PerthThe Indian Ocean coast
Measured from 1,000+ plays across 17 walked routes: in Perth, you pass a place with a story every 366 metres.
Ranked #3 of 3 Australia big cities
2026 edition · scores vs all indexed cities · measured 2026-08-21 · scored on 7 of 8 measures · how we measure
Depth27/100
33 places with a story
0 historical figures
Density34/100
a story every 366 m
median along a route
Character33/100
arts & culture
typical story: 1922 · early 20th century
Pulse46/100
Instagrammability 38/100
Perth, measured
The scores
Ranked against
| What we measure | Perth | Score out of 100 | Rank | Global leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depth | ||||
| Places with a storyspots where a route tells you what happened there | 33 | 29 | #65 of 71 | London (United Kingdom) · 594 |
| Historical figuresreal people you meet in its stories | — | 0 | — | London (United Kingdom) · 184 |
| Hours of storieshow long its stories take to read, end to end | 0.3h | 25 | #68 of 71 | London (United Kingdom) · 7h |
| Density | ||||
| How often you pass a storymetres from one story to the next | 366 m | 34 | #68 of 71 | Williamsburg (United States) · 100 m |
| Character | ||||
| Years its stories coverfrom its oldest story to its newest | 327 yrs | 33 | #60 of 70 | London (United Kingdom) · 1025 yrs |
| Pulse | ||||
| Instagrammabilityhow often players photograph this city | 38/100 | 38 | #22 of 54 | Sydney |
| Group outingsof every 100 plays, how many bring a group of 3 or more | 19 in 100 | 54 | #26 of 69 | Houston (United States) · 32 in 100 |
| International visitorsshare of player reviews written in a foreign language | — | not scored here: most visitors write English too, so the measure cannot tell them apart | — | Venice (Italy) · 97% |
How to read this table›
How to read it: each score is out of 100, measured against a fixed scale that is the same for every city and every edition. Perth's 33 on places with a story scores 29, and it scores 29 on any page you find it. The switch above changes who it is ranked against, not the scores: right now that is all 80 indexed cities (19 countries so far). Perth is scored on 7 of the 8 measures: its overall score averages those 7, and the greyed measures stay out of the average rather than counting against it. Ranks compare cities of a similar size. What a city's stories are about has no better or worse, so themes and eras aren't scored. Instagrammability is shown as a score only; how it's calculated is on the methodology page.
Character
What its stories are about
- arts & culture21%
- parks & leisure12%
Out of Perth's 33 places with a story, the share whose story touches each theme. One story can touch several.
Character
Which centuries you walk through
- Early 20th century32%
- Post-war21%
- Early modern16%
- 19th century16%
- Contemporary16%
When Perth's stories happen (58% of them mention a year).
Depth
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Depth
Every Perth place with a story, on one map
Each pin is a place whose story a Questo route tells. Tap one for the quest that tells it. See an empty street that deserves a pin? The form at the bottom of this page adds your story to the editors' queue.
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Three of 17 routes here. See everything in Perth
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How does Perth compare?
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Quick answers
- What is Perth like to explore on foot?
- Perth has 33 places with a story across 17 self-guided Questo routes, with a story every 366 metres of walking on average. Its stories lean towards arts & culture and parks & leisure.
- Which historical period defines Perth?
- 32% of Perth's dated stories come from the early 20th century period; its oldest dated story reaches back to 1696.
- How is this measured?
- From Questo's own walked routes and player activity in Perth: 1,000+ plays and 100+ reviews. Full method on the City Stories Index methodology page, 2026 edition.
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- Walking a Questo route in Perth, you pass a place with a story every 366 metres on average.
- 32% of Perth's dated stories come from the early 20th century period.
- Perth's typical story happens in 1922: the median year across its dated stories, which span 327 years.
- Roughly 19 of every 100 plays in Perth is a group outing of three or more people, measured from invited multi-device sessions over the last 12 months.
Copy any line as it stands: for an article, a post, or an argument at dinner. Attribution: Questo City Stories Index (2026 edition), with a link to this page. Method and sample sizes on the methodology page.
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