Parkwood vs Canning Vale

Canning Vale is the younger of the two, with a median age of 37 against 42 in Parkwood. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Parkwood, about half of households are couple families. In Canning Vale, most households are couple families. On these figures, Parkwood tends to suit people living alone and older residents, while Canning Vale suits couples.

Canning Vale is significantly larger and more established, with a population of 34,504 compared to Parkwood's 5,995, and it scores notably higher on liveability (84 versus 70) and walkability (79 versus 64). Household incomes are substantially stronger in Canning Vale at $118,404 annually versus $83,148 in Parkwood, though Parkwood offers a slightly better rental yield at 4.0% against 3.7%. Parkwood suits buyers prioritising a quieter, smaller-town feel with minimal bushfire risk, while Canning Vale appeals to those seeking more amenities, services, and a higher socio-economic profile, despite its higher bushfire risk rating of 18.

Written by an AI language model from the figures below. Every number in it is checked against those figures before it is published.

Which one suits you?

There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.

Families with school-age kids

Canning Vale

ahead on 5 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more childcare (23 vs 2)
  • has more parks and reserves (65 vs 8)
  • has more schools inside the suburb (8 vs 2)

Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.

First-home buyers

Too close to call

Nothing among the 2 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Parkwood

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($350/wk vs $425/wk)

Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.

Commuting to the city

Canning Vale

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is more walkable (79/100 vs 64/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, rail access, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

one each way, out of the 5 things we measure here

  • Parkwood has more units and townhouses to downsize into (16% vs 6%)
  • Canning Vale has more GPs (13 vs 4)

Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.

Investors

Canning Vale

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (4.4% vs -0.6%)

Weighs house yield and population growth.

Where they sit

Parkwood and Canning Vale drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.

Parkwood Canning Vale
Hides rows where both suburbs match

Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.

Side by side, out of 100

Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.

Parkwood Canning Vale
Walkability 64 / 79
Parkwood — Walkability: 64/100 Canning Vale — Walkability: 79/100
Safety 41 / 46
Parkwood — Safety: 41/100 Canning Vale — Safety: 46/100
Low fire risk 100 / 82
Parkwood — Low fire risk: 100/100 Canning Vale — Low fire risk: 82/100
Low flood risk 100 / 100
Parkwood — Low flood risk: 100/100 Canning Vale — Low flood risk: 100/100

Demographics

Canning Vale has more residents (34,504 vs 5,995); Canning Vale has higher household incomes ($118,404 vs $83,148).

Parkwood Canning Vale
Population 5,995 34,504
+476% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -0.6% +4.4%
Median age 42 37
Median household income $83,148/yr $118,404/yr
+42% vs other
Median weekly rent $350/wk $425/wk
+21% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Parkwood Canning Vale
0-4 5.6% / 5.5%
Parkwood — 0-4: 5.6% Canning Vale — 0-4: 5.5%
5-14 10.6% / 13.8%
Parkwood — 5-14: 10.6% Canning Vale — 5-14: 13.8%
15-19 4.8% / 7.2%
Parkwood — 15-19: 4.8% Canning Vale — 15-19: 7.2%
20-24 5.3% / 7.1%
Parkwood — 20-24: 5.3% Canning Vale — 20-24: 7.1%
25-34 12.6% / 12.7%
Parkwood — 25-34: 12.6% Canning Vale — 25-34: 12.7%
35-44 13.9% / 15.8%
Parkwood — 35-44: 13.9% Canning Vale — 35-44: 15.8%
45-54 12.2% / 14.3%
Parkwood — 45-54: 12.2% Canning Vale — 45-54: 14.3%
55-64 14.0% / 11.6%
Parkwood — 55-64: 14.0% Canning Vale — 55-64: 11.6%
65-74 13.3% / 7.6%
Parkwood — 65-74: 13.3% Canning Vale — 65-74: 7.6%
75-84 6.0% / 3.1%
Parkwood — 75-84: 6.0% Canning Vale — 75-84: 3.1%
85+ 1.5% / 1.2%
Parkwood — 85+: 1.5% Canning Vale — 85+: 1.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (15.8%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Parkwood 45.1% couple families
Parkwood — Couple Families: 45.1% Parkwood — Lone Person: 33.2% Parkwood — One Parent Families: 16.6% Parkwood — Group Household: 3.7% Parkwood — Other Families: 1.4%
Canning Vale 67.7% couple families
Canning Vale — Couple Families: 67.7% Canning Vale — Lone Person: 15.5% Canning Vale — One Parent Families: 12.9% Canning Vale — Group Household: 2.3% Canning Vale — Other Families: 1.6%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Parkwood 19.7% renting
Parkwood — Owned Outright: 42.6% Parkwood — Mortgage: 37.7% Parkwood — Renting: 19.7%
Canning Vale 18.3% renting
Canning Vale — Owned Outright: 31.0% Canning Vale — Mortgage: 50.7% Canning Vale — Renting: 18.3%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Where residents were born

