Forrest ACT 2603 · Inner South
Local insight
Forrest sits between flat and house living: about 47% of occupied homes were flats or apartments at the 2021 Census, and 42% of those flats were in blocks of four or more storeys. Households were on the small side at 2.2 people, and about 31% of homes were rented. We did 19 cleans here for 6 households, the last in December 2024; Braddon (5.4 km, 40 completed cleans since 2018) has more.
In our records
Forrest has 19 completed cleans on our record, too few to give a fair picture on their own. The nearest suburbs with a fuller record:
Public figures
Government open data about the area itself.
Homes, households and weather
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology, Climate statistics for Australian locations (Climate Data Online): Canberra Airport Comparison (station 070014) (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International); Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 Census General Community Profile, Suburbs and Localities — G02 Selected medians and averages (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International); Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 Census General Community Profile, Suburbs and Localities — G29 Family composition, G35 Household composition by number of persons usually resident, G36 Dwelling structure, G42 Dwelling structure by household composition and family composition (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International).
THE WORD AROUND HOME
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Forrest
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Forrest is in our published Canberra service area. Your address, service and chosen date are checked during booking — that check, not this page, is what tells you we can take the job.
Forrest is part of our Inner South area: 33 completed cleans across its suburbs, with records dating back to 2018. Repeat visits count separately, so this is a count of cleans rather than of homes.
From $221 for a one-off standard clean of a 1 bed, 1 bath home — the most-booked home size across Canberra. $189 a clean every 2 weeks once your plan is under way. Prices include GST and the Care & Cover fee. Your own price depends on the service, home size, frequency, condition and extras, and is shown in full before you confirm (see our Canberra cleaning prices at simplymaid.com.au/pricing/canberra).
Also answered: Booking in about 60 seconds · Re-cleans, insurance and Care & Cover · Changing or cancelling · Your first clean · What we clean, and what we don't
A clean that fits your life
Regular, deep and end of lease cleaning here, plus carpet steam cleaning and business cleaning. Every price is shown before you book.
From 1 bed, 1 bath, one-off · Pay after your clean · free cancellation up to 24h
From 1 bed, 1 bath, one-off · Pay after your clean · free cancellation up to 24h
Moving out or moving in · empty homes · from 1 bed, 1 bath, one-off · Pay after your clean · free cancellation up to 24h
From the $150 minimum · $60 a bedroom · Pay after your clean · free cancellation up to 24h
From 2 cleaner-hours · choose your hours, pay after each clean
Also for Forrest homes: end of lease cleaning in Canberra · carpet cleaning in Canberra · deep cleaning · what a regular clean includes
Prices: Canberra house cleaning prices · Canberra end of lease cleaning prices · Canberra carpet cleaning prices · Canberra deep cleaning prices
Your home
In Forrest, 47% of occupied homes were flats or apartments and 31% were rented, and the most common size was 2 bedrooms (30% of homes, ABS 2021 Census). A 2 bed standard clean here is $253 with one bathroom or $285 with two.
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How often
Pay after your clean · pause, skip or change your schedule any time
What's included & extras
The same room-by-room checklist in every suburb we clean: the kitchen, bathrooms, living areas and bedrooms, entry and a final walk-through (34 tasks). See the full standard cleaning checklist.
Add to your clean
$150 carpet minimum before the booking fee.
Pay after your clean · free cancellation up to 24h
A little room in the diary
Here’s a look at the next seven days for a standard clean of a 2 bed, 1 bath home.
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| Forrest | Available8am–12pm12pm–3pm3pm–6pm | Available8am–12pm12pm–3pm3pm–6pm | Available8am–12pm12pm–3pm3pm–6pm | Available8am–12pm12pm–3pm3pm–6pm | Available8am–12pm12pm–3pm3pm–6pm | Available8am–12pm12pm–3pm3pm–6pm | Available8am–12pm12pm–3pm3pm–6pm |
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Forrest, ACT 2603
Your clean
Standard clean · 2 bedrooms · 1 bathroom · One-off
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Care & Cover on every clean: a free re-clean if something on the booked list isn't right (tell us within 48 hours) and up to $10 million public liability insurance through Chubb Insurance Australia. Care & Cover, in full.
Your local Simply Maid team
Our Canberra team looks after homes in Forrest.
Suite 175, 2 Endeavour House, Captain Cook Crescent, Manuka, ACT 2603
1800 940 876Contact hours (local time): Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00; Sun closed
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