Box Hill vs Gables

In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and the large majority of households are couple families. Houses cost more in Gables: a median of $1.75 million, against $1.28 million in Box Hill. On these figures, Box Hill tends to suit buyers on a tighter budget.

Which one suits you?

There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.

Families with school-age kids

Gables

ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more schools inside the suburb (3 vs 1)
  • carries lower crime risk (48/100 vs 65/100)

Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.

First-home buyers

Box Hill

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper houses ($1,280,000 vs $1,750,000)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Too close to call

Nothing among the 3 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.

Commuting to the city

Box Hill

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (46 min vs 51 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (47.3 km vs 50.5 km)
  • But Gables is more walkable (58/100 vs 31/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, rail access, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Gables

ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (58/100 vs 31/100)
  • carries lower crime risk (48/100 vs 65/100)

Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.

Where they sit

Box Hill and Gables drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.

Box Hill Gables
Hides rows where both suburbs match

Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.

Side by side, out of 100

Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.

Box Hill Gables
Walkability 31 / 58
Box Hill — Walkability: 31/100 Gables — Walkability: 58/100
Safety 35 / 52
Box Hill — Safety: 35/100 Gables — Safety: 52/100
Low fire risk 79 / 65
Box Hill — Low fire risk: 79/100 Gables — Low fire risk: 65/100

Demographics

Box Hill has more residents (6,450 vs 3,339); Gables has higher household incomes ($167,388 vs $149,812).

Box Hill Gables
Population 6,450
+48% vs other
 3,339
Population trend (2016 → 2021) —
same for both
Median age 31 32
Median household income $149,812/yr $167,388/yr
+12% vs other
Median weekly rent $580/wk $600/wk
+3% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Box Hill Gables
0-4 11.8% / 10.4%
Box Hill — 0-4: 11.8% Gables — 0-4: 10.4%
5-14 16.8% / 19.6%
Box Hill — 5-14: 16.8% Gables — 5-14: 19.6%
15-19 4.2% / 5.5%
Box Hill — 15-19: 4.2% Gables — 15-19: 5.5%
20-24 4.5% / 4.6%
Box Hill — 20-24: 4.5% Gables — 20-24: 4.6%
25-34 20.6% / 16.1%
Box Hill — 25-34: 20.6% Gables — 25-34: 16.1%
35-44 23.1% / 22.2%
Box Hill — 35-44: 23.1% Gables — 35-44: 22.2%
45-54 9.0% / 10.8%
Box Hill — 45-54: 9.0% Gables — 45-54: 10.8%
55-64 5.1% / 6.3%
Box Hill — 55-64: 5.1% Gables — 55-64: 6.3%
65-74 3.6% / 3.2%
Box Hill — 65-74: 3.6% Gables — 65-74: 3.2%
75-84 1.0% / 1.3%
Box Hill — 75-84: 1.0% Gables — 75-84: 1.3%
85+ 0.2% / 0.2%
Box Hill — 85+: 0.2% Gables — 85+: 0.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (23.1%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Box Hill 77.2% couple families
Box Hill — Couple Families: 77.2% Box Hill — One Parent Families: 11.2% Box Hill — Lone Person: 8.7% Box Hill — Group Household: 1.8% Box Hill — Other Families: 1.1%
Gables 80.4% couple families
Gables — Couple Families: 80.4% Gables — One Parent Families: 10.1% Gables — Lone Person: 8.2% Gables — Group Household: 0.6% Gables — Other Families: 0.8%
Couple Families One Parent Families Lone Person Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Box Hill 20.1% renting
Box Hill — Owned Outright: 10.1% Box Hill — Mortgage: 69.8% Box Hill — Renting: 20.1%
Gables 19.5% renting
Gables — Owned Outright: 9.1% Gables — Mortgage: 71.5% Gables — Renting: 19.5%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.

Box Hill Gables
Bachelor Degree 20.6% / 19.4%
Box Hill — Bachelor Degree: 20.6% Gables — Bachelor Degree: 19.4%
Certificate III & IV 9.8% / 9.3%
Box Hill — Certificate III & IV: 9.8% Gables — Certificate III & IV: 9.3%
Postgraduate Degree 9.3% / 8.1%
Box Hill — Postgraduate Degree: 9.3% Gables — Postgraduate Degree: 8.1%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.0% / 8.2%
Box Hill — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.0% Gables — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.2%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.7% / 1.9%
Box Hill — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.7% Gables — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.6%).

Where residents were born

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents, 2021 Census. A dash means that country is not among the suburb's own eight largest.

