Spencer

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 515 people in Spencer of these 51.8% were male and 48.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Spencer was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.9% of the population.

Of people in Spencer aged 15 years and over, 33.3% were married and 22.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Spencer was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 37 years.

In Spencer, of people aged 15 years and over, 33.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Spencer was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Spencer 32.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 19.8% were in primary school, 14.4% in secondary school and 9.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Spencer were Australian 28.5%, English 27.5%, Irish 10.3%, Scottish 8.2% and Dutch 1.6%.

In Spencer, 71.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.9%, New Zealand 4.1%, Canada 1.0%, Argentina 0.8% and Hungary 0.8%.

In Spencer, 66.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Spencer were No Religion 27.9%, Anglican 22.1%, Catholic 18.4%, Presbyterian and Reformed 3.9% and Uniting Church 2.7%.

In Spencer 82.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 0.8%, Spanish 0.8%, Macedonian 0.8%, German 0.6% and Czech 0.6%.

Employment

There were 218 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Spencer. Of these 57.8% were employed full time, 27.5% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Spencer, 8.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Spencer was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Spencer included Managers 18.0%, Labourers 17.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.1%, Professionals 13.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.9% and Sales Workers 3.4%.

Of the employed people in Spencer, the most common responses for industry of employment included Horse and Dog Racing Activities 5.4%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 4.4%, Adult, Community and Other Education 3.9%, Land Development and Site Preparation Services 3.4% and Building Installation Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Spencer was $440.

In Spencer, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.5%, Walked only 8.8%, Car, as passenger 2.0%, Truck 1.5% and Motorbike/scooter 1.5%. On the day, 2.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 62.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Spencer, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 19.8% provided care for children and 13.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.7% 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 Spencer, 25.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Spencer, 33.6% were couple families with children, 45.8% were couple families without children and 20.6% were one parent families.

In Spencer 31.8% of single parents were male and 68.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Spencer, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $2,062.

Employment status of couple families

In Spencer, of couple families with children, 15.5% had both partners employed full-time, 7.1% had both employed part-time and 14.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Spencer, 56.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 43.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Spencer, 94.4% were separate houses, 1.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 4.1% were other dwellings.

In Spencer, of occupied private dwellings 13.3% had 1 bedroom, 31.3% had 2 bedrooms and 37.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Spencer, 37.6% were owned outright, 37.1% were owned with a mortgage and 18.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Spencer, of all households, 51.8% were family households, 46.6% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Spencer, 43.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.5% 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 Spencer, 44.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Spencer, there were 17 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 41.2%) were male and 10 (or 58.8%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Spencer, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Spencer, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $220 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.