Table 2. Land cover classification within the Perth Metropolitan Region.
| Land cover category | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole area | Golf course | ||||||
| Vegetation | Built up and bare soil | Water bodies | Vegetation | Built up and bare soil | Water bodies | ||
| 1988 | Area (ha) | 98,446 | 74,376 | 2,667 | 929 | 210 | 0.1 |
| Proportion (%) | 56.1 | 42.4 | 1.5 | 81.5 | 18.5 | 0.0 | |
| 1998 | Area (ha) | 91,754 | 81,464 | 2,271 | 1,042 | 97 | 0.7 |
| Proportion (%) | 52.3 | 46.4 | 1.3 | 91.4 | 8.5 | 0.1 | |
| 2008 | Area (ha) | 88,341 | 84,971 | 2,176 | 1,084 | 55 | 0.2 |
| Proportion (%) | 50.3 | 48.4 | 1.2 | 95.1 | 4.9 | 0.0 | |
| 2018 | Area (ha) | 80,755 | 92,243 | 2,491 | 1,093 | 46 | 0.7 |
| Proportion (%) | 46.0 | 52.6 | 1.4 | 95.9 | 4 | 0.1 | |