Box Hill Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Box Hill (2765) is a suburb of Sydney, Hawkesbury, New South Wales. It is about 38 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Box Hill is in the federal electorate of Mitchell.

In the 2011 census the population of Box Hill was 1,173 and is comprised of approximately 47.9% females and 52.1% males.

The median/average age of the population of Box Hill is 42 years of age.

73.0% of people living in the suburb of Box Hill were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.8% Malta, 2.4% New Zealand, 2.0% Italy, 1.6% England, 0.8% Taiwan, 0.8% India, 0.7% Lebanon, 0.6% Cyprus, 0.6% Croatia, 0.5% Bosnia and Herzegovina, 0.5% Burma , 0.5% Greece, 0.4% China , 0.4% Botswana.

74.2% of people living in Box Hill speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 8.7% Language spoken at home not stated, 4.4% Maltese, 2.5% Italian, 2.1% Arabic, 1.6% Mandarin, 1.6% Croatian, 1.2% Punjabi, 0.8% Greek, 0.7% Other.

The religious makeup of Box Hill is 42.6% Catholic, 19.2% Anglican, 12.0% Religious affiliation not stated, 9.4% No religion, 3.3% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.8% Uniting Church, 2.0% Eastern Orthodox, 1.7% Christian, nfd, 1.2% Other Religious Groups, 1.0% Baptist.

52.7% of people are married, 34.4% have never married and 6.6% are divorced and 1.8% are separated. There are 44 widowed people living in Box Hill.

59.8% of the people living in Box Hill over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 32.0% are working on a part time basis. Box Hill has an unemployment rate of 3.7%.

The main occupations of people living in Box Hill are 18.2% Managers, 18.0% Clerical & administrative workers, 16.3% Technicians & trades workers, 12.9% Professionals, 9.7% Sales workers, 8.7% Labourers, 7.6% Community & personal service workers, 6.4% Machinery operators & drivers, 2.2% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Box Hill work in are 16.0% Construction, 9.1% Retail trade, 8.6% Health care and social assistance, 8.2% Manufacturing, 7.4% Transport, postal and warehousing, 7.2% Education and training, 7.1% Other services, 6.4% Wholesale trade, 5.7% Professional, scientific and technical services.

46.3% of homes are fully owned, and 24.0% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 27.1% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $643 per week and the median household income is $1677 per week.

The median rent in Box Hill is $360 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2600 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Box Hill postcode 2765