0.5% ▼ -73.4%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 0.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Box Hill · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Box Hill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 41% of people in Box Hill work from home, making it one of the most remote-working areas in the region. While the area is well served by public transport, most residents still rely on private cars for their daily needs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every household in Box Hill owns a car, with 53.8% owning two vehicles. Only 0.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Box Hill, 2 vehicles is the majority at 54%; 1 vehicle is next at 27%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than in the rest of Australia, at 41.9%. Only 1.8% of the workforce uses public transport to get to work, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure.
41.9% ▲ +379.0%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 41.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.8% ▼ -30.3%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of employed people who got to work by train, bus, ferry or tram/light rail as their only method of travel on census day.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Box Hill has a high level of service with 59 stops and 6 routes, far above most similar areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are also far above the state average, though all services are bus-based.
59
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.15
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
3,095.5
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
6
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
10,287
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
10,287
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to a nearby transport stop is very quick, with a typical walk of just one minute. The drive time to the city is 35 minutes, which is lower than most areas.
1
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
35
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Box Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10537/box-hill/topic/transport