth-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Rockingham: ≈79% · rank #24 of 31

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Serpentine-Jarrahdale≈99%
  2. 2. Murray≈99%
  3. ⋯
  4. 21. Canning≈85%
  5. 22. Nedlands≈85%
  6. 23. Rockingham≈79%
  7. 24. Belmont≈78%
  8. 25. Victoria Park≈78%
  9. ⋯
  10. 30. Vincent≈52%
  11. 31. Perth≈2%

Low-density

  1. 1. Mundaring≈94%
  2. 2. East Fremantle≈85%
  3. ⋯
  4. 5. Claremont≈75%
  5. 6. Fremantle≈70%
  6. 7. Rockingham≈70%
  7. 8. Armadale≈70%
  8. 9. Mandurah≈69%
  9. ⋯
  10. 30. Vincent≈6%
  11. 31. Perth≈2%

Heritage

  1. 1. Fremantle≈51%
  2. 2. East Fremantle≈31%
  3. ⋯
  4. 15. Mundaring≈1%
  5. 16. South Perth≈1%
  6. 17. Rockingham≈1%
  7. 18. Kalamunda≈0%
  8. 19. Nedlands≈0%
  9. ⋯
  10. 30. Cockburn≈0%
  11. 31. Joondalup≈0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Serpentine-Jarrahdale≈99%
  2. 2. Murray≈99%
  3. ⋯
  4. 22. Canning≈85%
  5. 23. Belmont≈83%
  6. 24. Rockingham≈79%
  7. 25. Victoria Park≈78%
  8. 26. Swan≈74%
  9. ⋯
  10. 30. Vincent≈56%
  11. 31. Perth≈17%

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

Suburbs in Rockingham

13 suburbs sit inside this council.

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

  1. Cooloongup≈100%
  2. Hillman≈100%
  3. Shoalwater (WA)≈100%
  4. Warnbro≈100%
  5. Port Kennedy≈100%
  6. Safety Bay≈100%
  7. Waikiki≈99%
  8. Karnup≈98%
  9. Secret Harbour≈93%
  10. Singleton (WA)≈92%
  11. Golden Bay≈74%
  12. Baldivis≈60%
  13. Rockingham (WA)≈47%
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Perth context

Rockingham ranks #24 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

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

Every residential zone in Rockingham

  1. Commercial (R15)<1 km²<0.1%
  2. Commercial (R20)<1 km²0.5%
  3. Residential——
  4. Residential (R5)<1 km²0.5%
  5. Residential (R10)<1 km²0.3%
  6. Residential (R12.5)<1 km²<0.1%
  7. Residential (R15)1 km²2.1%
  8. Residential (R17.5)<1 km²0.1%
  9. Residential (R20)24 km²64.1%
  10. Residential (R25)1 km²2.5%
  11. Special commercial (R20)<1 km²<0.1%
  12. Commercial (R30)<1 km²<0.1%
  13. Residential (R30)1 km²3.9%
  14. Residential (R35)<1 km²<0.1%
  15. Commercial (R40)<1 km²<0.1%
  16. Development4 km²11.0%
  17. Residential (R40)2 km²4.4%
  18. Residential (R50)<1 km²0.1%
  19. Special use (R40)<1 km²<0.1%
  20. Commercial (R60)<1 km²<0.1%
  21. District town centre (R80)<1 km²0.3%
  22. Residential (R60)<1 km²0.3%
  23. Residential (R80)<1 km²0.2%
  24. District town centre<1 km²1.0%
  25. Strategic centre3 km²8.3%
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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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