CockburnCoast - Western Australian Planning Commission

CockburnCoast
5.3 Development influences
in the region
The Cockburn coast has a number of existing features that are likely
to influence the redevelopment and the area of influence.
• It will be a high profile redevelopment area: experience
of other redevelopment projects is that they attract a
premium in the marketplace of between 15 and 25 per
cent compared with their local region. Links with the
existing community and centres will be important to
enable integration.
• The redevelopment area is in a coastal location: evidence
exists that coastal residential developments consistently
achieve a premium of more than two per cent
compounded each year. While income from premium land
development will enable significant cross-subsidy for
environmental remediation and infrastructure 'pump
priming', it will create a challenge in terms of affordability.
A mix of accommodation densities, size and tenure will be
needed to address this issue.
• The redeveloped power station will be a major mixed use
activity hub: it will be the feature of the town centre and
has the potential to create an additional western focus for
the City of Cockburn. The link between the Cockburn
Central retail and employment hub in the east could be a
key regional link and a major activity axis within the City of
Cockburn.
• The coastal location will provide access to the beach and
will be a major visitor attraction for a large proportion of
the area of influence's population: access to the beach is
an important aspect of Perth life and the combination of
the Port Coogee marina and the revitalised power station
will create a vibrant place for entertainment and active
and passive recreation. It will be a local and regional
gathering place.
• The district structure plan includes an assumption that
parts of the area of influence will be served by a bus rapid
transit system: improved access to public transport
facilitated by the structure plan will enable the Cockburn
coast community to enjoy links to Fremantle and the
attractions of the strategic regional centre.
5.4 Key housing and
demographic
implications
The sum of the regional influences will attract socio-economic
segments which are somewhat different to the current local region:
The demographics of Mosman Park and Cottesloe are instructive.
Specifically, compared with the current local population the new
demographic is likely to be:
• wealthier;
• older;
• with fewer children; and
• in professional services jobs or other higher income
employment sectors.
Inclusive of the Port Coogee and South Beach developments, and
the redevelopment of the structure plan area, approximately 7400
dwellings will be present upon completion, with the distribution
being:
• Port Coogee 1600 dwellings;
• South Beach 500 dwellings; and
• District plan area 4850 dwellings.
This represents almost 30 per cent of all forecast growth in the area
of influence to 2026. The density of these dwellings is likely to be
significantly more intense than the pattern of the area of influence,
where the predominant residential accommodation style is
detached, single storey and on a large lot. The current structure plan
area is likely to have an average density similar to other urban infill
projects ie Subiaco and East Perth. This level of intensification will
be vital to the sustainability of any rapid public transit network. It is
also in accordance with the goals of Directions 2031 - to establish
fuller use of urban land and to encourage people on to public
transport.
It is estimated that the final population of the Cockburn coast
structure plan area will be in the order of 10 000 new residents.
Combined with the Port Coogee and South Beach developments,
the residential population is anticipated to be approximately 14 500
residents, with 3500 and 1000 new residents respectively.
The projected population figures for the structure plan area are
based on the estimated housing type (as shown in Table 5.1) and
projected household mix (refer to Table 5.2) .
5.5 Preferred housing mix
The Reference Group determined a preferred housing mix for the
district structure plan as shown in Table 5.1.
Table 5.1: Preferred housing mix
Housing type
Housing mix range
Separate house 3% - 6%
Semi-detached / row or 22% - 33%
terrace and town house
Flat/unit/apartment: low rise* 33% - 35%
Flat/unit/apartment: high rise # 31% - 37%
Total 100%
* Low rise = 3 to 5 storeys
# Medium = 6 to 8 storeys
High rise = greater than 8 storeys
Table 5.2: Estimated household mix
Estimated household
Cockburn coast Cities of Fremantle
mix and Cockburn 2021
Couple with children 14-15% 33%
Couple without children 30% 23%
One parent family 10-11% 10%
Other family 2% 2%
Group households 5% 4%
Lone person households 38%- 40% 28%
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