Median price trend for houses
Based on 327 sales in the preceding 12 months
$1,300,000
Up 0.8% over 12 months
- 2 bed
- $1.64m
- 3 bed
- $1.16m
- 4 bed
- $1.22m
- 5+ bed
- $1.5m
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The quick read on
Box Hill
NSW 2765 · The Hills Shire
What homes cost, how rents have moved, and a feel for the people who call it home.
- Median house
- $1,300,000
- Median unit
- $1,160,000
- Population
- 6,450
- Postcode
- 2765
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ABS 2021
Box Hill, New South Wales
Property market insights for Box Hill (NSW)
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Box Hill (NSW) NSW
Median rent trend for houses
Based on 467 rental listings in the preceding 12 months
$850 per week
Up 6.3% over 12 months
Market data updated October 2026.
The median house price in Box Hill (NSW), NSW is currently $1,300,000, based on the latest 12 months of sales. Box Hill (NSW) has a 12-month growth rate of 0.8% for houses and 2.2% for units.
Two-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $1,640,000, Three-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $1,160,000, Four-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $1,220,000, Larger houses have a median sale price of $1,500,000 in Box Hill (NSW).
If you're looking to lease, the median rent for houses in Box Hill (NSW) is $850 per week. The median house rent has increased 6.3% over the last 12 months.
The median price of apartments and units for sale in Box Hill (NSW) is $1,160,000, which has increased 2.2% since the same time last year. Three-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $882,000, Four-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $1,140,000, Larger apartments and units have a median sale price of $1,220,000 in Box Hill (NSW). The median rent for units and apartments in Box Hill (NSW) is $750 per week and has increased 11.1% over the last 12 months.
Crime and safety
Is Box Hill safe?
The overall rate for Box Hill is 3,363 offences per 100,000 residents — broadly in line with Greater Sydney.
That is the clearest suburb-wide answer. Open the detailed profile to see how the pattern changes across offence types and different parts of Box Hill.
Overall crime rate
3,363
offences per 100,000 residents
In line withGreater Sydney
Box HillGreater Sydney: 3,437
Suburb-wide estimate from Microburbs' public crime model; it is not an address-level measure.
The people behind the postcode
Who lives in Box Hill?
Box Hill NSW 2765 is in New South Wales, within Greater Sydney.
6,450 people call Box Hill home, with an average of 3.3 people per household and a median household income of $2,881 a week.
Public ABS 2021 Census figures. The bars compare the local share with the capital-region benchmark.
- Population
- 6,450
- Median age
- 31 years
- Median mortgage
- $3,000 / month
- 2021 household rent
- $580 / week
Above the benchmarkBelow the benchmarkIn lineGreater Sydney benchmark
Age profile
Share of residents in each age band.
Under 1528.6%Above
15–3429.2%Above
35–5432.1%Above
55–748.8%Below
75 and over1.3%Below
Homes
Share of occupied private dwellings.
Separate houses98.4%Above
Townhouses0.8%Below
Apartments0.2%Below
Ownership
Share of homes with a stated ownership or rental status.
Owned outright10.1%Below
Paying a mortgage69.8%Above
Renting20.1%Below
Cars at home
Vehicles available to occupied households.
No car0.5%Below
One car26.6%Below
Two cars53.8%Above
Three or more18.9%Above
Getting to work
Selected ways residents worked or travelled on Census day.
Worked from home41.9%Above
Drove to work38.7%Above
Train, tram or bus1.8%Below
Walked or cycled0.3%Below
What stands out in Box Hill
41.9% of workers in Box Hill worked from home on Census day — noticeably more common than across Greater Sydney.
12.2% of Box Hill residents were born in India, about twice the rate across Greater Sydney.
19.9% of people in Box Hill described themselves as having no religion in the 2021 Census.
A closer look at the Census
Questions people ask about Box Hill
Open any question for a plain-English reading of the public 2021 Census for Box Hill NSW 2765.
Is Box Hill family-friendly?Age, family structure and household size describe the community families would be joining.
28.6% of Box Hill's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.
1,860 family households lived in Box Hill; 63.2% were couple families and 9.2% were one-parent families.
58.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.
These are suburb-wide household figures, not school or childcare ratings.
What is the age profile of Box Hill?The balance between younger adults, families and older residents changes how a suburb feels day to day.
Box Hill had 6,450 residents at the 2021 Census.
