City & towers
CBD & East Perth
The centre that empties at 6pm
- From the CBD
- 0.6 km
- Area
- 17 km²
- Rent
- High rent
- Suburbs
- 4
Perth's corporate heart: office towers, the Hay and Murray Street malls, Elizabeth Quay and the river right below. You live in an apartment, everything is walkable — and on a Sunday afternoon the city is eerily empty.
Good for
- Working in the city without a car
- Short-course students
- Your first weeks in the country
Watch out
Small apartments at big prices, and little neighbourhood life outside business hours.
Getting around
Every train line stops here, and the CAT buses are free inside the city.
Suburbs
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Places here
Kings Park & Botanic Garden
One of the largest inner-city parks in the world, bigger than Central Park. Skyline lookout, botanic garden and native bush. Free.
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Elizabeth Quay
A city-centre marina with a footbridge, water playground and restaurants. The ferry departure point.
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Yagan Square
The square stitching the CBD to Northbridge, with a digital tower and a food hall. Named after the Noongar leader Yagan.
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The Bell Tower
A glass tower on the river holding 14th-century bells brought from London. You can ring them on a tour.
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The Perth Mint
An 1899 mint with a live gold-pour demonstration and the largest gold coin in the world.
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RAC Arena
The city's indoor arena: basketball (Perth Wildcats), international tours and big events.
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Perth Station
The central station: every line runs through here. A SmartRider card pays for itself in week one.
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Elizabeth Quay Bus Station
The city bus interchange, with services heading south and west.
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Other areas
These are impressions, not statistics: one person, a few months, a city of two million. Suburbs change street by street — use this to know what to go and look at, then go and look.