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How much do security guards cost in Perth?

By The WTD Editorial Team · Last reviewed November 2026 · Methodology

Updated November 2026·Independently researched·11 min read

A static security guard in Perth runs $40–$60 per hour

for a weekday day shift, as published by security firms (mostly ex GST where stated) - night, weekend, public holiday, event and patrol rates below

A Northbridge nightclub that needs door staff from ten until close pays licensed crowd controllers $55–$85 per guard per hour, typically $60. A Kewdale transport yard that only needs its fence line checked overnight buys patrols instead, on a nightly contract at $400–$1,200 per month.

+2.7% Security Guards costs in Perth are up around 2.7% over the past year, re-verified against 90+ sources in November 2026. Year on year

Typical static guard rate in Perth, weekday day shift

$45

per guard per hour, Perth 2026, as published

Static security guard, weekday day shift

$40-$60

Static guard, night or weekend shift

$55-$75

Static guard, public holiday

$80-$120

$40$45$60

Ask a Perth security firm for a price and the first question back is when. A static guard on a weekday day shift is $40–$60 per hour, a night or weekend shift $55–$75 per hour and a public holiday $80–$120 per hour, so a Hay Street Mall retailer booking cover for a holiday weekend is pricing three rates, not one.

The second question is what the officer will be doing. A West Perth or Osborne Park reception is a concierge or front-desk security officer at $40–$65 per hour; an Elizabeth Quay festival is event security guards at $45–$70 per guard per hour; and a Northbridge, Leederville or Mount Lawley venue door is licensed crowd controllers at $55–$85 per guard per hour.

Industrial and build work in Perth is sold by the visit or the shift. Welshpool, Malaga and Canning Vale yards take mobile patrols at $30–$60 per site visit or a nightly contract at $400–$1,200 per month; Joondalup and Osborne Park builds take a construction site guard at $45–$70 per hour and one overnight site guard at $500–$750 per 10-hour shift; a store floor booked for one 8-hour weekday shift is $280–$480; a private party or wedding with 2 guards for 6 hours is $660–$840 per event; and a council-run hall with its own event security charge bills $68–$198 per guard per hour.

Quick answerA static security guard in Perth costs $40–$60 per hour for a weekday day shift in 2026, with $45 typical, $55–$75 per hour for a night or weekend shift and $80–$120 per hour on a public holiday. Event security guards run $45–$70 per guard per hour, licensed crowd controllers $55–$85 per guard per hour and a mobile patrol $30–$60 per site visit. Prices are as published by security firms and councils, mostly ex GST where a basis is stated. Get free Perth quotes →

Security Guards Prices in Perth 2026: Cost Table, Price List and Hourly Rates

Service	Low	Typical	High
Static security guard, weekday day shift	$40per hour	$45	$60
Event security guard	$45per guard per hour	$55	$70
Licensed crowd controller (venues, events)	$55per guard per hour	$60	$85
Mobile patrol, per site visit	$30per visit	$35	$60
Static guard, public holiday	$80per hour	$100	$120
Static guard, night or weekend shift	$55per hour	$65	$75
Concierge or front-desk security officer	$40per hour	$50	$65
Construction site guard	$45per hour	$50	$70
Overnight site guard, one 10-hour shift	$500per shift	$650	$750
Static guard, one 8-hour weekday shift	$280per shift	$360	$480
Mobile patrol contract, one site, nightly patrols	$400per month	$600	$1,200
Private party or wedding, 2 guards for 6 hours	$660per event	$780	$840
Event security guard at a council venue (council-set hourly charge)	$68per guard per hour	$80	$198

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Prices are as published by security firms and councils, mostly ex GST where a basis is stated. Perth metro, November 2026.

How much does a security guard cost per hour in Perth?$40–$60 per hour for a static guard on a weekday day shift, $45 typical. The rate climbs to $55–$75 per hour for a night or weekend shift and $80–$120 per hour on a public holiday, and one 8-hour weekday shift is priced at $280–$480 per shift.

What do event security and patrols cost in Perth?Event security guards run $45–$70 per guard per hour and licensed crowd controllers $55–$85 per guard per hour. A mobile patrol is $30–$60 per site visit, or $400–$1,200 per month on a contract of nightly patrols for one site.

Worked Security Guards Cost Scenarios — Perth

Perth jobs priced from this page's rows: a Northbridge nightclub door, a Kewdale transport yard and an Elizabeth Quay festival. Each line names the rows it uses; the quote you get will price your own nights, guard count and site.

