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The phrase that brings more people to this page than any other is cheap locksmith Perth, so here is the straight version: a daytime lockout costs $125–$315, typically $190, while a night or weekend lockout runs $210–$525. Re-keying is the budget move at $47–$125 per lock, where fitting a new lock is $125–$370. Cut while you wait, a standard key is $5–$32, and a transponder car key, cut and coded, $160–$580. Perth houses tend to have several external doors, which is why whole-house pricing matters more here than the per-lock figure. Prices include GST.
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Detailed Pricing — Locksmith Cost in Perth 2026
| Service | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard lockout (business hours) | $125per job | $190 | $315 |
| Emergency lockout (after hours) | $210per job | $295 | $525 |
| Lock replacement (single, basic) | $125per job | $230 | $370 |
| Re-keying a lock | $47per lock | $68 | $125 |
| Key cutting (standard key) | $5per key | $13 | $32 |
| Deadbolt installation | $160per job | $260 | $420 |
| Master key system (residential, 3–5 locks, cylinders supplied and fitted) | $420total | $735 | $1,250 |
| Digital / smart lock (supplied and fitted) | $315per lock | $545 | $840 |
| Car lockout service | $105per job | $190 | $315 |
| Broken key extraction | $84per job | $135 | $315 |
| Security audit (home) | $160per visit | $260 | $420 |
| Safe opening / combination reset | $210per job | $370 | $630 |
| Car key replacement (transponder / remote, cut and programmed) | $160per key | $315 | $580 |
A locksmith in Perth costs $125–$315 for a standard lockout in business hours, typically $190, and $210–$525 after hours. Replacing a single basic lock runs $125–$370, re-keying an existing lock $47–$125 per lock, and key cutting $5–$32 per key. These match the Perth price table above.
Time of day is the biggest lever: the same lockout at 2am costs a hundred dollars or more over the daytime row because the call-out is the price, not the ten minutes on the door. Lock grade is the second: a basic knob set sits at the low end, a restricted-key or a smart lock at the high end. Then the number of doors, because re-keying five locks to one key costs less per lock than five separate jobs, and a broken key in the barrel adds an extraction charge.
Pick a re-key when you have moved in and the locks are sound, because it is cheaper than a new lock and gives you a fresh key; pick a lock replacement when the mechanism is worn or you want a higher grade. If you need to change locks across the house after a break-in, ask for one keyed-alike price rather than a per-door one. Get a quote that names the lock grade and whether the call-out is included.
- Standard lockout (business hours): $125–$315 per job, typically $190
- Emergency lockout (after hours): $210–$525 per job, typically $295
- Lock replacement (single, basic): $125–$370 per job, typically $230
- Re-keying a lock: $47–$125 per lock, typically $68
- Key cutting (standard key): $5–$32 per key, typically $13
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How much does a locksmith cost in Perth (2026): lockouts, changing locks and cheap vs after hours
A locksmith in Perth costs $125–$315 to unlock a door in business hours, with $190 typical, including the call-out and the time on site. Changing the locks on a house is priced per lock: $125–$370 to replace a basic lock or $47–$125 to re-key an existing one so the old keys stop working.
| Job | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard lockout (business hours) | $125 | $190 | $315 |
| Lock replacement (single, basic) | $125 | $230 | $370 |
| Re-keying a lock | $47/lock | $68 | $125 |
| Deadbolt installation | $160 | $260 | $420 |
| Broken key extraction | $84 | $135 | $315 |
| Car lockout service | $105 | $190 | $315 |
| Key cutting (standard key) | $5/key | $13 | $32 |
Cheap locksmith in Perth: the lowest price for a lockout is the business-hours band above, from $125. Quotes well under it are usually a call-out fee only, with the labour and parts added on site. The cheapest way to change locks on a house is re-keying ($47–$125 per lock) rather than replacing, when the existing locks are sound.
24 hour and emergency locksmiths: after-hours, weekend and public-holiday call-outs carry a surcharge on the business-hours price. If you are locked out at night, ask for the total before the locksmith leaves, not the call-out fee alone.
What moves a locksmith quote in Perth:
- Time of day: business hours is the base; nights, weekends and public holidays are dearer.
- Lock type: a basic knob or lever set is the low end; deadbolts, restricted keys and smart locks cost more in parts and time.
