We believe Cockburn is the best place to live, work and play. Satisfaction with the City of Cockburn among residents is high because we provide great value for money, work hard to keep our communities looking great, while maintaining a strong financial position and giving generously to local organisations.
Just like our community, the City continues to operate in a challenging, high-cost environment, paying more to sustain current service levels for a rapidly growing community. As a sensible approach to the current economic climate, the City continues to prioritise maintaining our existing assets and over new projects.
The City of Cockburn's 2025-26 rates will continue to be some of the lowest in Perth.
Recognising the financila pressure on households and businesses, the City is extending its policy of waiving interest fees on all payment plans. The aim is to ease the burden on our community by allowing options for rate payments to be managed over an extended period without financial penaltieis. The City also offers free friancial counselling.
Assets
The City maintains many natural and human-made assets, infrastructure and amenities which is costing more in the current economic climate. This includes 408 parks and reserves and 214 playgrounds, 64,022 park and street/ verge trees, 876km of road, 845km of footpaths, as well as many community facilities and centres and Port Coogee Marina.
Economic Development
The City is dedicated to empowering its business sector through a diverse range of initiatives. It provides an extensive calendar of workshops and specialised training programs. Additionally, the City fosters trade opportunities both at home and overseas through collaboration, networking, and educational events to further enhance the growth and development of businesses in Cockburn.
Environment
The City actively responds to the climate change challenge through land use planning, emergency management, control of public infrastructure and delivery of community services. We also have many initiatives to reduce our impact on the environment, improve sustainability and preserve our precious natural spaces. These initiatives focus on improving our urban forests and streetscapes, sustainably managing our water, energy, and other resources, minimising the City’s waste to landfill, and installing long term coastal protection measures.
Waste
The City provides weekly general waste and recycling bin collections, fortnightly green waste collections, and verge collections to thousands of households and businesses across 23 suburbs. Ratepayers also receive six trailer passes for the Henderson Waste Recovery Park.
Community Services
Our community services are free or heavily subsidised and second to none in terms of the service they provide. These include Cockburn ARC, one of the best recreation centres in Australia, Cockburn Health and Community facility, three libraries, Seniors Centre, Youth Centre, family and parenting services, a frail aged care service, a volunteer centre, free financial counselling service and family day care.
Safety and Security
The City works in partnership with WA Police, schools, shopping centres and the community to make our community safe. The City-run security service CoSafe offers a responsive and effective service in response to community concerns about safety and security and the City offers generous subsidies for CCTV.
Giving back to the community
In addition, the City donates more than $2m to the community through grants and donations and runs many free community events such as the vibrant and Coogee Live.
A healthier community
- Cockburn ARC asset renewal and replacement $2.1m
- Playground renewal and upgrades $2.05m
- Beale Park Redevelopment $8.14m (total cost of $13.31m with balance in FY27 budget)
A connected community
- Road safety improvemets $6.1m
- Road resurfacing $5.1m
- Building improvements in our parks, reserves, sporting grounds and facilities $4.6m
- Rockingham Road Revitalisation $2.69m
- Pathway renewals and new installations $1.8m
- CCTV $406,000
A great community
- Upgrade Manning Park Playground $2.29m
- Upgrades to the Animal Management Facility $322,000
A greener community
- Enhancement of our natural areas, parks and playgrounds $7.34m
- Imporvements and environmental management of the Cockburn Resource Recovery Park $463,000
The City's strategic plans set the goals and direction for the City's future activities. They include the Strategic Community Plan, Corporate Business Plan, Long Term Financial Plan, Workforce Plan, Annual Budget and Report, Asset Management Plans, Project Plans and Service Plans.
The Strategic Community Plan guides the direction of the City for the next ten years while the Corporate Business Plan provides a four year view of the projects and initiatives the City will undertake.
Learn more about the City's
strategic plans.