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South Perth

12,677 residential parcels covering 9.8 km².

Highly restricted land

≈70% of South Perth’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. South Perth ranks #28 of 31 councils in Perth, and #99 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 South Perth. ABS LGA code 57840. 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 South Perth ranks in Perth

South Perth ranks #28 of 31 Perth-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

South Perth: ≈70% · rank #28 of 31

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

2-storey cap

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

Low-density

  1. 1. Mundaring≈94%
  2. 2. East Fremantle≈85%
  3. ⋯
  4. 20. Subiaco≈55%
  5. 21. Cockburn≈53%
  6. 22. South Perth≈48%
  7. 23. Kwinana≈47%
  8. 24. Stirling≈46%
  9. ⋯
  10. 30. Vincent≈6%
  11. 31. Perth≈2%

Heritage

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

Highly restricted

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

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

Suburbs in South Perth

7 suburbs sit inside this council.

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

  1. Salter Point≈100%
  2. Waterford (WA)≈92%
  3. Manning≈87%
  4. Karawara≈79%
  5. South Perth≈64%
  6. Kensington (WA)≈62%
  7. Como (WA)≈61%
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Perth context

South Perth ranks #28 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

South Perth’s residential planning controls, polygon-by-polygon

Every residential zone in South Perth

  1. Local centre (R15)<1 km²<0.1%
  2. Local centre (R20)<1 km²<0.1%
  3. Residential——
  4. Residential (R15)2 km²18.4%
  5. Residential (R20)3 km²27.8%
  6. Residential (R25)<1 km²2.0%
  7. Residential (R30)1 km²9.2%
  8. Centre (R-AC0)1 km²15.2%
  9. Local centre (R40)<1 km²0.2%
  10. Local centre (R50)<1 km²<0.1%
  11. Neighbourhood centre (R-AC0)<1 km²0.6%
  12. Residential (R40)1 km²11.3%
  13. Residential (R50)<1 km²4.3%
  14. Residential (R-AC0)<1 km²0.6%
  15. Local centre (R60)<1 km²<0.1%
  16. Mixed use (R60)<1 km²<0.1%
  17. Mixed use (R80)<1 km²0.4%
  18. Mixed use (R-AC4)<1 km²0.1%
  19. Neighbourhood centre (R60)<1 km²0.2%
  20. Neighbourhood centre (R80)<1 km²<0.1%
  21. Neighbourhood centre (R-AC4)<1 km²0.1%
  22. Residential (R60)<1 km²4.8%
  23. Residential (R80)<1 km²2.2%
  24. Mixed use (R100)<1 km²0.1%
  25. Mixed use (R160)<1 km²<0.1%
  26. Residential (R100)<1 km²1.1%
  27. Mixed use (R-AC3)<1 km²0.2%
  28. Neighbourhood centre (R-AC2)<1 km²<0.1%
  29. Neighbourhood centre (R-AC3)<1 km²0.5%
  30. Residential (R-AC3)<1 km²<0.1%
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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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