Mandurah was previously a small fishing village that boomed during holiday periods. It now has a thriving population of more than 85,000.
Covering an area of 173.5 square kilometres, Mandurah follows the coast from its northern extremity at Madora to the Ramsar-listed wetland Lake Clifton and Yalgorup National Park 50km to the south.
The CIty of Mandurah includes the suburbs of Bouvard, Clifton, Coodanup, Dawesville, Dudley Park, Erskine, Falcon, Greenfields, Halls Head, Herron, Lakelands, Madora Bay, Mandurah, Meadow Springs, Parklands, San Remo, Silver Sands, and Wannanup.