Should You Live in Perth? | Moving from Melbourne to Perth | Pros and Cons of Perth
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- Опубліковано 8 чер 2024
- Today I'm sharing pros and cons of Perth - this is the city I grew up in and I have now moved back from Melbourne and settled back in Perth as an adult. Let me know what you think about Perth!
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:30 Public Transport
1:23 Rental and Housing Crisis
1:46 Hot Weather
2:22 Making New Friends
3:30 Boring
4:33 Opening Hours
5:07 Weather
6:05 Commutes and traffic
6:54 Road trips
7:17 Food Scene
8:21 Everyone knows each other
9:01 Arts and Culture
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I wanted to give it around a year of settling back into Perth life before I filmed this video! If you found this video helpful, please subscribe - it helps me to continue creating content and supports my channel more than you know. ♡
I loved watching this video. I'm currently home in Italy, daydreaming of living back in Perth soon! Personally, I think that people who define Perth as boring have kind of a limited concept of fun, where it mainly consists of getting drunk and partying until 5am. I find Perth each year more exciting! There are always theatre shows, concerts, festivals, sports, and shows going on, all done in a chill and laid-back way. I would love to see more Perth vlogs and I love your food recommendation videos!
-Gaia
Aw such a lovely comment and so happy you enjoyed this! I agree- so much more happening in Perth 😊 Will definitely create more Perth vlogs! Thanks again for watching 💕
Most sensible comment of the year
Similar story. I’m finding the social life the hardest. For people who didn’t grow up in Perth, don’t stress if the relationships aren’t sticking at the start. It won’t be as easy as Melbourne or Sydney. Be patient, be in your niche or hobbies and tbh embrace the quiet times.
Hey brother I'm in perth, wouldn't mind catching up and getting in touch. Only if you will🙌🏾💯
Yes it definitely takes time! Thanks for watching and sharing your experience
Hey bro, I'm from Thailand and been living in Perth for 10 years now. Most people in Perth don't have friends, all they have is their daddy's money. Small mining town full of arrogant, lazy, useless bogans. These weirdo introverts don't value relationships as much because....they think they simply don't have to. Then people wonder why mental illness and suicide rates are through the roof.
@@Arcange93iam I’m down bro. Not sure how to connect with you.
Everything you said is 100% true. Most importantly I think Perth is for you or not based on your stage in life. I remember disliking it in my 20s but loving and appreciating it in my 30s. Depends what your priorities and lifestyle is like.
yesss, thanks for sharing! so happy i moved back and can really appreciate what the city has to offer :)
When you get old (have children) then Perth is a safe haven.
@@markdavison8602 Do you mind sharing more about this? My partner and I planning to have kids in a few years, but we haven’t settled on staying in Perth or move to Melbourne…
@@watchout4717 It's a smaller city so there is less delinquent behaviour. Less people means less problems as people are the problem. It's a policed state. Lots of cops and undercover ones. It's a clean and tidy place. Council cleans up well, plus not much visble litter.
Certain suburbs that have good public schools like: Rossmonyne and Willetton, people try to buy a house there so their children qualify for admission. But houses are expensive, close to the million mark, I think.
Overall, the fewer people, means less competition. Less competition means more relaxed people. More free space to not see as much people/competition.
Thank you. We just visited Western Australia from Melbourne, Victoria for the first time. We are having a cold winter here, I do miss your lovely weather and beaches. I would love to move to Perth and WA as i feel you life style and outdoors can be enjoyed in all seasons compared to Cold old Melbourne. Cheers.
Aw! I'm so happy to hear you enjoyed your visit to WA. Completely agree - the great weather makes such a difference to our lifestyle here :) Thanks so much for watching and commenting!
Great vlog. Very informative! Thank you for sharing ❤
So glad you found this informative! Thanks so much for watching!! 😍
As a perth building designer. I went and spent 3 years working in melb. I was renting a room, living and working in Hawthorn east area. About roughly 10km away from cbd. From my experience melb is more expensive and the cost of living was greater than perth.
While salary was slightly more, living expenses was more as well.
When people ask which is better, they usually forget about what is their purpose going to a different city.
You cannot compare a bigger city to a smaller one when they both share similar level of technological advancement. Granted, perth might be smaller or having lesser cultures and population and your cost of living will be quite similar in both cities.