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents, 2021 Census. A dash means that country is not among the suburb's own eight largest.

Parkwood Canning Vale
Malaysia 9.3% / 6.1%
Parkwood — Malaysia: 9.3% Canning Vale — Malaysia: 6.1%
India 4.2% / 8.7%
Parkwood — India: 4.2% Canning Vale — India: 8.7%
England 7.0% / 5.2%
Parkwood — England: 7.0% Canning Vale — England: 5.2%
China 4.0% / 5.0%
Parkwood — China: 4.0% Canning Vale — China: 5.0%
Singapore 2.9% / 2.9%
Parkwood — Singapore: 2.9% Canning Vale — Singapore: 2.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (9.3%).

Qualifications

Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.

Parkwood Canning Vale
Bachelor Degree 15.6% / 16.5%
Parkwood — Bachelor Degree: 15.6% Canning Vale — Bachelor Degree: 16.5%
Certificate III & IV 14.1% / 10.7%
Parkwood — Certificate III & IV: 14.1% Canning Vale — Certificate III & IV: 10.7%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.0% / 7.7%
Parkwood — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.0% Canning Vale — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.7%
Postgraduate Degree 4.6% / 6.2%
Parkwood — Postgraduate Degree: 4.6% Canning Vale — Postgraduate Degree: 6.2%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.9% / 1.8%
Parkwood — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.9% Canning Vale — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.5%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Parkwood 84.3% houses
Parkwood — Houses: 84.3% Parkwood — Townhouses: 11.0% Parkwood — Flats / Apartments: 4.8%
Canning Vale 94.4% houses
Canning Vale — Houses: 94.4% Canning Vale — Townhouses: 4.8% Canning Vale — Flats / Apartments: 0.9%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Parkwood Canning Vale
Median house price $1,030,000 $1,060,000
Median unit price — $587,500
Median land price — $985,000
Typical days to sell (houses) 40 days
from 40 sales
 28 days
from 316 sales

House price by bedroom count

Only bed counts both suburbs published enough sales for. Sale counts are shown because the buckets differ in depth.

Parkwood Canning Vale
3 bed $942K / $830K
Parkwood — 3 bed: $942K (28 sales) Canning Vale — 3 bed: $830K (103 sales)

28 vs 103 sales

4 bed $1.2M / $1.12M
Parkwood — 4 bed: $1.2M (18 sales) Canning Vale — 4 bed: $1.12M (348 sales)

18 vs 348 sales

Development activity

Parkwood Canning Vale
New dwellings approved 423
across Canning
same for both
Approvals change year on year -3%
same for both

Gross rental yield

Gross — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. From median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.

