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Brick home with a white front door — Amco Locksmiths, Carlisle
Carlisle · 6101

Locksmith in Carlisle

The oldest housing stock on this side of the river, on unusually wide streets, and nearly a third villas.

4.9 ★208 reviews
25 yrsexperience
30629WA licence no.
Quick answer

Carlisle, Western Australia 6101 is in the Town of Victoria Park — not the City of Belmont — and it has the oldest housing of the suburbs around it. Nearly 31 per cent of homes are villas or townhouses, the highest share nearby, and about 43 per cent are rented. 1920s and 30s doors and worn cylinders make this the suburb where repair-or-replace comes up most.

Council
Town of Victoria Park
Villas
About 31% — the highest nearby
Housing
1920s to 1950s
Call
Amco Locksmiths, 08 9444 2089
Carlisle

A wide-street grid, steadily subdivided

Carlisle was laid out by Peet and Co after the 1890s and took its present name in 1919, the year the primary school opened. The street pattern is a traditional grid with unusually wide twenty-metre road reservations and established street trees, and the original quarter-acre blocks have been subdivided steadily into front-and-rear pairs and villa groups ever since.

Because the stock is older than its neighbours, the hardware is too. Original mortice locks, aged cylinders and timber jambs that have moved with eighty or ninety seasons — which means this is where we most often have the repair-or-replace conversation, and where a barrel occasionally has to be drilled. When that happens we say so before we start and fit a new one keyed to your existing key at no charge.

The subdivision pattern shapes the rest. A front-and-rear pair sharing a driveway, a gate and a letterbox is the standard Carlisle property, and keying it sensibly — each dwelling independent, the shared gate on both — is most of what people actually want. Oats Street and Carlisle stations both reopened in June 2025 after the level-crossing works, which has brought the area back into normal use.

Amco Locksmiths covers Carlisle, Western Australia 6101. One licensed locksmith, mobile, no call centre and no shopfront to drive to. Call 08 9444 2089, or send a photo of the lock and we will tell you what it needs before we come out.

Most asked for

What we get called to in Carlisle

An old lock that will not turn

The most common Carlisle call. Usually worn rather than broken, and usually saveable.

Keying a front-and-rear pair

Each dwelling independent, the shared gate cut to both. It saves a lot of confusion.

Screen door locks

Added decades after the house was built, and almost always on a different key.

Our promise

No surprises on the day

  • Price agreed first. You know the cost before any work starts, including after hours.
  • Repair before replace. We only swap a lock when it is genuinely worn out.
  • Drilling never costs you extra. If a barrel has to be drilled we say so before we start, then fit a new one keyed to your existing key at no charge.
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Reviews

What customers say

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LLena S.Google review
★★★★★

“Amco locksmiths are amazing to deal with! Very friendly and helpful on the phone. Responded promptly to my call for help with a key that was not working. Magnus was extremly friendly and helpful when he showed up. For any locksmith issues, go with these guys. You will not be disappointed. Thank you for making my day so much better in a sticky situation <3”

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BBen P.Google review
★★★★★

“Absolutely cracking service from Magnus. My wife dropped her keys last night and went to start it today and and it failed. We called 2 other places first and also had road side assistance out to inspect. Not one of them advised us to look where she had dropped it for the micro chip. They simply wanted dollars in their pockets without trying to solve the problem. After a prompt call back from Magnus and an exploded view image of keys components and 5 minutes of rummaging around the garden the chip was found, re-installed and works. 100% recommend these guys and will be getting a spare key from them in the near future. Thanks so much Magnus!!!”

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TTherese N.Google review
★★★★★

“Very impressed with Amco Locksmiths! The cheapest amongst a few quotes that I got. Very fast and efficient. Professional and friendly technician who gave me advice on a few other things around the house. Customer service was swift and helpful. Cannot fault!”

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DDemelzaGoogle review
★★★★★

“Awesome, quick and very good priced service!”

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Common questions

Straight answers

Yes — Carlisle WA 6101, in the Town of Victoria Park. There is also a Carlisle in Victoria and one in the United Kingdom, which is why the state matters when you search.

Usually. On hardware of that age the cylinder is normally worn, not broken, and a service and re-pin brings it back. We only replace when it genuinely cannot be saved.

We tell you before we start. If a barrel has to be drilled we fit a new one at no charge and key it to your existing key.

Yes. Both reopened in June 2025 after the Armadale line level-crossing works. They were closed from November 2023 until then.

No, they are separate suburbs. Carlisle is its own suburb in the Town of Victoria Park.