- Number of locks: per-lock prices fall when several doors are done in one visit.
- Damage: a snapped key or a jammed deadbolt that has to be drilled takes longer than a clean pick.
- Travel: outer suburbs can carry a longer call-out.
Before you call: say whether it is a lockout, a lock change or a broken key, and how many doors. Perth locksmiths quote the bands above when they know.
Car keys and spare keys in Perth
Replacing a car key in Perth
A replacement car key, cut and programmed for a transponder or remote, is $160–$580 in our Perth table, typically $315. If you are only locked out of the car, a car lockout service is $105–$315. A spare house key is a much smaller job: a standard key cut is $5–$32.
These answers use the prices in the table on this page.
What Affects Locksmith Costs in Perth
Why cheap depends on the hour
Most of a lockout bill is the call-out, and the clock sets it: a weekday daytime job is $125–$315, a night or weekend call $210–$525. If you are safe where you are, waiting until morning saves the after-hours loading. When a key has sheared inside the barrel, extraction is its own job at $84–$315, usually done on the same visit.
Many doors on one house
Perth is a city of separate houses, 77.8% of all dwellings, and in 45.7% of them the bedroom count is four or more (ABS 2021 Census); the typical home therefore has front, back, garage and laundry doors to secure. Re-keying runs $47–$125 a lock, and a residential master key system that opens them all with one key is $420–$1,250. With three or more doors, get one whole-of-house price instead of a per-lock rate.
Licensed in WA
In Western Australia, installing, maintaining and repairing safes, vaults and the kinds of locks prescribed in the security regulations needs a security installer licence issued through WA Police, with a class 1 licence covering safes and prescribed locks and a class 4 covering lock installation (WA Police Force). Ask for the licence number when you book, and again before a safe opening at $210–$630 or a deadbolt fit at $160–$420.
Moving in, moving out
Fewer Perth homes are rented than the national share, 26.6% against 30.6%, and more are being paid off, 41.9% against 35% (ABS 2021 Census), so a lot of lock work here follows a settlement. Re-key every external door the week you get the keys, because the previous owner's spares are still out there; for an investment property, re-keying between tenants at $68 a lock is cheaper than an argument over who still holds a key.
Cars, keys and remotes
A car lockout is $105–$315, priced apart from the house. Losing the only key is the dearer problem: a transponder or remote key must be cut and coded to that car, at $160–$580, so give the registration and the model when you call. While the locksmith is on site, a spare standard house key costs only $5–$32.
Smart locks and the heat
Supplied and fitted, a digital or smart lock comes to $315–$840, and Perth's summer is the test of one: January and February average above 31 °C at Perth Metro (BOM averages), and a west-facing front door takes the full afternoon sun. Ask for a model rated for direct sun and check the low-battery warning works. In the wet months, June to August, timber doors swell, and a lock that binds is usually the frame, not the barrel.
An audit before the break-in
For $160–$420, a home security audit walks every door, window and side gate on the block, which on a big Perth house is where the weak point usually hides; a deadbolt added at $160–$420 is the common fix. After a break-in, re-keying at $47–$125 restores security faster than replacing every lock, as long as the hardware itself is undamaged.
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Cheap locksmith in Perth — what the low quotes buy
The genuinely cheap locksmith jobs in Perth are key cutting at $5–$32 a key and rekeying at $47–$125 a lock. A business-hours lockout runs $125–$315 — most cheap-locksmith searches end at one of those three numbers.
The trap in cheap is the call-out structure. A low advertised price is usually the attendance fee only, with labour and parts quoted once the van arrives, so compare the all-in price for your specific job rather than the number in the ad. After hours the same lockout becomes $210–$525, which is why the cheapest option is often waiting until morning if the door can wait. Rekeying beats replacement whenever the lock itself is sound — $47–$125 against $125–$370 for a basic replacement — and locksmiths in WA hold a security licence: ask for it, because the operators who cannot show one are how the low price gets paid for.
Cost to change locks in Perth (2026)
Changing a lock in Perth costs $125–$370 per lock for a basic replacement (typically $230), supplied and fitted, with the price moving on the lock grade and how many doors you do in one visit. A car key, transponder or remote, cut and programmed, is $160–$580. The figures are the Perth table on this page, GST inclusive.
| Job | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lock replacement (single, basic) | $125 | $230 | $370 |
| Car key replacement (transponder / remote, cut and programmed) | $160 | $315 | $580 |
What moves the quote:
- Rekey or replace: if the lock is sound and you only need old keys to stop working, rekeying the cylinder is usually cheaper than a new lock; ask for both prices.