Box Hill Gables
India 12.2% / 11.2%
Box Hill — India: 12.2% Gables — India: 11.2%
Philippines 5.3% / 4.5%
Box Hill — Philippines: 5.3% Gables — Philippines: 4.5%
England 1.8% / 2.0%
Box Hill — England: 1.8% Gables — England: 2.0%
South Africa 1.6% / 2.1%
Box Hill — South Africa: 1.6% Gables — South Africa: 2.1%
Nepal 2.4% / 1.2%
Box Hill — Nepal: 2.4% Gables — Nepal: 1.2%
Pakistan 2.3% / 1.2%
Box Hill — Pakistan: 2.3% Gables — Pakistan: 1.2%
Sri Lanka 2.0% / —
Box Hill — Sri Lanka: 2.0% Gables — Sri Lanka: not among its largest
New Zealand — / 1.2%
Box Hill — New Zealand: not among its largest Gables — New Zealand: 1.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (12.2%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Box Hill 98.8% houses
Box Hill — Houses: 98.8% Box Hill — Townhouses: 0.8% Box Hill — Flats / Apartments: 0.5%
Gables 96.9% houses
Gables — Houses: 96.9% Gables — Townhouses: 2.6% Gables — Flats / Apartments: 0.4%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Box Hill Gables
Median house price $1,280,000 $1,750,000
Median unit price $1,229,990 —
Median land price $810,000 —
Typical days to sell (houses) 44 days
from 354 sales
 —

Zoning mix

Gables has more rural and farming land (36% vs 1%).

Box Hill Gables
Residential 69% 47%
Rural and farming 1% 36%
Parks and recreation 6% 14%
Commercial 9% 1%
Infrastructure and transport 8% 0%
Environmental 7% 2%
Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb around it. Zones as at 2026-09.

Development activity

Box Hill Gables
New dwellings approved 2,648
across The Hills
same for both
Approvals change year on year -4%
same for both

Gross rental yield

Gross — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. From median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.

Box Hill Gables
Houses 3.7%
$890/wk on $1.25M
 —
Units —
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Box Hill Gables
House price Higher than 65% of NSW Higher than 67% of NSW
Income Higher than 95% of NSW Higher than 97% of NSW
Schools — Higher than 7% of NSW
Walkability Higher than 75% of NSW Higher than 84% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 76% of NSW Higher than 80% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 96% of NSW
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 98% of NSW
same for both
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 57% of NSW —

Liveability

Gables is more walkable (58 vs 31); Box Hill scores higher overall (63 vs 57).

Box Hill Gables
Grade B
same for both
Score 63/100 57/100
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 10/10
same for both

Risk profile

Gables carries more bushfire risk (35 vs 21); Box Hill carries more crime risk (65 vs 48).

Box Hill Gables
Bushfire Low
21/100
 Low
35/100
Crime Moderate
65/100
 Moderate
48/100
Flood Not mapped
no mapped data here
same for both
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 4
within 5 km
 2
within 5 km

Schools

Box Hill Gables
Inside the suburb 1 3
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0 2
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Box Hill

  • Box Hill Public School Government · Primary

Schools in Gables

  • Santa Sophia Catholic College (Primary) Catholic · Primary at peers
  • Santa Sophia Catholic College (Secondary) Catholic · Secondary at peers
  • Aspect Western Sydney School - Aspect Hills Shire Campus Independent · Primary · Special school

Amenities in the suburb

Box Hill Gables
Supermarkets 2 1
Parks & reserves 4 6
Childcare 7 5
GPs 1 0
Pharmacies 1 0

Mobility

Gables sits further from the CBD (50.5 km vs 47.3 km).

Box Hill Gables
Walkability score 31/100 58/100
Distance to Sydney 47.3 km 50.5 km
+7% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 46 min 51 min
Public transport score 79/100
Bus
same for both
Peak arrivals per hour 251.5
7-9am + 5-7pm
 137.2
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 0 min
scheduled, not actual
same for both
Electric vehicle share 2.7%
postcode 2765
same for both

How people get to work

Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.

Box Hill Gables
Worked from Home 48.5% / 52.1%
Box Hill — Worked from Home: 48.5% Gables — Worked from Home: 52.1%
Car (driver) 44.8% / 41.9%
Box Hill — Car (driver): 44.8% Gables — Car (driver): 41.9%
Train 3.3% / 2.5%
Box Hill — Train: 3.3% Gables — Train: 2.5%
Car (passenger) 2.4% / 2.3%
Box Hill — Car (passenger): 2.4% Gables — Car (passenger): 2.3%
Bus 0.7% / 0.8%
Box Hill — Bus: 0.7% Gables — Bus: 0.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (52.1%).

Setting

Box Hill Gables
Elevation 37 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 31 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 31.4 km 29.6 km

NBN connectivity

Box Hill Gables
Connectivity score 99/100
same for both
Most common technology Fibre to the premises
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 99%
7,397 premises
 99%
2,467 premises

Climate

Box Hill Gables
Annual rainfall 932 mm 806 mm
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Box Hill Gables
PM2.5 6.1 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 15.5 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ 0.53 pphm
same for both

Council rates

Box Hill Gables
Average residential rate $1,204/yr
same for both
Council The Hills
same for both

Federal electorate

Box Hill Gables
Division Greenway
same for both
Member Michelle Rowland
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Box Hill Gables
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Box Hill

Family Large Blocks Multicultural Outer Professionals Young Families

Gables

Family Large Blocks Multicultural Outer Parks Professionals Young Families

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