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Box Hill VIC 3128

14,834 addresses · 95 streets

Chisholm Electorate › Whitehorse LGA › Box Hill · 14 km from Melbourne

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Living Here

A major eastern Melbourne transport and retail hub with a high-rise centre, Box Hill is busy and increasingly vertical. Households average 2.2 people and the median age is 33. Median household income is $1,267 a week, with rent around $381.

Box Hill is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 14,353 people, with a median age of 33. The typical household earns around $1,267 a week, with median rent near $381 a week. Most homes are apartments. About 38% of households own their home and 59% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Chinese, English, Australian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area. The median house sells for about $1,705,000.

14,353Population
33Median age
$1,267Median household income / wk
$381Median rent / wk
2.2Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Box Hill statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Box Hill itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Box Hill, 50 m west · Tram stop: Stop 58: Box Hill Central, 150 m north · Railway halt: Box Hill, 2.2 km north · Bus interchange: Box Hill Station, 50 m south · Airport: Moorabbin Airport, 17.9 km south.

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Sport & Recreation

7 facilities recorded in Box Hill.

Socio-economic Standing

🙂Above average · 7/10
Economic resources1/10
Education & jobs10/10

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.

Median Sale Prices

$1,705,000House · 2024
$588,000Unit · 2024

Median of recorded sales in the period, not a valuation. Source: Victorian Property Sales Report, Land Use Victoria.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 11.9% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Box Hill

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Box Hill VIC
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202011.9%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202136.1%

Demographics

Unemployment 7.7% · Labour-force participation 57.9%

Population by age in Box Hill
Population by age, Box Hill VIC (ABS Census 2021)
0-4450
5-14927
15-19649
20-241,899
25-343,744
35-441,896
45-541,546
55-641,177
65-74938
75-84648
85+475
Dwelling types in Box Hill
Dwelling types, Box Hill VIC (ABS Census 2021)
House1,314
Townhouse1,476
Apartment3,168
Other0
Households by weekly income in Box Hill
Households by weekly income, Box Hill VIC (ABS Census 2021)
<$6501,534
$650-1,4991,738
$1,500-2,9991,541
$3,000+852
Top ancestries in Box Hill
Top ancestries, Box Hill VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Chinese6,684
English2,251
Australian1,620
Other1,567
Ancestry NS1,118
Irish729
Housing tenure in Box Hill
Housing tenure, Box Hill VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Owned1,184
Mortgage1,049
Rented3,452
Other210
Cars per household in Box Hill
Cars per household, Box Hill VIC (ABS Census 2021)
01,395
13,034
21,108
3248
4+90
Commute to work in Box Hill
Commute to work, Box Hill VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Car2,589
Train464
Bus183
Tram/ferry36
Walked564
Bicycle34
Home1,839
Top countries of birth in Box Hill
Top countries of birth, Box Hill VIC (ABS Census 2021)
China4,236
Malaysia920
India644
Hong Kong360
Vietnam275
South Korea192
Languages used at home in Box Hill
Languages used at home, Box Hill VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Mandarin4,863
Cantonese1,223
Vietnamese240
Korean212
Hindi189
Nepali137

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

209,324 bird observations recorded near Box Hill — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Box Hill

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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