Canning Vale

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 12,935 people were counted in Canning Vale: of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Of the total population 0.8% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Canning Vale there were 3,695 children aged 0-14 years and 1,228 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Canning Vale, 10,863 people were Australian citizens, 4,832 were born overseas and 127 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Canning Vale, 67.9% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 5.8% were separated or divorced, 1.8% were widowed and 24.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Canning Vale, 59.5% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Canning Vale were England 12.2%, Malaysia 4.1%, Singapore 2.3%, New Zealand 2.2% and South Africa 1.9%.

Of all people counted in Canning Vale on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 26.8%, Anglican 22.8%, No Religion 16.0%, Buddhism 4.0% and Uniting Church 3.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in Canning Vale, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Cantonese 3.3%, Mandarin 2.7%, Italian 1.3%, Indonesian 1.1% and Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 0.9%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 79.9% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 6,899 people aged 15 years and over in Canning Vale were in the labour force. Of these 61.9% worked full-time, 31.3% worked part-time, 2.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.2% were unemployed. 2,139 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Canning Vale, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 14.0%, Associate Professionals 11.3%, Professionals 11.1%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.9%, Managers and Administrators 5.8%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.6%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.0% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.6%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Canning Vale, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 6.7%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 5.0%, Food Retailing 4.9%, Health Services 4.4% and Education 4.0%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Canning Vale, 3,659 families were counted: of these, 27.8% were couple families without children, 64.2% were couple families with children, 7.3% were one parent families and 0.7% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Canning Vale, 3,935 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Canning Vale, 99.4% were separate houses, 0.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Canning Vale, 26.9% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 61.5% were being purchased and 7.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Canning Vale, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 55.8% were rented from a real estate agent, 1.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 42.2% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Canning Vale, 91.5% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 5.7% were single (or lone) person households and 1.1% were group households.