Regions of Western Australia - State Government Departmental Regionalisations

State Government Departmental Regionalisations

Many government departments maintain systems of regional and district breakdowns of the state for their own internal purposes.

Department of Education
  • Goldfields
  • Kimberley
  • Midwest
  • North Metro
  • Pilbara
  • South Metro
  • Southwest
  • Wheatbelt
See also: List of schools in rural Western Australia
Department of Agriculture and Food
  • Northern Agricultural Region
  • Rangelands Region
  • Southern Agricultural Region
  • Central Agricultural Region
  • South West Agricultural
Main Roads Western Australia
  • Kimberley
  • Pilbara
  • Gascoyne
  • Mid-West
  • Goldfields-Esperance
  • Wheatbelt North
  • Metropolitan
  • Wheatbelt South
  • Great Southern
  • South-West
Department of Water
  • Kimberley
  • Pilbara
  • Mid West Gascoyne
  • Goldfields
  • Swan-Avon
  • Kwinana Peel
  • South West
  • South Coast
Department of Fisheries

Fisheries tends to separate the state into four main regions for the purpose of regulating recreational fishing:

  • Pilbara-Kimberley
  • Gascoyne
  • WestCoast
  • South Coast.
For more details on this topic, see Coastal regions of Western Australia.
Department of Mines and Petroleum

The Department produces statistical data based on the Regional Development Commissions Act regionalisation schema

See also: Mining fields in Western Australia

Since the creation of the Department of Industry and Resources some rationalisation of mines administration has occurred, however the mineral fields and boundaries remain the same as when established.

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