14,353 ▲ +48.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9,672
- 2016: 11,395
- 2021: 14,353
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Box Hill · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Box Hill
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A typical resident in Box Hill is now just 33 years old, making the area noticeably younger than the national figure. This shift towards a younger population is reflected in a large concentration of young adults, with 14,353 people now living in the area.
14,353
▲ +48.4%
- 1–1: 689 areas
- 1–2: 0 areas
- 2–3: 119 areas
- 3–5: 108 areas
- 5–7: 243 areas
- 7–11: 241 areas
- 11–16: 514 areas
- 16–24: 579 areas
- 24–36: 898 areas
- 36–53: 1059 areas
- 53–79: 1168 areas
- 79–117: 1203 areas
- 117–174: 1171 areas
- 174–258: 1010 areas
- 258–384: 856 areas
- 384–571: 670 areas
- 571–850: 616 areas
- 850–1,263: 567 areas
- 1,263–1,879: 520 areas
- 1,879–2,794: 590 areas
- 2,794–4,154: 679 areas
- 4,154–6,177: 585 areas
- 6,177–9,186: 528 areas
- 9,186–13,659: 405 areas
- 13,659–20,311: 195 areas
- 20,311–30,202: 96 areas
- 30,202–44,910: 33 areas
- 44,910–66,781: 10 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Box Hill — higher than 88% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The total population has grown to 14,353, making it one of the largest areas of its type. Residents are generally much younger than in most other areas, with a typical age of 33 compared to the Victorian average of 38.
33 yrs ▲ +3.1%
Younger than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32 yrs
- 2016: 31 yrs
- 2021: 33 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
Young adults aged 25 to 44 make up the biggest group at 39.3%. This helps explain why children under 15 make up only 9.6% of the population, which is well below the 18.2% seen across Australia.
14.3% ▲ +3.8%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
9.6% ▼ -22.4%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →In Box Hill, the largest group is Young adults (25–44) at 39%, followed by Older adults (45–64) (19%) and Youth (15–24) (18%).
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
Nearly half of the population (47%) have never been married. Those in de facto relationships make up 12.6% of the area, which is a little above the national figure of 11.5%.
0.3% ▲ +34.8%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.2%
- 2016: 0.1%
- 2021: 0.3%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
12.6% ▲ +61.2%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Box Hill, the largest group is Never married at 47%, followed by Married (39%) and Divorced (7%).
Age & sex structure
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Box Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20314/box-hill/topic/demographics-identity