About the Area
The City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder is Australia’s largest outback city with a population of approximately 35,000 people , driving industries of mining and tourism and services a further 20,000 people in outlying towns. It is the regional service centre for the Goldfields Region and features all of the amenities that you would expect from a city.
Established in 1893, in the midst of a gold rush, Kalgoorlie-Boulder today enjoys a healthy gold and nickel industry with a regional production worth over 6 billion dollars. Our city is also regarded as one of the leaders in resource industry technology and world’s best safety practices and still hosts the Western Australian School of Mines, which is globally regarded as the leader in resource education.
Tourism has also gained momentum in the past twenty years with the many beautiful historic buildings, wide open streets, the Superpit and our amazing wildflower season drawing tourists from Australia and overseas. Extensive parks and gardens, modern hotel facilities and impressive street-scaping also add to the tourism experience. A progressive, dynamic city, Kalgoorlie-Boulder has an average age of just 29.7, with Australia’s fifth highest annual average wage per capita. We also have plenty of well paid jobs and offer a great standard of living and a great lifestyle.
The City of Kalgoorlie Boulder offers a first class retail sector with all of the major outlets being represented, public and private education, and a comprehensive network of rail, road and air transport services. With daily flights to Perth on two airlines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder caters to a large corporate market, with all service providers having a regional office based here. We also have sensational recreational facilities with an indoor Olympic sized pool; several health clubs, many sporting ovals and centres, and a world class Regional Arts Centre. The fully grassed golf course is due to be completed in December 2007 and will be one of Australia’s top ten inland courses, featuring a 50 million dollar resort facility and will strengthen Kalgoorlie-Boulders aim to be Australia’s mining conference destination of choice.
We have long enjoyed attractive rental returns and currently because of land shortages and an increase in population, the rental vacancy rate is extremely low. This means that Kalgoorlie-Boulder is a great choice for investors, and has been for many years. This combined with the fact that there is always a constant stream of ready tenants, means that the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder constantly remains on the list of places to buy in for investors, from a national perspective. From a residential point of view, there are several award winning builders in the city and the style and type of home available varies from 100 year old character homes in leafy established suburbs to modern state of the art architecturally designed showpieces. There really is something for every budget and every buyer.
The City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder is a great place to live, work and play and remains the foundation block for the state of Western Australia.