Suburb profile

Hovea WA 6071

Hovea is located in the Perth North East region of Western Australia, postcode 6071. It has 304 properties across 29 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Hovea, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Hovea

Hovea, WA 6071, sits in the Perth North East region and neighbours Greenmount, Red Hill, Darlington and Glen Forrest. Its 29 streets hold 304 properties, 301 of them houses and 3 units.

Census figures are for the Glen Forrest - Darlington area, which has 7,223 residents, a median age of 45 and an average household of 2.7 people. Median household income is $2,286 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,015 a month and the median rent $400 a week. Of 2,540 dwellings, 2,503 are separate houses, 24 semi-detached, 4 flats and 4 other; 1,063 are owned outright, 1,277 owned with a mortgage and 157 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Hovea

  • 7,223Peoplelive in the area
  • 45Median ageyears
  • $2,286Median household incomea week
  • $400Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses2,503
  • Townhouses and semis24
  • Flats and apartments4
  • Other4

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$2,015a month
  • Household size2.7people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,063Owned with a mortgage 1,277Rented 157Other 43

Properties in Hovea

Streets in Hovea

Neighbouring suburbs

Addresses and streets incorporate or were developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia, licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.

Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.