Spencer suburb profile
Spencer is a small riverside village in the Hawkesbury region of NSW, sitting on the Hawkesbury River amid farmland and bushland. It has a rural-residential character, with hobby farms, weatherboard cottages and newer riverfront homes that reflect a laid-back, outdoor lifestyle centred on boating, fishing and bush recreation. The suburb feels like a quiet country community with only limited local shops and services, so residents rely on nearby townships for major shopping and schools. Access is along scenic country roads, and the riverbanks, floodplain and surrounding bush are the defining features that shape life in Spencer.
Spencer property market performance
Like many smaller suburbs, Spencer (2775) has relatively few recent property sales, so there isn't enough data to publish a reliable median price for houses or units. The figures that are available show house values rose a solid 7.8% over the last 12 months.
There was one house sale recorded in the past three months, and houses had a median days on market of 256 over the last 12 months. Unit sales and the suburb's rental figures are too limited to report reliably.
| Houses | Units | |
|---|---|---|
Median price Past 3 months | N/A | N/A |
Change in value Past 12 months | 7.8% | N/A |
Sold Past 3 months | 1 | N/A |
Median days on market Past 12 months | 256 | N/A |
Average rent Past 12 months | N/A | N/A |
Change in rent Past 12 months | N/A | N/A |
Spencer demographics
Spencer is a small community of 288 people, with a median age of 52 and a typical household income of $913 a week, roughly $47,500 a year.
Families are dominated by couples: couple families without children are the largest single group at 50.0% (31 families), while couple families with children make up 38.7% (24 families) and one-parent families account for 11.3% (7 families). Together, couple families with and without children represent 88.7% of reported families.
Homes in Spencer are overwhelmingly owner-occupied: 49.6% are owned outright and 45.6% are owned with a mortgage, a combined owner-occupier share of 95.2%, while renters make up 4.8% — owner-occupiers outnumber renters by about twenty to one.
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