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City of Canning community views

The Community Views team surveyed 212 residents from Ferndale in November 2023.

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Ferndale in City of Canning

Ferndale is made up of Ferndale.

Living in Ferndale

Ferndale Overall Liveability Index
City of Canning
65.5
Bentley
56.1
Canning Vale
64.5
Cannington
64.5
East Cannington
61.4
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

Ferndale Overall Liveability Index

Ferndale Overall Liveability Index 66.4

City of Canning Overall Liveability Index

City of Canning Overall Liveability Index 65.5

Ferndale
City of Canning
Importance
Experience
Feeling safe
Importance
Experience
78%
6.3
76%
6.2
Natural environment
Importance
Experience
71%
8.3
59%
7.3
Sense of community
Importance
Experience
51%
6.7
36%
6.4
Shopping, leisure & dining
Importance
Experience
41%
6.8
43%
6.8
Public transport
Importance
Experience
36%
6.9
42%
7.0
A lack of road congestion
Importance
Experience
33%
5.1
27%
5.7
Affordable decent housing
Importance
Experience
31%
6.1
32%
5.8
Making your way
Importance
Experience
28%
6.2
32%
6.7
Health services
Importance
Experience
25%
6.5
27%
6.7
Social cohesion
Importance
Experience
23%
6.8
31%
7.0
Education
Importance
Experience
23%
6.5
33%
6.9
Sports and recreation
Importance
Experience
21%
6.7
17%
6.6
Opportunity for all
Importance
Experience
16%
6.8
15%
6.6
Cultural facilities
Importance
Experience
11%
4.9
11%
4.9
A prosperous economy
Importance
Experience
7%
6.1
9%
6.2
Good job prospects
Importance
Experience
6%
5.7
9%
5.6
The arrows indicate whether a difference is statistically significant. Significance testing helps determine if a difference between two groups is likely real (shown by an arrow) or due to random chance (no arrow).
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Health and Wellbeing in Ferndale

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?
Ferndale (n = 212)
7.2
Very poor
Excellent
City of Canning 2023 (n = 2807)
7.4
Very poor
Excellent
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Ferndale (n = 212)
11%
52%
38%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
City of Canning 2023 (n = 2807)
8%
59%
33%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
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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?
Ferndale (n = 212)
7.5
Very poor
Excellent
City of Canning 2023 (n = 2807)
7.6
Very poor
Excellent
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Ferndale (n = 212)
7%
68%
25%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
City of Canning 2023 (n = 2807)
8%
67%
25%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
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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?
Ferndale (n = 212)
7.4
Very poor
Excellent
City of Canning 2023 (n = 2807)
7.4
Very poor
Excellent
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Ferndale (n = 212)
7%
70%
24%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
City of Canning 2023 (n = 2807)
7%
70%
24%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
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Financial circumstances in Ferndale

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?
Ferndale (n = 212)
6.9
Very poor
Excellent
City of Canning 2023 (n = 2807)
6.6
Very poor
Excellent
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Significantly lower
Ferndale (n = 212)
24%
48%
28%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
City of Canning 2023 (n = 2807)
20%
57%
23%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
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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?
Ferndale (n = 212)
City of Canning 2023 (n = 2593)
Always late
2%
1%
Often late
4%
4%
Sometimes late
23%
28%
Never late
70%
67%
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Significantly lower
Ferndale (n = 212)
44%
48%
8%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
City of Canning 2023 (n = 2807)
35%
52%
13%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
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Concerns & ideas in Ferndale

What are the top three issues facing your local area?
Ferndale (n = 212)
City of Canning 2023 (n = 2807)
Inflation/Cost of Living
59%
59%
Law & order
40%
41%
Housing/Price of Housing
38%
43%
Petrol Prices/Fuel
28%
25%
Household Debt/Personal Debt
20%
15%
The Economy
19%
12%
Drug/Alcohol Abuse
17%
14%
Environmental Concerns
11%
10%
Population/Overpopulation
11%
12%
Transport
10%
15%
Immigration
10%
5%
Healthcare/Hospitals
10%
9%
Poverty/Inequality
7%
8%
Race Relations/Racism
6%
5%
Education
6%
7%
Issues Facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
3%
6%
Taxation
3%
5%
Unemployment
1%
6%
Defence
1%
1%
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Custom questions in Ferndale

Best ways to address the effects of climate change in your local area?
Ferndale (n = 212)
City of Canning 2023 (n = 2807)
Protect and enhance local biodiversity (plants and animals)
68%
61%
Provide options for recycling waste (e.g. household waste, food waste, e-waste, etc.).
56%
53%
Educate residents on how to live more sustainably
52%
50%
Adopt renewable energy sources
45%
45%
The use of more sustainable transport options (e.g. walking, cycling, public transport, etc)
43%
46%
Reduce pollution of the environment
41%
42%
Conserve natural resources (e.g. air, water, soil, etc.)
40%
42%
Through more sustainable building and development practices
38%
34%
Encourage residents to buy locally
29%
26%
Reduce carbon emissions in the local area
26%
26%
I don’t believe in climate change
6%
5%
I don’t know enough about climate change
5%
5%
Some other way
4%
4%
I don’t believe the effects of climate change need to be addressed
1%
2%
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What do you find yourself needing to leave the City of Canning to access?
Ferndale (n = 212)
City of Canning 2023 (n = 2807)
Work
50%
52%
Events
43%
42%
Healthcare
37%
36%
Recreation
35%
28%
Leisure
34%
29%
Shops
22%
28%
Sporting Clubs
13%
14%
None of the above
13%
12%
Community Groups
11%
13%
Other reason
11%
9%
School
8%
16%
Childcare
7%
6%
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Where do you connect and interact with others in your community in the City of Canning?
Ferndale (n = 212)
City of Canning 2023 (n = 2807)
Cafes and restaurants
52%
44%
Your local park
52%
50%
The local shops
50%
46%
On my street
47%
38%
Leisure centres
34%
31%
City events
24%
21%
Libraries
23%
23%
Community groups
19%
14%
Schools
15%
21%
Sporting clubs
12%
16%
Cultural and Religious institutions
8%
11%
Somewhere else
8%
6%
I don't connect / interact with others in my community
4%
7%
Seniors centres
3%
3%
Youth centres
2%
3%
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