If you want a cbd life and have fun spending, melb is your answer. If you want less noise, well perth it is.
Both cities will give what you want when you strive for it. Hope this helps with some clarity to others seeking a city to suit their lifestyle.
Btw great video.
Thank you for watching and for sharing! Ah I spent some timing living in the Hawthorn area as well 😊 completely agree with you - they’re very different cities, definitely depends what you’re looking for in a city!
Perth won't always be the quite city, due to our sprawling nature the infill and expansion of public transport under Metronet will bring additional people over the next 20 years. I feel Perth won't be ready to be a big city due to our lack of planning.
Really enjoyed this type of vid :) Definitely want to spend some time living in Perth in the near future!
thank you for watching, so happy to hear! that's exciting - where are you currently living?!
@@SundayswithJamie Sydney ☺️
My favorite part is at 6:23, gave me quite a laugh! Another great watch :)
Hahaha thank you for watching! 😊
Thanks for your information! Could you make a video about a brief introduction to different regions in Perth?
thank you for watching and for suggesting that video - that's a really interesting idea!
Thanks for the video Jamie, when you mentioned commuting was easy and took less time to get around Perth by car, it is very subjective depending on many factors like where you live and what time of day you start your commute. For me, I find catching the train and bus more quicker than driving, but it's different for each person.
thanks for watching! yes that's so true - i'm sharing my experience living in perth but i know it's different for everyone :)
Good video hun❤ have been in Perth for 10 years now and yep you’re pretty much spot on😊
Although I will say the freeway traffic has got a lot worse in the past year but I guess compared to other cities it’s light traffic -I just got too comfortable 😅
Thanks so much! ☺️ haha I agree with that!! Then i remember how bad Melbourne traffic was and I feel better 😂
Cant wait to Perth, Australian in the future. Trip of lifetime.
i hope you have a wonderful time when you visit!
@@SundayswithJamie thank you
Perth sounds a LOT like California while Melbourne / SYD are NYC 😅 very interesting how geographical factors affect an area’s culture & lifestyle
oh interesting haha! i've only visited cali a couple of times but can see the similarities with the weather and more laidback lifestyle!
California has more types of industries and job opportunities plus the larger population 40 million US together has 333.3 million Aus only has 27 million
Hi, yeah I’m looking to moving to Perth I’ve been wanting to do it for years but gotta wait financially to do it but I think it’s an awesome place and you’re right a lot of the buses and trains and ferries was great loved it they thought of everyone even the disability people, because in Brisbane, they don’t think a disability people that gaps between the platform and the train is ridiculous as well as the transport is good better than Queensland I found when I was staying at Scarborough. I found it difficult for a direct bus to go to Hillarys and freo , but besides that I thought the transport was wonderful. This time I went over there I found I saw so much of Perth that I haven’t seen in years and I just can’t wait to move over there but for now I’m just gonna have to keep doing my yearly visits. Thank you for the pros and cons
I moved to Perth Monday from London- now currently looking for a job in project administration - really hope this move works out for me as I love it so much! the chill lifestyle, beaches, the people - just so lovely.
how exciting!! wishing you all the best - so happy to hear you are loving it already :)
Hi Tasha! I'm in a similar position! Looking for a product management job as a newcomer haha wouldn't mind connecting with someone that's on a similar boat!
@@Camiderey I got a recruiter and got a job! try Hays, Peoplebank, people2people but go in and register or call up and register - good luck hope you get something! Always down to meet people or a coffee too 💕
Jamie I really really love your explanation so so much and this video is so so helpful to me you are my truly truly inspiration🥹🥹🌸🩷💫
Thanks Mansoor! Appreciate you watching! ☺️
Your con about making friends in Perth is what I find about Sydney...and I'm from Perth.
Aw sorry to hear! Hope you have some luck making some friends over east
Hot weather is great. My advice buy a house within 5km of the beach, as the seabreeze cools Perth significantly. River can be good too as it can catch the breeze as long as its not too far inland. Embrace the beach lifestyle and swim in the morning, afternoon or early evening. Go for walks long the coast, swim, picnics... most of the year its actually quite cool along the coast after 3pm with a strong seabreeze. Where its just cement glass and steel its going to be hot. As well as further inland. Its not difficult and if you want a cool house and backyard then choose a place closer to the ocean and elevated. And of course, avoid houses with large west facing windows!
