Land Use Patterns

The Electoral Distribution Commissioners must now give due consideration to land use patterns as one of the primary criteria. Mapping of land use in Western Australia was undertaken as part of the National Land and Water Resources Audit. Online access to land use patterns is available from the Bureau of Rural Sciences, an external link.

Trend of Demographic Changes

Forest Areas

The South West Region is required to include coastal and forest areas in the south-west of the State. A map supplied by the Department of Environment and Conservation, which shows the South West Region defined in the 2003 Electoral Distribution and its associated forest areas, is provided below. Forest Associations and 2007 Electoral Boundaries (PDF 1,792 Kb)

Land Areas

The data relating to Land Areas (PDF 58 Kb) has been provided by Landgate. The total land area for a proposed district can be calculated by summing up the land areas for each local government authority contained within the boundaries of the district.

Metropolitan Area of Perth

The Commissioners are to divide the state into six regions, including three that “together form an area that is generally coextensive with the metropolitan area of Perth (PDF 16 Kb)” as defined in the Third Schedule to the Metropolitan Town Planning Scheme Act 1959 and including Rottnest Island. That Act has since been replaced by the Planning Development Act 2005. The boundary of the metropolitan area of Perth has not changed since the 2007 Electoral Distribution.

METROPOLITAN REGION TOWN PLANNING SCHEME ACT 1959 - THIRD SCHEDULE [Section 6] 

Description of metropolitan region (PDF 16 Kb):

All that portion of the State bounded by a line starting from the south-western corner of Swan Location 2745 (South Latitude 31 degrees 27 minutes 23.105 seconds, East Longitude 115 degrees 33 minutes 35.604 seconds), being a point on the northernmost northern boundary of the local government district of Wanneroo, and extending easterly, generally southerly, again easterly, again generally southerly and again easterly along the boundaries of that district to the intersection of the prolongation northerly of the eastern boundary of Location 1584 with the prolongation westerly of the northern boundary of Location 2478, being a north-western corner of the local government district of Swan; thence generally easterly, generally northerly, generally easterly, southerly, easterly and again southerly along the boundaries of that district to the easternmost south-eastern corner of Location 1817, being a point on the northernmost northern boundary of the local government district of Mundaring; thence easterly, generally southerly, again easterly, again generally southerly, generally westerly, again southerly, again easterly, again southerly and again westerly and generally north-westerly along boundaries of the local government district of Mundaring to the intersection of the left bank of the Darkin River with the prolongation northerly of the western boundary of late pre-emptive Poison Right 8/228, being the easternmost north-eastern corner of the local government district of Kalamunda; thence southerly along the easternmost eastern boundary of the local government district of Kalamunda to the prolongation east of the southern boundary of Canning Location 710, being a north-eastern corner of the local government district of Armadale; thence generally southerly, generally south-easterly, westerly and south-westerly along the boundaries of the local government district of Armadale to the 33 Mile Post on the north-eastern side of Albany Highway, being a north-eastern corner of the local government district of Serpentine-Jarrahdale; thence generally south-easterly, southerly, generally westerly and northerly along boundaries of the local government district of Serpentine-Jarrahdale to the north-eastern corner of Lot 3 of Cockburn Sound Location 16, as shown on Department within the meaning of the Transfer of Land Act 1893 Diagram 2909, being a south-eastern corner of the local government district of Rockingham; thence generally westerly along the boundaries of the local government district of Rockingham to the south-western corner of Lot 236 as shown on Department within the meaning of the Transfer of Land Act 1893 Plan 7931(2), (South Latitude 32 degrees 27 minutes 24.586 seconds, East Longitude 115 degrees 44 minutes 52.324 seconds); thence west 17 820.4 metres to East Longitude 115 degrees 33 minutes 30 seconds; thence north 110 932.1 metres to South Latitude 31 degrees 27 minutes 23.105 seconds and thence east 148 metres to the starting point.

[Third Schedule inserted by No. 73 of 1982 s. 13; amended by No. 14 of 1996 s. 4; No. 81 of 1996 s. 153(3).]