Spencer Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,321 people in Spencer Park of these 46.0% were male and 54.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Spencer Park was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 25.2% of the population.

Of people in Spencer Park aged 15 years and over, 45.4% were married and 14.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Spencer Park was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Spencer Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Spencer Park was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Spencer Park 24.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.3% were in primary school, 18.4% in secondary school and 19.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Spencer Park were English 34.9%, Australian 30.3%, Scottish 7.0%, Irish 5.6% and German 2.7%.

In Spencer Park, 74.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.9%, New Zealand 2.4%, Philippines 2.2%, Germany 1.1% and Scotland 1.1%.

In Spencer Park, 55.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Spencer Park were No Religion 28.6%, Anglican 20.6%, Catholic 17.1%, Uniting Church 6.3% and Baptist 4.3%.

In Spencer Park 89.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.3%, Tagalog 1.2%, Filipino 0.8%, German 0.6% and Dutch 0.4%.

Employment

There were 1,382 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Spencer Park. Of these 55.1% were employed full time, 33.1% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Spencer Park, 10.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Spencer Park was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Spencer Park included Professionals 17.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.4%, Labourers 12.3%, Sales Workers 11.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.6%, Managers 9.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.9%.

Of the employed people in Spencer Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.8%, Hospitals 4.6%, Residential Care Services 3.5% and Public Order and Safety Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Spencer Park was $458.

In Spencer Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.5%, Car, as passenger 7.4%, Walked only 3.6%, Taxi 1.0% and Other 1.0%. On the day, 0.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Spencer Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.8% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.6% 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 Park, 27.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Spencer Park, 34.1% were couple families with children, 43.5% were couple families without children and 20.6% were one parent families.

In Spencer Park 7.2% of single parents were male and 92.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Spencer Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,938 and those without children was $1,854.

Employment status of couple families

In Spencer Park, of couple families with children, 16.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 20.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Spencer Park, 86.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Spencer Park, 88.4% were separate houses, 8.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Spencer Park, of occupied private dwellings 6.7% had 1 bedroom, 13.2% had 2 bedrooms and 49.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Spencer Park, 31.2% were owned outright, 22.0% were owned with a mortgage and 42.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Spencer Park, of all households, 62.2% were family households, 34.7% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In Spencer Park, 38.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.4% 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 Park, 40.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Spencer Park, there were 150 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 77 (or 51.3%) were male and 73 (or 48.7%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $633.

In Spencer Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $181 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,300.