23.7% ▲ +7.6%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 23.7%
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.
Nearly a quarter of homes in Box Hill have no motor vehicle, a figure far above the national average. This makes it one of the most transit-reliant areas in the region, where public transport options and short travel times to the city are key features of daily life.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 23.7% of households here do not own a car, which is far above the 7.6% seen across Victoria. Most homes that do have vehicles own just one, while 18.8% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Box Hill, 1 vehicle is the majority at 52%; No vehicle is next at 24%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common at 26.5%, which is well above the national figure. This is alongside a high rate of public transport use for commuting (9.9%), which is well above the state and national averages.
26.5% ▲ +653.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
9.9% ▼ -48.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 9.9%
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 an extensive network with 95 stops and 35 routes, providing 6.62 stops per 1,000 people. This high level of access is reflected in the 3,225 weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure far above the Victorian average.
95
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.62
Higher than 84% 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).
3,225.2
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).
35
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
110,466
Higher than 90% 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).
355,124
Higher than 89% 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).
41
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city is relatively quick, with a 19-minute drive or a 41-minute transit trip. Residents also live very close to transport, with a typical 2-minute walk to the nearest stop.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
19
Lower than 84% 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/SAL20314/box-hill/topic/transport