Hi there, avoid west facing windows because of unbearable sun heat and wind?
@@user-gd5tq7df8h in the southern hemisphere you should generally look for the windows on the northern side as that is where the sun will go into the house in winter. Whereas in summer the sun is largely overhead to the north. So no sunlight will come into the house on the northern side (if you have eaves) between Oct to Mar approx. In summer the hot sun will be in the west as that is where it sets. Same with east really but sun is rising then so mightn't be quite as hot. So you don't want full windows to west. In summer it sets in the south west. But in winter the sun doesn't really come into the westerly windows as much until late afternoon. As for the breeze. In Perth its great to have windows that will open in the south and west. As that is where the seabreeze comes from. So in summer you'll cool your house down.
@@BDub2024 ok thank you! I'm considering relocating from Melbourne, some say flats are scarce and pricey. is that true?
@@user-gd5tq7df8h I think there are definitely flats. It depends on the quality of flats you're after and where. There would be a lot less high rise than Melbourne. I think there are a lot of flats in Maylands. Certainly parts of Maylands are a bit run down and dodgy. But that's because of flats that were built 45 years ago really. Its on the river, near major train routes and about 5km from the city. So should be value there for the location. Or plenty of flats in suburbs around doubleview glendalough innaloo and you're not far from freeway about about 4km from beach. But really depends on how much and what appeals. Being a flat I reckon parkland and eatery places are important. Parts of Victoria Park may be ok. But you want to be within walking from river.
@@BDub2024 Thank you 🤙
More people live in houses and do things around their house. The density is less, so people don't go out for dinner all the time. They're more likely to stay home and do sport or recreation. Perth is a great outdoors city, with sport and activities based around being outside.
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Absolutely agree, great take on pros and cons! I've just moved to Perth and the only thing I'd add as a con is that its quite harder to find a job here than over east as a professional with no experience/studies in Australia, only overseas though!
Thanks so much for sharing!! Hope you’re enjoying settling into Perth ☺️ where have you moved from?
@@SundayswithJamie I love it here! Just moved in from Chile, hope I can find a job and a solid group of friends soon :)
Btw I see a loot of people here sharing similar experiences! Maybe it would be a good idea to create an "expats/newcomers" in perth? haha
We are visiting Perth from Melbourne and Google's AI recommended this video and we could really resonate with all the things you said. We had bought a house here in Perth an year ago and still undecided whether to move or not. Weather definitely is a big drawcard compared to Melbourne's gloomy and cold weather. Would love to hear your thoughts on couple of other things like water, doesn't taste good in Perth and kids education. Thanks
The water is terrible. It’s hard and tastes like chlorine as a lot of our water comes from desalination. Best to put filtration systems on your taps or one of those complete house filtration systems.
Some of the best schools are SOR e.g Rossmoyne, Willeton, Applecross. Or go private as schools here have a problem with discipline.
Thanks appreciate your response
Oh wow! Definitely a big decision. I’m very happy we made the move over but in saying that, I have my family and friends I grew up with here. the water isn’t an issue for me at all as I just drink filtered water and am looking forward to raising our future kids here - personally think there are a lot of good schools, just need to check the school zones
Perth is not a good place to move to right now. We have an appallingly low rental vacancy rate - 0.3% so good luck finding somewhere to live. And if you’re lucky enough to find somewhere to live, be prepared to live on baked beans because rents are astronomical.
Construction industry is terrible nationwide, especially post covid 2020. The govt grants created the building rush, people signed up in masses. What we are currently experiencing are the consequences of those govt grants. It created material and supplies shortages and trades quotes went up. Obviously rent will go up due to builders not being able to deliver houses. Rents went up only due to the rush of people unable to move into their house. Property owners are only taking advantage of the rush. Govt should have acted swiftly to mitigate the rent price increases. Good thing is we are at the end tail of the rush and most builders are now able to slowly filter out those backlog of houses.
@@ap2603 it’s going to take a very long time to address the backlog. Perth had the largest % rise/per pop. then other cities in Australia. We have a severe housing crisis right now. I read a report somewhere that 52 000 houses need to built right now to address the current backlog 😟 I think anyone moving to Perth must be made aware that unless they have family/ friends to stay with, finding a rental will be extremely difficult and expensive.
