Goats are eating gardens and becoming a traffic hazard in the Goldfields town of Kambalda, where a tribe of more than 200 have been making themselves comfortable for the past few months.

While goats have been part of the Goldfields landscape since the gold rush days when they were kept for milk and meat, they had generally stayed out of towns like Kambalda.

Goats have become a common sight in Kambalda.

The town, about 60 kilometres south of Kalgoorlie-Boulder consists of two town sites, Kambalda West and East.

Coolgardie Shire president Malcolm Cullen said locals first started noticing the animals coming closer to the town sites and homes earlier this year.