Princes Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,075 people in Princes Hill of these 48.1% were male and 51.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Princes Hill was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.7% of the population.

Of people in Princes Hill aged 15 years and over, 37.0% were married and 9.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Princes Hill was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Princes Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 36.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Princes Hill was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Princes Hill 30.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 16.6% were in primary school, 15.0% in secondary school and 40.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Princes Hill were English 22.9%, Australian 20.5%, Irish 11.9%, Scottish 8.6% and Italian 7.3%.

In Princes Hill, 70.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.3%, Italy 2.8%, New Zealand 2.3%, United States of America 1.1% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.0%.

In Princes Hill, 50.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 34.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Princes Hill were No Religion 41.0%, Catholic 21.8%, Anglican 9.8%, Islam 3.4% and Uniting Church 3.3%.

In Princes Hill 76.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 5.0%, Greek 2.3%, Somali 1.4%, Mandarin 1.3% and Arabic 1.2%.

Employment

There were 1,206 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Princes Hill. Of these 59.0% were employed full time, 28.6% were employed part-time and 6.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Princes Hill, 11.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Princes Hill was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Princes Hill included Professionals 50.1%, Managers 12.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.0%, Sales Workers 6.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.1%, Labourers 2.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.3%.

Of the employed people in Princes Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included Tertiary Education 11.1%, Hospitals 6.2%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 5.5%, Legal and Accounting Services 4.9% and School Education 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Princes Hill was $811.

In Princes Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 33.3%, Tram 14.9%, Bicycle 13.3%, Walked only 8.7% and Car, as passenger 3.1%. On the day, 20.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 36.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Princes Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.8% provided care for children and 10.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.5% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Princes Hill, 29.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Princes Hill, 38.3% were couple families with children, 46.9% were couple families without children and 12.1% were one parent families.

In Princes Hill 12.5% of single parents were male and 87.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Princes Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,267 and those without children was $2,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Princes Hill, of couple families with children, 23.8% had both partners employed full-time, 6.1% had both employed part-time and 21.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Princes Hill, 89.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Princes Hill, 14.4% were separate houses, 57.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 28.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Princes Hill, of occupied private dwellings 11.4% had 1 bedroom, 38.0% had 2 bedrooms and 35.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Princes Hill, 32.8% were owned outright, 17.2% were owned with a mortgage and 45.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Princes Hill, of all households, 55.4% were family households, 30.2% were single person households and 14.5% were group households.

In Princes Hill, 19.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 21.7% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Princes Hill, 46.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 24.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Princes Hill, there were 5 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 29 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Princes Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Princes Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $576 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.