Box Hill Economy Snapshot: The Statistics Behind Local Employment and Growth

Box Hill recorded approximately 15,166 employed residents as of March 2026, with an unemployment rate of 6.1 percent.

Employment and Unemployment Figures

The March 2026 count of 15,166 employed residents sits alongside an unemployment rate 1.3 percentage points above the Greater Melbourne figure. These numbers come directly from the SRL East Draft Structure Plan Economic Profile for Box Hill. The same profile supplies the 6.1 percent rate and the comparison margin.

Industry Composition

Health care and social assistance accounts for over 40 percent of jobs inside the Structure Plan Area. Professional services and accommodation and food services follow as the next largest sectors. The Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 census quickstats and the same economic profile confirm this ordering of industries.

Population and Density Data

Population growth reached 22.7 percent since the 2021 census, producing a local density of 3,999 persons per square kilometre. AreaSearch reports place this growth rate ahead of the broader SA4 region and record the exact density figure.

Income and Longer-Term Trends

Median annual income for taxpayers in the Box Hill SA2 stood at approximately $49,331 in March 2026 after adjustment for wage price index growth since the 2023 financial year. Over the past decade, job growth averaged 1.7 percent annually while business formation averaged 2.4 percent per year, driven mainly by small to medium-sized businesses. The Box Hill economy and demographics page supplies the income estimate; the Whitehorse Economic Analysis Report supplies the decade-long growth rates.

These verified March 2026 and decade-scale statistics provide the current baseline for tracking employment, industry balance and income levels. Residents and businesses can consult the listed source documents for the full tables and methodology behind each figure.