CSK Posted May 11, 2016 Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 Hi all, Can someone perhaps give me an indication on how Perth compare with SA cities in terms of size? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottg Posted May 11, 2016 Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 Difficult question. Do you mean City of Perth or including suburbs or including metropolitan areas? http://profile.id.com.au/perth For example the suburbs stretch 50 km north and more than 50km south. (All the stats are available at the bottom of the page) http://profile.id.com.au/perth/about?WebID=160 If you draw a circle around Perth what size should the circle be? A different perspective - if the airport size (although they increased it recently) is representative of the population it needs to serve then I will say Bloemfontein but I may be in trouble here. However in terms of services and quality of services and infrastructure then better than most SA cities. Availability of goods is good but often you may need to source specialized things from other parts of Aus but then again the delivery services are good. Perhaps better to check out the above 2 links and then ask specific questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titus Posted May 12, 2016 Report Share Posted May 12, 2016 7 hours ago, ottg said: If the airport size (although they increased it recently) is representative of the population it needs to serve then I will say Bloemfontein but I may be in trouble here. Completely overrating Bloem's airport! It's there more for show than anything else! It's difficult to compare any Australian cities to South African ones because the demographic is completely different. The bulk of South African's are located in densely populated townships which Australia doesn't have... I would have described Perth as being 3-4 times as big as P.E. Or more specifically, as long as P.E.... it's an incredibly narrow and stretched out city... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellfish Posted May 12, 2016 Report Share Posted May 12, 2016 Depends if you are referring to Greater Perth (including suburbs ) or just the city centre? The city is pretty small (and uneventful..but that's another topic), If you include the 'burbs, it's big and spread out (WA is enormous, the biggest State in Australia). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benp Posted May 12, 2016 Report Share Posted May 12, 2016 A very big PE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emilleinoz Posted May 12, 2016 Report Share Posted May 12, 2016 (edited) If you put perth into context of south african cities, it is the port elisabeth of australia. Its not joburg or cape town (thats melbourne and aydney), its not durban (brisbane) but the 4th largest. Inwould say its size is comparable with cape town, in area not population But its 'fèel' is that of a provincial city not a.world city. It feels a bit like a town but a huge one Edited May 12, 2016 by emilleinoz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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