Forest Grove WA 6286

Living Here

Forest Grove is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 253 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $1,199 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 56% of households own their home and 32% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Augusta statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Forest Grove itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 hospital

  • Margaret River District Hospital

Getting around. Airport: Margaret River Aerodrome, 16.5 km north.

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Socio-economic Standing

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 47.2% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Demographics

Unemployment 5.7% · Labour-force participation 64.8%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

4,801 bird observations recorded near Forest Grove — most often seen:

• Red-winged Fairy-wren (372)
• Twenty-eight Parrot (319)
• Western Spinebill (281)
• Western Australian Raven (277)
• Long-billed Black-cockatoo (276)
• South-western Grey Fantail (234)
• Western Red Wattlebird (212)
• South Australian Golden Whistler (207)
• Western Thornbill (203)
• South-west Western Gerygone (200)
• Western Silvereye (198)
• Southern Laughing Kookaburra (189)
• South-western Spotted Scrubwren (187)

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Forest Grove:

• Witchcliffe (6.2 km)
• Boranup (7.7 km)
• Redgate (9.5 km)
• Warner Glen (11.1 km)
• Alexandra Bridge (12.3 km)
• Rosa Glen (12.4 km)
• Karridale (12.7 km)
• Margaret River (13.6 km)

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