What does landscaping cost in Mandurah?

Whole-of-yard numbers

Perth-market data puts a basic backyard landscape at $5,250–$15,750 and a complete new-home landscape — front and back, retaining, retic, lawn, paving, gardens — at $15,750–$63,000, with around $42,000 typical. Block size, how much retaining you need and your choice of surfaces drive where you land.

Earthworks and site prep

Bobcat or mini excavator with operator: $94–$170 per hour, typically $115. Removing a builder's sand pile and levelling a standard estate block is usually half a day to a day. Soil amelioration (clay and compost through the top 100 mm) adds $1–$2/m².

Exposed aggregate driveway with brick paving border in Mandurah

Retaining walls

Concrete sleeper $260–$525 per m² of wall face. Limestone block $475–$830/m², or $295–$630 per lineal metre at 1 m high. Add engineering (~$1,050) and council approval (~$945) for walls over 500 mm.

Reticulation

Standard 3–5 station residential system: $1,500–$3,000 installed. Smart controllers, bore pumps and large blocks push it higher.

Lawn and turf

Roll-on kikuyu $16–$28/m² supplied and laid; Sir Walter Buffalo $26–$42/m². Artificial grass $52–$125/m² supplied and installed on a new base.

Concrete and paving

Plain concrete $79–$160/m² (typically $115); exposed aggregate $125–$210 (typically $170); coloured $100–$210. Brick paving $63–$170/m²; limestone or natural stone paving $120–$250/m².

Gardens, mulch and design

Planted garden beds $52–$190/m²; mulch $40–$80/m³; edging $15–$40 per lineal metre. Landscape design $840–$5,250, typically $2,100 for a full plan — our concept designs start from $200 and are credited if we build.

A worked example: Lakelands new build

500 m² block, 180 m² of yard to landscape. Sand removal and levelling $1,500. Concrete sleeper retaining 12 m at 600 mm with engineering and permit $6,500. Retic 4 stations $2,600. Kikuyu lawn 60 m² on amended soil $1,500. Exposed aggregate alfresco and path 35 m² $6,000. Artificial turf side strip 15 m² $1,300. Garden beds, mulch and planting 30 m² $3,000. Total roughly $22,000 — in the typical range for a new-estate front and back.

Related services

Price ranges are Perth–Mandurah market guides at the time of writing, not quotes. Rules summarised from Water Corporation, WA Building Regulations 2012 and council guidance — confirm with your council.