About 100,000 migrants move to Australia every year and many of these decide to set up home within the countries capital, Perth.

Perth is located in Western Australia. It is the countries capital and also the largest city within Western Australia. It Mediterranean climate and booming economy has made Perth a favourite destination for British migrants.

Deciding to move to Perth in Australia is an immense decision and one that shouldn’t be made lightly. Before you finalise any plans to ship your life half way round the world you need to plan. Planning is key to ensure that your move will go smoothly. There are a lot of decisions to be made such as where will you live? Where will you work? Can you open a bank account over there straight away? Will you take all of your belongings with you. Before you can even get onto details such as these you need to find out about visas and whether you are actually able to move to Perth, Australia.

The residents of Perth, Australia are said to have the highest standard of living out of all the Australian cities. This has a lot to do with Perth’s economy and considerably lower house prices available in Perth in comparison to other cities within Australia. Jobs may be slightly harder to get in Perth than in, for example, Sydney, but you will find many typical city jobs when you move to Perth, Australia. However Perth has a high deposit of metal ores and coal and China has sourced many of its raw materials from Western Australia, which results in high economic growth.

Finding the right house for your move to Perth, Australia is essential and something that you should spend a long time looking into. ¾ of all the houses within Perth, Australia are detached and have various sizes of gardens. There are also numerous flats and apartments available, all of which are considerably cheaper than buying a house. The most sought after property almost always appear within the north and west areas of the city, with many British migrants starting a new life settled in the Northern part of Perth.

When it comes to transport within Perth the roads are wide and rush hour, like anywhere, can cause traffic build ups, however the traffic rarely stops moving completely. The public transport within Perth, Australia is known as Transperth and when it comes to moving to Perth, Australia it is important that you familiarise yourself with what are known as city zones. This is important due to the fact Transperth tickets are sold on the basis of city zones. You can use these Transperth tickets on both buses and trains and they can be purchased in most newsagents.

If you will be making a journey regularly on Transperth, you should buy a MultiRider ticket. These work out 15 percent cheaper for 10 journeys and 25 percent cheaper for 40 journeys than the standard fare.

When you are moving to Perth, Australia you will see that this public transport is probably the best way to get you in and out of the city but it isn’t very good for travelling between suburbs. There is however a free bus service which is called CAT which runs within the actual city centre.