KARRINYUP / GWELUP Local Area Plan - City of Stirling

than the City of Stirling’s general average – with 19.6% being
rental houses within the Local Area and 30.5% in the City of
Stirling. There has however been a marginal increase in the
proportion of rented properties in the Local Area.
Percentage of total housing tenure
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
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Karrinyup-Gwelup Local Area
City of Stirling
Housing Tenure
Cultural Heritage
The City of Stirling maintains a Heritage List and a Municipal
Inventory of Heritage Places to record significant places. Within
the Karrinyup-Gwelup Local Area, there are many buildings of
particular significance that are registered and protected under the
Municipal Inventory of heritage places. Others are on the Catholic
Church Inventory and the Anglican Church Inventory. These
buildings include Featherby House; Lara’s Lea; North Beach Road
(old ‘plank road’ section); Gwelup School; Our Lady of Good
Counsel Church, Presbytery and Parish Centre; Saint Francis of
Assissi Church and Rectory; and Saint Mary’s Church. There is
further potential for buildings to be protected in the future.
0
owned
being purchased
renting - govnt
renting - other
renting - total
other tenure
The average housing price in the Karrinyup-Gwelup Local Area is
approximately $740,000, which is significantly greater than the
Perth Metropolitan Average of $440,000 (2008 figures). Karrinyup-
Gwelup housing prices have risen approximately 15.5% since
2003, which is on par with metropolitan wide averages – which
suggests that housing affordability has fallen. However, in 2008
housing prices fell in the Local Area – but generally at a lower rate
than across the Metropolitan Area. Housing prices in Karrinyup
remained constant while they fell 5.5% in Gwelup (on par with
metropolitan wide falls).
Bestry Cottage is included on the Register of Heritage Places
The City of Stirling has a number of tools to recognise and protect
the cultural and architectural heritage of localities across the City.
Although most of the development in the Karrinyup-Gwelup Local
Area occurred in the early to mid 1980s, there is much cultural and
historic significance in the area that may be recognised by the City
in terms of heritage significance.
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KARRINYUP-GWELUP LOCAL AREA PLAN
February 2010