Living in Local Areas

What is your local area?

If it grows by 20% over 20 years, what needs to change?

Think about how you define your local area. Is it a specific radius around your home? Are they anchor points in your neighbourhood--the park, the pub, the plaza--where you bump into familiar faces for a quick chat or a proper catch up? What makes your local area a desirable place to be?

Population growth in our region will play a crucial role in how we design vibrant local areas in Fremantle. This will mean having good conversations about the future of affordable housing, the types of amenities we enjoy in our local spaces, and our proximity to other people. How do we maintain the characteristics that make our local areas great right now, while also preparing for the future?

Any type of growth will naturally strain a community, but it can also uncover opportunities for how we continue to evolve the local patches where we might live, work, and play.

This is a “Courageous Conversation” about the crucial role that population growth, and its successive changes, will have in the success and future of your Fremantle neighbourhood. We’d love to hear your thoughts and ideas on how we can further this hot-button topic together.