Claremont.

With house prices reaching the $2 million mark, Claremont’s leafy streets are dotted with heritage homes, with the most prestigious properties hugging the Swan River’s foreshore. Established in 1898, this pretty suburb is a hive of activity due to the busy Claremont Quarter Shopping Centre, Perth’s most luxurious shopping and dining precinct.

Home to 8,000+ affluent professional couples and small families, who are well catered for with exclusive private schools, a yacht club, golf course, football club, aquatic centre, the Town of Claremont’s administration offices and walking trails around Lake Claremont and along the Swan River.

From late September to early October, the streets heave with punters flocking to the annual Royal Show at the Claremont Showgrounds, which also hosts dozens of year-round events.

Joining the ranks of Perth’s exclusive western suburbs, this vibrant neighbourhood evokes urban living within its tourist precinct among tranquil pockets of parklands and riverside living.