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City of Canning community views

The Community Views team surveyed 182 residents from Bentley in November 2023.

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Bentley in City of Canning

Bentley is made up of Bentley.

Living in Bentley in November 2023

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Bentley Overall Liveability Index
City of Canning
65.5
Canning Vale
64.5
Cannington
64.5
East Cannington
61.4
Ferndale
66.4
Lynwood
66.4
Parkwood
69.7
Queens Park & Welshpool
58.5
Riverton
73.3
Rossmoyne
75.3
Shelley
73.3
St James
56.2
Willetton & Leeming
71.6
Wilson
63.5
Collected November 2023

Use the values and experiences matrix to understand the relationship between what your residents believe makes somewhere a good place to live and how they experience their local area in that regard. The matrix highlights the attributes that your community believe needs to maintained and improved to advance overall liveability.

Greater Importance & Worse Experiences    Greater Importance & Better Experiences    Less important attributes

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Bentley Overall Liveability Index

Bentley Overall Liveability Index 56.1

City of Canning Overall Liveability Index

City of Canning Overall Liveability Index 65.5

Bentley
City of Canning
Importance
Experience
Feeling safe
Importance
Experience
77%
4.1
76%
6.2
Natural environment
Importance
Experience
46%
6.2
59%
7.3
Public transport
Importance
Experience
46%
6.8
42%
7.0
Shopping, leisure & dining
Importance
Experience
43%
6.5
43%
6.8
Affordable decent housing
Importance
Experience
43%
5.6
32%
5.8
Sense of community
Importance
Experience
37%
5.3
36%
6.4
Social cohesion
Importance
Experience
29%
5.8
31%
7.0
A lack of road congestion
Importance
Experience
28%
5.5
27%
5.7
Making your way
Importance
Experience
28%
6.1
32%
6.7
Opportunity for all
Importance
Experience
23%
5.7
15%
6.6
Health services
Importance
Experience
23%
5.8
27%
6.7
Education
Importance
Experience
22%
6.0
33%
6.9
Good job prospects
Importance
Experience
18%
5.2
9%
5.6
Sports and recreation
Importance
Experience
17%
5.5
17%
6.6
A prosperous economy
Importance
Experience
13%
5.0
9%
6.2
Cultural facilities
Importance
Experience
8%
4.3
11%
4.9
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Health and Wellbeing in Bentley in November 2023

Physical Health
How would you rate your physical health?
Do you think your physical health will get better, worse or stay the same over the next year?
Bentley 2023 (n = 182)
7.4
Very poor
Excellent
City of Canning (n = 2807)
7.4
Very poor
Excellent
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Bentley 2023 (n = 182)
8%
60%
32%
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Stay the same
Get better
City of Canning (n = 2807)
8%
59%
33%
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Mental Health
How would you rate your mental health?
Do you think your mental health will get better, worse or stay the same over the next year?
Bentley 2023 (n = 182)
7.2
Very poor
Excellent
City of Canning (n = 2807)
7.6
Very poor
Excellent
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Bentley 2023 (n = 182)
12%
55%
33%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
City of Canning (n = 2807)
8%
67%
25%
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Social wellbeing
How would you rate your social wellbeing?
Do you think your social wellbeing will get better, worse or stay the same over the next year?
Bentley 2023 (n = 182)
6.8
Very poor
Excellent
City of Canning (n = 2807)
7.4
Very poor
Excellent
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Bentley 2023 (n = 182)
9%
58%
32%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
City of Canning (n = 2807)
7%
70%
24%
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Financial circumstances in Bentley in November 2023

How would you rate your personal financial circumstances?
Do you think your personal financial circumstance will get worse, stay the same or get better over the next year?
Bentley 2023 (n = 182)
5.4
Very poor
Excellent
City of Canning (n = 2807)
6.6
Very poor
Excellent
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Bentley 2023 (n = 182)
24%
52%
24%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
City of Canning (n = 2807)
20%
57%
23%
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How often, if ever, are you late meeting your financial commitments?
Do you think the economic situation in your local area will get worse, stay the same or get better over the next year?
Bentley 2023 (n = 166)
City of Canning (n = 2593)
Always late
4%
1%
Often late
8%
4%
Sometimes late
33%
28%
Never late
55%
67%
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Bentley 2023 (n = 182)
36%
48%
16%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
City of Canning (n = 2807)
35%
52%
13%
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Concerns in Bentley in November 2023

What are the top three issues facing your local area?
Bentley 2023 (n = 182)
City of Canning (n = 2807)
Law & order
57%
41%
Inflation/Cost of Living
47%
59%
Housing/Price of Housing
35%
43%
Drug/Alcohol Abuse
29%
14%
Petrol Prices/Fuel
19%
25%
Unemployment
18%
6%
Issues Facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
17%
6%
Transport
16%
15%
Household Debt/Personal Debt
10%
15%
The Economy
9%
12%
Education
8%
7%
Population/Overpopulation
8%
12%
Poverty/Inequality
7%
8%
Healthcare/Hospitals
5%
9%
Race Relations/Racism
5%
5%
Taxation
4%
5%
Immigration
4%
5%
Environmental Concerns
3%
10%
Defence
0%
1%
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Custom questions in Bentley in November 2023

Best ways to address the effects of climate change in your local area?
Bentley 2023 (n = 182)
City of Canning (n = 2807)
Protect and enhance local biodiversity (plants and animals)
51%
61%
Provide options for recycling waste (e.g. household waste, food waste, e-waste, etc.).
46%
53%
The use of more sustainable transport options (e.g. walking, cycling, public transport, etc)
44%
46%
Educate residents on how to live more sustainably
44%
50%
Adopt renewable energy sources
43%
45%
Reduce pollution of the environment
43%
42%
Conserve natural resources (e.g. air, water, soil, etc.)
38%
42%
Through more sustainable building and development practices
26%
34%
Reduce carbon emissions in the local area
22%
26%
Encourage residents to buy locally
21%
26%
Some other way
7%
4%
I don’t believe the effects of climate change need to be addressed
1%
2%
I don’t know enough about climate change
8%
5%
I don’t believe in climate change
7%
5%
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What do you find yourself needing to leave the City of Canning to access?
Bentley 2023 (n = 182)
City of Canning (n = 2807)
Work
58%
52%
Events
41%
42%
Healthcare
41%
36%
Recreation
31%
28%
Leisure
29%
29%
School
25%
16%
Shops
22%
28%
Community Groups
13%
13%
Sporting Clubs
10%
14%
Childcare
7%
6%
Other reason
12%
9%
None of the above
12%
12%
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Where do you connect and interact with others in your community in the City of Canning?
Bentley 2023 (n = 182)
City of Canning (n = 2807)
Your local park
43%
50%
The local shops
41%
46%
Cafes and restaurants
29%
44%
On my street
28%
38%
Leisure centres
28%
31%
Schools
16%
21%
Sporting clubs
15%
16%
Libraries
15%
23%
Community groups
12%
14%
Cultural and Religious institutions
12%
11%
City events
11%
21%
Seniors centres
3%
3%
Youth centres
2%
3%
Somewhere else
5%
6%
I don't connect / interact with others in my community
15%
7%
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