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Booragoon

"I don't really want to live anywhere else."

I have a property that I live in across the road from Garden City Shopping Centre. I bought it 8 years ago and I personally believe that this was the best decision I have ever made with relation to Suburb choice.
I will paint a picture of living in my part of Booragoon:
- My neighbours are friendly and tidy
- Of course everything required is local.
- I can take a quick 5 min ride in my bicycle to the canning river.
- There is a bus station terminal across the road so I use it when I go to the city.
- Bull creek train station is a 5 min drive away (i.e. park and ride).
- I never have had any crime however I will say that once in the seven years I have been here I have had someone try to climb over our fence. Nothing was taken from our backyard.
- I have never read in the local paper or never heard of any home invasions or serious crime.
- Being off two main roads, there are hoons but that would be the same in any area where there are main arterial roads.
- In contrast, on most Sundays in the afternoon you can almost “hear a pin drop”.
- Thursday night (after late night shopping) you will hear the occasional teens making noise in the bus terminal but there are always several transit guards there to break them up and send them off. I have never heard of any issues there.
- One thing I don’t like is Saturday morning as it is inconvenient for me to drive out of my driveway as everyone is lined up at the lights to drive into the Garden City car parks. But this is not a reflection of the suburb but of my specific location and you will get that if you choose to live across one of Perth’s major shopping complexes!!!
- I don’t have children (yet) but I would feel safe taking them to the local parks (and there are plenty) for a play on the swings. I witness many families doing that exact thing.
- At night all I really hear is the occasional motor traffic but again. I live off two main roads.
- Public basketball courts are nearby as well as the Melville Fitness Centre which has just had $5mil thrown at it to make it “state of the art”. There is also a local tennis club and many other sporting clubs (do the research).
- I have two friends who co-incidentally live off Rankin way and they love how peaceful and quite the neighbourhood is. I am thinking about buying another property there!!
- If you can afford this area it is worth the extra cost for peace of mind that you are living in a well-established and safe area. Yes it is safe. I have done many late night rides and even jogs and never seen people loitering or behaving strangely. And this is over an 8 year period!!
- There is only one thing that annoys me (but nothing is perfect eh?) but around 11:00pm every night just one single plane goes overhead, but that’s it!!
I hope this helps you paint a picture because this is my 100% honest account of Booragoon.

Great for

  • Location
  • Excellent future capital growth
  • Peaceful and well established area

Who lives here?

  • Professionals
  • Singles
  • Families with kids
  • Retirees
  • Tourists
  • LGBT+
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