Butler's homes
Bushland until 2003
Butler was gazetted in 1979 but stayed bushland until the early 2000s. Its structure plan was approved in 2002, and subdivision started in 2003, mostly as Satterley's Brighton Estate.
Grew in a hurry
The population was negligible at the 2001 census and 5,056 by 2006. By 2021 there were 5,099 private dwellings, 95.9% of the occupied ones separate houses.
Young, mortgaged, and a third rented
The median age at the 2021 Census was 32. 51.1% of homes were owned with a mortgage and 34.5% were rented.
Solar in 6036
The Clean Energy Regulator counts 4,137 small-scale solar systems in postcode 6036, and 425 solar batteries recorded from July 2025 to September 2026.
Which smoke alarm rules apply to your Butler home?
Before a WA home is sold or rented, its smoke alarms must be working, permanently connected to mains power, no more than 10 years old and not past their expiry date.
The build date matters for one rule. Where a home has more than one alarm, they have to be interconnected so one sets off the rest, but not if the home was built under a building permit applied for before 1 May 2015. Butler has houses on both sides of that date, so check your permit date rather than guessing.
Alarms fitted in the first Butler homes of the 2000s are now well past 10 years old, which matters the moment you list the house or sign a lease. Only a licensed electrical contractor can connect or disconnect mains-powered alarms.
Adding a car charger
Western Power permits a 7 kW single phase EV charger on a standard home connection. The contractor still has to check the home's total load stays inside its supply limit, and the main switch has to be a circuit breaker.
Bidirectional chargers, the kind that can send power back into the house, are treated differently: Western Power counts them as generators under its solar rules, and they must meet AS/NZS 4777.
Our take for Butler
If you're selling or leasing, we'd start with the date printed on the smoke alarms, not the age of the house. If a charger's on the cards, we'd ask for a load check before buying the unit, so you know whether the supply needs any work first.
Want a specialist to sort it?
Tell us the job and your postcode. We match the licence-checked local electrician who does this kind of work, and they call you. No ring-around, and your number goes to them alone.