Forest Hill is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 18 km east of Melbourne's Central Business District. Its local government area is the City of Whitehorse. At the 2016 Census, Forest Hill had a population of 10,626. Forest Hill was recently ranked 93rd on Melbourne's most liveable suburb list, which was higher than other nearby popular suburbs such as Bentleigh, Mount Waverley and Glen Waverley. The suburb is primarily made up of low to medium density residential housing.
History
Forest Hill Post Office opened on 1 March 1874 in the then rural area. It closed in 1895, reopened in 1902 and closed in 1976. The ForestHills Centre office opened in 1965 shortly after the centre opened and was renamed Forest Hill in 1985. Until 1994, Forest Hill was a part of the City of Nunawadinglocal government area.
Demographics
In the 2016 census the population of Forest Hill was 10,626, approximately 52.5% female and 47.5% male. The median/average age of the people in Forest Hill is 40 years of age. 56.6% of people living in the suburb of Forest Hill were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were China 9.8%, India 3.4%, Malaysia 2.8%, Vietnam 2.4% and England 2.2%. In Forest Hill 57.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 11.0%, Cantonese 6.8%, Greek 2.9%, Vietnamese 1.7% and Italian 1.7%. 47.6% of Forest Hill households spoke a language other than English. The religious makeup of Forest Hill is No Religion, so described 33.1%, Catholic 20.2%, Not stated 7.6%, Anglican 7.5% and Buddhism 6.2%. Christianity was the largest religious group reported overall . The median individual income is $582 per week and the median household income is $1344 per week. The median rent in Forest Hill is $360 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1950 per month.
Industry
's Melbourne production facilities are located on Hawthorn Road Forest Hill, where the soap operaNeighbours is produced.
Education
Forest Hill has one school located within the suburb, Parkmore Primary School. Other public and private schools are located nearby in adjoining suburbs and within short walking distance: Burwood Heights Primary School, Forest Hill Secondary College, Emmaus Catholic College and St. Timothy's Catholic Primary School.
Sport
Local sport includes many regular events and team sports. The suburb has an Australian Rules football team, the Forest Hill Zebras, competing in the Eastern Football League. Nunawading Aqualink is located within the suburb, containing an indoor, olympic-size swimming pool and children's pool. It also has a football Club The Forest Hill Zebras at the Forest Hill Reserve, and a cricket club the Forest Hill Zebras at Mahoneys Reserve which also includes various soccer clubs, a clinic, a table tennis club, multiple badminton clubs and the 2nd Tally Ho scouts.
