Forest Hill
Victoria · Whitehorse - East · Melbourne - Outer East
This profile uses the ABS Forest Hill statistical area (SA2) — the level Australian government data is published at. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.
Forest Hill is a locality in the Whitehorse - East area of Victoria. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Forest Hill SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Forest Hill SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings, police-recorded incidents.
Parkmore Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Forest Hill.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Forest Hill (VIC catchment data).
See the catchment on the mapWe show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Primary catchment zone shown where matched to official government data. School pins are approximate (ACARA geocoded location).
Schools in Forest Hill
- Primary · Government · Years Prep-6Enrolment121ICSEA1095
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All VIC schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Exceeding NQSSTARFISH EARLY LEARNING CENTRE (NUNAWADING)Centre-Based Care · 120 places · Nunawading
- Exceeding NQSMt Pleasant KindergartenCentre-Based Care · 44 places · Nunawading
- Meeting NQSExplorers Early Learning - NunawadingCentre-Based Care · 154 places · Nunawading
- Meeting NQSNCCP - Early Learning CentreCentre-Based Care · 130 places · Nunawading
- Meeting NQSStory House Early Learning Forest HillCentre-Based Care · 122 places · Forest Hill
- Meeting NQSStory House Early Learning NunawadingCentre-Based Care · 102 places · Forest Hill
- Meeting NQSForest Hill Montessori AcademyCentre-Based Care · 96 places · Forest Hill
- Meeting NQSMount Pleasant Road OSHClubCentre-Based Care · 75 places · Nunawading
- Meeting NQSParkmore PS TheirCareCentre-Based Care · 47 places · Forest Hill
- Meeting NQSOur KidsCentre-Based Care · 45 places · Nunawading
- Meeting NQSLittle Raskals Kindergarten & Child Care CentreCentre-Based Care · 40 places · Nunawading
- Meeting NQSLittle Sunshine Early LearningCentre-Based Care · 38 places · Nunawading
+ 6 more services in this area's postcodes.
NQS = National Quality Standard, rated by ACECQA. Services matched by postcode — verify locations before visiting.
Safety — recorded incidents
- Incidents, latest year
- 776
- vs previous year
- +27%
- vs 2021
- 366
- Property and deception offences 612
- Crimes against the person 89
- Justice procedures offences 43
- Drug offences 16
- Public order and security offences 16
Police-recorded incident counts (Years ending December; latest = year ending December 2025). These are not population-adjusted and are not a judgement about the suburb — larger, busier areas record more incidents. More on safety →
Amenities
- GPs / clinics
- 2
- Supermarkets
- 4
- Parks
- 20
- Train stations
- 0
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Forest Hill SA2 polygon. OpenStreetMap coverage varies — verify with local directories before relying on these counts.
Climate & hazards
- Flood overlay
- Within an official flood overlay (inundation / floodway / overland) · 1.9% of the SA2
This shows whether the Forest Hill SA2 intersects an official Victorian government hazard overlay, and the share of the SA2 area it covers. It is the published overlay extent — not a risk rating, hazard score, or insurance assessment, and we compute none. A single property inside the SA2 may or may not be affected. Not financial or insurance advice — check the current planning scheme and your insurer for any specific address.
Property & rent
- Median house price
- $1,180,000
- House price YoY
- -0.4%
- Median 3BR house rent
- —
Where did the gain come from?
+77Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force — more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.
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