- Lock grade: a basic entrance set sits at the bottom of the band; a quality deadbolt or a restricted-key system sits above it.
- How many doors: the call-out is paid once, so changing three locks in one visit costs far less per lock than three visits.
- New home or new tenant: changing or rekeying every external door on settlement or at the start of a lease is the common Perth job, and most locksmiths quote it as a package.
Rekey or replace: lock change cost per lock and for the whole house
Rekeying keeps the lock and changes the pins inside the cylinder, so old keys stop working. Replacing fits a new lock. In Perth, rekeying is $47–$125 per lock ($68 typical) and a basic lock replacement is $125–$370 ($230 typical), so rekeying is the cheaper way to change locks when the hardware is sound.
| Job | Priced | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Re-keying a lock | per lock | $47 | $68 | $125 |
| Lock replacement (single, basic) | per job | $125 | $230 | $370 |
| Deadbolt installation | per job | $160 | $260 | $420 |
| Digital / smart lock (supplied and fitted) | per lock | $315 | $545 | $840 |
| Master key system (residential, 3–5 locks, cylinders supplied and fitted) | total | $420 | $735 | $1,250 |
Whole house: a rekey is priced per lock, so the total depends on how many external doors you have. Doing every door in one visit means you pay the call-out once. If you want one key for every door, a residential master key system for 3–5 locks, with new cylinders supplied and fitted, is $420–$1,250 ($735 typical).
Deadlocks: adding a deadbolt where there was none is a fitting job, $160–$420 ($260 typical), not a rekey.
After hours: a lock change can usually wait for business hours, and booking it then avoids the after-hours rate. Our Perth table shows how much the time of day adds on a lockout: $125–$315 in business hours against $210–$525 after hours. Ask for the call-out price before you book an evening or weekend visit.
Residential locksmith jobs in Perth are mostly these: rekeying or changing locks after you buy or rent a home, adding deadlocks, smart locks at $315–$840 per lock, and lockouts.
Key cutting cost in Perth
Cutting a standard key in Perth costs $5–$32 per key, and $13 is typical. A car key is a different job: a transponder or remote key, cut and programmed, is $160–$580. If you are rekeying anyway, ask for the spare keys you need in the same quote.
For quotes that compare, tell the locksmith how many doors, what is on them now, and whether you want keyed-alike (one key for every door); ask for the per-lock price and the call-out separately.
Locksmith Cost in Perth by Job Size
Say four doors are re-keyed after a house sale, covering front, back, garage and laundry, and two keys are cut. Four locks at $47–$125 each plus two keys at $5–$32 each comes to $198–$564. Replacing the same four with basic locks at $125–$370 each comes to $500–$1,480.
What moves the sum in Perth is the work on each door. A deadbolt is $160–$420, a key sheared inside a lock is $84–$315, and a smart lock is $315–$840 a lock. For a house sale, ask whether a home security audit at $160–$420 can join the same visit as the re-key.
Locksmith Cost in Perth: What the Quote Should Include
In Perth a house can have front, back, garage and laundry doors, and each may need a lock changed. A locksmith quote that counts them and sets one whole-house figure beside the per-lock figure makes the total easy to check.
- Count the doors that take a key and write the number on the quote, garage and laundry doors included, so the per-lock sum rests on a fixed count.
- Ask for a whole-house price beside the per-lock price, and check that both use the same number of doors.
- After buying a house, ask for every outside lock to be re-keyed in one visit, with $47–$125 a lock and the call-out shown once.
- For an investment property, ask for the between-tenant re-key to be quoted per lock, so the same line can be used at each change of tenant.
- A lockout is $125–$315 in business hours and $210–$525 after hours; ask for the two to appear as separate lines.
- If a smart lock goes on a west-facing door, ask for the model in plain words and whether it suits direct sun, against $315–$840 a lock.
- In the wet months, ask whether a binding lock was checked against a swollen door frame before a new lock at $125–$370 was priced.
- For a car key, have the registration, make and model ready, and ask whether the programming is on its own line within $160–$580 a key.
Frequently Asked Questions — Locksmith 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 →