The Perth metropolitan region or the Perth metropolitan area is the administrative area and geographical extent of the

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to ...

n capital city of

Perth Perth is the list of Australian capital cities, capital and largest city of the Australian states and territories of Australia, state of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth most populous city in Aust ...

and its conurbation. It generally includes the coastal strip from Two Rocks in the north to Singleton in the south, and inland to The Lakes in the east, but its extent can be defined in a number of ways: *The metropolitan region is defined by the ''Planning and Development Act 2005'' to include 30 local government areas with the outer extent being the

City of Wanneroo The City of Wanneroo is a local government area with city status in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. It is centred approximately north of Perth's central business district and forms part of the northern boundary of the Pert ...

and the

City of Swan The City of Swan is a local government area of Western Australia. It is in the eastern metropolitan region of Perth and includes the Swan Valley and 42 suburbs. It is centred approximately 20 km north-east of the Perth central business ...

to the north, the

Shire of Mundaring The Shire of Mundaring is a local government area in eastern metropolitan Perth, the capital of Western Australia. The Shire covers an area of and had a population of approximately 38,000 as at the 2016 Census. History The Greenmount Road ...

City of Kalamunda The City of Kalamunda is a local government area in the eastern metropolitan region of the Western Australian capital city of Perth about east of Perth's central business district. The area covers , much of which is state forest rising into ...

, and the City of Armadale to the east, the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale to the southeast and the

City of Rockingham The City of Rockingham is a council and local government area, comprising the south coastal suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth. History Rockingham is located in the southern part of the traditional tribal territory of the ...

to the southwest, and including the islands of

Rottnest Island Rottnest Island ( nys, Wadjemup), often colloquially referred to as "Rotto", is a island off the coast of Western Australia, located west of Fremantle. A sandy, low-lying island formed on a base of aeolianite limestone, Rottnest is an A-class ...

and Garden Island off the west coast. This extent correlates with the

Metropolitan Region Scheme The Metropolitan Region Scheme (MRS) provides the legal basis for land use planning within the Perth metropolitan region. It classifies land into broad zones and reservations and is administered by the Western Australian Planning Commission. ...

. *The Australian Bureau of Statistics' Perth (Major Statistical Division) accords with the Metropolitan Region Scheme area. *The ''Regional Development Commissions Act 1993'' includes the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale in the

Peel Peel or Peeling may refer to: Places Australia * Peel (Western Australia) * Peel Island, Queensland *Peel, New South Wales * Peel River (New South Wales) Canada * Peel Parish, New Brunswick * Peel, New Brunswick, an unincorporated communi ...

region instead. *The Australian Bureau of Statistics Greater Capital City Statistical Area, or

Greater Perth Greater Perth is Perth's Greater Capital City Statistical Area (GCCSA), a geographical area designed to represent the functional extent of Western Australia's (WA) capital city. The Greater Perth GCCSA does not define the built up edge of the ...

in short, consists of the area defined by the Metropolitan Region Scheme, plus the City of Mandurah and th
Pinjarra Level 2 Statistical Area
of the Shire of Murray. The Perth metropolitan region is grouped with the Peel region in some

urban planning Urban planning, also known as town planning, city planning, regional planning, or rural planning, is a technical and political process that is focused on the development and design of land use and the built environment, including air, water ...

documents including the Western Australian Planning Commission's ''

Directions 2031 and Beyond Directions 2031 is an overarching strategic plan for the Perth metropolitan area published by the Western Australian Planning Commission. It replaced the draft 2004 Network City and was the first strategic plan to be formally adopted since Metro ...

'' and the ''Perth and [email protected] million'' suite of documents. Together, the Perth and Peel regions stretch from Two Rocks in the north to Herron in the south and are currently home to more than two million people.

Subregions and local government areas

According to the

, the Perth metropolitan region comprises the following 5

subregion A subregion is a part of a larger region or continent and is usually based on location. Cardinal directions, such as south are commonly used to define a subregion. United Nations subregions The Statistics Division of the United Nations (UN) ...

s and 30 local government areas (20 cities, 3 shires, and 7 towns):

Inner Metro Area (19 LGAs)

Cities (11) * City of Bayswater * City of Belmont *

City of Canning The City of Canning is a local government area in the southeastern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, about southeast of Perth's central business district. The City covers an area of and had a population of approximatel ...

* City of Fremantle * City of Melville * City of Nedlands *

City of Perth A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

* City of South Perth *

City of Stirling The City of Stirling is a local government area in the northern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth about north of Perth's central business district. The City covers an area of and has a population of over 223,000, makin ...

* City of Subiaco * City of Vincent Shire (1) * Shire of Peppermint Grove Towns (7) * Town of Bassendean * Town of Cambridge * Town of Claremont * Town of Cottesloe * Town of East Fremantle * Town of Mosman Park * Town of Victoria Park

North-eastern Outer Metro Area (3 LGAs)

Cities (2) *

Shire (1) *

North-western Outer Metro Area (2 LGAs)

Cities (2) * City of Joondalup *

South-eastern Outer Metro Area (3 LGAs)

Cities (2) * City of Armadale * City of Gosnells Shire (1) * Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale

South-western Outer Metro Area (3 LGAs)

Cities (3) * City of Cockburn * City of Kwinana *

Livability

According to a 2019 report from the Ipsos Life in Australia project, Perth's Inner Metro Area was rated the most livable metropolitan area in Australia.Perth's inner-city suburbs rated most liveable metropolitan area in Australia
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Notes

References

External links

Metropolitan Region Scheme
– The Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage
Metropolitan Perth LGA boundaries
– The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development {{Western Australian regions Perth, Western Australia Regions of Western Australia