Perth's Eastern Region

Perth's Eastern Region is an area of Perth defined by the boundaries of four local governments: the Town of Bassendean, City of Bayswater, Shire of Mundaring and City of Swan. The region constitutes around one-third of Perth's metropolitan area encompassing a land area of 206,554 hectares and an estimated population of 338,971.

Perth's Eastern Region is an area of Perth which includes the EMRC’s four local governments of: Town of Bassendean, City of Bayswater, Shire of Mundaring and City of Swan. The region constitutes just over one quarter of Perth's metropolitan area encompassing a land mass of 1,732 square kilometres and an estimated population of 292,951 people, which equates to around 104,743 households. The Region is home to some of Western Australia's major air, road and rail transport hubs for movement of freight and passengers throughout Perth, intrastate, interstate and overseas and isconsidered the gateway to greater Perth, through the domestic and international airports or from the highways to the north and east. With a diverse regional economy, access to a skilled workforceand a range of leisure, lifestyle and living opportunities, Perth's Eastern Region is well positionedfor continued growth and represents an attractive investment destination.

The Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council (EMRC) assists its member Councils to successfully turn challenges into opportunities and to ensure that the Region fulfils its potential as one of Western Australia’s most vibrant and fast-growing areas.
The EMRC is recognised as being representative of best practice waste management and resourcerecovery. It is also recognised as fostering and attracting strategic partnerships and developing key alliances to ensure the member Councils in the region meet their FOGO and waste recovery targetsby 2025, as each of these Councils progress towards a three bin system.

With a diverse regional economy, access to a skilled workforce and a range of leisure, lifestyle and living opportunities, Perth's Eastern Region is well positioned for continued strong growth and represents an attractive investment destination.

Further information on investment in the region can be found in Perth’s Eastern Region Investment and Opportunity.

Economic Profile

EMRC has access to REMPLAN with economic data for 111 industries and an economic impact modelling capability.

A summary of this information is available here.

Community Profile

An interactive online profile of Perth's Eastern Region provides accurate and easy to understand information drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics Census of Population and Housing. This information assists community organisations, businesses, industry and government agencies to understand, plan, develop and deliver products and services in Perth's Eastern Region.

View the community profile (profile.id) for Perth's Eastern Region online at: www.id.com.au/profile/emrc

The community profile also has a new component named atlas.id, which allows users to map selected socio-demographic characteristics on thematic maps to show clusters of selected community characteristics. The software program produces maps and data that can easily be copied and pasted.

Atlas.id can be accessed online at: www.id.com.au/atlas/emrc

For further information please contact:

Wendy Harris - Chief Sustainability Officer
Phone: (08) 9424 2225
Email: wendy.harris@emrc.org.au