Canning Vale, Western Australia

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Canning Vale
city = Perth
state = wa


caption =
lga = City of Canning
lga2 = City of Gosnells
area = 25.5
postcode = 6155
pop = 23,289 (2006 census)Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC51236|name=Canning Vale (State Suburb)|quick=on|accessdate=2008-10-05]
dist1 = 20 |location1 = Perth
est = 1980s
fedgov = Canning
stategov = Riverton, Southern River
near-nw = Willetton
near-n = Riverton
near-ne = Parkwood
near-w = Jandakot
near-e = Thornlie
near-sw = Forrestdale
near-s = Southern River
near-se = Huntingdalecoord|-32.080|115.915|type:city(23289)_region:AU-WA_scale:30000|format=dms|display=title

Canning Vale is a large southern suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, and is located 20 km from the Perth CBD. Its Local Government Areas are the City of Canning (west of Nicholson Road) and the City of Gosnells (east of Nicholson Road).

History

Canning Vale's name derives from the Canning River, located about 3 km to the suburb's northeast. It was locally known as North Jandakot until 1925. [LandInfo WA|m|C|2007-05-15]

Until the late 1970s Canning Vale was a farming area consisting of mostly market gardens and dairy farms 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 until 1994 on the Metropolitan Region Scheme.

Developers of residential areas have incorporated numerous landscaped lakes into their developments, which serve an important function in draining this swampy area.

Geography

Canning Vale is bounded by Warton Road to the southeast, Garden Street and Nicholson Road to the northeast, Roe Highway to the north and northwest, and Clifton and Acourt Roads to the southwest.Streetsmart WA|maps=Maps 434-435, 464-465]

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 [http://www.perthmarket.com.au/ Market City] , a wholesale fresh produce market, other warehouse distribution facilities for Coles and IGA. Swan Brewery, ACI Packaging and BGC all operate manufacturing plants in the area. South of the line is residential with the normal shopping areas. The western 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 Livingston and Warratah). The remainder of the residential area and the prison complex are within the boundary of the City of Gosnells.

Demographics

At the ABS 2001 census, Canning Vale had a mostly 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 sizable Indian and Italian minorities.Census 2001 AUS|id=SSC51226|name=Canning Vale (State Suburb)|accessdate=2007-05-15]

At the ABS 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 couple families.

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 1994), Ranford (1999), Campbell (2002), Excelsior (2005) and Caledenia (2007) - a private school (St Emilie's Catholic) and a state high school, Canning Vale College, a Sikh temple, community centre and two golf courses (Gosnells Golf Club and Canning Vale Country Club).

Canning Vale has a 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.

Transport

Canning Vale's northern boundary is the Roe Highway via South Street (northwest).

Canning Vale is served by a range of buses linking the area to the Perth CBD, Murdoch University and to Cannington. [ [http://www.transperth.wa.gov.au Transperth website] , accessed 18 November 2006.] Many bus services connect with Transperth trains at Murdoch or Thornlie stations. All services are operated by Swan Transit.

As of 2008, proposals are being considered which might involve extending the present Transperth rail spur from Thornlie to Canning Vale. This would follow the track of the freight line which bisects Canning Vale, and serve a new station to be built near the Nicholson Road / Garden Street roundabout.

Politics

Canning Vale is a classic "mortgage belt" suburb which leans towards the Liberal Party in federal elections and the Australian Labor Party in state elections, in line with many Perth suburbs.

ee also

*Banksia Hill Juvenile Detention Centre
*Canning Vale College

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