The Perth Metropolitan Region is an urban planning

Urban planning

Urban planning incorporates areas such as economics, design, ecology, sociology, geography, law, political science, and statistics to guide and ensure the orderly development of settlements and communities....

 term to describe the region surrounding Perth, Western Australia

Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....

. It includes the coastal strip from Yanchep

Yanchep, Western Australia

Yanchep is an outer coastal suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located 56 kilometres north of Perth's central business district. It is part of the City of Wanneroo local government area. It was built by entrepreneur Alan Bond in the 1970s for the 1977 America's Cup...

 in the north to Rockingham

Rockingham, Western Australia

Rockingham is a suburb and primary centre in Western Australia south-west of the Perth city centre and south of Fremantle. It has a beachside location at Mangles Bay, the southern extremity of Cockburn Sound. To its north stretches the maritime and resource-industry installations of Kwinana and...

 in the south, and inland to The Lakes

The Lakes, Western Australia

The Lakes is a locality in Western Australia within the Shire of Mundaring. It is located east of the capital city of Perth at the junction of the Great Eastern Highway and the Great Southern Highway, and is the easternmost suburb within the Metropolitan Region Scheme...

 and Helena Valley

Helena Valley, Western Australia

Helena Valley is the name of a river valley and a locality in the foothills of the Darling Scarp in Perth, Western Australia. It is located approximately 10 minutes from Midland.-Geology:...

 in the east.

The Perth Metropolitan Region falls within Greater Perth

Greater Perth

Greater Perth is a term used in urban planning to describe the larger regions surrounding and including the city and metropolitan area of Perth, Western Australia....

. Planning for the region is administered by the Western Australian Planning Commission

Western Australian Planning Commission

The Western Australian Planning Commission is a statutory authority of the Government of Western Australia that exists to coordinate planning for future land use and transport needs. It describes itself as Western Australia's "peak representative body of land use planning and development"...

 through the Metropolitan Region Scheme

Metropolitan Region Scheme

The Metropolitan Region Scheme is the legal land plan covering urban planning throughout the Perth Metropolitan Region. It classifies land into broad zones and reservations and is administered by the Western Australian Planning Commission....

.

The term is loosely synonymous with Perth metropolitan area, an informal but more widely used term.

The Perth Metropolitan Region is equivalent to the Australian Bureau of Statistics

Australian Bureau of Statistics

The Australian Bureau of Statistics is Australia's national statistical agency. It was created as the Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics on 8 December 1905, when the Census and Statistics Act 1905 was given Royal assent. It had its beginnings in section 51 of the Constitution of Australia...

' Perth (Major Statistical Division).