IRSAD
Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage
Score 1,059
Measures relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 9 of 10
Within Australian Capital TerritoryDecile 3 of 10
For state-level context, explore the Australian Capital Territory economy.
Housing
Spence
Australian Capital Territory · Census 2021
Median house price not tracked for this suburb
Spence (ACT) is a bushland suburb of Unincorporated ACT.
Household income
$2,358/wk48th pctile
of 127 ACT suburbs
Amenity score
11/10022nd pctile
of 125 rated ACT suburbs
Median house price
No open median house price for Spence (ACT).
Australian Capital Territory publishes no open Valuer-General sales feed, so there is no official suburb median we can show. ABS median established-house price, Australian Capital Territory: $1.1M.
How it compares
Household income / wk48th percentile
<$874ABS Census 2021$4,750
Percentiles rank this suburb against Australian Capital Territory suburbs that carry the metric — never across states, and never against suburbs where it is missing. Price references are ABS median established-house transfer prices for the Mar 2026 quarter (CC BY 4.0); the suburb figure is a Valuer-General median over a different window, so read the gap as indicative. Income references are the Census 2021 median of the middle suburb in Australian Capital Territory and nationally, not a household-weighted median.
People & housing
Population
2,587
Median age
38 yrs
Income / person / wk
$1,125
Household income / wk
$2,358
▼ 1% vs ACT
Median rent / wk
$375
Mortgage / month
$2,120
Who lives here
- Couples with children
- 36%
- +4 pts vs ACT
- Living alone
- 21%
- −5 pts vs ACT
- Unemployment
- 5%
- +1 pts vs ACT
- In the labour force
- 66%
- −4 pts vs ACT
- Bachelor degree or higher
- 31%
- −11 pts vs ACT
- Earning $1–$499 a week
- 20%
- +4 pts vs ACT
- Earning $2,000+ a week
- 19%
- −3 pts vs ACT
Households for the family mix, residents aged 15+ for work, education and income; unemployment is a share of the labour force. ACT figures weight each suburb by its dwellings or residents. ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Withheld for very small populations — under 100 residents, or under 50 dwellings, households or workers for the shares that count those.
Housing stock
926 occupied private dwellings
- Separate house 93%
- Flat or apartment 0%
- Semi, terrace & other 7%
ACT: 63% separate houses · 19% flats & apartments
- Owned outright 33%
- Mortgaged 45%
- Rented 20%
- Other & not stated 2%
ACT: 27% owned outright · 40% mortgaged · 31% rented
ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Withheld for very small populations — under 100 residents, or under 50 dwellings, households or workers for the shares that count those.
Socio-economic profile
IRSD
Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage
Score 1,061
Measures relative socio-economic disadvantage only; a higher score means less disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 8 of 10
Within Australian Capital TerritoryDecile 4 of 10
IER
Economic Resources
Score 1,049
Measures access to economic resources, including income, housing costs and assets.
Within AustraliaDecile 7 of 10
Within Australian Capital TerritoryDecile 6 of 10
IEO
Education and Occupation
Score 1,064
Measures relative education and occupation characteristics.
Within AustraliaDecile 9 of 10
Within Australian Capital TerritoryDecile 3 of 10
Scores are standardised across Australia to a mean of 1,000 and a standard deviation of 100. Deciles run from 1 (most disadvantaged) to 10 (least disadvantaged).
Source: ABS SEIFA 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
Terrain & hazard exposure
Median elevation
632 m
range 601–673 m
Land below 5 m
0%
0% below 2 m
Shares are the proportion of the suburb's land area; where part of a suburb is unmapped, only its mapped land counts, so the share is a floor. Land where Landsat saw water in at least 1% of clear passes since 1987, excluding permanent water and filtered by DEA's confidence layer. Satellites miss flood peaks, so this is a floor, not a risk estimate; dense high-rise cores can still register tower shadow as water. The ACT has no open flood planning overlay; this is the ACT Government's modelled 1% AEP flood extent, a model of one flood event rather than a planning control. Land outside the modelled urban catchments is shown as no statutory layer. Designated for development control; a designation, not a prediction of fire behaviour. Elevation is orthometric height from a 30 m model; no hydrology or drainage is modelled.
Planning & zoning
Zoning mix (share of the suburb's land)
Show on map →- Low-density residential64%
- Infrastructure & special purpose13%
- Open space & recreation12%
- General / medium / high-density residential8.0%
- Conservation3.6%
- Centres & mixed use0.5%
In a heritage area
0.3%
conservation area / Heritage Overlay
Show on map →Listed heritage places
0
on the ACT Heritage Register
Planning instrument: Territory Plan. Zones are grouped into ten families so states compare; the council's own scheme is the authority for any one lot. Listed-place counts follow each state's own list, so they do not compare across states. Source: ACT Territory Plan zones; ACT Heritage Register.
Local amenities
Schools
0
Supermarkets
1
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
2
Libraries
0
GP clinics
0
Pharmacies
1
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
0.5 km
Nearest train
6.6 km
Nearest hospital
4.1 km
Distance to coast
115 km
NBN
FIXED LINE
Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 47%
- Top language at home
- Spanish · 1%
- No religion
- 47%
- Born overseas
- 17%
- English only at home
- 89%
Schools by sector
- Nearest secondary
- 1.6 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Unincorporated ACT
- Population
- 484,630 (2025) · +1.3% in a year
- Area / density
- 2,358 km² · 206/km²
- Council medians (2021)
- age 35 · $2,373/wk household income · $450/wk rent
- Council-wide house median (2023-24)
- $990k
- Federal grants
- $75.99M in 2025-26 · $157/resident
Council boundaries and the suburb split: ABS ASGS LGA 2024, allocated by 2021 mesh block and weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS Estimated Resident Population 2025. Medians: ABS Census 2021. House median: ABS Data by Region, established-house transfers across the whole council, financial year 2023-24. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. ABS and Dept of Infrastructure data CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Fenner
- Federal MP
- Andrew Leigh (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 72% 2PP
- State electorate
- Ginninderra
- State MP
- —
Where it is in Australian Capital Territory
View on the full Australian Capital Territory map →Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.
Sources: ABS ASGS boundaries (CC BY 4.0); ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0); Australian Electoral Commission (CC BY 4.0); Geoscience Australia 1 Second DEM-S (CC BY 4.0); DEA Water Observations Statistics, Geoscience Australia (CC BY 4.0); ACT Flood Extent Model (1% AEP), ACT Government (CC BY 4.0); Bushfire Prone Area 2026, ACT Government (CC BY 4.0); Territory Plan Land Use Zones, ACT Government (ACTmapi) (CC BY 4.0); ACT Heritage Register (registered places), ACT Government (ACTmapi) (CC BY 4.0). Not financial advice.