Northbridge nightclub door. A Northbridge club trading Thursday to Saturday rosters licensed crowd controllers at $55–$85 per guard per hour ($60 typical) on the door and the floor from opening to close, adds a static guard at $80–$120 per hour for the public holiday eve it opens late, and books a patrol visit at $30–$60 per site visit on the dark nights to check the rear lane and the bins.
Kewdale transport yard, monthly patrols. A freight operator at Kewdale with trailers parked behind a locked fence takes a nightly patrol contract for its one site at $400–$1,200 per month ($600 typical), and adds one overnight site guard on a 10-hour shift at $500–$750 per shift for the nights a high-value load is parked waiting for a morning departure.
Elizabeth Quay festival crowd. An organiser running a weekend festival at Elizabeth Quay books event security guards at $45–$70 per guard per hour ($55 typical) for the gates, bag checks and stage barriers, licensed crowd controllers at $55–$85 per guard per hour around the bar areas, and static guards at $55–$75 per hour to hold the site overnight between the two days.

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Security Guards Costs by Sector in Perth

Perth's guard work takes in the CBD, Hay Street Mall and Elizabeth Quay, the venues of Northbridge and the strips along Beaufort Street Mount Lawley, Oxford Street Leederville, Rokeby Road Subiaco and Napoleon Street Cottesloe, the Fremantle and Scarborough waterfronts, the Garden City Booragoon, Karrinyup and Westfield Carousel centres, the West Perth, Osborne Park and Joondalup office areas, and the yards of Welshpool, Kewdale, Malaga and Canning Vale.

Late venues: Northbridge, Oxford Street Leederville, Beaufort Street Mount Lawley - Licensed crowd controllers at $55–$85 per guard per hour on doors from Thursday to Saturday, with a patrol visit at $30–$60 per site visit to check a venue after close on the nights it is shut.
Waterfront events: Fremantle, Scarborough, Elizabeth Quay - Event security guards at $45–$70 per guard per hour and crowd controllers at $55–$85, with a private party or wedding of 2 guards for 6 hours at $660–$840 per event; a council-run hall that sets its own event security charge prices guards at $68–$198 per guard per hour.
Freight and industrial: Kewdale, Welshpool, Canning Vale, Malaga - Nightly patrol contracts at $400–$1,200 per month and single patrol visits at $30–$60 for fenced yards, with one 10-hour overnight site guard at $500–$750 when trailers, stock or plant need watching in person.
Offices and builds: the CBD, West Perth, Osborne Park, Joondalup - Concierge or front-desk officers at $40–$65 per hour on business-hours rosters, and construction site guards at $45–$70 per hour on Joondalup and Osborne Park builds.
Centres: Garden City Booragoon, Karrinyup, Westfield Carousel - A store guard at $40–$60 per hour on weekdays, one 8-hour weekday shift at $280–$480, and $55–$75 per hour for late-night and weekend trading; public holiday cover is $80–$120 per hour.

What Perth Security Guards Jobs Actually Cost

Perth weekday bookings land near the typical figures: an Osborne Park or West Perth reception books a concierge officer at about $50 per hour, and a Garden City Booragoon store guard on a weekday about $45 per hour, inside the $40–$60 band. Prices climb the bands once the roster reaches nights and weekends at $55–$75 per hour or public holidays at $80–$120, the pattern for Northbridge and Leederville doors and for weekend shutdown work at Malaga and Welshpool plants.

Freight yards, builds and events are bought in blocks. A Kewdale or Canning Vale yard takes a nightly patrol contract at $400–$1,200 per month or single visits at $30–$60, with one overnight guard at $500–$750 per 10-hour shift when a load is parked; a Joondalup build carries a construction site guard at $45–$70 per hour until lock-up; and a Fremantle or Scarborough event books event guards at $45–$70 per guard per hour, with a private party or wedding of 2 guards for 6 hours landing at $660–$840 per event.

What Affects Security Guards Costs in Perth

Perth guard prices are driven by the trading hours of the site, the officer the job calls for and how far the site sits from the firm's patrol base.

