City of Fremantle
Coastal Charm
The 2026-27 Budget continues to deliver on the strategic priorities of the community by creating a liveable, thriving, creative, resilient, and inclusive Fremantle.
The City of Fremantle delivers hundreds of services, programs, initiatives, events and activities that benefit everyone – whether you live in the city or our suburbs, you run a local business, or you’ve come for a visit.
The City of Fremantle works hard to deliver services and projects that benefit everyone — whether you live in the CBD or the suburbs, you run a local business or you’ve come for a visit.
The 2026-27 financial year is no different, with the delivery of a balanced and fiscally responsible budget.
The majority of the capital projects budget is allocated to projects outside of our CBD reflecting the City’s focus on investing in the suburbs.
Capital project highlights include:
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While the second half of 2025 indicated the arrival of more stable economic conditions, 2026 saw a return of economic headwinds.
In light of this the City continues to remain focused on delivering financially responsible budgets that maintain the flexibility to be responsive to global economic volatility but continue to deliver on the objectives of our Strategic Community Plan,
The 2025-26 financial year saw the delivery of a significant capital program with $16 million invested in the Fremantle community.
Notable projects completed include:
In addition to the capital program, the City delivered over $32 million in operating activities (excluding staffing) over the 2025-26 financial year which included the following highlights:
The 2025-35 Long Term Financial Plan is a way of communicating our 10-year outlook on future financial planning for the City and should be read in conjunction with information provided as part of the annual budget each year.
The City’s Long Term Financial Plan must remain dynamic and adaptive to community need and as such is updated annually as part of the City’s annual budget process.
This document provides a financial roadmap for City over the next 10 years and maps out the key financial strategies and principles the City has adopted in managing its finances over the longer term. This document and the content within it is indicative in nature and is used for longer term planning as part of the annual budget process.
The annual statutory budget and annual financial statements remain as the documents that should be referred to for an accurate reflection of budget and actual expenditure for that respective financial year.
