Morley's homes and network
The 1960s building wave
Morley is about 10 km north-east of the CBD. The wider City of Bayswater grew from 6,453 people in 1947 to 34,261 in 1971, and Morley's big housing boom came in the 1960s.
Houses, mostly owner-occupied
At the 2021 Census, 15.8% of homes were townhouses or similar and just 0.5% flats. 34.3% were owned outright, 34.9% mortgaged and 28.0% rented, across 9,656 private dwellings.
Underground power areas
The City of Bayswater identified four areas for Western Power's Targeted Underground Power Program, including parts of Morley, with the first project scheduled for early 2025. Boundaries were still being set when the City last updated its page.
Solar
Postcode 6062 has 6,654 small-scale solar systems on the Clean Energy Regulator's count since 2001.
Jobs worth thinking about in a 1960s Morley house
The switchboard. Boards from the 1960s commonly had rewireable fuses and no RCDs. If yours still does, an upgrade adds safety switches and room for new circuits. Switchboard upgrades explains what changes.
More power points. Houses from that era were built for far fewer appliances than people run today. Extra points beat a tangle of power boards behind the TV.
Ageing wiring. If a renovation turns up cable that looks brittle, cracked or crumbling, stop and have it assessed. See old wiring.
If your street goes underground
Underground power changes how electricity reaches your property, not the wiring inside your walls. Ask the City of Bayswater and Western Power what's done at your boundary and meter box, and whether anything at the house falls to you to arrange. Underground power covers the general process.
The one thing we'd do
If you're in a Morley underground power area, we'd hold off moving the meter box or replacing the mains until you know the project's scope. But get the board itself checked now if it still has fuses. That part is yours either way.
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.