Canning Vale is a southern

suburb A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area. They are oftentimes where most of a metropolitan areas jobs are located with some being predominantly residential. They can either be denser or less densely populated ...

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, from the

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. Its

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s are the

City of Canning The City of Canning is a local government area in the southeastern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, about southeast of Perth's central business district. The City covers an area of and had a population of approximately ...

(west of Nicholson Road) and the

City of Gosnells The City of Gosnells is a local government area in the southeastern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, located northwest of Armadale and about southeast of Perth's central business district. The City covers an area of , ...

(east of Nicholson Road).

History

Canning Vale's name derives from the

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, located about to the suburb's northeast. It was locally known as North Jandakot until 1925. Until the late 1970s, Canning Vale was a farming area consisting of mostly

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s and

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s due to its swampy terrain with an unusually high abundance of permanent fresh water. Most of the area which is now residential was zoned rural under the Metropolitan Region Scheme until 1994. Planning for the area incorporated future railway stations at Nicholson and Ranford roads, called Nicholson Road and Ranford Road respectively. These stations

Geography

Canning Vale is bounded by Warton Road to the southeast, Garden Street and Nicholson Road to the northeast,

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to the north and northwest, and Clifton and Acourt roads to the southwest. The suburb is split into three distinct regions. North of the rail line near Roe Highway is an industrial area that has a number of major warehousing operations including Market City, a wholesale fresh produce market. Also in the area are many distribution facilities such as the

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distribution centre. Canning Vale's industrial precinct houses major warehouse production sites such as

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(which has been closed and redeveloped) and ACI Packaging, as well as manufacturing plants for the commercial building and mining maintenance industry, such as Complete Field Maintenance and BGC. South of the line is residential with shopping areas. The southern edge of the suburb, contained within a nature reserve, is the Hakea Prison complex. The industrial area is within the boundary of the City of Canning as well as a portion of the residential estates (including Ranford, Livingston and Waratah). The remainder of the residential area and the prison complex are within the boundaries of the City of Gosnells.

Demographics

At the 2001 Australian census, Canning Vale had a mostly lower-middle income population of 12,849 people living in 4,115 dwellings, all but 205 of which were separate houses. The population is very diverse, with 14% of East or South-East Asian descent, and sizeable Indian and Italian minorities. At the 2006 census, Canning Vale had a population of 23,289, which was predominantly Catholic (24.9%), married (62.8%), and with a median household income of $1,591 per week. Canning Vale has 6,331 families of which 62.8% were couples. At the 2011 census, the suburb had a population of 30,666, still maintaining its ethnic and religious diversity; 15% of the suburb was of either Chinese or Indian ancestry, and Buddhism and Islam were the third and fourth most practised beliefs in the suburb (after Catholicism, no religion and Anglicanism). At the 2016 census, the suburb's population was 33,059, with people of either Chinese or Indian ancestry making up 22.4%% of the total. In the 2021 census, the population increased to 35,504, with those with either Chinese or Indian ancestry increasing to 28.6% of the total's population.

Facilities

Canning Vale contains five retail precincts, four within the residential areas. A large industrial area is located in the north-west. Community facilities include five primary schools (Canning Vale opened in 1994, Ranford1999, Campbell2002, Excelsior2005, Caladenia2007, and the private school St Emilie's Catholic), the high school Canning Vale College, and numerous churches, a Sikh temple, a Hindu temple, a community centre and one golf course (Gosnells Golf Club). Canning Vale has a junior football club, going under the name of Canning Vale Cougars Junior Football Club. No AFL players have come from the Canning Vale Cougars, but a few WAFL players have come from Canning Vale. The club celebrated their 10th anniversary in 2006. Canning Vale also has a cricket team which is run by the South East Metro Junior Cricket Council and goes by the name of Canning Vale Junior/Senior Cricket Club. The Canning Vale Senior Football Club (established 2011) has participated in the WA Amateur Football League ever since its formation. It has won the 2011, 2012, and 2013 premierships. Their home matches are played at Clifton Park. The main shopping centre, Livingston Marketplace (which was opened in 1997 and undergone expansions in 2003-04), is situated at the corner of Ranford Road and Nicholson Road. A second shopping centre, The Vale, is located on the corner of Warton Road and Amherst Road, along Canning Vale's eastern boundary. The section of Canning Vale to the north of the Nicholson and Warton Road intersection contains Hakea Prison, Melaleuca Remand and Reintegration Facility, and Banksia Hill Juvenile Detention Centre.

Transport

Canning Vale's northern boundary is the

, which connects with the

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(west) and

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(east) and provides access to

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, while Nicholson Road heads north towards

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and

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, and Ranford Road goes to Armadale (southeast) and

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over

via South Street (northwest). Canning Vale is served by a range of buses linking the area to the

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and to Cannington. Many bus services connect with Transperth trains at Murdoch, Maddington or Thornlie stations. Two train stations with bus interchanges are being built as part of the Thornlie-Cockburn link project.

Bus

* 75 Canning Vale to

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– serves Bannister Road * 204

Maddington Station Maddington railway station is on the Transperth network. It is located on the Armadale Line, 17.7 kilometres from Perth Station serving the suburb of Maddington. History From 26 December 1895 until February 1952, Maddington was the junction f ...

– serves

Ranford Road Ranford Road is a major road in the southeastern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, and services a number of housing estates in Canning Vale and Southern River, as well as forming part of one of the two major routes between the port city of ...

, Campbell Road, Amherst Road and Warton Road * 205

– serves

, Campbell Road, Shreeve Road and Bridge Road * 206

to Cannington Station – serves

, Nicholson Road, Dumbarton Road, Boardman Road and Garden Street * 207

Thornlie Station Thornlie railway station is a suburban railway station on the Transperth network. Located from Perth station, it serves the suburb of Thornlie, Western Australia. It was the original terminus of the Thornlie line, a spur of the Armadale line, ...

– serves

, Nicholson Road and Eucalyptus Boulevard * 208 Murdoch Station to Cannington Station – serves Bannister Road and Nicholson Road * 212 Canning Vale to

– serves Batman Road and Amherst Road * 517 Murdoch TAFE to

– serves

* 518 Murdoch TAFE to

Cockburn Central Station Cockburn Central station ( ) is a bus and railway station on the Transperth network. It is located at the juncture of the Mandurah and Thornlie–Cockburn lines, from Perth station inside the median strip of the Kwinana Freeway serving the su ...

– serves

* 519 Murdoch TAFE to Armadale Station – serves

, Southacre Drive, Goodwood Way, Eastwood Parade, Tobermory Pass and Nicholson Road

References

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