Late-night trading - Northbridge, Leederville and Mount Lawley doors run into the small hours, so crowd controllers at $55–$85 per guard per hour are the main line, and a static guard kept on after close is priced at the night rate of $55–$75 per hour.
Fenced yard or loaded trailers - A Kewdale or Welshpool yard that is fenced and empty can be checked by patrols at $30–$60 per site visit, while nights with loaded trailers or plant on site are priced as one 10-hour overnight shift at $500–$750.
Distance across the metro - Per-visit patrol prices move with site size, how long each visit lasts and how far the site is from the patrol base, so a Joondalup or Canning Vale site should be quoted by a firm already running patrols in that corridor.
Event layout - An Elizabeth Quay or Fremantle event with gates, a stage and bar areas needs event guards at $45–$70 per guard per hour as well as crowd controllers around the bars, and the quote should count each.
Holiday calendar - A public holiday shift is $80–$120 per hour against $40–$60 for a weekday day shift, so a Hay Street Mall or Westfield Carousel roster covering a long weekend should be costed day by day.
Council halls and private functions - A council-run hall that sets its own event security charge bills $68–$198 per guard per hour, while a private party or wedding at a Cottesloe venue with 2 guards for 6 hours is $660–$840 per event.

How to Control Security Guards Costs in Perth

In Perth, the guard hour that saves the most is the one you do not book: match door staff to the nights that trade late, patrol the yards that lock, and keep each corridor of sites with one firm.

Kewdale, Welshpool and Malaga operators near each other can ask one patrol firm to quote a nightly contract for each site on the same run, so the patrol car is not making a special trip for one gate.
Northbridge and Leederville venues can roster crowd controllers at $55–$85 per guard per hour only on trading nights and use a patrol visit at $30–$60 to check the premises on closed nights.
Book Joondalup and Osborne Park construction cover while plant and materials are exposed, then step down to patrol visits once the building can be locked.
For an Elizabeth Quay or Scarborough event, agree the guard count, the crowd controller count and the finish time in writing before the day, so an overrun is billed at rates already agreed.

What a Compliant Security Guards Quote Includes — Cost in Perth

Before comparing Perth quotes, check each one prices the same shifts at the same rate type - weekday day, night or weekend, public holiday - states the minimum booking, and lists event guards, crowd controllers, concierge officers and patrols on their own lines with the GST basis stated.

The hourly rate for each shift type: weekday day shifts at $40–$60, night or weekend shifts at $55–$75 and public holidays at $80–$120 per hour
The minimum booking length, and what a whole shift comes to - one 8-hour weekday shift at $280–$480 or one 10-hour overnight shift at $500–$750
Event security guards at $45–$70 and licensed crowd controllers at $55–$85 per guard per hour, with the guard count and the hours on site written down
Mobile patrols at $30–$60 per site visit, or a nightly patrol contract at $400–$1,200 per month, with the visits per night and what each visit checks
Construction site guards at $45–$70 per hour, with day cover and overnight cover shown as separate lines
Concierge or front-desk security officers at $40–$65 per hour, with the duties - visitor sign-in, deliveries, floor rounds - listed
For a private party or wedding, the per-event price of $660–$840 for 2 guards for 6 hours; at a council venue, whether the council's own charge of $68–$198 per guard per hour applies instead
The licence numbers held by each guard and by the company supplying them, with the company's ABN and public liability insurance
A single GST basis across every line, with public holiday dates, cancellation terms and any travel charge for an outlying site stated

Security guards cost in Perth: Northbridge doors, Kewdale yards and riverside events

Security guards cost in Perth starts with the shift: $40–$60 per hour on a weekday day shift (typically $45), $55–$75 per hour for nights and weekends (typically $65) and $80–$120 per hour on public holidays (typically $100). Quoted as whole shifts, one 8-hour weekday shift is $280–$480 and one 10-hour overnight shift $500–$750.

The work then sets the officer. West Perth and Osborne Park receptions run concierge officers at $40–$65 per hour; Joondalup builds run construction site guards at $45–$70 per hour; Elizabeth Quay and Fremantle events run event guards at $45–$70 and licensed crowd controllers at $55–$85 per guard per hour; and Welshpool or Malaga yards that only need checking run patrols at $30–$60 per site visit or $400–$1,200 per month on a nightly contract. A private party or wedding with 2 guards for 6 hours is $660–$840 per event, and a council-run hall with its own event security charge bills $68–$198 per guard per hour.

The WA Police Force's security licence types say a Security Officer licence authorises the holder to watch, guard and protect property, and that a Crowd Controller licence is required for licensed premises, places of entertainment and public or private events or functions. Ask a Perth firm to say which WA licence each rostered guard holds - Security Officer or Crowd Controller - and to print the licence numbers on the quote.