43.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
10.0% were 55 or older. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
What kind of homes are in Box Hill?The dwelling mix shows whether the suburb is mostly detached homes, townhouses or apartments.
Separate houses made up 98.4% of occupied private dwellings in Box Hill.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.8% of occupied private dwellings.
Flats and apartments accounted for 0.2% of occupied private dwellings.
All three shares use occupied private dwellings as the denominator.
Do people own or rent in Box Hill?Tenure shows how many households own outright, have a mortgage or rent.
10.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.
69.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.
20.1% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
How large are households in Box Hill?Household-size data shows the mix behind the suburb-wide average.
The average household in Box Hill had 3.3 people.
One-person households made up 6.8% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.
Two-person households represented 25.5%, while 44.0% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
How do people get to work in Box Hill?Census-day travel shows the balance between home, road, public transport and active travel.
41.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.
38.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.
1.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.3% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
How many cars do households have in Box Hill?Vehicle availability helps describe the routines local households can support.
0.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.
One-car households formed 26.6% of the total.
72.7% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
Who's moving to Box Hill, and who stays?Address history shows how settled or recently mobile residents were at the Census date.
6.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 93.7% reported a different address.
44.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
What languages are spoken in Box Hill?Language at home gives a direct view of the community’s everyday linguistic mix.
50.7% of residents used only English at home.
46.1% used a language other than English at home.
2.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.1% spoke Cantonese and 3.6% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
Where were Box Hill residents born?Birthplace adds another layer to the local story, separate from ancestry and language.
44.5% of Box Hill's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 55.5% was born in Australia.
1.5% of residents were born in China.
12.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.7%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
What ancestries shape Box Hill?Ancestry responses show how residents describe family and cultural background.
English ancestry accounted for 17.9% of ancestry responses in Box Hill.
Australian ancestry made up 20.5% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 5.5% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
What work do people do in Box Hill?Occupation describes a person’s role; industry describes the sector employing them.
31.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.
Managers accounted for 15.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.2%.
Health care and social assistance employed 15.3% of workers, and education and training employed 8.2%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
How active is the workforce in Box Hill?Participation, employment pattern and unemployment describe the resident labour force.
The labour-force participation rate was 78.2%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.
49.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.9% worked part time.
Unemployment was 3.5%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
What does the health profile of Box Hill show?Selected long-term health conditions help describe community service needs.
76.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.
4.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
6.0% reported asthma, 2.9% arthritis and 3.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
How educated is Box Hill?Qualifications describe the study pathways represented among local residents.
37.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 17.1% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 21.1%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
What do incomes and housing costs look like in Box Hill?Census income and household payments give historical context for local living costs.
Median household income was $2,881 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $3,000.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $580 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
How does Box Hill compare with Greater Sydney?A few clear differences place the suburb in its wider metropolitan context.
Working from home was 41.9% in Box Hill, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.
Outright ownership was 10.1% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.
Renting accounted for 20.1% in Box Hill, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.
Capital-region comparisons use the same Census definitions and year.
Three useful questions
A buyer’s quick guide to Box Hill (NSW)
Is Box Hill (NSW) expensive?
The median house price is $1,300,000, while units and apartments sit at $1,160,000. Bedroom count, land and condition still create a wide range around those suburb medians.
Is Box Hill (NSW) good for families?
The Census counted 1,860 local families, and 28.6% of residents were under 15. That describes the community; school quality, travel times and the right fit for a particular family need separate research.
What can I get for $1.5m in Box Hill (NSW)?
Larger houses have a median around $1,500,000, the closest bedroom benchmark we hold to a $1.5m budget. Individual homes can differ substantially with block size, renovation and location.
Medians describe recorded market activity across the suburb; they are historical context, not a valuation or forecast for an individual home.
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Streets and suburbs around Box Hill (NSW)
241 streets in Box Hill (NSW)
Street-by-street reports are not published yet. The streets below are the ones this suburb covers.
