5.0% ▼ -15.7%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 5.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Princes Hill · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Princes Hill than in most similar areas. About 65.9% of adults are in the labour force, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. This active workforce is largely employed in professional and technical roles.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is common here, with 65.9% of adults in the labour force, well above Victoria's 62.4%. The unemployment rate is 5.0%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
5.0% ▼ -15.7%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
65.9% ▼ -1.1%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.7% ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Professional and technical services are the most common industry at 17.6%, followed by health care and social assistance at 14.8% and education and training at 12.4%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly half of the workforce are professionals (47.5%), which helps explain the high proportion of people working in technical and professional industries. Managers make up another 15.5% of the local workforce.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Princes Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22122/princes-hill/topic/employment