Security guards cost by shift type and site in Perth

Quick answerPerth pricing steps with the job: a Mount Lawley bar books a door officer at $55–$85 per guard per hour, an Osborne Park reception a weekday desk at $40–$65 per hour, a Canning Vale yard patrols at $30–$60 per site visit, and a Joondalup build a construction guard at $45–$70 per hour with overnight shifts at $500–$750.

The day on the roster sets most of a Perth guard rate. One static guard is $40–$60 per hour on a weekday day shift, $55–$75 per hour at night or on a weekend and $80–$120 per hour on a public holiday, so a Karrinyup or Westfield Carousel retailer covering a long weekend should cost each day on its own line. Whole shifts sit beside those hourly rows: one 8-hour weekday shift at $280–$480, one 10-hour overnight shift at $500–$750.

Site type decides how much presence to buy. A Welshpool or Kewdale yard behind a locked fence can usually be patrolled at $30–$60 per site visit or $400–$1,200 per month on a nightly contract; an Elizabeth Quay or Scarborough event books event guards at $45–$70 and crowd controllers at $55–$85 per guard per hour; and a Cottesloe or Fremantle private party or wedding with 2 guards for 6 hours is priced at $660–$840 per event.

Frequently Asked Questions — Security Guards Cost in Perth

What is the price of security guards in Perth?

From our Perth table: a static guard is $40–$60 per hour on a weekday day shift (typically $45), $55–$75 per hour for a night or weekend shift (typically $65) and $80–$120 per hour on a public holiday (typically $100); a mobile patrol is $30–$60 per site visit.

How much does a security guard cost per hour in Perth?

A static guard on a weekday day shift costs $40–$60 per hour in Perth, with $45 typical, and a concierge or front-desk security officer $40–$65 per hour, typically $50. A West Perth or Joondalup reception desk is normally a weekday roster set months ahead; a Rokeby Road Subiaco shop that needs a guard for a few nights after a break-in books short stints, each billed to the firm's minimum booking.

How much does event security cost in Perth?

Going by our Perth table, an event security guard is $45–$70 per guard per hour, typically $55, and a licensed crowd controller $55–$85 per guard per hour, typically $60. Elizabeth Quay festivals, Fremantle functions and Scarborough beachfront events are the usual Perth event bookings; ask for event guards and crowd controllers on separate lines and for the hours from bump-in to the last patron out.

What does a mobile security patrol cost in Perth?

A mobile patrol is $30–$60 per site visit on our Perth table, with $35 typical, and a contract of nightly patrols on one site $400–$1,200 per month, typically $600; the visit count and what each visit checks decide where a quote lands.

What licence should a Perth security company hold?

The WA Police Force's security licence types say a Security Officer licence authorises the holder to watch, guard and protect property, and that a Crowd Controller licence is required for licensed premises, places of entertainment and public or private events or functions. In Perth, check the licence numbers on the quote against the guards who turn up, and ask whether any rostered guard works as a subcontractor under their own ABN.

How much does a construction site security guard cost in Perth?

A construction site guard is $45–$70 per hour on our Perth table, with $50 typical; where the cover runs through the night, an overnight site guard on one 10-hour shift is priced at $500–$750 per shift.

What do security guards cost on weekends and public holidays in Perth?

A static guard costs $55–$75 per hour for a night or weekend shift in Perth, with $65 typical, and $80–$120 per hour on a public holiday, typically $100. Garden City Booragoon, Karrinyup and Westfield Carousel retailers and Joondalup or Osborne Park builders working weekends should get weekday, weekend and public holiday rates on one quote before a roster is fixed.

How much does security for a private party or wedding cost in Perth?

A private party or wedding with 2 guards for 6 hours is $660–$840 per event on our Perth table, with $780 typical; at a council venue that sets its own event security charge, the guard is priced at $68–$198 per guard per hour, typically $80. For a Perth wedding at a Cottesloe or Fremantle venue, ask whether the venue already rosters its own door staff, and whether the quoted guards stay until guests have left the car park.

What does a full security shift cost in Perth?

One 8-hour weekday shift for a static guard costs $280–$480 per shift on our Perth table, with $360 typical, and one 10-hour overnight site shift $500–$750, typically $650. In Perth, ask whether an overnight shift at a Kewdale or Canning Vale yard includes a written report at hand-over, and how the firm bills a shift that runs past the booked hours.