Tiles landed in Perth

The tiles we priced

150 m2 of 600 x 600 matt porcelain, one production batch, 10 percent spares, palletised.

Landed in Perth, line by line

Every line from the factory gate to your site. Low, middle and high use the low, middle and high of every published rate at once. Estimate: no delivered Elje job sits behind this figure yet.

By the container

About 1,000 m2 in its own 20 ft container into Perth: about $17,937 landed, $15 to $22 per m2. Estimate.

Shipped with a kitchen

On its own, a tile order pays the full set of fixed charges and Elje's minimum fees. Added to a kitchen in the same shipment it adds about $2,244 to the kitchen's landed price ($1,713 to $2,961), because the port, broker, delivery and Project Plan are already paid. Estimate.

Against Perth prices

Supply only is the fair comparison with a landed price; installed prices include labour, which you pay either way.

Retail, supply only, inc GST, 600x600 and 600x1200 porcelain. WTD (Oct 2026): mid-range porcelain $50 / $70 / $120, large format 600x1200+ $50 / $85 / $160. National chains seen 17 Oct 2026: Beaumont 600x600 $62.50 to $67.95, 600x1200 $149, 595x1192 travertine-look $132; National Tiles 600x1200 $59.95 to $129.95; Tile Cloud 600x1200 $74.31 to $138.89. Value chains run lower: Amber $37.77 sale ($62.95 RRP), The Tile Collective $28.95 to $38.95.

No Perth tile price page found. National figure used. WTD tiling $42 to $105 per m2.

Is it worth it?

It depends how you ship them. 150 m2 on its own lands at about $41 per m2, close to what local porcelain costs ($50 to $150 per m2). With a kitchen they add about $15 per m2, and a full 20 ft container lands at about $18 per m2. Estimate.

The Perth market

Perth sits about 5 percent above Brisbane on the cost index: kitchens $12,600 to $47,250 installed, bathrooms $10,500 to $36,750. Rider Levett Bucknall puts custom houses at $3,100 to $5,100 per m2, a high floor. A 2023 average put stone benchtops at about $1,600 per m2 in Perth against $2,200 in Sydney and Melbourne. Much local stock is shipped from the east coast first.

How it gets to Perth

Foshan factory to Nansha, Shekou or Yantian, a direct service to Fremantle, the closest Australian container port to South China, then about 20 km by road.

DP World and Patrick run the container terminals in Fremantle's Inner Harbour, about 20 km from the city.

Most Perth suburbs take a container at the kerb. Hills sites and narrow coastal streets may need a depot unpack.

What moves the number

• Weight, not volume. Tiles fill a container's weight limit long before its space. A shared container charges the larger of cubic metres and tonnes, so 150 m2 of porcelain pays for about 3.4 tonnes.
• Quantity. Around 1,000 m2 of 600 x 600 porcelain fills a 20 ft container by weight. At that size the landed price per m2 drops sharply.
• Size and thickness. Large formats and 20 mm outdoor pavers weigh more per m2 and break more in transit.
• One batch. Order every tile for the project from one production batch, with 10 percent spares. A second batch will not match.
• Testing. Slip rating reports for wet areas, and an asbestos-free test report for any new tile body.

What it has to comply with

• Wet areas and outdoors need an AS 4586 slip rating (P3 wet indoor, P4 outdoor is common). Ask for the P rating report, not a European R rating.
• Australia bans asbestos. The ABF can test ceramic imports at the importer's cost, so get the test report before shipping.
• Porcelain tiles: tariff 6907.21.90, general duty 5 percent, Free from China with a certificate of origin. Mosaics under 7 cm are Free anyway.

Notes for Perth

Hot dry summers and coastal wind. UV-stable finishes outside, and conditioned timber inside.

• Fremantle is the first Australian call on some South China services, and its terminal access charge is the lowest of the five ports, under $100 a container.
• Perth is a long way from the east coast showrooms and warehouses, so local stock often carries a freight cost of its own. Landed direct from Foshan skips that leg.
• Plumbing and building work is licensed through Building and Energy WA. Imported WaterMark and RCM products are installed the same way as local ones.

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