The Life Of Perth

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You’ve never known Perth like this
===============================Katherine Skalska===============================
Located in Western Australia, Perth is the fourth

Perth is also brought to life by it’s other

largest city in Australia bringing in tourists in

unnatural and festive attractions that surrounds

every year for it’s characteristics and it’s part in

the city and are also well worth seeing include the

Australia’s change. Perth holds 12 suburbs and

Fremantle prison, Perth Mint , and The Art

5,423 square metres in area.

Gallery which constantly holds international art festivals. Perth has a well known culture that displays

Australia . It’s connections with the Aboriginal

Perth has a fascinating identity that places this city Australians is displayed through exhibitions and right on the map. As a primarily natural residential the acknowledgement of wrongs that were place, Perth holds nature's most beautiful

perpetrated to the Australian Aborigines. The

creations.

native Australians are also respected and houred

as Perth is home to an Aboriginal community.

Perth uniqueness is displayed through its 19

extraordinary beaches that includes the famous

Since Perth has become a popular unique

Cottesloe beach that is known for it’s white sand

Australian city, there has been various changes in

and atmosphere. The salt caves, national parks are

the community. With Perth’s population rising a

all part of Perth’s physical environments.

development in the community has been strongly

progressing to fit the population of 2.53 million.

Penguins Island is one of Perths most visited

attractions bringing in thousands of tourists every

From 2013­2014 Perth’s population increased by

year, other attractions include Swan Valley, Swan

67,500. The constant change in Perth is

River and Kangaroo island.

constantly analysed through the Australian census

In the last Perth’s population structure has been

community.

changing. In 2011­2012 Perth’s most common age was from 20­24 year within the time in 2013­2014

The cycling project is a large development

the most common age was people aged 30­34

project to progress Perth’s environmental,

years.

economical and social city and status. An investment of 2 million dollars annually will be committed to this project to be completed by
2029.

Medical facilities is an important role in the community’s future. As of this there is plans for improvement in the medical facilities, especially in the children’s hospital as the government has invested 1.2 billion dollars rebuilding and improving Princess Margaret children's hospital.

This is shown in the graph above and the constant

The reduce in the number of local governments

change in age structure in different age groups

planned on July 2013 was proposed to make

within the past few years including the amount by

Perth a stronger , equal community that brings all

numbers.

smaller governments under the hold of Perth city

within Perth. this proposal was to change the

Some reasons for the age structure change is the

metropolitan boundaries to include key

growth in residents and the movement of younger

infrastructures like schools, hospitals and

people to larger cities for more opportunities.

facilities.

Because of these various factors Perth’s

employment rate has increased by 4,172 because

As Perth changes and develops the community

there are more older ages that are able to work.

will grow economically and environmentally as

this features make Perth unique with the ongoing

The constant change brings great prospects for the

development. Perth will always be on the map

community and its development. Many of these

and be a community benefiting Australia.

prospects include facilities that will benefit the

Tourism Western Australia, “White sand beaches” ,