Roller shutters in Bullsbrook

WA Police counted 18 burglaries in Bullsbrook in 2025. Set against the 5,605 residents in the 2021 Census, that is a rate of 3.2 per 1,000, below the metropolitan rate of 4.0. Like every suburb figure, the count takes in homes and businesses together.

The numbers are too small to read a trend. Across 2021 to 2025 the suburb averaged 16.6 burglaries a year, and in a count this size a handful of incidents either way moves the line a long way. The population has grown too, by an estimated 22.7% between 2021 and 2025. Because the rate is worked from the 2021 head count, it overstates the figure for the people living here now.

What a roller shutter offers is a physical barrier on windows and doors. Lowered, it makes forced entry slower and noisier and keeps the room out of view. It works best alongside the basics in WA Police burglary advice: lock all doors, windows, gates and sheds, and keep valuables out of sight from windows.

Bullsbrook is almost entirely detached housing. The 2021 Census counted 1,852 occupied private dwellings, 99.2% of them separate houses, compared with 77.8% across Greater Perth. Townhouses were 0.2% and no flats were recorded, so strata consent rarely comes into it. Home ownership sits at 81.5%, well above the Greater Perth figure of 70.4%.

That makes residential roller shutters the main product here. Bedrooms and road facing windows are a sensible first stage, then the big sliding doors. Every shutter is built in Wangara: we cut Ozroll aluminium slats to size, make up the pelmets and guides, fit the motor and test it before it leaves the floor.

For a verandah or alfresco, outdoor blinds close in the space against wind and sun. Ziptrak, Slidetrack and cafe blinds are all available, manual or motorised.

Bullsbrook falls under the City of Swan. State planning rules let a single house skip development approval for alterations only when three things line up: the R-Codes apply, the work meets their deemed-to-comply provisions, and the place is not heritage protected.

That last condition is where the City comes in. Its heritage page says development approval is required for alterations to a place on its Heritage List, so the City can assess the effect on heritage value. If your property is listed, talk to the City before ordering. Separately, on bushfire prone land with an assessed level of BAL-40 or BAL-FZ, state rules can require approval despite the usual exemptions.