From conquering a marathon to owning a home, this is what West Aussies want for 2025

From the moment the year turned there has been an unmistakable hum in Western Australia. A sound of ambition, resolve, and quietly urgent hopes. It is more than resolutions about fitness or saving. It is about permanence. It is about stepping into long held dreams. From conquering marathons to owning homes, what people living in WA want in 2025 reveals more than individual goals. It reveals a shared longing for stability, belonging, achievement—and fairness.

One: The Marathon Is More Than a Race

Anyone who has watched someone cross a finish line knows what it takes: discipline, training, early mornings, setbacks—and eventually, triumph. In WA many have set their sights on such feats. Marathons are no longer distant aspirations. They are symbols of resilience, of transformation. They speak to people who want more from their bodies and their lives. It is easier to measure a kilometre than a year of inner change—but the resolve behind both is the same.

Public survey data shows that across Australia fitness is rising in priority. A Finder survey found that in 2025 almost forty per cent of Australians are aiming to improve health and fitness. finder.com.au Within WA those numbers align with stories of people running the coastal paths, joining community runs and setting ambitious distance goals. The marathon becomes an axis around which personal growth, mental health, community belong.

Two: Home Ownership Isn’t Just a Dream—It’s a Pressure Point

At the same time WA is being shaped by a tension. Home ownership remains deeply valued, yet the gap between aspiration and reality is growing. Many young West Australians still cling to the idea of owning their own home—even as rising property prices, high inflation, and high interest rates challenge that possibility. bankwest.com.au+2bankwest.com.au+2

Bankwest’s Home Truths research reports that 78 per cent of WA Millennials and Gen Z are willing to sacrifice aspects of their dream home in order to enter the market—selling off size, letting go of ideal locations—because affordability is no longer optional. bankwest.com.au At the same time government responses such as changes to Keystart loan eligibility, adjustments to property price and income limits, and shared equity or shared home ownership schemes reflect real policy shifts aimed at closing that gap for more people. Western Australian Government+2Western Australian Government+2

Three: Beyond the Personal—Community, Fairness, Gratitude

What underlies these individual goals is a growing civic pulse. Many West Aussies want more than personal gains. They want a government that responds when rents soar, when housing supply tightens, when the burden of ownership feels out of reach. They want fairness in policy. They want stability in neighbourhoods. They want to know that when they commit, sacrifice, train, save, the system is not stacked against them.

Concurrently there is a strong call for gratitude and for preserving what matters: nature, lived community, connection. WA’s beauty—its coastline, its wild places, its open skies—emerges in the stories of people travelling through their state, hiking, surf riding, exploring. These experiences feed into deeper goals: happiness, contentment, self acceptance. The marathon is not just about finishing 42 kilometres. The home is not just about walls. Both signify identity.

The Takeaway: What Needs to Be Done, What We Can Become

If 2025 is going to be a year that sticks, it must be one where ambition is met with action. West Australians are doing their part. They are training. They are saving. They are sacrificing. What is needed now is leadership and policy that match their resolve.

Leaders must see that offering shared ownership, flexible financing, and housing reforms are not optional extras. They are central to social health and economic stability. People striving for marathons need infrastructure—safe running routes, accessible support, community programs. People fighting for homes need fair access, transparent pathways, policies that stretch beyond short term patches.

For individuals, the path is clear too. Start with clarity. Set a goal—marathon pace, deposit sum, neighbourhood. Break it down. Seek support—coaches, mentors, financial advisors. Use the tools on offer. For many in WA, schemes like Keystart or shared equity are not just options. They are lifelines.

In 2025 let us be a community that does not measure success only in finish lines or property deeds. Let us measure it also in belonging. In the ease with which someone can walk the street feeling secure. In the joy of pushing personal limits. In the peace that comes from having a place to call home. TMFS is committed to understanding these values, to amplifying these demands, to helping shape the structures that make them possible.

If you are chasing a marathon or sanding together a deposit remember: your goal matters. Your effort matters. And you are not alone.

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