Roller shutters for Swan View homes

Burglaries in Swan View have dropped sharply. WA Police recorded 91 in 2021 and 18 in 2025, a fall of 80.2%. Go back to 2017, when there were 129, and the 2025 figure is 86.0% lower. The largest single drop came in the final year, from 48 in 2024.

Eighteen burglaries across 7,889 residents is a rate of 2.3 per 1,000, below the metropolitan Perth rate of 4.0. Police publish a single burglary count per suburb, so the figure covers homes and businesses together. The first six months of 2026 added 10.

A low count is good news, and a shutter is still a sensible layer for any house. Closed, it forms a physical barrier on windows and doors and makes forced entry slower and noisier. Open, it rolls back up into its pelmet and leaves the view clear.

Separate houses make up 89.6% of Swan View's occupied dwellings, with 10.0% semi-detached, terrace or townhouses. Home ownership is high at 76.7%, and 35.1% of homes are owned outright. Landgate records that the name was suggested by Surveyor F.S. Brockman in 1894, when the Government subdivided land in the area.

On a house, residential roller shutters usually start with the bedrooms and the larger glass doors. Each one is cut from Ozroll aluminium slats, fitted with its motor and tested in our Wangara factory before it is installed. For a townhouse or villa in a strata scheme, the default by-laws require the strata company's written consent for anything visible from outside that is out of keeping with the building.

Alfresco areas can be closed in with Ziptrak or Slidetrack blinds, and we also make cafe and motorised outdoor blinds.

About two thirds of Swan View is in the Shire of Mundaring and about a third in the City of Swan. The points below follow the Shire's rules; on the City of Swan side, check with the City.

Under state planning rules, a single house needs no development approval for works such as shutters if the R-Codes apply, the works are deemed-to-comply and the place is not heritage protected. The Shire's own exemptions policy, set by council resolution in June 2026, draws the same line: its exemptions cover only places that are not on the Shire of Mundaring Heritage List and not affected by the Heritage Act 2018.

Swan View has places on that list. The Shire says modifications or additions to a listed place will usually require development approval and may be referred to the Heritage Council of Western Australia. One state rule also applies on bushfire prone land: where an assessment puts a site at BAL-40 or BAL-FZ, development approval can be needed despite any exemption.

With 21.7% of residents aged 65 or over, the WA Seniors Card Safety and Security Rebate is worth checking. It covers security window screens or window shutters, up to $400 per household, and can be claimed once.