The Shire of Chittering is a local government area in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, covering an area of about 1,200 square kilometres (460 sq mi) just beyond the northeastern fringe of the Perth metropolitan area, generally along and east of the Great Northern Highway.
Its seat of government is the town of Bindoon.
It was established as the Chittering Brook Road District on 10 January 1896, but was renamed the Chittering Road District on 7 February that year.
On 1 July 1961, it became a shire following the enactment of the Local Government Act 1960, which reformed all remaining road districts into shires.
Prior to this, the ward system was as follows: The towns and localities of the Shire of Chittering with population and size figures based on the most recent Australian census:[3][4] As of 2023, 148 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Chittering,[11] of which three are on the State Register of Heritage Places.