Princes Hill, Victoria

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Princes Hill
Melbourne, Victoria
Population: 2099 (2006) [1]
Postcode: 3054
Area: 0.4 km² (0.2 sq mi)
Property Value: AUD $637,500 [2]
Location: 4 km (2 mi) from Melbourne
LGA: City of Yarra
State District: Melbourne
Federal Division: Melbourne
Suburbs around Princes Hill:
Brunswick Brunswick Brunswick East
Parkville Princes Hill Carlton North
Parkville Carlton North Carlton North

Princes Hill is a small suburb just north of Carlton in the inner city region of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Yarra.

Demographer Bernard Salt dubbed Princes Hill "Chick City" in 2003, after 2002 census data revealed the suburb had the highest proportion of single women to men in Melbourne.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Princes Hill (State Suburb). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-09-26.
  2. ^ Princes Hill, accessed 27 November 2006
  3. ^ Minchin, Liz: The geography of love, The Age, July 9, 2003.

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