Perth metropolitan region

{{Short description|Metropolitan region of Western Australia}}

{{Distinguish|Greater Perth}}

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The Perth metropolitan region or the Perth metropolitan area is the administrative area and geographical extent of the Western Australian capital city of Perth 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,{{cite web|url=http://www.planning.wa.gov.au/The+planning+system/Region+schemes/Metropolitan+Region+Scheme/1503.aspx|title=Metropolitan Region Scheme|author=Western Australian Planning Commission|publisher=Government of Western Australia|access-date=2010-09-16|date=14 December 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611174325/http://www.planning.wa.gov.au/The+planning+system/Region+schemes/Metropolitan+Region+Scheme/1503.aspx|archive-date=11 June 2009}} 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 and the City of Swan to the north, the Shire of Mundaring, City of Kalamunda, and the City of Armadale to the east, the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale to the southeast and the City of Rockingham to the southwest, and including the islands of Rottnest Island and Garden Island off the west coast.{{Cite report |author=Metropolitan Local Government Review Panel|date=September 2011|title=Defining What we mean by "Perth Metropolitan Area"|url=http://metroreview.dlg.wa.gov.au/Content/Publications/Default.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222001125/http://metroreview.dlg.wa.gov.au/Content/Publications/Default.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-02-22|access-date=9 April 2016}} This extent correlates with the Metropolitan Region Scheme.
• 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 region instead.{{cite web|title=Metropolitan Local Government Review, Final Report of the Independent Panel|url=http://www.kalamunda.wa.gov.au/files/0874c84a-6872-4b69-ab3e-a24d011bcb62/FINAL-REPORT-JULY-2012-Metropolitan-Local-Government-Review-Panel-Final-Report.pdf|website=City of Kalamunda|page=56|date=July 2012|access-date=27 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403072421/http://www.kalamunda.wa.gov.au/files/0874c84a-6872-4b69-ab3e-a24d011bcb62/FINAL-REPORT-JULY-2012-Metropolitan-Local-Government-Review-Panel-Final-Report.pdf|archive-date=3 April 2019|url-status=dead}}
• The Australian Bureau of Statistics Greater Capital City Statistical Area, or Greater Perth in short, consists of the area defined by the Metropolitan Region Scheme, plus the City of Mandurah and the Pinjarra Level 2 Statistical Area[https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2011/502011029 Pinjarra – 2011 Census All persons QuickStats] of the Shire of Murray.{{cite web|title=Greater Capital City Statistical Areas|url=http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/d3310114.nsf/4a256353001af3ed4b2562bb00121564/6b6e07234c98365aca25792d0010d730/$FILE/Greater%20Capital%20City%20Statistical%20Area%20-%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf|website=Australian Bureau Statistics|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|access-date=2 November 2014|format=pdf|date=2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030212708/http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/d3310114.nsf/4a256353001af3ed4b2562bb00121564/6b6e07234c98365aca25792d0010d730/$FILE/Greater%20Capital%20City%20Statistical%20Area%20-%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf|archive-date=2014-10-30|url-status=dead}}{{Census 2011 AUS|id=5GPER|name=Greater Perth (Greater Capital City Statistical Area) |accessdate=2 November 2014|quick=on}}

The Perth metropolitan region is grouped with the Peel region in some urban planning documents including the Western Australian Planning Commission's Directions 2031 and Beyond and the Perth and Peel@3.5 million suite of documents. Together, the Perth and Peel regions stretch {{convert|158|km|mi}} from Two Rocks in the north to Herron in the south and are currently home to more than two million people.{{cite web|title=Perth and Peel@3.5million|url=http://www.planning.wa.gov.au/publications/3.5million.asp|website=Department of Planning|access-date=9 April 2016}}