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Overview

Spence is a quiet residential suburb in Canberra’s Belconnen district, gazetted in 1972 and set on a grid of streets named after trade unionists. It sits south of Owen Dixon Drive and Kuringa Drive, bounded by Alpen Street and Copland Drive, and neighbours Fraser, Melba and Evatt, with a CSIRO property close by. The major arterial roads give residents straightforward car access to the wider capital while the suburb retains a distinct, low‑rise housing mix typical of 1970s development.

Everyday convenience centres around the local shopping precinct, which hosts a butcher, hairdresser, baker, chemist, supermarket with an attached coffee shop and a petrol station. A second supermarket on Copland Drive sits beside the rebuilt Tongan Community Centre, and the former Spence Primary School now accommodates community organisations, the Mount Rogers Anglican Church and its donation‑only “Coffee Corner” café. A neighbourhood oval and a hill‑top water tower add modest open‑space character to the area.

Region type mix: Metro 100%.