[4][5][6] Henderson is bounded by Russell Road to the north, Cockburn Sound to the west, the Perth freight railway line to the east, and Dalison Avenue and the municipal boundary with the City of Kwinana to the south.

The Australian Marine Complex[9] is located on Cockburn Sound and is considered one of the largest ship building precincts in Australia.

It contains dry dock facilities and Australia's second largest ship-lift (nominal lifting capacity of 8065 tonnes).

Some of the companies located in the complex include ASC, Austal, BAE Systems Australia and Civmec.

[10] In 2002 the Government proposed to use Garden Island and the facilities at Henderson for the "sea-swap" program with the United States Seventh Fleet.