Future Mundaring - Identity

What makes your community feel like home?

Is it the natural environment?

The people?

The character of your town or village?

The places you gather, connect and spend time together?

As part of the Shire's Future Mundaring journey, we're inviting residents, community groups, businesses and local stakeholders to join a series of interactive workshops, focus groups and roundtables exploring what makes our communities unique and what we want the future of Mundaring to look like. Over the coming years, the Shire will be making important decisions about housing, growth, community facilities, public spaces, local identity and the services and infrastructure our communities will need. These workshops are an opportunity to help shape those conversations from the beginning.

Together, we'll explore the stories, values, experiences and characteristics that define our towns, villages and neighbourhoods. We'll discuss what should be protected, what opportunities we should pursue, and what we'd like future generations to experience when they live, work and spend time in the Shire of Mundaring.
Your ideas will help build a shared understanding of what matters most to our communities and will inform future Place Plans, planning projects and investment priorities across the Shire.

Whether you've lived here for decades, recently moved to the area, run a local business, volunteer in the community or simply care about the future of Mundaring, your perspective is important. Local knowledge, lived experience and community aspirations all play a valuable role in helping shape the decisions that lie ahead.

These workshops are about more than planning documents. They're about understanding what people value, what they want to see thrive, and how we can work together to create a future that reflects the character and aspirations of our communities.

Focus Groups

These focus groups provide an opportunity for people with particular lived experiences, perspectives and needs to contribute to the conversation in a more focused setting. The sessions are designed to ensure a broad range of voices are heard and that future planning, investment and community development decisions reflect the diversity of people who live, work and participate in the Shire.

Together, we'll explore what helps people feel connected, supported and able to participate in community life. We'll discuss the opportunities and challenges facing different members of our community and consider how future planning and investment can help create places where people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities

This roundtable will focus on the role that businesses, employment, tourism and economic activity play in creating vibrant communities, thriving town centres and a strong sense of place.

Together, participants will explore how the local economy contributes to the character and prosperity of Mundaring, and how future planning, investment and place-keeping initiatives can support economic resilience, local enterprise and sustainable growth.

This roundtable will focus on the relationship between Country, culture, community and place, and how these connections contribute to the character, resilience and wellbeing of Mundaring's communities.

The conversation will also explore the role of Indigenous enterprise, cultural tourism, land management, arts, education and community leadership in strengthening local identity and creating opportunities that benefit both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities.

Future Mundaring is a long-term community conversation about the future of the place we live, work and play. To learn more about the journey, explore current projects and discover upcoming opportunities to get involved, visit the Future Mundaring website.