Box Hill, New South Wales Explained

Type:suburb
Box Hill
City:Sydney
State:nsw
Local Map:yes
Zoom:12
Coordinates:-33.65°N 203°W
Map Type:nomap
Lga:The Hills Shire
Postcode:2765
Pop:6450
Elevation:39
Dist1:48
Dir1:NW
Location1:Sydney CBD
Stategov:Castle Hill
Fedgov:Mitchell
Near-W:Oakville

Box Hill is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Box Hill is located 48 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of The Hills Shire and is part of the Hills District region.

Box Hill is a rapidly growing new release area of The Hills Shire Council in North West Sydney. Box Hill Precinct is planned under the NSW Government's North West Priority Growth Area along with other release areas, such as North Kellyville.

The area, which was rezoned in 2013, is bordered by Boundary Road to the west, Annangrove Road to the east, Old Pitt Town Road to the north and Windsor Road to the south.By completion Box Hill will be home to approximately 42,480 residents (13,276 dwellings).

In July 2020, a portion of Box Hill in the north was carved out and became the separate suburb of Gables. It also absorbed two small areas of Rouse Hill.[1] [2]

Heritage listings

Box Hill has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Demographics

According to the 2021 census of population, there were 6450 people in Box Hill. 53.4% of people were born in Australia and 50.7% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion in Box Hill were Catholic 26.4%, No Religion 19.9%, Hinduism 14.9% and Anglican 6.7%.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Hills' newest suburb officially named 'Gables'. The Hills Shire Council. 17 July 2020. 20 October 2020.
  2. Web site: Suburb Changes – 'Gables' The Hills' newest Suburb . The Hills Shire Council . 14 August 2020.
  3. 00613. S90/03566/1. 18 May 2018.
  4. 00724. S90/03558 & HC 89 1207. 18 May 2018.
  5. Material was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.