Absolutely! Nows not the time to welcome more migrants into Perth this will only add to the pressures the market is currently under. It's actually cheaper to live in Melbourne right now than here in Perth. You can visit, but please wait until we sort out our housing before moving here.
Still cheaper and easier than Melbourne
take your friends to picnic, BBQ and many good beaches. maybe bar or club at northbridge in the evening. Frementle is a good place to walk around and would be nice to spend a few days to go to Rottnest island. quite a lovelt place to visit.
love all these suggestions! and absolutely love visiting rotto :)
Be sure to visit the Fremantle Markets also
Did you stay by yourself when you went to grad school in Melbourne ? I’m wanting to finish my studies over east in either Sydney or Brisbane. But not sure how much it costs and if that’s attainable for a student
i first stayed at student accommodation and then lived in apartments with housemates (personally, it would have cost too much for me to live alone, e.g. in a studio). i suggest looking at real estate websites for apartments etc as well as sites where you can see rental costs of a room and see if it would work for your budget
Hi, me and and my family are considering the move to Perth as I can access a sponsored visa. Jus quick question , would a 125k yearly income be enough for a family of 5?
Thankyou
Where are you from, contact us if you want info about Perth wa
Do you have any tips to finding housing/apartment rentals in Perth? I'm a Canadian thinking about moving to WA for university :) Any tips would be great!
It's not a good time to move to Perth at the moment due to our housing crisis the rental market is very tight with just under 1% vacancy rate and median $600pw and rising. Better wait untill market cools
Do they still have free transport service in the cbd in perth
Yes they have free buses!
is über available in Perth and with a good network of fleet?
Yes there’s Uber and didi!
Not true about Our Transport System..
At least its Way Cheaper to Travel on Public Transport here n we have New Rail lines going all around Perth now...
How are the tech job opportunities in Perth compared to Brisbane, Adelaide and Canberra ?
Sadly not very good.
@@chappydl2520How are the tech job opportunities in Sydney and Melbourne?
The best in aus
@@Bwajster I don’t know for certain if it’s better in those cities, but overall tech jobs are very difficult to find, especially well paying ones, as the industry is overprescribed. At my son’s company, they receive well over a thousand applications for a single job, most from recent immigrants. Sometimes people come in with their CVs literally begging for a job. It’s very sad.
@@chappydl2520 If I'm not wrong, isn't this common almost everywhere like in the US, Canada and Australia at the moment ?
Spud Shed is open 24 has fresh produce from his farms...
Spud shed food is often low quality and rubbish especially in the northern suburbs.
Its not low quality its literaly just not aesthetic, a potato still tastes teh same as a potato regardless of the shape or size @Daoism11
I don’t live that near to a spud shed but definitely keen to check it out!
Well many of would disagree with you, Spud Shed is very bad in Wangara and potatoes have bad centers. @@archiehull4449
Is Perth a walkable city?
hmm i would say there are definitely many suburbs that are walkable! but if you're talking more broadly, it's still very much a car based city in my opinion
Melbourne is too cold for me. I think the climate of Perth is better. You won't like hot and humid weather I believe.
Moving next month i am scared now😢
oh no!! which aspect are you scared of?
I think the Australian life style and culture resemble a lot with South Asian culture.
Examples: (1) Shops close early, (2)Australians are friendly, but not to be friends.
Sounds like PEI but 2.0 version of it
I don't really agree that Perth isn't that good to visit. Compare to Melbourne. Melbourne has footy and sport... what else? More shows to see? But the beaches and river are no good. It has museums and art galleries that they put more investment into. Shopping? so what?
Lived in Perth for 6 years, pretty boring but excellent beaches 🌞 and a good place to raise a family. Why'd you leave Melbourne! (to make a family? 😅🍼)
All 100% though 🎉
haha are you in melbourne now?! (and maybe... 👀😂) thank you for watching!
We were packing up our life in Perth to go to Melbourne the same time you were moving back there 😅@@SundayswithJamie
@@mrterabyte oh right!! How have you found the move to Melbourne?!
My wife and I are the same! We’re newlyweds too and decided to move to Melbourne to experience something new while we’re still able to! We moved in the middle of winter of 2023 and it was so cold for so long that we missed Perth sorely but during the warmer season Melbourne is just in a class of its own with its many offerings of whatever your drift is be it sport, art, music, culture, etc.!
