Affordable & multicultural

Cannington, Thornlie & Canning Vale

The cheap, practical south-east

From the CBD: 17 km
Area: 169 km²
Rent: Cheap rent
Suburbs: 17

Cannington has Westfield Carousel, one of the state's biggest malls, and the area around it is where a lot of migrant families settle: below-average rent, Indian and Asian grocers in every shopping centre, and Canning Vale packed with warehouses and distribution centres that hire steadily.

Good for

Cheap rent near a train and a mall
Warehouse and logistics work
Well-stocked Asian and Indian grocers

Watch out

Parts of Maddington and Gosnells have a poor safety reputation — research street by street.

Getting around

The Armadale/Thornlie line (Cannington, Thornlie) and the Thornlie–Cockburn link.

Suburbs

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Places here

Westfield Carousel

One of the state's biggest malls, in Cannington, with a train station beside it.

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Other areas

Duncraig, Greenwood & Kingsley 80s suburbia, grown-in trees Midland & High Wycombe The eastern hub at the foot of the hills Fremantle A port town with its own mind Cockburn & Coogee Southern growth with its own beach Swan Valley & Guildford Wine, breweries and kangaroos 30 minutes out Hillarys, Sorrento & Mullaloo Family beaches, no hangover

These are impressions, not statistics: one person, a few months, a city of two million. Suburbs change street by street — use this to know what to go and look at, then go and look.