Box Hill Melbourne
Street-level neighbourhood data for Box Hill - transport, schools, safety, and local amenities.
Is Box Hill a good place to live?
Box Hill suits households who want a more walkable, better-connected Melbourne lifestyle without giving up everyday essentials.
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Peak transit frequency
Every 8 min
Schools in Box Hill
No government primary schools recorded in this suburb.
ICSEA from ACARA. National average = 1000.
Safety
This area (LGA: Whitehorse) has a crime rate of 6,384 offences per 100,000 residents (2025) — well below the Melbourne metro average of ~9,500. One of Melbourne's safer areas.
Source: Crime Statistics Agency Victoria (2025).
Every address in Box Hill is different
Two houses 500m apart can be in different school catchments, on different tram lines, and under different planning overlays. Get the exact profile for your specific address.
Search your address in Box Hill ->Sources and methodology
These suburb pages summarise Placio's current suburb-level data. They are useful for orientation, but the final decision should still happen at the exact address because school catchments, planning overlays and transit access can change within the same suburb.
- Public Transport Victoria for service frequency.
- ACARA My School for school ICSEA context.
- Crime Statistics Agency Victoria for LGA-level safety context.
- ABS Census, OpenStreetMap and supporting amenity data for suburb context.