Also, being able to buy good coffee past 3pm is unbeatable.
The move itself was potato... $5k or so for a container. Being homeless for a few weeks was also expensive.@@SundayswithJamie However! Melbourne is awesome, no big country town any more.
Ayo Perth
Under contraction METRONET
Nice vid - bit of an American accent there?
Thank you! An international school accent haha
Any Indonesia food to recognize 😊
To recommend? I love ria ayam penyet in Victoria park! There’s a lot of Indonesian food in Perth, that one is my current fave 😊
Thanks
Dapur Van Java in Vic Park is really good and affordable.
@@manickramasubramania9000 thanks
New construction Perth airport train to city train
I've lived in Perth for 37 years and the suburbs are boring, and yes you are correct about clicky groups. The public transport is dismissal, and yes a car is necessary unless you live inner Perth City. Perth is extremely expensive, everything from food to amenities compared to the eastern states. After you've lived here for along time and seen it all darn near, it's a reclusive lifestyle unless you have a ton of outgoing friends and like doing the same thing repeatedly.
Having lived in NSW, QLD, Melbourne, Adelaide, I'd rate Perth and if you love the beach and hell hot weather at 6/10. It's not as alive as the east, nor as beautiful in terms of forests, mountains and inland waters. It depends on ones perspective of beautiful. Plenty of sand and ocean of course hours or that, dry heat long days of super hot 44-47 degrees . Venues are always a 30 minute drive becuase Perth is so spread out, often small art pop ups and average venues for artists. As for night life poor, few clubs and not many bars. Coffee lounges have popped up in the last 10 years but they don't last long and close down. Everything shuts here to early, what was a low crime city has changed in the last three years.
I will say, Perth is a clean modern city and architecture is interesting, further south there is some nice bush but nothing like QLD as example. We do have wine tours and the like but very expensive,.even Rottnest island is expensive to visit and again it's all beaches and super hot rides around the island or bus ride and the pub, after five times doing that it's like yeah ok. Markets are less and expensive these days, none seem to last long. Winter there is much less to do. Whereas, in Melbourne and NSW you meet at coffee lounges and gather, not in Perth.
I'm a very out going person, rarely drink and don't smoke pot, I've diverse interests and Perth is boring, even a TAFE class here is hell expensive. If you've a fabulously high income you may like Perth more.
Perth is the largest culturally diverse state in AU or was in 2020.
Doctors and dentistry is appalling in this state and unbelievably expensive, expect to double what you'd pay in Melbourne. Growing food can be very difficult due to poor soil quality which is sand and heat, garden centres are extremely overpriced and water is the most expensive aspect of owning a home. The average power bill every two months will blow your mind at a minimum of $400.00 which is a conservative estimate.
An accurate description of Perth. If it weren’t for my children who are settled here, I would pack up and leave tomorrow.
Dullsville.
I know exactly what you mean, my son is here@@chappydl2520
@@ian7033-qj9wg Perth can be, one has to invest energy into life where ever we live.
Serious question, why does crime goes up in Perth? Due to 3rd world Immigration? aborigenals? Junkies?
Are you from north America your accent sounds Yankee
nope - i went to an international school in jakarta when i was very young and had american teachers but moved to perth when i was around six years old! the international school accent has stuck with me
You're 30 and the American accent stuck with you lol what a load of virtue signalling bs. Sorry to burst bubble.😂
FREE BUS RIDE AROUND CITY , BLUE CAT BUS, RED CAT BUS, GREEN CAT BUS
Do they have cash jobs in Perth for illegal immigrants?
Not really. Some employers might pay cash but most won't due to tax reasons (if they get caught they go to prison).
@@user-ho8sr7mu9lThank you for the information
No, don't come to Perth. Nearly all the water is expensively desalinated and the more people we get, the bigger our water bills get. I don't want to have to pay more for my water.
I live in Perth. The crime here now is shocking . It's not a very exciting city . It's basically the arse end of Australia.
You gon compare the crime here to Melbourne or Sydney? 🤦🏾♂️
As a male from South London (think UK drill music), I can walk anywhere and not worry about my own safety.
Not accurate. You can also leave, plenty of people need somewhere to live 🤡
So what’s the good end of Australia?
It's a fabulous place if you have friends
It's boring, expensive and too hot 🔥