7.4% ▼ -32.5%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Box Hill South · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Box Hill South
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people work from home in Box Hill South than in most similar areas, with 35% of the workforce avoiding a commute. This suburb is exceptionally well-connected, featuring some of the highest public transport accessibility and service levels in the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. Most households rely on one or two cars, with 39.4% owning one and 37.9% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Box Hill South splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 35%, a figure far above the national average of 21%. While 40.1% of workers drive, 3.3% use public transport, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
35.0% ▲ +768.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 35.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.3% ▼ -61.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 3.3%
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.
Public transport is a major feature of the area, with 6.12 stops per 1,000 people and 16 different routes. Weekly departures are far above the state figure, making this one of the best-serviced areas for transit.
52
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.12
Higher than 82% 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).
2,399.7
Higher than 94% 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).
16
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
46,116
Higher than 86% 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).
160,360
Higher than 86% 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).
53
Lower than 59% 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 fast, with a typical drive time of 19 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also enjoy easy access to transit, with a very short 3-minute walk to the nearest stop.
3
Lower than 79% 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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20316/box-hill-south/topic/transport