The Canterbury-Bankstown area comprises the Canterbury and Bankstown Local Government Areas.

As of January 2015, we house 263 people living in 148 dwellings in this area.  

  • 8 per cent of Bridge Housing residents live in the Canterbury-Bankstown area in January 2015, up from 7 per cent in July 2014.
  • Around 53 per cent of tenants live in unit blocks with at least three Bridge Housing tenants for neighbours. The rest live in mixed neighbourhoods alongside other renters and private owners.
  • A quarter of adult residents are people living with disability.
  • Nearly a third of residents are over 60.
  • Nearly 1 out of 5 residents are children.
  • 2 per cent of residents are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.
  • More than half of Bridge residents in this area speak a language other than English at home including Arabic, Vietnamese and Mandarin.

Read our Community Profiles 2015 for all areas.