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City of Canning community views

Affordable decent housing

Understanding the provision of ‘affordable decent housing’ goes well beyond the dwelling. It seeks to contextualise the community’s view on ‘housing’ with two additional features – both of which are critical to informing public policy and private sector directions: the perception of value (represented in the attribute as affordable) and quality (represented as decent). ‘Affordable decent housing’ is often selected as one of the most important attributes that makes somewhere a good place to live. It is typically of higher importance to younger people and poorly experienced in established urban areas. Read more about .id's views on the importance of 'affordable decent housing' here.

Affordable decent housing in City of Canning

Greater Importance & Worse Experiences

32% of residents selected ‘Affordable decent housing’ as an important attribute when considering what makes somewhere a good place to live, making it the 7th most important liveability aspect for City of Canning residents overall. Residents rated their experience of ‘Affordable decent housing’ in their local area 5.8 out of 10, on average, making it the 13th most positively experienced attribute of 16. In comparison to Australia: 2023, residents of City of Canning placed less importance on Affordable decent housing and reported better local area experiences.

Benchmarks

Importance
Experience
City of Canning
32%
5.8
Australia: 2023
46%
4.9
Metropolitan Australia: 2023
45%
4.9
Western Australia: 2023
45%
5.2
Perth: 2023
42%
5.6

Local areas

Importance
Experience
City of Canning
32%
5.8
Wilson (n = 234)
36%
5.9
Ferndale (n = 212)
31%
6.1
Cannington (n = 216)
40%
6.1
Parkwood (n = 191)
30%
6.5
St James (n = 113)
35%
5.5
Canning Vale (n = 250)
24%
6.3
Willetton & Leeming (n = 514)
27%
5.3
Bentley (n = 182)
43%
5.6
Rossmoyne (n = 111)
22%
5.6
Shelley (n = 148)
29%
5.6
Riverton (n = 186)
24%
5.5
East Cannington (n = 161)
31%
5.9
Lynwood (n = 99)
44%
6.3
Queens Park & Welshpool (n = 190)
41%
5.9

Gender

Importance
Experience
City of Canning
32%
5.8
Man or Male (n = 875)
32%
5.9
Woman or Female (n = 1841)
33%
5.8
Non-binary (n = 15)
53%
5.9
Prefer not to answer (n = 65)
28%
5.2

Age

Importance
Experience
City of Canning
32%
5.8
18 - 34 (n = 476)
43%
5.8
35 - 59 (n = 1292)
27%
5.6
60 + (n = 927)
27%
6.2

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