Canning Vale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 30,666 people in Canning Vale of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Canning Vale was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.9% of the population.

Of people in Canning Vale aged 15 years and over, 58.6% were married and 7.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Canning Vale was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Canning Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Canning Vale was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Canning Vale 36.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.3% were in primary school, 20.0% in secondary school and 22.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Canning Vale were English 23.8%, Australian 18.7%, Chinese 11.7%, Scottish 5.0% and Indian 4.9%.

In Canning Vale, 48.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.9%, Malaysia 5.9%, India 3.8%, South Africa 3.5% and Singapore 3.3%.

In Canning Vale, 27.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 60.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Canning Vale were Catholic 23.5%, No Religion 19.8%, Anglican 14.7%, Buddhism 5.6% and Islam 4.6%.

In Canning Vale 65.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 6.6%, Cantonese 3.1%, Arabic 1.8%, Indonesian 1.4% and Tamil 1.1%.

Employment

There were 16,627 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Canning Vale. Of these 62.5% were employed full time, 28.1% were employed part-time and 4.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Canning Vale, 10.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Canning Vale was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Canning Vale included Professionals 21.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.7%, Managers 12.4%, Sales Workers 9.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.8%, Labourers 7.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.9%.

Of the employed people in Canning Vale, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.0%, School Education 4.8%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.3%, Hospitals 3.0% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Canning Vale was $747.

In Canning Vale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.6%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Train, bus 3.6%, Train, car as driver 1.7% and Train 1.7%. On the day, 10.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Canning Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.2% provided care for children and 7.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.9% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Canning Vale, 25.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Canning Vale, 58.7% were couple families with children, 29.2% were couple families without children and 10.2% were one parent families.

In Canning Vale 15.1% of single parents were male and 84.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Canning Vale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,605 and those without children was $2,349.

Employment status of couple families

In Canning Vale, of couple families with children, 24.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 25.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Canning Vale, 94.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Canning Vale, 98.1% were separate houses, 1.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Canning Vale, of occupied private dwellings 0.1% had 1 bedroom, 1.3% had 2 bedrooms and 16.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.9. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Canning Vale, 24.5% were owned outright, 58.3% were owned with a mortgage and 15.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Canning Vale, of all households, 88.1% were family households, 9.7% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Canning Vale, 9.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 21.7% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Canning Vale, 22.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 48.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Canning Vale, there were 381 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 319 (or 83.7%) were male and 62 (or 16.3%) were female. The median age was 24 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Canning Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,100.

In Canning Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $460 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,950.