Perth suburbs / Forrestdale
Forrestdale 6112
A free data profile of Forrestdale, Perth — home to about 1,023 people across 2,187 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.
What the data says about Forrestdale
Forrestdale is a small Perth suburb, home to about 1,023 people across 2,187 properties. Residents have a median age of 39, close to the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $1,911/week, around the metro median of $1,868. On safety, Forrestdale records about 406 offences per 1,000 residents (FY 2024-25), above the Perth median of 69 — higher-crime than the typical Perth suburb.
It has 3 schools within its bounds, and its public catchment includes Aspiri Primary School, Atwell Primary School, Aubin Grove Primary School (the exact catchment depends on the address). On bushfire risk, about 86% of the suburb is mapped bushfire-prone — well above most suburbs.
On the NBN, Forrestdale was only in small pockets served by fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) as of July 2020 — about 13% of the built-up area — with the rest on older fixed-line or wireless technologies. For health services, the suburb has 1 pathology (blood-test) centre within its bounds.
Generated from WA Police, WA Health, ABS Census 2021, Digital Earth Australia (green cover), ACCC (mobile) and infrastructure.gov.au open data, compared to Perth-metro medians. Housing, tenure & commute: Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Green cover © DEA/Geoscience Australia (CC BY 4.0). Informational only.
Explore the neighbourhood — Forrestdale
Demographic, employment and income insights of 1,027 residents living in Forrestdale, based on the ABS 2021 Census.
Age profile
Median age 41Household type
Majority are families (76%)Occupancy
79% own their home, 18% rentHow it has changed
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2011, 2016 & 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Suburb-level figures; boundaries differ a little between census years, so trends are indicative.
Who lives here
Housing & tenure
How people commute
Schools & education
3 schools in Forrestdale · nearest nearby:
- Carey Baptist College - Forrestdalein suburb
- Forrestdale Primary Schoolin suburb
- Australian Islamic College Forrestdalein suburb
- Harrisdale Primary School140 m
- St John Bosco College164 m
- Harrisdale Senior High School178 m
- Aspiri Primary School399 m
- Riva Primary School559 m
Primary: Aspiri Primary School, Atwell Primary School, Aubin Grove Primary School, Forrestdale Primary School, Harmony Primary School, Harrisdale Primary School, Honeywood Primary School, Neerigen Brook Primary School, North Harrisdale Primary School, Riva Primary School, Treeby Primary School, Willandra Primary School, Wungong Primary School, Yarralinka Primary School
Secondary: Atwell College, Hammond Park Secondary College, Harrisdale Senior High School, Piara Waters Senior High School
The exact catchment depends on the address — open a specific property on the map to confirm.
Safety & crime
Health & medical
Environment
Getting around
Internet (NBN, 2020)
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