trainee_pilot

was having a browse through house sales in perth area and noticed the prices were pretty reasonable say compared to Qld, NSW. Any particular reason? does anyone emigrate there? is the job market any good?

General views/opinions of the area appreciated

ABCDiamond

Perth is a very popular place for Brits to go to. It seems to have a higher % of brits than any other area in the Country.

Some opinions say it is too remote from the rest of Australia, some think that is a bad thing, others think its a good thing.

It sounds like it has some very good beaches, there have been plenty of threads before, and both good and bad points are heavily pushed.

It ends up coming down to what you want, and of course what Jobs are available, and I am sure those in Perth will be able to help in that area.

Vegemite Kids

Job market isnt as large as in Sydney or Melbourne, unless your field of employment is Mining or offshore.

Salarywise, expect to earn about 15-20% less than Syd or Mel.

Houseprices are at least 30-40% lower than Syd or Mel.

C.f. Brisbane - In Perth house prices are lower but salaries are higher (so I'm told by my rellies who live in Brissie - personally I think it depends what field of employment you are in).

I was having a chat with a chappie from the Kwinana Industry Council and he was telling me that perth is set to rocket, employmentwise in the next 10 years. Apparently there are some fairly major plans due to come on line in the next 2 years. Having said that if it doesnt happen, Perth could be down the tubes. From what he said, there's a good chance it will, cos Perth is investing loads of money and effort into making this happen, as have a lot of large American firms who are making major deals with local Australian companies.

I hope it happens, but not until we've bought our piece of land

trainee_pilot

Thanks for the info, must admit Perth looks a nice area, but then again nobody ever posts the bad things about their own town I suppose.

Will keep an open mind and possibly make a 'flying' visit to WA when we come to Oz for 3 weeks next March.

Vegemite Kids

If you want to know the "bad" things about Perth, just look for posts by Pommiebastard

trainee_pilot

Wow....just been reading some of his and others comments, sounded a lively chap to say the least, will delve deeper into his threads etc to see what I can pick out.

Thanks for the prompt lol

davidw

The only bad things I can say about Perth after 18 odd months are:

It can be harder to get work in very specialized fields outside mining.

Wages are somewhat lower than major east coast centres.

Sun is incredibly fierce in summer (Oct-April--true in most of Oz) and about 10-15 days a year (yes, 10-15) are unbearably hot without refrigerated air con.

If you can navigate these, I think there are few other major negatives - forget isolation, it's Australia's closest city to ROW (rest of world).

Good luck,

David

whisky

If you investigate his posts too deeply

1 We won't see you posting on here for months

2 You will finish by being deeply depressed

Stay away from his posts.

Whisky

trainee_pilot

yeah, read a few then got considerably bored and came to the conclusion this guy has a real problem with himself, seems he liked confrontation more than offering advice.

Wont be wasting anymore of my time with him.