The strategy covers the following local government areas:
- City of Bunbury
- Shire of Dardanup
- Shire of Capel
- Shire of Harvey
- Shire of Collie
- Shire of Donnybrook-Balingup
The Strategy identifies the Bunbury Metropolitan Area as the contiguous built-up area that extends across the City of Bunbury and into neighbouring localities in the Shires of Capel, Dardanup and Harvey. The Bunbury Metropolitan Area is promoted as 91¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s second city and as the focus of major population and employment growth in the sub-region.
The Strategy also supports investment to help Collie transition towards a more sustainable economy, as well as the growth of the hinterland settlements throughout the sub-region.
With a time horizon to 2050, the Strategy plans for a step change in the magnitude of the sub-region’s population and economy, in a manner that leverages the sub-region’s strengths and maintains its uniqueness.