Forrest Hill, New Zealand

Forrest Hill is under the local governance of Auckland Council. It was previously governed by the North Shore City Council, which amalgamated into Auckland Council on 1 November 2010.

Forrest Hill
Suburb
View of the North Shore and Auckland City from Forrest Hill
CountryNew Zealand
Local authorityAuckland Council
Electoral wardNorth Shore ward - (Devonport-Takapuna Local Board)[1]
Population
 (2018)
 • Total10,020
Sunnynook Crown Hill
Glenfield North
Forrest Hill
 Castor Bay
Glenfield Westlake Milford

Forrest Hill is a suburb of Auckland.

Forrest Hill Road and (ultimately) the whole suburb of Forrest Hill is named after Lt. Hugh Alexander Forrest, born in Wellington on 30 May 1893, who was killed in action on 12 October 1917, in the First Battle of Passchendaele during World War 1. The Takapuna Borough Council renamed Whites Hill Road in his honour at a council meeting on 22 October 1919, and the entire area was named after the road about five decades later.[2]

Demographics
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
20068,712—    
20139,471+1.20%
201810,020+1.13%
Source: [3]

Forrest Hill, comprising the statistical areas of Forrest Hill North, Forrest Hill West and Forrest Hill East, had a population of 10,020 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 549 people (5.8%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 1,308 people (15.0%) since the 2006 census. There were 3,141 households. There were 4,893 males and 5,130 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.95 males per female, with 1,860 people (18.6%) aged under 15 years, 2,340 (23.4%) aged 15 to 29, 4,620 (46.1%) aged 30 to 64, and 1,203 (12.0%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 49.0% European/Pākehā, 4.6% Māori, 2.5% Pacific peoples, 46.3% Asian, and 3.5% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).

The proportion of people born overseas was 52.7%, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people objected to giving their religion, 49.9% had no religion, 36.2% were Christian, and 9.1% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 2,922 (35.8%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 660 (8.1%) people had no formal qualifications. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 4,056 (49.7%) people were employed full-time, 1,203 (14.7%) were part-time, and 294 (3.6%) were unemployed.[3]

Association football

Forrest Hill is home to Forrest Hill Milford who compete in the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier.

Education

Forrest Hill School is a coeducational contributing primary (years 1-6) school with a roll of 437 students as of March 2020.[4][5]

Notes
  1. "Devonport-Takapuna Local Board Plan" (PDF). Auckland Council. 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  2. "Forrest Hill, North Shore". Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) – linz.govt.nz. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  3. "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. Forrest Hill North (122600), Forrest Hill West (123400) and Forrest Hill East (123600). 2018 Census place summary: Forrest Hill North 2018 Census place summary: Forrest Hill West 2018 Census place summary: Forrest Hill East
  4. "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  5. Education Counts: Forrest Hill School

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