The Shire of Cranbrook is a local government area in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, about 92 km north of Albany and about 320 km south-southeast of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of 3277 km2, and its seat of government is the town of Cranbrook.

History

The Cranbrook Road District was gazetted on 14 May 1926 out of parts of the Plantagenet and Tambellup road districts. On 1 July 1961, it became a Shire following changes to the Local Government Act, which reformed all remaining road boards into shires.

Indigenous people

The majority of the Shire of Cranbrook is located on the traditional land of the Kaniyang people of the Noongar nation. The far eastern part of the shire, east of Cranbrook itself, is located on the traditional lands of the Koreng people, also of the Noongar nation.

Wards

The shire is divided into 3 wards, each with 3 councillors:

Towns and localities

The towns and localities of the Shire of Cranbrook with population and size figures based on the most recent Australian census:

Heritage-listed places

As of 2023, 35 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Cranbrook, of which one is on the State Register of Heritage Places, the Tenterden Agricultural Hall, a building destroyed by bush fire on 27 December 2003.