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City of Canning community views

The Community Views team surveyed 191 residents from Parkwood in November 2023.

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Parkwood in City of Canning

Parkwood is made up of Parkwood.

Living in Parkwood

Parkwood Overall Liveability Index
City of Canning
65.5
Bentley
56.1
Canning Vale
64.5
Cannington
64.5
East Cannington
61.4
Ferndale
66.4
Lynwood
66.4
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

Parkwood Overall Liveability Index

Parkwood Overall Liveability Index 69.7

City of Canning Overall Liveability Index

City of Canning Overall Liveability Index 65.5

Parkwood
City of Canning
Importance
Experience
Feeling safe
Importance
Experience
77%
7.4
76%
6.2
Natural environment
Importance
Experience
56%
7.6
59%
7.3
Shopping, leisure & dining
Importance
Experience
45%
6.8
43%
6.8
Public transport
Importance
Experience
44%
6.9
42%
7.0
Sense of community
Importance
Experience
39%
6.7
36%
6.4
Education
Importance
Experience
37%
6.9
33%
6.9
Making your way
Importance
Experience
32%
7.2
32%
6.7
Health services
Importance
Experience
31%
6.9
27%
6.7
Affordable decent housing
Importance
Experience
30%
6.5
32%
5.8
Social cohesion
Importance
Experience
27%
7.3
31%
7.0
A lack of road congestion
Importance
Experience
26%
6.7
27%
5.7
Sports and recreation
Importance
Experience
23%
6.8
17%
6.6
Opportunity for all
Importance
Experience
11%
6.9
15%
6.6
Cultural facilities
Importance
Experience
9%
4.8
11%
4.9
A prosperous economy
Importance
Experience
6%
6.3
9%
6.2
Good job prospects
Importance
Experience
6%
5.5
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 Parkwood

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?
Parkwood (n = 191)
7.3
Very poor
Excellent
City of Canning 2023 (n = 2807)
7.4
Very poor
Excellent
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Significantly lower
Parkwood (n = 191)
5%
64%
32%
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?
Parkwood (n = 191)
7.7
Very poor
Excellent
City of Canning 2023 (n = 2807)
7.6
Very poor
Excellent
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Parkwood (n = 191)
9%
73%
18%
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?
Parkwood (n = 191)
7.6
Very poor
Excellent
City of Canning 2023 (n = 2807)
7.4
Very poor
Excellent
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Parkwood (n = 191)
4%
78%
17%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
City of Canning 2023 (n = 2807)
7%
70%
24%
Get worse
Stay the same
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Financial circumstances in Parkwood

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?
Parkwood (n = 191)
6.6
Very poor
Excellent
City of Canning 2023 (n = 2807)
6.6
Very poor
Excellent
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Significantly lower
Parkwood (n = 191)
25%
54%
21%
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?
Parkwood (n = 191)
City of Canning 2023 (n = 2593)
Always late
1%
1%
Often late
1%
4%
Sometimes late
19%
28%
Never late
79%
67%
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Parkwood (n = 191)
34%
52%
14%
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 Parkwood

What are the top three issues facing your local area?
Parkwood (n = 191)
City of Canning 2023 (n = 2807)
Inflation/Cost of Living
66%
59%
Petrol Prices/Fuel
39%
25%
Housing/Price of Housing
37%
43%
Law & order
31%
41%
Household Debt/Personal Debt
19%
15%
The Economy
17%
12%
Healthcare/Hospitals
16%
9%
Environmental Concerns
14%
10%
Transport
12%
15%
Poverty/Inequality
10%
8%
Education
10%
7%
Population/Overpopulation
8%
12%
Taxation
7%
5%
Drug/Alcohol Abuse
6%
14%
Immigration
4%
5%
Race Relations/Racism
3%
5%
Unemployment
2%
6%
Issues Facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
1%
6%
Defence
0%
1%
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Custom questions in Parkwood

Best ways to address the effects of climate change in your local area?
Parkwood (n = 191)
City of Canning 2023 (n = 2807)
Protect and enhance local biodiversity (plants and animals)
63%
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
49%
50%
Adopt renewable energy sources
47%
45%
Reduce pollution of the environment
42%
42%
Through more sustainable building and development practices
42%
34%
Conserve natural resources (e.g. air, water, soil, etc.)
42%
42%
The use of more sustainable transport options (e.g. walking, cycling, public transport, etc)
41%
46%
Reduce carbon emissions in the local area
28%
26%
Encourage residents to buy locally
25%
26%
I don’t know enough about climate change
5%
5%
Some other way
4%
4%
I don’t believe in climate change
3%
5%
I don’t believe the effects of climate change need to be addressed
2%
2%
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What do you find yourself needing to leave the City of Canning to access?
Parkwood (n = 191)
City of Canning 2023 (n = 2807)
Work
53%
52%
Events
49%
42%
Healthcare
39%
36%
Leisure
33%
29%
Recreation
32%
28%
Shops
27%
28%
None of the above
14%
12%
Sporting Clubs
13%
14%
Community Groups
12%
13%
School
9%
16%
Other reason
9%
9%
Childcare
4%
6%
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Where do you connect and interact with others in your community in the City of Canning?
Parkwood (n = 191)
City of Canning 2023 (n = 2807)
The local shops
56%
46%
Cafes and restaurants
50%
44%
Your local park
49%
50%
On my street
40%
38%
Leisure centres
36%
31%
Libraries
31%
23%
City events
25%
21%
Sporting clubs
24%
16%
Schools
22%
21%
Community groups
13%
14%
Somewhere else
8%
6%
I don't connect / interact with others in my community
7%
7%
Cultural and Religious institutions
7%
11%
Seniors centres
4%
3%
Youth centres
3%
3%
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