The Shire of Cranbrook is a local government area in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, about 92 kilometres (57 mi) north of Albany and about 320 kilometres (200 mi) south-southeast of the state capital, Perth.

The Shire covers an area of 3,277 square kilometres (1,265 sq mi), and its seat of government is the town of Cranbrook.

[3] The majority of the Shire of Cranbrook is located on the traditional land of the Kaniyang people of the Noongar nation.

[4] 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.

[5][6] The shire is divided into 3 wards, each with 3 councillors: The towns and localities of the Shire of Cranbrook with population and size figures based on the most recent Australian census:[7][8] As of 2023, 35 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Cranbrook,[13] 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.