Canning Vale Demographics (WA) Local Stats

Canning Vale (6155) is a suburb of Perth, Southern Suburbs, Western Australia. It is about 13 kms from WA's capital city of Perth. Canning Vale is in the federal electorate of Tangney.

In the 2011 census the population of Canning Vale was 30,666 and is comprised of approximately 49.2% females and 50.8% males.

The median/average age of the population of Canning Vale is 32 years of age.

48.8% of people living in the suburb of Canning Vale were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 7.9% England, 5.9% Malaysia, 3.8% India, 3.5% South Africa, 3.3% Singapore, 2.5% New Zealand, 2.4% China , 1.9% Australia , nfd, 1.6% Indonesia, 1.4% Scotland, 0.9% Sri Lanka, 0.7% Philippines, 0.4% Zimbabwe, 0.4% Hong Kong .

65.4% of people living in Canning Vale speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 6.6% Mandarin, 6.4% Language spoken at home not stated, 3.8% Other, 3.1% Cantonese, 1.8% Arabic, 1.4% Indonesian, 1.1% Tamil, 0.9% Other, 0.8% Punjabi.

The religious makeup of Canning Vale is 23.5% Catholic, 19.8% No religion, 14.7% Anglican, 8.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.6% Buddhism, 4.6% Islam, 4.3% Christian, nfd, 3.3% Hinduism, 3.1% Uniting Church, 2.7% Presbyterian and Reformed.

58.6% of people are married, 32.1% have never married and 5.0% are divorced and 2.1% are separated. There are 543 widowed people living in Canning Vale.

62.5% of the people living in Canning Vale over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 28.1% are working on a part time basis. Canning Vale has an unemployment rate of 4.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Canning Vale are 21.0% Professionals, 17.8% Clerical & administrative workers, 15.7% Technicians & trades workers, 12.4% Managers, 9.8% Sales workers, 8.8% Community & personal service workers, 7.3% Labourers, 5.9% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.3% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Canning Vale work in are 11.5% Retail trade, 9.8% Health care and social assistance, 9.7% Manufacturing, 8.4% Construction, 8.1% Professional, scientific and technical services, 7.8% Education and training, 6.3% Public administration and safety, 6.0% Accommodation and food services, 5.2% Transport, postal and warehousing.

24.5% of homes are fully owned, and 58.3% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 14.9% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $747 per week and the median household income is $2022 per week.

The median rent in Canning Vale is $430 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2167 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Canning Vale postcode 6155