- Aaron Street
- Adra Avenue
- Aird St
- Alan St
- Altair Street
- Andromeda Pwy
- Antlia Street
- Aquarius Way
- Aquila St
- Arches Ave
- Arcturus
- Ardennes St
- Ashwini Glade
- Aurora St
- Avior St
- Bar Street
- Basque St
- Bat Street
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- Bavarian St
- Belgian St
- Billets
- Biribi Street
- Blazer St
- Bluegate Street
- Borealis Way
- Bosal St
- Boundary Rd
- Box Rd
- Brahman Rd
- Breton St
- Brindle Pwy
- Brocklebank St
- Brookhaven St
- Brumby St
- Bulb
- Byerley St
- Cabalima St
- Camarero St
- Camargue Street
- Campolina St
- Canopus Pwy
- Capella St
- Carbine St
- Carina Street
- Cart St
- Caspian Street
- Castilian Street
- Caulfield Pwy
- Celestial Street
- Centaurus Way
- Ceres
- Charbray St
- Chukker St
- Cinch St
- Clydesdale St
- Connemara St
- Constellation Ave
- Copenhagen Street
- Corona St
- Corvus
- Coursebrook St
- Criollo St
- Crux Street
- Cuesta Way
- Dartmoor St
- Deck
- Delmar Street
- Doncaster St
- Dorado St
- Dressage St
- Driftwood St
- Edwards Rd
- Epsilon St
- Equinox Dr
- Eucalyptus St
- Europa St
- Exmoor St
- Facade St
- Farmington St
- Faroe Pl
- Felling St
- Finnhorse St
- Flemington Pwy
- Flower St
- Fornax Street
- Futurity St
- Galician St
- Galileo Street
- Galloway Rd
- Ganga Parade
- Gardengate Street
- Gardiner Drive
- Gelderland Avenue
- Gelt St
- Gemini Street
- George St
- Gilgai St
- Gimmer Rd
- Gittel St
- Gizi St
- Gloaming St
- Grandhill Parkway
- Greybox St
- Hackney Ave
- Hadleywood St
- Halley Lane
- Handel St
- Hannaford Ave
- Hannah Street
- Hedgewood Dr
- Henson Way
- Hereford St
- Hinny Street
- Hollindale St
- Hydra St
- Hynds Rd
- Indus St
- Jumper St
- Jutland St
- Kabarda Street
- Kaus Circuit
- Keeneland Street
- Kewney St
- Kranji St
- Kuiper Street
- Lakehaven Street
- Layla Street
- Leonis Road
- Letoken
- Levade Avenue
- Libra Lane
- Limax St
- Limerick Street
- Limestone Rd
- Lipizzan St
- Littoral Way
- Longchamp Street
- Longerenong Ave
- Longmeadow Pwy
- Lope St
- Luminous Way
- Maineanjou St
- Manege Street
- Mangrove Way
- Manion St
- Manso Cr
- Mareeba St
- Mason Rd
- Maunder St
- Memsie St
- Meydan St
- Milky Cr
- Mirage Street
- Monmouth Drive
- Montecore St
- Mount Carmel Drive
- Musca St
- Mustang Avenue
- Nashira Road
- Nelson Road
- Newfoundland Way
- Newmarket Parkway
- Nivison St
- Nix St
- Noah St
- Northlands Street
- Nova St
- Nursery Pl
- Old Pitt Town Rd
- Old Pitt Town Road
- Orcus Lane
- Outback St
- Paint St
- Palazzo View
- Palfrey St
- Pampa Rd
- Pegasus St
- Piaffe Street
- Pictor Street
- Pimlico St
- Pinto St
- Pleasance St
- Polaris
- Polo St
- Pony St
- Porrima St
- Pridham Ave
- Quarter Street
- Rainforest Street
- Rangy St
- Rhinelander Rd
- Robbins Road
- Rochel Road
- Romagnola St
- Rouncey Place
- Rubidea Street
- Saddlebred
- Sagittarius Circuit
- Salinger St
- Samolaco Street
- Saratoga Street
- Sardinian Street
- Sculptor Street
- Seed St
- Settlement Drive
- Shetland Street
- Solstice St
- Springbank Street
- Steeplechase Street
- Stockhorse Ave
- Streamdale St
- Sweetenham Avenue
- Tablelands St
- Tack St
- Terrain Street
- Terry Rd
- The Water Lane
- Thoroughbred
- Thorpe
- Timbercrest St
- Tinline St
- Tipperary Street
- Tori Street
- Treehaven Street
- Trentham Street
- Tundra Pl
- Turffontein Avenue
- Ursa Street
- Vega Lane
- Ventasso Street
- Wadham St
- Waterflow St
- Welara St
- Whipper St
- Windsor Rd
- Windsor Road
- Woodgate Pwy
- Yakut Street
- Yamuna Parade
- Zebu Street
- Zeta St
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