Forest Hill Demographics (WA) Local Stats

Forest Hill (6324) is a suburb of South Western, Great Southern, Western Australia. It is about 327 kms from WA's capital city of Perth. Forest Hill is in the federal electorate of O'Connor.

In the 2006 Census the population of Forest Hill is 9,316 and is comprised of 46.6% males and 53.4% females.

The median/average age of the Forest Hill population is 40 years of age, 3 years above the Australian average.

The country of birth of people living in Forest Hill is 64.9% Australia, 3.2% England, 3% China, 2.5% Viet Nam, 2.4% Malaysia, 1.7% India.

69.1% of people speak English as their first language, 6.7% speak Cantonese, 3.2% speak Greek, 3.1% speak Mandarin, 2.3% speak Italian, 1.7% speak Vietnamese.

The religious make up of Forest Hill is 25.5% Catholic, 20.1% No Religion, 11.4% Anglican, 6.5% Uniting Church, 6.1% Buddhism.

51% of people are married, 28.4% have never married and 10.9% are separated or divorced. There are 740 widowed people living in Forest Hill.

61.5% of the people living in Forest Hill are employed full time, while 29.3% are employed on a part time basis. Forest Hill has a below average unemployment rate of 3.9% and 3015 people are not part of the labour force.

The average individual income is $450.00 per week and the average household income is $1012.00 per week.

The average rent in Forest Hill is $203 per week and the average mortgage repayment is $1300 per month. 42.4% are fully owned, and 30.5% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 21.7% of homes are rented.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Forest Hill postcode 6324