Roller shutters in Manning

Year by year, WA Police counted 34 burglaries in Manning in 2021, 46 in 2022 and 33 in 2023, then 27 in both 2024 and 2025. So the count is lower than in 2021, down 20.6% over the five years, though it did not fall further last year. Back in 2017 it was 48.

The 2025 count gives a rate of 6.4 per 1,000 residents. The rate for metropolitan Perth was 4.0. WA Police publish one burglary figure per suburb, and it takes in homes and businesses alike.

What shutters offer is practical rather than statistical. Closed, a roller shutter is a physical barrier on windows and doors, and anyone trying to force their way in faces a slower and noisier job.

Landgate records that Manning began as a State Housing Commission project in 1948, and that the name comes from the Manning Estate subdivision, after Henry Manning, who acquired the land in 1856. Separate houses still dominate: 88.3% of occupied dwellings at the 2021 Census, above the Greater Perth figure of 77.8%. Another 10.3% were semi-detached, terrace or townhouses, and 1.6% flats.

On a house, residential roller shutters tend to go on bedrooms first, then the larger sliding doors. You also choose how they are driven. Ozroll's battery drive system is low voltage and not reliant on mains power, so the shutters can still be operated in a power failure; hardwired motors such as the Somfy CSI have a manual override for when the power is out. One trade off: Ozroll says its portable E-Port controllers do not lend themselves to automation, so if you want shutters on a timer, mention it at the measure.

For the smaller group of townhouses in a strata scheme, the strata company's written consent is needed for anything visible from outside the lot that is out of keeping with the building. Patios and alfrescos can be closed in with outdoor blinds, including Ziptrak, Slidetrack and cafe styles.