Roller shutters Orelia

WA Police counted 32 burglaries in Orelia in 2025. Spread across the 4,535 people living here at the 2021 Census, that is 7.1 per 1,000 residents, almost twice the metropolitan Perth rate of 4.0. Police publish one combined burglary figure for each suburb, so it takes in homes and businesses together.

The five year direction is down. There were 59 burglaries in 2021 and 32 in 2025, a fall of 45.8%, and the 2017 count was 66. The five year count has fallen, even if the rate still sits well over the metro figure.

Roller shutters fit into that picture as one layer among several. Lowered, a shutter is a physical barrier on windows and doors, covering the glass so that forced entry becomes slower and noisier. The WA Police burglary flyer has its own checklist: lock every door, window, gate and shed, and keep valuables out of sight from windows.

Landgate's suburb history records that this area began to be developed in 1952. Most homes are separate houses: 81.8% of occupied dwellings at the 2021 Census, against 77.8% across Greater Perth. Flats and apartments account for another 16.1%, and semi-detached homes or townhouses for just 2.2%.

On a house, residential roller shutters usually go first on bedrooms and street facing windows, then on the big sliding door to the yard. Flats work differently. Under WA's default strata by-laws, an owner needs the strata company's written consent to keep anything visible from outside the lot that is not in keeping with the rest of the building, so get that consent in writing before you order.

Out the back, a patio or alfresco can be closed in with outdoor blinds: Ziptrak and Slidetrack track blinds, cafe blinds, or motorised versions that run from a remote.

Orelia sits wholly within the City of Kwinana. The state planning regulations let you add to a single house without development approval only if all three conditions hold: the R-Codes apply, the work meets their deemed-to-comply provisions, and the house is not heritage protected. The City's planning page says much the same in plainer terms, that development on residential zoned land which complies with the Residential Design Codes is often exempt from planning approval.

Heritage is the main exception. The City places its more protected places, in categories A, B and C, on a Heritage List, and a listed place has legal protection under the 2015 planning regulations. If your home is on that list, ask the City before shutters go on.

For seniors, the WA Seniors Card Safety and Security Rebate covers security window screens or window shutters, up to $400 per household. The City of Kwinana's seniors page describes this state rebate and names roller shutters among the items it can go towards.