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The Facts, Each With Its Date

35,759

members of the Poms in Perth Facebook group, on 4 October 2026. More than 40,000 across the group, the Facebook page and Instagram.

2007

the year the group was founded. One of the largest British and Irish communities in Australia.

72%

of members were active in the group in the twelve months to 4 October 2026.

49,437

comments, on 5,003 posts, in those twelve months.

7,291

people asked to join in those twelve months. The peak is January: 1,019 in January 2026, about double a normal month.

6,895

members are not in Australia yet: 6,583 in the United Kingdom and 312 in Ireland, planning the move.

8,917

members are 55 or over, a quarter of the group. The largest age band is 35 to 44, with 11,011 members. 58% of members are women.

19,129

members are in Perth itself, followed by Mandurah (948), Alkimos (652), Warnbro (445) and Secret Harbour (421).

Source: the group's own Facebook insights export of 6 October 2026, covering the twelve months to 4 October 2026.

What Members Actually Ask

In the six weeks to 4 October 2026, the group's most engaged member posts drew 1,948 comments on things a business could help with. The biggest topics, by comments:

• Trips home to the UK: flights, stopovers, passports402
• Visas and citizenship: agents, timelines, ceremonies272
• Moving: removals quotes, shipping, customs172
• Work: tradespeople and professionals looking for jobs155
• Money: keeping a UK bank account, moving savings118

One question, on keeping a UK bank account after the move, drew 97 comments on its own. Counted from the group's top posts, with posts by owners, admins and our own page removed. No member is named or quoted.

The Website

pomsinperthwa.com carries a free 17 page guide covering all 20 stages of the move, from "could we actually do this" to "Australia is home"; the 20 stage Pathway; and suburb guides written from what members ask. It is free to join.

How to Describe Us

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The British and Irish community in Perth, Western Australia. Est. 2007.

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The British and Irish community in Perth, Western Australia, since 2007. Events, connection, and trusted local businesses. Moving here, just landed, or been here twenty years, there is a straight answer waiting and it is free to join.

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Poms in Perth is the British and Irish community in Perth, Western Australia, running since 2007 and more than 40,000 strong across our group, page and Instagram. We help people decide whether to come, survive the first six months, and build a life here: a free 20 stage guide, a directory of businesses that meet our published criteria, and a community that answers the awkward questions. Free to join.

What Poms in Perth Is, and Is Not

• A community and a media platform for British and Irish people in Perth.
• Not an adviser. We give no migration, financial, mortgage, insurance, legal or tax advice. Only a registered migration agent can advise on a visa.
• Businesses can pay us, and we say so. Every paid post is labelled. Businesses in our directory may pay us, through a partnership or a referral fee, and every one meets our published criteria first.