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ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Box Hill is a well-established middle-ring suburb of Melbourne, Australia, with a population of approximately 14,353, making it a smaller community. Located approximately 14 km from the Melbourne CBD, Box Hill is a middle ring area in Victoria. The median household income is $65,884 per year.
Household earnings in Box Hill are below the state average, which may affect long-term capital growth. Close CBD access strengthens tenant appeal and resale value.
Official Australia Post postcode for Box Hill. A postcode may cover multiple suburbs.
Australia Post Postcode Finder →Usual resident population at the most recent census.
Weekly median rent for occupied homes. Live rental data integration coming soon.
Annual median household income (before tax) across all households.
Straight-line distance from the suburb centroid to the nearest capital city CBD. Actual driving distance will be longer.
Estimated 4 schools within or near this suburb.
Find schools near Box Hill on My School →Estimated 6 parks and green spaces near this suburb.
Monthly median mortgage repayment for households currently paying off a mortgage.
Proportion of separate houses versus units, townhouses, and other home types. Useful for investors assessing rental demand mix.
Box Hill's population of 14,353 sits 94% above the Victoria suburb median of 7,416, giving it a wider tenant and buyer catchment than the average VIC locality. Box Hill's median household income of $65,884/year is 31% below the Victoria suburb median ($95,160) — this is an affordability play where returns lean on yield and patient capital growth rather than demographic premium. Rent of $381/week (85% coverage of the $1,950/month median mortgage) leaves a gap of roughly $299/month that a typical investor bridges with negative gearing, depreciation and capital growth. 14 km from Melbourne places Box Hill in the middle commuter belt, close enough for daily trips by car or rail but at a materially lower price point than inner suburbs. Only 18% of dwellings are separate houses (vs 78% state median), so this is a unit-heavy market where body-corporate decisions and strata supply meaningfully shape investor returns.
Middle-ring locations like this one historically reward patient holders — focus on homes near catchment-zone schools and major transport. Local rents consume roughly 30% of household income — a useful sanity check on tenant affordability.
How Box Hill stacks up against the median of all Victoria suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Box Hill sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Box Hill | VIC median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 14,353 | 7,416 | +94% |
| Median household income | $65,884/yr | $95,160/yr | -31% |
| Median rent (weekly) | $381 | $380 | 0% |
| Median mortgage (monthly) | $1,950 | $1,950 | 0% |
| Distance to CBD | 14 km | 32 km | -56% |
| Separate houses | 18% | 78% | -60pp |
Pre-inspection briefing for Box Hill — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Limited buy-and-hold upside: household incomes 31% below the VIC median ($65,884 vs $95,160) means liquidity is thin and capital growth tends to lag the wider Victoria market over full cycles.
Strong rental coverage: $381/week (~$1,651/month) covers 85% of the $1,950/month median mortgage repayment, so the shortfall sits at just $299/month. Investors targeting positive cash flow should shortlist this suburb.
Only 18% of dwellings are separate houses (vs 78% VIC median) — this is a unit and townhouse market, where cosmetic flips struggle against body-corporate restrictions, thinner after-reno uplift and competing new supply.
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Create free account →Capital-growth expectations for Box Hill are modest for 2026 — incomes 31% below the VIC median of $95,160 suggest gains will lag headline metro markets. Rental coverage runs at ~85% of the typical mortgage ($1,651/month rent vs $1,950/month repayment), keeping cash flow in positive or near-neutral territory. The EquitySight investment score of 60/100 places Box Hill in the mid tier of Australian suburbs we profile, and overall investor sentiment is balanced heading into the second half of 2026.
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Box Hill scores 60/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a moderate rating. That score is driven by a population of 14,353, median household income of $65,884/year and median weekly rent of $381. Whether it fits your portfolio depends on whether you are targeting cash flow, capital growth, or a value-add renovation — all three are scored with suburb-specific numbers elsewhere on this page.
The main demand drivers in Box Hill are proximity to Melbourne (14 km), a median household income of $65,884/year, a dwelling mix that is 18% separate houses, roughly 4 schools and 6 parks within the catchment. Together these shape both owner-occupier and tenant demand and are the factors we weight most heavily in the suburb's investment score.
Box Hill has a usual resident population of approximately 14,353, compared with a Victoria suburb median of 7,416 — placing it in the upper half of the state's suburbs by size. Population is the clearest proxy for market depth: more residents mean more transactions and typically a shorter average days-on-market on resale.
Box Hill sits 14 km straight-line from the Melbourne CBD. This is comfortable commuter territory, with reasonable rail and road access to the city.
The most recent census recorded a median weekly rent of $381 in Box Hill, equating to approximately $19,812/year in gross rental income (state median $380/week). Market rents have typically drifted above the recorded figure — verify against current listings on realestate.com.au and Domain before making an offer.
The median monthly mortgage repayment in Box Hill is $1,950, or approximately $23,400/year (vs $1,950/month state median). Stress-test your own borrowing at rates 1–2 percentage points above today's to make sure you can still service the loan through an RBA tightening cycle.
A median weekly rent of $381 works out to $1,651/month, covering 85% of the median mortgage repayment of $1,950/month. That leaves a $299/month shortfall (around $3,588/year before tax benefits), so a typical owner-occupier-priced property here is negatively geared. Actual cash flow depends on your deposit, loan terms, ownership costs and marginal tax rate — run the full numbers in our rental yield calculator.
The main risks are interest-rate sensitivity on the $1,950 median mortgage, below-median household incomes ($65,884 vs $95,160 state median), a unit-heavy dwelling mix (18% houses) where body-corporate costs and apartment supply affect resale, the broader Victoria market cycle. Each of these is covered in the Risk Factors section above with suburb-specific numbers rather than generic warnings.
Every number on this page comes from the ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing, Australia Post postcode reference data, and OpenStreetMap amenity tiles. The investment score, strategy verdicts, and comparison table are computed deterministically from those inputs — no opinion, no estimation. See our full methodology and the data sources and licences for the formulas we use.