bell_a_ring

Hello,

I am new on this forum. Can anybody tell me what the IT jobs look like in Perth? How long do you have to hunt for a job before you get one?

How about good neighborhood where I can buy a house, but not too expensive, in Perth? My budget should be around 180K-220K?

Thanks.
Billy

owieb

IT market is pretty poor in Perth at the moment, do a search of this forum and you'll see many posts on the subject.

How long it will take you depends on what field you are in and what your skills are like.

For houses checkout www.reiwa.com.au as a starter, depending on how far you want to live from the CBD and/or the coast will determine what you'll get for your budget.

As a guide, house prices in Perth have gone up 25% in some areas in the past 12 months so it's getting very expensive to get into the market.

ozvideo

Can't go wrong living in the Northern suburbs.

bondipom

There was a well qualified person still hunting after 12 months on the forum. IT in OZ is very quiet. Lots of people being laid off at a fater rate than those being taken on. You have to have contacts. My only contact came good.

Good luck but be prepared for a long job search.

owieb

There's plenty of bad suburbs north of the river, you still have to be careful and with a limited budget there isn't a great choice.

bondipom

Oz is no longer the land of IT jobs and cheap housing.

ozvideo

Depends where you are coming from!

They are selling 'rat holes' in the village where I came from in the UK for 100,000 pounds.

Convert that to Aus Dollars and you will get a nice little home in Perth, with big gardens etc,

bondipom

That is half a 1 bedroom apartment round here.

owieb

lynnj

Why is everyone so obsessed with north of the river, is south so bad or do people just try to make it sound that way?

Lynn

owieb

I didn't go south because the public transport into the CBD isn't as good link wise, within a 10kms radius of the CBD is pretty expensive, the south coastal areas are a lot more industrial than the northern suburbs.

ozvideo

Because it is better than Bondi

bondipom

What is that an answer to?

Please do a search on Bondi is Crap and check out the thread starter. Please spread the message.

Simone

Have no idea.

I'm probably headed south, would like to be a bit close to Fremantle, have got friends there, and like it. But not in Freo, it's too expensive I think, but will see when we get there!
My idea was between the river and freo. We'll see.

ozvideo

Watch you don't fall in - Freo is on the river!:scared: