Canning Vale, WA
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Canning Vale is a southern suburb of Perth about 22 kilometres from the central business district, split between the City of Canning and the City of Gosnells along Nicholson Road. Its name comes from the Canning River, which runs a few kilometres to the north-east; until 1925 the area was known instead as North Jandakot. Thanks to its swampy ground and unusual abundance of permanent fresh water, Canning Vale stayed a district of market gardens and dairy farms until the late 1970s, and much of what is now housing remained zoned rural until 1994. Today the suburb falls into distinct parts: a large industrial and warehousing precinct in the north, home to the Market City wholesale fresh-produce market, and residential estates with their own shopping centres to the south. Long reliant on buses to nearby rail, Canning Vale gained its own Nicholson Road and Ranford Road stations when the Metronet line opened in 2025. It has a notably diverse population, with sizeable Chinese, Indian and Italian communities.
Among Australia's more advantaged suburbs
Canning Vale is more socio-economically advantaged than about 84% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 1052, where about 1000 is the national average).
A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.
Is Canning Vale a good place to live?
There’s no single answer — it depends on what matters to you. So instead of one mystery number, we break it down: a transparent score on each part of life we can back with public data, and an honest “not yet” on the parts we can’t.
Strong on the data we score
A weighted blend of the 5 components we can score for Canning Vale from public data. It sits alongside — and reconciles with — the socio-economic Suburb Score above; it is a transparent read, not a complete verdict.
Socio-economic advantage
84/100Among Australia's more advantaged suburbs
Among Australia's more advantaged suburbs — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (84/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
13/100Among the more expensive suburbs
Median weekly rent was $425 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 13% of suburbs we can compare. Housing data only, no valuations. · ABS Census 2021
Amenities & access
80/100Plenty mapped nearby
About 103 everyday places (cafés, shops, services and more) mapped within ~1.2 km of the centre. · OpenStreetMap
Green space
78/100A good amount of green space nearby
About 12.1% of the area within ~1.2 km of the centre is mapped as green space — parks, reserves, sportsgrounds and the like. An area estimate from a radius around the centre, not the suburb boundary. · OpenStreetMap
Transport
90/100Well served by public-transport stops
About 55 public-transport stops (bus, train, tram or ferry) mapped within ~1.2 km of the centre. Stop coverage, not timetable frequency. · OpenStreetMap
Not yet scored
We’d rather leave these open than publish a number we can’t stand behind. Here’s where each one stands.
- SchoolsNot scored yet — school performance (ACARA / ICSEA) needs a data-reuse licence cleared before we can publish it.
- SafetyNot scored yet — Australia has no single open crime dataset and safety data carries defamation and legal care, so it is gated pending a go/no-go and will be data-only when added.
- CommunityNot scored yet — we won't reduce community to a number from a proxy. We'd rather leave it open than publish an invented value judgement.
A transparent read on public data, not a verdict — and not a measure of any person or community. See our methodology for how each component is worked out and why some aren’t scored yet.
Canning Vale at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 34,504
- Median age
- 37
- Median weekly household income
- $2,277
- SEIFA score
- 1052
- Local government area
- Canning
- Coordinates
- -32.0844, 115.9180
Map of Canning Vale
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Housing & property in Canning Vale
What it costs to live in Canning Vale and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $425
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $2,000
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 79%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 18%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Canning Vale demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Canning Vale demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Canning Vale using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is young adults (25–44) at 29% and 52% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 6,687 | 19% |
| Youth (15–24) | 4,922 | 14% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 9,832 | 29% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 8,958 | 26% |
| Seniors (65+) | 4,096 | 12% |
Share of the 34,495 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 3,139 | 30% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 5,138 | 49% |
| Rented | 1,860 | 18% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 9,854 | 94% |
| Townhouses & semis | 501 | 5% |
| Flats & apartments | 82 | 1% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 10,447 occupied private dwellings in Canning Vale.
- Average household size
- 3.1 people
- Median weekly family income
- $2,376
- Median weekly personal income
- $830
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 17,334 (52%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 14,075 (44%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 668 (2%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 17,877 (68%)
- Labour-force participation
- 65.9%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.3%
- Employed full-time
- 10,540
- Employed part-time
- 5,953
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.
