There are 1.4 million more people coming to Perth. Here's where they'll live
Planned new homes distribution for Perth
According to Department of Planning director general Gail McGowan, the Perth and Peel@3.5 million planning framework sets out the big-picture vision for ongoing population growth areas for the Perth region. McGowan said while the market yet hadn’t driven expansion down through Murray, Waroona and Serpentine Jarrahdale, these country towns were more appropriate for heavy development than the already “significantly constrained” northwest corridor, with far more potential for industrial and agricultural land uses and therefore employment.
The planning framework will ultimately guide the detail of local council-level planning strategies and laws. They say where Perth should place the 800,000 new homes needed over three decades to house an almost doubled population, as well as the utilities and transport to support them.
Everywhere in Perth is changing. Inner suburbs will become much denser, with infill development representing 53 per cent of the 800,000 new homes. Meanwhile greenfield sprawl (47 per cent of new homes) will extend the city's fringes.
Home numbers in Perth, Victoria Park and Subiaco councils are planned to more than double by 2050.