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Choosing the right location is a key step in setting your business up for success. Whether you’re looking for a shopfront, office, warehouse, a shared space or planning to work from home, this page helps you explore options in the City of Stirling and understand what to check before you commit.
Choosing the right location
Choose the option that best fits how you plan to operate.
If you’re looking for a commercial or retail site, you can browse available properties through local real estate agents or online platforms such as reiwa.com.au, realestate.com.au and realcommercial.com.au.
It’s worth inspecting shortlisted sites in person and checking the surrounding area at different times of day. Before committing to any site, confirm it’s zoned for your type of business – see Before you commit below.
The City of Stirling owns and manages a range of properties that are made available to businesses and community organisations from time to time, including retail and commercial tenancies, office space and other premises. Leasing from the City can be an attractive option, with sites often located in established, high-visibility precincts.
Available opportunities are advertised publicly as they arise. To see what’s currently on offer, and to find out how to register your interest or submit an expression of interest, visit the City of Stirling’s Sales and leasing opportunities page.
Because availability changes over time, it’s worth checking the page regularly for new listings.
Need a desk, small office, meeting room or project space with short-term flexibility?
The City of Stirling is home to a range of co-working spaces and serviced offices – a great stepping stone between working from home and taking on your own commercial premises:
Stirling Business Association
A collaborative community offering coaching, training and networking to help local small business owners succeed and grow. Includes co-working, virtual offices, meeting and training rooms and communal areas that encourage interaction between tenants.
Visit the Stirling Business Association website
Tradie HQ
A world-first co-working facility built specifically for tradies and trade-based businesses. Based in Osborne Park, it blends open-plan and hot-desk co-working and dedicated or shared offices with a modern workshop offering fabrication, set-out, storage and training space.
Visit the Tradie HQ website or email enquiries@tradiehqwa.com.au to book a tour.
Flowspace
A co-working hub in North Beach for small businesses wanting a great location, access to meeting and boardrooms and an open-plan environment with high-speed Wi-Fi.
Integrity Business Centre
Located in Osborne Park, offering 20 serviced offices in a variety of sizes to suit one to 12 people, plus co-working meeting rooms and virtual offices across a range of pricing packages.
Visit the Integrity Business Centre website
The Garden Office Park
Regus serviced offices in Osborne Park with dedicated offices, meeting rooms, shared workspaces and virtual office options. On-site facilities include a 20-metre pool, poolside café, gym, barbecue facilities and a tennis court.
The Perth Artifactory
A not-for-profit communal workshop in Osborne Park promoting the creative use of technology. Members get access to tools, machinery and skills training – including 3D printing, laser cutters and an electronics workbench – on a casual drop-in rate or monthly membership.
Visit the Perth Artifactory website
Looking for one-off meeting, training or event space? Many of the venues above hire rooms by the hour or day and the City also has venues and facilities for hire.
Many businesses can start at home, with benefits such as lower overheads and flexible hours. Some activities only need a notification to the City; others require approval depending on scale, signage, visitors, deliveries or equipment.
Read the Home Office, Home Occupation and Home Business Information Sheet to check what applies and confirm your insurer covers business activity from home.
Powerhouse precincts
The City of Stirling is a city of high-performing precincts, each primed for investment. From coastal charms and thriving business district, to multicultural hubs and heritage strips, these places offer more than location.
Before you commit
Make sure the site is suitable for the type of business you want to operate – different areas have different land-use rules, so your activity needs to align with zoning requirements
- Use the City’s online mapping tool, IntraMaps/Stirling property maps, to confirm zoning, area and dimensions for a property
- Also, weigh practical factors such as traffic and access, parking, environmental health and any planned future development in the area
- If you’re unsure whether a site suits your plans, share them with the City before you commit – it’s much easier to adjust early than after you’ve signed.
Approvals depend on your industry, location and activities. You don’t need to apply for anything at this stage, but it helps to know what’s likely to apply
- Determine what you need. Use the City of Stirling Planning Wizard or the SBDC Business Licence Finder to identify the approvals, licences and permits that may apply to your business
- Learn more. Once you know what you need, see Finding the right business approvals and Health approvals for businesses for guidance on how to apply.
Where possible, confirm your approvals before you sign a lease or make an offer – or make any offer “subject to Council approvals.” Commercial leases can be complex, so the SBDC recommends that you understand the lease terms and seek independent legal and financial advice before you sign.
Helpful resources
- Business premises and commercial leases (SBDC WA) – guidance and free advisory support
- Consumer Protection WA – commercial tenancy information
- City of Stirling business support – local programs, advice and networking
- Stirling Grant Finder – free search for grants that may help with set-up costs.
