Perth on the map
Which part of Perth is which.
An interactive map of Greater Perth: what each area is actually like — nightlife, beach, family, cheap, expensive, industrial — plus the beaches, parks and places worth the drive.
Perth sprawls for 130 km along the coast and the names mean nothing until someone explains them. Tap a district to read what it is known for, or filter by the kind of place you are after.
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Every area, closest first33 areas
Suburb boundaries: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Tiles: MapTiler.
Every area, page by page
- CBD & East Perth The centre that empties at 6pm
- Northbridge Perth's nightlife fits in six blocks
- Leederville & Mount Hawthorn Indie cinema, vintage shops and craft beer
- Mount Lawley, Highgate & Inglewood Beaufort Street, end to end
- Subiaco & Shenton Park Polished, leafy and one train from town
- South Perth & Como The skyline postcard
- Victoria Park & Bentley Perth's best eating strip
- Industrial belt Where the labouring jobs are
- Wembley, Floreat & City Beach Big house, backyard, beach in 10 minutes
- Western Suburbs Perth's old money
- Belmont, Rivervale & the airport Close to everything, pretty in almost nothing
- Stirling, Balcatta & Osborne Park The well-placed middle ground
- Morley, Bayswater & Bassendean Big mall, river close, new train
- Applecross, Mount Pleasant & Booragoon Riverside south, with good schools
- Nollamara, Dianella & Mirrabooka Where the newly arrived start
- Willetton, Riverton & Rossmoyne Where people move for the school
- Scarborough & Trigg Perth's busiest beach
- Fremantle A port town with its own mind
- Midland & High Wycombe The eastern hub at the foot of the hills
- Duncraig, Greenwood & Kingsley 80s suburbia, grown-in trees
- Cannington, Thornlie & Canning Vale The cheap, practical south-east
- Cockburn & Coogee Southern growth with its own beach
- Swan Valley & Guildford Wine, breweries and kangaroos 30 minutes out
- Hillarys, Sorrento & Mullaloo Family beaches, no hangover
- Wanneroo, Landsdale & Madeley New estates without the far edge
- Joondalup Perth's second city
- Perth Hills Bush, waterfalls and three degrees cooler
- Kwinana Perth's heavy industry
- Rottnest Island The quokka island
- Rockingham & Baldivis Calm water and penguins
- Armadale, Kelmscott & Byford The lowest rent in the metro area
- Clarkson, Butler, Alkimos & Yanchep New cheap house, far from everything
- Mandurah & Peel Canals and retirement
These are impressions, not statistics: one person, a few months, a city of two million. Suburbs change street by street — use this to know what to go and look at, then go and look.
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