The rapidly growing population of Perth in Western Australia has forced the Government into planning a whole new city north of Perth, which will house 50,000 people over the next 25 years...

Perth has been called the ‘world's loneliest city' due to its 2000 mile separation from Australia's eastern cities. However, its population belies this nickname- Perth is currently the fastest growing area in Australia and the city's property prices reflect this.
Booms in 2006 and 2007 saw prices increase by a whopping 50 percent.
The fourth largest city in Australia, Perth is home to 75 percent of Western Australia's (WA) population. It is hugely popular with migrants, especially those from the UK, who make up around 13 percent of the population.
One third of Perth's population was born in another country. Recently released Australian Bureau of Statistics figures also predicted that Perth's population would double over the next 50 years.
‘So many people, so little space,' is the Government of Western Australia's worry, and they have responded to Perth's rapidly growing population with the announcement that a new city is in the pipeline.
The State Government is seeking a development partner for the new coastal city, which will be located 40 kilometres north of Perth in the presently unpopulated suburb of Alkimos.
Currently, the suburb is covered in native woodland and scrubland, typical of its location in the Swan Coastal Plain.
Alkimos is bounded to the north by Eglinton, to the east by Carabooda and to the south by the newly-developed suburbs of Butler and Jindalee.
LandCorp, the State's land development agency, has said that the new city will include hospitals, tertiary educational institutions, major retail, commercial and recreational facilities.
Once the development is completed, transport links will also be improved. A proposed extension of the Joondalup railway line will see three new stations in the area, offering quick links to the centre of Perth for commuters.
The new city will provide 40 per cent of the land required in Perth's rapidly growing north-west metropolitan corridor.
The Lands Minister, Brendon Grylls says he cannot ignore the needs of Perth's growing population. ""It's development that's needed,"" he said.
""We've been critical of the previous Government for not having enough land available when it was needed and I am hoping that this development can make sure that doesn't happen in the northern corridor,"" Grylls added.
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