10.3% —
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Box Hill (Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Box Hill (Eastern Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has surged by 31 percentage points since 2016 in Box Hill, with 36% of people now doing so. This shift is part of a broader transport landscape where public transport use is high and car ownership is lower than in most other areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most households own one or two vehicles, while 42.9% have just one.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Box Hill (Eastern Metropolitan), the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and No vehicle (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far above the national figure at 36%. While 5% of people commute by public transport—much higher than most areas—this figure fell 10 points since 2016.
36.0% —
Higher than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.0% —
Higher than 82% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 5.0%
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 access is strong, with 52 routes and 394 stops. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the Victorian figure, and the network is dominated by buses at 84.1%.
394
Higher than 79% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.36
Higher than 66% of state electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
2,067.1
Higher than 86% of state electorate 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).
52
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Box Hill (Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED21001/box-hill/topic/transport