Perth suburbs / Glen Forrest
Glen Forrest 6071
A free data profile of Glen Forrest, Perth — home to about 2,795 people across 1,267 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.
What the data says about Glen Forrest
Glen Forrest is a mid-sized Perth suburb, home to about 2,795 people across 1,267 properties. Residents have a median age of 46, older than the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $2,135/week, above the metro median of $1,868. On safety, Glen Forrest records about 38 offences per 1,000 residents (FY 2024-25), well below the Perth median of 69 — notably safer than the typical Perth suburb.
It has 3 schools within its bounds, and its public catchment includes Glen Forrest Primary School, Kalamunda Primary School, Parkerville Primary School (the exact catchment depends on the address). On bushfire risk, about 100% of the suburb is mapped bushfire-prone — well above most suburbs.
On the NBN, Glen Forrest was only in small pockets served by fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) as of July 2020 — about 0% 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 — Glen Forrest
Demographic, employment and income insights of 2,789 residents living in Glen Forrest, based on the ABS 2021 Census.
Age profile
Median age 45Household type
Majority are families (80%)Occupancy
91% own their home, 7% 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 Glen Forrest · nearest nearby:
- Helena Collegein suburb
- Glen Forrest Primary Schoolin suburb
- Glen Forrest Community Kindergartenin suburb
- Darlington Primary School1.0 km
- Treetops Montessori School1.3 km
- Parkerville Primary School1.9 km
Primary: Glen Forrest Primary School, Kalamunda Primary School, Parkerville Primary School
Secondary: Eastern Hills Senior High School, Kalamunda Senior High School, Swan View 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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