Weather and climate in Canning Vale
Based on 2014–2023 records, the warmest month in Canning Vale is January (average daytime high around 31.2°C) and the coolest is July (around 15.5°C). The area receives roughly 739 mm of rain across the year.
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31.2°C | 17.4°C | 23 mm |
| Feb | 30.6°C | 17.5°C | 24 mm |
| Mar | 27.8°C | 16.5°C | 43 mm |
| Apr | 23.3°C | 13.6°C | 45 mm |
| May | 19.2°C | 10.8°C | 81 mm |
| Jun | 16.5°C | 9.2°C | 103 mm |
| Jul | 15.5°C | 8.7°C | 140 mm |
| Aug | 16.2°C | 8.3°C | 122 mm |
| Sep | 18.2°C | 9.2°C | 69 mm |
| Oct | 21.3°C | 10.9°C | 49 mm |
| Nov | 25.5°C | 13.3°C | 30 mm |
| Dec | 29.4°C | 15.8°C | 10 mm |
Climate normals, 2014–2023 (Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis).
Places in and around Canning Vale
Amenities mapped within about 1.2km of the suburb centre, from OpenStreetMap. A guide to what's nearby — not a complete directory.
Eat & drink
10 nearbyHungry Jack's · McDonald's · Oporto · Muzz Buzz · Subway · Domino's
Parks & recreation
81 nearbyRevo Fitness · Kinnerton Gardens · Ranford Oval · Saint Michaels Park · Goodwood Reserve · Central Park Avenue Reserve
Shops & groceries
2 nearbyWoolworths · Bakers Delight
Healthcare
3 nearbySoul Pattinson Chemist · Dentist WA · Class 1 Orthodontics
Schools & education
7 nearbyTribe Early Learning · Campbell Primary School · Canning Vale Primary School · Canning Vale College · Milestones Early Learning Canning Vale · Ranford Primary School
Eat & drink in and around Canning Vale
Cafés, restaurants, pubs and takeaway mapped within about 1.2km of the suburb centre. Listings are drawn from OpenStreetMap and shown as plain data — we don't rank or rate them.
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Claim this listing- Domino'sTakeaway
- Guzman y GomezTakeaway215 Campbell Roadguzmanygomez.com.au
- Hungry Jack'sTakeawayhungryjacks.com.au
- KFCTakeaway
- McDonald'sTakeawayCanning Valemcdonalds.com.au
- Muzz BuzzCaféaustralia.muzzbuzz.com
- OportoTakeawayRanford Road, Canning Valeoporto.com.au
- SubwayTakeawaysubway.com.au
- The Coffee ClubCafécoffeeclub.com.au
- ZambreroTakeawayCanning Valezambrero.com
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Common questions about Canning Vale
Is Canning Vale a good place to live?
Canning Vale is the second largest suburb in Western Australia at 34,504 people, and it scores 84/100 (SEIFA 1,052, top 16% nationally) — a well-above-average socio-economic standing for a suburb of that scale, with median household income of $2,277 a week and an average household size of 3.1 reflecting a suburb full of families. The cultural texture is notable: a significant Indian-Australian and Filipino-Australian community presence sits alongside the established Australian-born majority, and the suburb has built a retail and service infrastructure (Livingston Marketplace and surrounds) that functions at a scale few Perth outer suburbs can match. Canning Vale has been Perth’s practical answer to “afffordability plus schools plus established suburb” for long enough that its infrastructure has caught up to its population.
What is the median rent in Canning Vale?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Canning Vale was $425, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,000. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Canning Vale?
Canning Vale is a suburb of Western Australia, Australia, in the Canning local government area.
What is the population of Canning Vale?
At the 2021 Census, Canning Vale had a population of about 34,504.
Is Canning Vale an advantaged area?
Canning Vale has an ABS SEIFA score of 1052, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 84 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 84% of Australian suburbs.
What is the weather like in Canning Vale?
Canning Vale has average daytime highs of about 22.9°C and overnight lows of about 12.6°C, with roughly 739 mm of rain across the year (based on 2014–2023 climate normals).
How big is Canning Vale?
Canning Vale is one of the most populous suburbs in Western Australia — the 2nd-largest by usual resident population at the 2021 Census (about 34,504 usual residents).
Where Canning Vale ranks
Canning Vale appears in these data-driven guides — each a transparent sort on a single ABS figure shown on this page.
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