Lower Chittering bushfire risk

Of Lower Chittering’s 1,035 mapped properties, 67.3% are in a mapped bushfire-prone area. Flood mapping for this area is coming soon.

For context, Lower Chittering’s bushfire exposure is above the WA average of 21.7%.

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Risk varies property by property.

Hazard exposure

No data yet
Flood mapping
67.3%
Of properties in a bushfire area
1,035
Mapped properties

Where the hazards are in Lower Chittering

Flood and bushfire areas across Lower Chittering. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.

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Crime near Lower Chittering

Lower Chittering sits in the Wheatbelt police district, which recorded 5,059 reported offences in the 12 months to Jun 2026.

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Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 5,059 total. Figures are for the whole Wheatbelt police district (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.

Zoning in Lower Chittering

Lower Chittering is mostly special purpose. The most common zones:

Special purpose99.8% of properties

Special purpose — infrastructure or a specific institutional use.

Zone: Special use

Other0.1% of properties

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Zone: Public purposes

Other0.1% of properties

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Zone: Public purposes

Who lives in Lower Chittering

At the 2021 Census, 27.1% of Lower Chittering’s 2,408 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

English49.9%
Australian39.2%
Scottish11.3%
Irish8.6%
German3.6%
Italian3%

Top countries of birth

England14.9%
New Zealand3%
South Africa1.7%
Scotland1.3%
Zimbabwe0.7%
Canada0.6%

Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.

Development near Lower Chittering

Chittering council approved 108 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.

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Dwellings/yr
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Houses
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Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Chittering council area (not just Lower Chittering). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Other suburbs in Chittering

Compare Lower Chittering with the rest of the council area, largest first.

Figures are indicative only — verify any specific property with the relevant council. Sources: council/state planning schemes & flood mapping, Geoscape G-NAF, state police crime statistics, ABS.