Box Hill South

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 7,699 people in Box Hill South of these 47.9% were male and 52.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Box Hill South was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.9% of the population.

Of people in Box Hill South aged 15 years and over, 47.5% were married and 9.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Box Hill South was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Box Hill South, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Box Hill South was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Box Hill South 33.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.2% were in primary school, 18.8% in secondary school and 33.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Box Hill South were English 22.7%, Australian 22.1%, Chinese 12.2%, Irish 8.4% and Scottish 6.8%.

In Box Hill South, 64.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 8.1%, England 3.1%, Malaysia 1.9%, India 1.6% and Vietnam 1.6%.

In Box Hill South, 45.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 41.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Box Hill South were No Religion 28.5%, Catholic 22.7%, Anglican 11.6%, Uniting Church 5.6% and Buddhism 4.9%.

In Box Hill South 69.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 7.7%, Cantonese 4.3%, Greek 2.2%, Vietnamese 1.2% and Italian 1.1%.

Employment

There were 3,844 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Box Hill South. Of these 56.1% were employed full time, 32.6% were employed part-time and 6.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Box Hill South, 14.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Box Hill South was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Box Hill South included Professionals 34.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.3%, Managers 13.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.1%, Sales Workers 9.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.6%, Labourers 5.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.6%.

Of the employed people in Box Hill South, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.0%, Hospitals 4.8%, Tertiary Education 4.1% and Legal and Accounting Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Box Hill South was $560.

In Box Hill South, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.1%, Train 5.2%, Car, as passenger 3.5%, Train, bus 2.6% and Train, car as driver 2.5%. On the day, 17.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Box Hill South, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.3% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.5% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Box Hill South, 26.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Box Hill South, 50.9% were couple families with children, 30.4% were couple families without children and 15.6% were one parent families.

In Box Hill South 20.9% of single parents were male and 79.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Box Hill South, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,727 and those without children was $2,309.

Employment status of couple families

In Box Hill South, of couple families with children, 21.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 26.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Box Hill South, 93.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Box Hill South, 75.0% were separate houses, 16.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Box Hill South, of occupied private dwellings 4.5% had 1 bedroom, 24.2% had 2 bedrooms and 46.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Box Hill South, 34.0% were owned outright, 33.8% were owned with a mortgage and 25.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Box Hill South, of all households, 66.9% were family households, 27.3% were single person households and 5.8% were group households.

In Box Hill South, 25.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.5% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Box Hill South, 37.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Box Hill South, there were 17 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 47.1%) were male and 9 (or 52.9%) were female. The median age was 7 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Box Hill South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,949.

In Box Hill South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $240 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.