Roller shutters in Carine

Carine had 12 burglaries in 2025, going by WA Police figures. Spread over the 7,330 residents counted at the 2021 Census, that is 1.6 per 1,000, well under the rate of 4.0 for metropolitan Perth.

With counts this low, one or two incidents either way can swing the line, so the numbers are too small to read a trend. For the record, police counted 23 in 2017, 13 in 2021 and 12 in 2025, which averages out at 12 a year across 2021 to 2025.

So what does a shutter add? Rolled down, it is a physical barrier on windows and doors, and it makes forced entry slower and noisier. It belongs alongside the basics in the WA Police burglary flyer, such as deadlocks on external doors, key locks on windows and sensor lighting.

Separate houses are 86.0% of occupied dwellings in Carine, against 77.8% across Greater Perth, and home ownership sits at 87.6% compared with 70.4%. The City of Stirling's thematic history notes that much of the land stayed largely undeveloped until the 1960s, and that most of the housing has been built since the 1970s.

For a house, residential roller shutters fit over windows and doors. The smaller share of townhouses (10.2%) and flats (4.1%) may need a strata check before anything is ordered, which the council section below covers.

For an alfresco or patio, our outdoor blinds close the space in. The range takes in Ziptrak and Slidetrack track guided blinds, cafe blinds and motorised blinds, all cut and assembled in the same Wangara factory as the shutters.

Carine is in the City of Stirling. Under the state planning rules, alterations or additions to a single house are exempt from development approval only if three things hold: the R-Codes apply, the work meets their deemed-to-comply provisions, and the place is not heritage protected.

Bush fire prone land adds a further test. Where a bushfire attack level assessment puts a site at BAL-40 or BAL-FZ, the state regulations require development approval despite the usual exemptions, for the development they cover, such as a single house on lots totalling 1,100 square metres or more. Carine is also among the localities with places on the City of Stirling Heritage List. The City says any application for a listed place will be assessed on its merits in view of the listing, so check whether your address is on it.

With 23.5% of residents aged 65 or over, the WA Seniors Card Safety and Security Rebate is worth checking. Security window screens or window shutters are an eligible item, up to $400 per household, and the rebate can be claimed once.