A REVIEW by Building and Energy shows the local governments of Kalamunda and Northam have no swimming pools overdue for barrier inspection.

But as at June 30 the local governments of Bassendean, Mundaring, Swan, Toodyay and York still had pools overdue for inspection.

WA local governments are required to carry out compliance inspections of the safety barriers of private pools in their districts.

If four years lapse between checks, the pool is considered overdue for inspection.

The statistics are from the latest local governments’ periodic inspections of private swimming pool safety barriers progress report, which are in response to recommendation 7 of the Ombudsman WA report Investigation into ways to prevent or reduce deaths of children by drowning, tabled in Parliament on November 23, 2017.

In 2023-24 the Town of Bassendean with 876 pools had 28 inspected and 18 (2.1 per cent) overdue for inspection.

The City of Kalamunda with 5857 pools had 1957 inspected with none overdue for inspection.

The Shire of Mundaring with 3725 pools had inspected 1210 with 32 (0.9 per cent) overdue for inspection.

The Shire of Northam with 528 pools had 203 inspected and none overdue.

The City of Swan with 9107 pools had 2528 inspected with 12 (0.1 per cent) overdue.

The Shire of Toodyay with 82 pools had 48 inspected with 34 (41.5 per cent) still requiring inspection.

The Shire of York with 174 pools, had 38 inspected and five (2.9 per cent) not inspected.

Building and Energy said in their responses, some local governments gave reasons why some inspections had not been completed within the four-year maximum period.

The most common reasons were difficulties organising access and staff resourcing.

Back in 2022 Building and Energy said 11.9 per cent (444) of Shire of Mundaring pool barriers were overdue for inspection.

Over the same time frame the Shire of York had 155 or 92.8 per cent of its pools overdue for inspection.