Visa Granted

[gaz]

I have had a state sponsored visa granted for WA and plan to move to Perth later this year.

I have also had a job offer with a salary of $110,000 per annum and I was interested to see if this is a good salary. There will only be two of us living on this salary and I was wondering if this would be sufficient to rent a 2-3 bed house and live a reasonable lifestyle. Any advice would be useful. I was in Fremantle 10 years ago on a working holiday visa but that was some time ago and I am looking for up to date information.

[Dolly]

Hi Gaz,

Welcome to the forum...

...but more importantly CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Yep, that's a good salary. You'll live comfortably on that.

If you check out the rental section on Real Estate, Property, Land and Homes for Sale, lease and rent - realestate.com.au that'll give you a rough idea of what rentals are going for at the moment.

Good luck.

Dolly

[kaz101]

Congratulations Gaz!

There are links for property in the "PLEASE READ...." post and there is the "Cost of Living" post too towards the top of the forum.

Regards,
Karen

[anj1976]

Congrats Gaz

from what i have read, it is much above the average salary which is 35,000/pa. you monthly expense leading a comfortable life would not cross 3,500-4,000 A$. but again, comfortable fro some would be congested for some. a two bedroom accommodation would not be more than 400$/week in perth. and other expenses including electricity, grocery, internet would come to another 1500A$ a month, add additional 1000$ for miscellaneous. which leaves you with 2500$ as a saving each month. :P and if go tight on your spending, you can manage some more

wish u luck

[gaz]

Many thanks for the congrats.

Anj - Thanks for the specific info on spending

Karen and Dolly - Thanks for the pointer I will have a look at the info you have highlighted.

Cheers

Gary