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Perth bricklayers charge for labour in one of three ways: $1,050–$2,300 per thousand bricks laid, $58–$125 a square metre, or $47–$125 an hour, with the bricks themselves bought separately. The thousand-brick rate is the one to use if you want to know what laying a single brick costs. The top search bringing Perth readers here is the price of a brick fence, and on a city of detached houses on their own lots, front and side boundary walls can run long. Finished brick retaining walls come in at $260–$680 per square metre, and a garden feature wall at $145–$470.
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Detailed Pricing — Bricklaying Cost in Perth 2026
| Service | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bricklaying (hourly rate) | $47/hr | $79 | $125 |
| Bricklaying (per 1,000 bricks, labour) | $1,050/1000 bricks | $1,675 | $2,300 |
| Bricklaying (per sqm, standard) | $58/sqm | $84 | $125 |
| Garden feature wall, installed (per sqm) | $145/sqm | $275 | $470 |
| Brick retaining wall, installed (per sqm) | $260/sqm | $470 | $680 |
| Brick veneer (new home, per sqm) | $52/sqm | $74 | $105 |
| Brick pointing / repointing (per sqm) | $42/sqm | $74 | $160 |
| Brick repair (per brick) | $26per brick | $68 | $145 |
| Brick letterbox (supply & lay) | $420total | $840 | $1,575 |
| Brick BBQ or simple fireplace (built, installed) | $2,100total | $3,675 | $6,800 |
| Damp-proof course, whole-house retrofit | $1,050total | $3,675 | $6,300 |
| Full-day bricklaying | $470per day | $680 | $945 |
| Damp-proof course injection (per metre) | $74/m | $115 | $260 |
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Perth bricklaying prices: brick fences, per brick and repointing
Brick fence cost in Perth
Our Perth bricklaying table has no line for a brick fence, so the rate to use is standard bricklaying by the square metre: $58–$125, typically $84. For a fence 1.8 metres high that rate works out at $104 to $225 per metre of fence length. The table has no separate price for footings. The Perth fencing cost guide compares brick with other fence types.
Bricklayer cost per brick in Perth
Laying labour in Perth is $1,050–$2,300 per 1,000 bricks, typically $1,675: roughly $1 to $2 a brick. The bricks themselves are not in that price.
Tuckpointing and brick repairs in Perth
Repointing, where the old mortar is raked out and replaced, is $42–$160 a square metre in Perth. Replacing damaged bricks is $26–$145 a brick, and installing a damp-proof course $1,050–$6,300 for the job.
These answers use the prices in the table on this page.
What Affects Bricklaying Costs in Perth
Brick fences and the permit line
In Western Australia a fence built to your council's fencing local law needs no building permit. Where the district has no such law, brick or block walls escape the permit only to 0.75 m high, against 1.8 m for other fencing materials, so a full-height brick wall in that situation needs approval. Ask the council which rule applies before the bricklayer orders a single pallet.
Retaining walls and engineering
A WA retaining wall is exempt from a building permit only if it holds back no more than 0.5 m of ground and is not part of other building work or protecting the neighbour's land. Anything bigger needs a permit, and a tall wall is normally designed by an engineer. Built in brick, retaining costs $260–$680 a square metre of face, while a feature wall holding nothing back is $145–$470.
Scaffold above the ground floor
Work health and safety law, which WorkSafe WA enforces here, calls for fall prevention such as scaffolding, a barrier or a raised work platform wherever the bricklayer could fall while working at height. On a double-storey wall or a high gable, that means scaffold hire on top of the brickwork. Ask whether it is in the quote, and who puts it up and pulls it down.
Large homes, long walls
Perth homes run large: 45.7% have at least four bedrooms, compared with 34.8% nationally, and 77.8% of dwellings are stand-alone houses (ABS 2021 Census). Extensions, garages and new homes here mean a lot of face brick: veneer on a new build runs $52–$105 a square metre, and a bricklayer booked by the day costs $470–$945.
Heat, wind and winter rain
February afternoons average 31.7 °C at Perth Metro, while July rain averages 147.0 mm, the year's highest, against just 9.6 mm in December (BOM averages). Fresh mortar suffers at both ends: rain washes out new joints, and hot, dry wind sets them before they cure. In summer expect early starts and covered work; in winter, expect lost days to show up in the finish date.
Repointing, repairs and damp
Tuckpointing and repointing, which Perth searchers often ask about, costs $42–$160 a square metre. Cracked or spalled bricks can be cut out and replaced one at a time for $26–$145 each. Where damp is rising in an older wall, injecting a damp-proof course is $74–$260 a metre, or $1,050–$6,300 across the whole house.
Walls on the boundary
WA's Dividing Fences Act 1961 shares the cost of a sufficient fence between neighbours, and if you build to a higher standard without their agreement you may only claim half of what a sufficient fence would cost. A brick wall is usually above that standard. Your council's local law generally sets what counts as sufficient, and written notice to next door is the formal first step.
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Bricklaying Cost in Perth by Wall Area
Say a long boundary wall takes 4,000 bricks, the example's own assumption. At $1,050–$2,300 per 1,000 bricks the labour comes to $4,200–$9,200, and the bricks are bought on top. A bricklayer booked by the day for the finishing work is a separate line, at $470–$945 a day.
What moves a wall of that size in Perth is the weather and the height. Hot, dry wind sets fresh mortar before it cures and winter rain washes it out, so summer brings early starts and covered work and winter brings lost days that show in the finish date. A double-storey wall adds scaffold hire.
Bricklaying Cost in Perth: What the Quote Should Include
A Perth bricklaying quote reads best when bricks and labour sit on separate lines and the heat, wind and winter rain are dealt with openly. Walls run long and homes run large, whether the job is in Subiaco, Fremantle or Mount Lawley.
- The face brick and the labour priced apart, so the rate of $1,050–$2,300 per 1,000 bricks can be set against the brick count on the plans.
- The brick named by kind, with the count for an extension or garage taken from the drawings rather than guessed.
- Tuckpointing or repointing at $42–$160 a square metre, with the old mortar raked out and replaced, named as its own job.
- Damaged bricks cut out one at a time at $26–$145 a brick, kept apart from new walling.
- Scaffold for the upper courses of a double-storey wall on its own line, with the hire and the labour of erecting it named.
- A bricklayer booked by the day at $470–$945 a day and veneer on a new build at $52–$105 a square metre, each shown against its own scope.
- How mortar is handled in February heat and wind, and what winter rain does to the finish date.
- A pallet drop position near the work, with barrowing along a tight side path charged at $47–$125 an hour if the truck cannot get close.
- Start and finish dates, payment stages and GST in writing, and ask for their licence number and insurance.
Frequently Asked Questions — Bricklaying Cost in Perth
Our Methodology
These are independent estimates from public cost guides, marketplaces and industry rate data, and no tradesperson can influence them, so always get a few quotes. Last reviewed October 2026. Read our full methodology →