Perth suburbs / Forrestfield
Forrestfield 6058
A free data profile of Forrestfield, Perth — home to about 13,282 people across 7,120 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.
What the data says about Forrestfield
Forrestfield is a large Perth suburb, home to about 13,282 people across 7,120 properties. Residents have a median age of 37, close to the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $1,453/week, below the metro median of $1,868. On safety, Forrestfield records about 98 offences per 1,000 residents (FY 2024-25), above the Perth median of 69 — higher-crime than the typical Perth suburb.
It has 6 schools within its bounds, and its public catchment includes Dawson Park Primary School, Edney Primary School, Falls Road Primary School (the exact catchment depends on the address). On bushfire risk, about 59% of the suburb is mapped bushfire-prone — well above most suburbs.
On the NBN, Forrestfield was only in small pockets served by fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) as of July 2020 — about 3% of the built-up area — with the rest on older fixed-line or wireless technologies. For health services, the suburb has 4 pathology (blood-test) centres, 2 pharmacies 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 — Forrestfield
Demographic, employment and income insights of 13,181 residents living in Forrestfield, based on the ABS 2021 Census.
Age profile
Median age 38Household type
Majority are families (70%)Occupancy
73% own their home, 22% 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
6 schools in Forrestfield · nearest nearby:
- Dawson Park Primary Schoolin suburb
- Hillside Christian Collegein suburb
- Darling Range Sports Collegein suburb
- Forrestfield Primary Schoolin suburb
- Heritage College Perthin suburb
- Woodlupine Primary Schoolin suburb
- Mazenod College672 m
- Falls Road Primary School773 m
Primary: Dawson Park Primary School, Edney Primary School, Falls Road Primary School, Forrestfield Primary School, Kalamunda Primary School, Lesmurdie Primary School, Maida Vale Primary School, Orange Grove Primary School, Wattle Grove Primary School, Woodlupine Primary School
Secondary: Darling Range Sports College, Kalamunda Senior High School, Lesmurdie 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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