Highly restricted land
≈95% of Wanneroo’s residential land is highly restricted.
Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Wanneroo ranks #8 of 31 councils in Perth, and #20 of 133 capital city councils nationally.
Source: Geometric union of 2-storey, low-density, detached-only, and heritage controls across Wanneroo. ABS LGA code 58760. 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 Wanneroo ranks in Perth
Wanneroo ranks #8 of 31 Perth-area councils for highly restricted residential land.
Highly restricted
Wanneroo: ≈95% · rank #8 of 31
2-storey cap
- 1. Serpentine-Jarrahdale≈99%
- 2. Murray≈99%
- ⋯
- 5. Claremont≈96%
- 6. East Fremantle≈96%
- 7. Wanneroo≈95%
- 8. Bassendean≈94%
- 9. Cambridge≈94%
- ⋯
- 30. Vincent≈52%
- 31. Perth≈2%
Low-density
- 1. Mundaring≈94%
- 2. East Fremantle≈85%
- ⋯
- 24. Stirling≈46%
- 25. Murray≈30%
- 26. Wanneroo≈26%
- 27. Victoria Park≈24%
- 28. Swan≈23%
- ⋯
- 30. Vincent≈6%
- 31. Perth≈2%
Heritage
- 1. Fremantle≈51%
- 2. East Fremantle≈31%
- ⋯
- 19. Nedlands≈0%
- 20. Gosnells≈0%
- 21. Wanneroo≈0%
- 22. Murray≈0%
- 23. Melville≈0%
- ⋯
- 30. Cockburn≈0%
- 31. Joondalup≈0%
Highly restricted
- 1. Serpentine-Jarrahdale≈99%
- 2. Murray≈99%
- ⋯
- 6. Fremantle≈97%
- 7. Kalamunda≈96%
- 8. Wanneroo≈95%
- 9. Bassendean≈95%
- 10. Cambridge≈94%
- ⋯
- 30. Vincent≈56%
- 31. Perth≈17%
Source: Wanneroo ranked against other Perth-area councils on each restriction metric (ex-rural shares). Methodology →
Suburbs in Wanneroo
26 suburbs sit inside this council.
ABS Suburb & Locality (SAL) boundaries that fall at least 30% inside Wanneroo.
- Alexander Heights≈100%
- Banksia Grove≈100%
- Darch≈100%
- Eglinton (WA)≈100%
- Hocking≈100%
- Landsdale≈100%
- Mariginiup≈100%
- Merriwa (WA)≈100%
- Mindarie (WA)≈100%
- Pearsall≈100%
- Quinns Rocks≈100%
- Sinagra≈100%
- Two Rocks≈100%
- Madeley≈100%
- Carramar (WA)≈99%
- Tapping≈98%
- Marangaroo≈97%
- Ashby (WA)≈92%
- Ridgewood (WA)≈92%
- Jindalee (WA)≈91%
- Clarkson≈89%
- Butler (WA)≈84%
- Wanneroo≈84%
- Girrawheen≈78%
- Alkimos≈70%
- Koondoola≈64%
Perth context
Wanneroo ranks #8 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
Wanneroo’s residential planning controls, polygon-by-polygon
Every residential zone in Wanneroo
- Commercial (R20)<1 km²0.1%
- Mixed use (R20)<1 km²<0.1%
- Residential<1 km²0.1%
- Residential (R2)1 km²0.7%
- Residential (R2.5)<1 km²<0.1%
- Residential (R5)<1 km²<0.1%
- Residential (R10)<1 km²<0.1%
- Residential (R15)<1 km²0.1%
- Residential (R20)25 km²23.8%
- Residential (R25)<1 km²0.4%
- Service commercial (R20)<1 km²<0.1%
- Special use (R20)<1 km²0.1%
- Urban development63 km²59.5%
- Urban development (R20)<1 km²<0.1%
- Residential (R30)3 km²2.7%
- Residential (R35)<1 km²<0.1%
- Commercial (R40)<1 km²<0.1%
- Mixed use (R40)<1 km²<0.1%
- Residential (R40)6 km²5.8%
- Residential (R50)<1 km²<0.1%
- Service commercial (R40)<1 km²<0.1%
- Special use (R40)<1 km²<0.1%
- Urban development (R40)<1 km²<0.1%
- Urban development (R-AC0)1 km²1.3%
- Commercial (R60)<1 km²0.1%
- Commercial (R80)<1 km²<0.1%
- Commercial (R-AC4)<1 km²<0.1%
- Mixed use (R60)<1 km²<0.1%
- Mixed use (R80)<1 km²<0.1%
- Residential (R60)2 km²1.6%
- Residential (R80)<1 km²<0.1%
- Commercial (R100)<1 km²0.1%
- Centre3 km²2.9%
- Commercial (R-AC3)<1 km²<0.1%
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.