Pros and Cons of Living in Perth Western Australia 

Thanks Marie!! Pros and cons can be very subjective 😊 I agree definitely less violent crime than SA - as I mentioned. Comparing Perth with Adelaide on the crime stats - Adelaide has much lower ratings - and having lived in the UAE 🇦🇪 - crime rates there were incredibly low. Still in no way want to seem I am "complaining" as I acknowledge the Police force here is very active and the crime is DEFINITELY Nowhere near what it was in SA. I think travelling abroad costs become a con when you need to return home every now and then to visit family- but there are definitely affordable holiday destinations as you mention.... places like Europe/USA etc are generally expensive to travel to from Aus. Home buying here is a con as an expat- someone who may be used to a different currency and property market from their home country. Thanks for sharing you views- I appreciate your insight!! My views are purely from experience and hopefully act as a reference to others travelling from other countries.

Hi Jennifer! So happy the videos are helpful! We struggled to find information on RU-vid when we looked before our move. Hoping to filo the gap for others. 😁 Good luck for your move. Perth is wonderful and all the effort will be worth it.

I will Also move to Perth 2 years from Now

Perth is perfect for young families.

What a lovely comment to read. Despite all of South Africa's issues- it will always hold a special place in our hearts. We grew up in the Lowveld - and we hope our children can live a similar childhood - so grateful to be in Australia where they can enjoy such wonderful nature and outdoor lifestyles💓 especially Perth... I know my little girl will grow up Aussie- but for my husband and I - we will always we be "Scatterlings of Africa" at heart 🥹

You will be able to work

Anyone who can walk and talk will find work, and bring a few thousand more with you! Plus, I heard our Government is offering short term work visas, we're desperate for workers, BUT we are short of accommodation. Too much growth, but it is an astonishing city.

Definitely a "milder" winter than a lot of other parts of the world. ( not nearly as cold as UK/Canada/Northern USA etc. Very similar to Cape Town in South Africa.. keep in mind we are also from South Africa which is generally quite warm.. and after 5 years Dubai we feel the cold a lot more. 😜 No snow in Perth either ☺️

Originally Nelspruit, then Lived in JHB. Then Dubai for 5 years. I would say its very similar here to Cape Town - except hotter in the summer but not as humid as Durban. 😁

@@cathybotha cool thanks, I'm currently in CT and find it very bearable all yea round.

True.... 😆 we were "expats" in Dubai and the term stuck... but you are correct - Immigrants in Australia 🇦🇺

@@cathybothai used to be an expat in Dubai now in Saudi .....we hope to return to Perth in 25 .....i used to live in Sydney all life and we bought a house in Perth in June 23.....we looking forward for the move

South African ♡

Absolutely safe.

She’s from South Africa!

Hi Manmohan. We haven't lived in Adelaide- but have family there. I have heard it is a WONDERFUL city and very good quality of life. We have moved to Perth due to my Husband's work opportunity here and hope to make it our long term home. We will travel and explore Australia- and who knows - in such a big country- maybe we will choose to move or retire somewhere else one day. For now- we are LOVING life here in Perth! Good luck on your own plans and journey!

Brisbane is another Australian city to consider

Perth.

Hi!! We used realestate.com to find our home - 🏡 good luck

Hi Melissa- glad that the video has been helpful. I think if you plan your visits to other parts of the country in advance it is doable. Perth is also a great place for others to visit and explore so perhaps friends and family will visit you here as well. 😊 good luck in making your decision!!!

Every city is far away from each other. Even melb and Sydney is a long journey.. You have to catch a plane still unless you got plenty of time to drive

It’s a blessing.

I've not lived anywhere else in Australia, so I can't compare that. But as an ex-Londoner, I see Perth as a very particular place. Many think it's paradise. It's an easy place to live. But it's mostly suburbs. The beaches are amazing. But it is very isolated and that does effect the outlook of people here. Also currently it's expensive to fly anywhere, including across Australia.

If you have money to fly or travel out of here as needed then it shouldn’t be an issue, I have no money so have always been stuck in Perth. You do need money or you’ll be pretty much stuck here.

I am thinking of moving to Perth. Can you tell me which suburbs are secure? I thought that Perth is the safest city after Canberra.

Honestly none! Perth has a very high home burglary rate. Meth Heads everywhere.

Hi Cathy, Thank you for doing this video….my wife and I spent 2 weeks in WA back in September 22, on a bus tour for 1 week down south and then doing our own trip up to Monkey Mia and back. We both loved the Infrastructure and the parks that go into the suburbs….living on the Central Coast of NSW most of our lives we felt drained by the state of NSW was heading. So a decision was made to look at moving to WA, so we put Our house up the sale and sold it in New South Wales within two weeks. So we both took a week off work and looked for a home in WA….We found the house we wanted (and with a pool) around 40min north of Perth. We settle both houses in March 2023 and can’t wait to get over there…I must admit every person we’ve come across were so friendly and nice. I’m not worried about the crime side of things so much as you know it’s all around in certain place as long as you be aware of the surrounding, besides my wife and I are Double Dan Black Belts in Karate 🥋 and capable of looking after ourselves, SHE’S ONE YOU DON’T WONT TO MESS WITH. 😉 So that’s my story and you never know may run into you and your family someday. Take care.😊

Yeah some s africans think thy know everything about oz. Lol. I grew up there after my dad got work there. Wr sailed from zyney to durban. Thst was nice. But I detect somearrogance in some Of their attitudes.. sadly. Because I developed a SA accent w hole growing up there iwssnt wrllreceivedin oz. And I'm born Slovene. Bit of a mess for me.o well. I'd never go back to Europe though.even my nephews in Slovenia have that arrogance. I came to oz at 6. Like Bon scott . When I returned to.oz after I grew up in SA, an SA guy took a Shinto me. And I stupidly married him. He did not want to go right then compulsory army so yeah...lied to me that he loved me he used me for my visa. After we married he just changed. Our marriage was never even consummated. I divorced him. The tragedy is..he's doing great here while I went through deep trauma. The snake.

Crime is everywhere unless you don’t live in this world it’s just information she’s researched online on your local websites and telling someone to go back where they came from (South Africa when she clearly said the crime rate is higher) is rude

Im planning to move to perth, what in your option is the best place to live?