Cannington, WA 6107
City Of Canning, Western Australia
Good to Know
Cannington, WA 6107 is a tightly-held house market in the City Of Canning area, currently positioned as a capital-growth submarket. Located in the Perth metropolitan area, it is home to roughly 6,875 adult residents across 4,134 dwellings, and currently records a vacancy rate of 1.02%.
According to HtAG Analytics, Cannington is exhibiting tight supply and upward price momentum. Stock on Market sits at 0.20% and Inventory at 1.57 months — well below the ~3-month balanced-market threshold — driving +17.2% YoY price growth and +4.1% YoY rent growth.
What the market data is signalling
Cannington shows a classic capital-led movement: +17.2% 1-year price growth has outpaced +4.1% rent growth, which pushes market returns toward capital gains rather than yield. Tight supply metrics — Stock on Market 0.20% and Inventory 1.57 months — are creating upward pressure on prices, while an indicative gross yield of 3.79% remains above the minimum recommended threshold.
Monitor the broader context on the Markets in the Moment (MiM™) heatmap to see whether this local momentum is persistent across nearby submarkets.
Who lives in Cannington — and why it matters for investors
Cannington has an IRSAD decile of 5, indicating a middle socio-economic mix. The renter/owner split is a higher renter share — 57% renters — which is generally unfavourable for owner-occupier stability and can increase turnover and rental-market sensitivity during tighter economic periods. For investors, that mix matters for expected tenancy churn, capex risk and short-term rental volatility; read more in the IRSAD Crossover study.
Why suburb-level data matters for Cannington
Council or LGA averages can hide important pockets of strength or weakness; investment decisions should be based on Cannington’s own metrics rather than blended City Of Canning figures. Key suburb-level gauges here include a typical house price of $931,474, an indicative gross yield of 3.79%, Stock on Market at 0.20%, Inventory at 1.57 months and median days on market of 31 days. These specific readings give a clearer picture of market tightness and holding-period expectations than higher-level averages — see our approach in the LGA vs Suburb research.
For the full breakdown, download the full Cannington data guide.
What's behind the RCS™ score of 53
HtAG’s RCS™ bundles three independent dimensions — risk minimisation, capital-growth potential and cashflow resilience — into a single composite to help match markets to strategy. A score of 53 signals a middling composite outcome where a clear read of the underlying sub-scores is essential to decide whether the suburb suits a growth or income focus; learn more about how the RCS™ is built.
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Forward signals to watch
vacancy rate — currently 1.02%: sustained readings in the balanced band typically support steady rental growth; a move below 1% would indicate tightening tenant competition, while a sustained rise above 3.5% would signal weakening demand.
building approvals ratio — currently 1.42%: this neutral reading suggests moderate pipeline supply; a material rise would increase future listing pressure, while a drop would reinforce current tight stock conditions.
Perth cycle phase: any city-wide shift in Perth’s cycle (toward slowdown or acceleration) would directly affect local momentum in Cannington — strengthening or dampening the current price-led gains.
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RCS Breakdown
Cannington's RCS™ headline is an overall signal — but it doesn't tell you why. The three sub-scores below reveal whether that score is earned through risk minimisation, capital growth, or cashflow — and which portfolio brief it fits.
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Market Trends
Cannington's headline values — $936K to buy and $727PW to rent, a 4.03% gross yield. Over the past decade, prices have moved 90.01% and rents 95.97% — the Yield series shows whether that gap is widening (price outpacing rent, yield compressing) or closing.
$936K is today. The 10-year trajectory reveals whether that's the top of a run, the start of a new leg, or somewhere mid-cycle. Sign up to unlock the entire trend line.
$727PW today, with rent growth at (+7.68% YoY) compared to price growth (+16.89%). That spread determines yield is expanding or compressing across the next cycle. Sign up to unlock the entire trend line.
Where is Cannington in its cycle - and is the 4.03% yield holding?
Cycle phase tells you whether you're buying near the bottom (room to run) or top (compression ahead). Yield trajectory tells you whether cashflow is durable or being eroded — the single most important question for a long-hold thesis.
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Area Risks
Property data alone won't flag the structural risks that can erode a long-hold position. Bushfire overlays, flood-zone exposure, and economic concentration sit outside the price feed but determine whether your capital is insurable, defensible, and structurally protected. Unlock to see.
Are there hidden structural risks shaping Cannington's long-hold story?
Beyond the headline price, Cannington carries risk signals a median can't show — hazard exposure from bushfire and flood overlays, and how narrowly local employment leans on a handful of sectors (the concentration the EDI score quantifies). Together these separate insurable, defensible long-holds from those carrying tail-risk that never surfaces in the headline number.
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Supply & Demand
Cannington's headline numbers show where the market is today. The two cards below answer where it's heading. Direction is what separates a buy from a wait.
Is housing supply tightening or building up?
Stock on Market is one number — the trend is what matters. SoM, inventory, building approvals and hold period together reveal whether the market is starving for stock (price pressure up) or quietly building a pipeline (pressure down).
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Is buyer and renter demand heating up or cooling off?
Vacancy is one signal — the real question is whether demand is still building or quietly peaking. Days on market, vacancy, search index and clearance rate are the four pulse-points — when they diverge, they signal a turning point.
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Fundamentals
Cannington can look solid on the surface — but the three layers below separate markets that genuinely hold value from ones that only look like they do.
Is Cannington genuinely stable - or just expensive?
IRSAD hints at affluence, but socio-economic strength alone doesn't guarantee resilience. Combined with the renter-to-owner balance and unit-to-house ratio, you get the three signals that separate a tightly-held submarket from one carrying hidden volatility.
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Where do Cannington prices go over the next 12 months?
Today's headline price is just a snapshot. Projected ROI and the volatility index tell you whether to commit capital now, wait for a softer entry, or rotate into a steadie submarket.
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Can you actually buy into Cannington - and exit cleanly?
Tightly-held areas reward long-hold investors but punish anyone who needs liquidity. Annual sales and rental volume reveal whether your capital can reposition — or sits structurally locked in.
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Education & Infrastructure
Cannington looks tightly-held and stable on the surface — but the three layers below separate areas that genuinely hold value from ones that only look like they do.
Does Cannington's school catchment + infrastructure pipeline justify the price?
School ranks anchor family demand and tenant quality. The active infrastructure pipeline shifts a suburb's price ceiling over the next 5–10 years. Together they tell you whether Cannington has structural support for the next leg of capital growth.
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Full HtAG Intelligence
Cannington shows potential. The platform tells you whether it's the best fit for your portfolio.
Price and yield are only the surface. HtAG reads the forces underneath — supply tightening or loosening, demand heating or cooling, and the risks that move slowly but decide long-term growth. Together they show whether Cannington has the structural support for its next leg — or whether the numbers are running ahead of the fundamentals.
The total adult population (15 years or older) of Cannington 6107 WA is 5,812, with a median age of 30. Of those, 45.23% are married, 9.89% are divorced or separated, 41.84% are single and 2.89% are widowed.
The average household size is 2.5 people per dwelling, and the median household monthly income is estimated to be $7,156. The median monthly mortgage repayment for households in this suburb is $1,512 which is 21.13% of their earnings.
Source: ABS Census Data (2021)