Hovea WA 6071

Living Here

Hovea is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 713 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $2,534 a week, with median rent near $575 a week. Most homes are houses. About 95% of households own their home and 4% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Glen Forrest - Darlington statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Hovea itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 school

  • Silver Tree Steiner School
• 1 supermarket

  • Glen Forrest IGA
• 2 parks

  • Alice Hebb Park
  • John Taylor Park
• 3 hospitals

  • St John of God Midland Public and Private Hospitals
  • Former Swan District Hospital
  • Kalamunda District Hospital
• 1 childcare centre

  • Glen Forrest Community Kindergarten & Playgroup
• 3 service stations

  • Caltex Glen Forrest
  • Glen Forrest Fuel
  • U-Go
• 1 gym

  • Bilgoman Aquatic Centre
• 1 golf club

  • Mundaring Golf Course
• 1 electrician

  • Verlek

Getting around. Train station: Midland, 10.5 km west · Airport: Perth Airport, 15.7 km south-west.

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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: 64.1% 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 3.4% · Labour-force participation 66.9%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

45,909 bird observations recorded near Hovea — most often seen:

• Twenty-eight Parrot (3,225)
• South-western Australian Magpie (2,786)
• Common Bronzewing (2,726)
• Western Australian Raven (2,647)
• Western Galah (2,592)
• South-western New Holland Honeyeater (2,564)
• Western Red Wattlebird (2,384)
• Western Brown Honeyeater (2,060)
• Western Silvereye (2,054)
• Red-capped Parrot (1,966)
• Birds (1,858)
• South-western Grey Fantail (1,714)
• Southern Laughing Kookaburra (1,659)

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 Hovea:

• Parkerville (2.6 km)
• Mahogany Creek (2.8 km)
• Glen Forrest (2.9 km)
• Darlington (4.8 km)
• Mundaring (5.2 km)
• Stoneville (5.6 km)
• Greenmount (6.3 km)
• Swan View (6.3 km)

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