Description
Forest Hill is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 18 km east of Melbourne's Central Business District.
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 Forest Hills 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 Nunawading local government area, but in December 1994 became part of the City of Whitehorse following the amalgamation of the former cities of Box Hill, Victoria and Nunawading.
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Population: 10001-100000
Time zone: UTC +11:00
Area: 4.07 km2
Elevation: 51-200 metres
Town elevation: 106 m
Population number: 10,626
Local Government Area: Whitehorse City Council
Attribution
This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Forest Hill, Victoria