Parkwood Canning Vale
Houses 4.0%
$760/wk on $999K
 3.7%
$850/wk on $1.2M
Units —
same for both

Ranking within WA

Parkwood Canning Vale
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 45% of WA Higher than 85% of WA
Schools — Higher than 99% of WA
Walkability Higher than 88% of WA Higher than 95% of WA
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 75% of WA Higher than 92% of WA
NBN connectivity Higher than 84% of WA Higher than 90% of WA
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 24% of WA Higher than 19% of WA

Liveability

Canning Vale is more walkable (79 vs 64); Canning Vale scores higher overall (84 vs 70).

Parkwood Canning Vale
Grade A
same for both
Score 70/100 84/100
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 6/10
 very advantaged area
decile 9/10

Risk profile

Canning Vale carries more bushfire risk (18 vs 0).

Parkwood Canning Vale
Bushfire None
0/100
 Low
18/100
Crime Moderate
59/100
 Moderate
54/100
Flood None
0/100
same for both
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
 High
83/100
Industrial facilities nearby 13
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Parkwood Canning Vale
Inside the suburb 2 8
Rated above peers 2 6
Rated at peers 0 1
Rated below peers 0
same for both
Universities within 10 km 2
Curtin University of Technology, 4.7 km
 2
Murdoch University (Murdoch), 7.6 km
Full-time students aged 15–24 2.8% 3.6%

Schools in Parkwood

  • Lynwood Senior High School Government · Secondary above peers
  • Parkwood Primary School Government · Primary above peers

Schools in Canning Vale

  • Caladenia Primary School Government · Primary above peers
  • Campbell Primary School Government · Primary above peers
  • Canning Vale College Government · Secondary above peers
  • Canning Vale Primary School Government · Primary above peers
  • Excelsior Primary School Government · Primary above peers
  • Ranford Primary School Government · Primary above peers

Amenities in the suburb

Parkwood Canning Vale
Supermarkets 3 10
Cafes & restaurants 7 31
Parks & reserves 8 65
Childcare 2 23
GPs 4 13
Pharmacies 0 6
Police stations 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 3 5
Fuel stations 1 9
EV chargers 2
same for both
Waterways 0 3

Mobility

Parkwood Canning Vale
Walkability score 64/100 79/100
Distance to Perth 20.3 km 21.9 km
+8% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 26 min 25 min
Public transport score 79/100
Bus
 94/100
Rail · Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 187.2
7-9am + 5-7pm
 1183.2
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 0 min
scheduled, not actual
same for both
Electric vehicle share 0.9%
postcode 6147
 1.7%
postcode 6155
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 55
postcode 6147
 82
postcode 6155

How people get to work

Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.

Parkwood Canning Vale
Car (driver) 80.2% / 77.0%
Parkwood — Car (driver): 80.2% Canning Vale — Car (driver): 77.0%
Worked from Home 6.6% / 8.1%
Parkwood — Worked from Home: 6.6% Canning Vale — Worked from Home: 8.1%
Train 4.6% / 6.4%
Parkwood — Train: 4.6% Canning Vale — Train: 6.4%
Car (passenger) 4.7% / 5.3%
Parkwood — Car (passenger): 4.7% Canning Vale — Car (passenger): 5.3%
Bus 2.8% / 2.3%
Parkwood — Bus: 2.8% Canning Vale — Bus: 2.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (80.2%).

Setting

Parkwood Canning Vale
Elevation 14 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 28 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 15.7 km
3.8 km to a named beach
 14.8 km

NBN connectivity

Parkwood Canning Vale
Connectivity score 71/100 77/100
Most common technology Fibre to the node Fibre to the premises
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 47%
2,782 premises
 54%
13,535 premises

Climate

Parkwood Canning Vale
Annual rainfall 745 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 31.4°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 7.6°C
same for both

Council rates

Parkwood Canning Vale
Average residential rate $1,833/yr
same for both
Council Canning
same for both

Federal electorate

Parkwood Canning Vale
Division Tangney
same for both
Member Sam Lim
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Parkwood Canning Vale
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $800,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Parkwood

Middle-Ring Parks Quiet

Canning Vale

Easy Commute Large Blocks Middle-Ring Multicultural Parks Transport Hub

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