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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 #81 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. Bayswater≈69%
  8. 9. Armadale≈69%
  9. ⋯
  10. 30. Vincent≈6%
  11. 31. Perth≈2%

Heritage

  1. 1. Fremantle≈56%
  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. Gosnells ≈96%
  9. Wanneroo ≈96%
  10. Bassendean ≈95%
  11. Cambridge ≈94%
  12. Mosman Park ≈93%
  13. Armadale ≈92%
  14. Cottesloe ≈91%
  15. Stirling ≈91%
  16. Mandurah ≈90%
  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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