Spencer Park, Western Australia

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Spencer Park
city = Albany
state = wa


imagesize= 180
caption = Map of Spencer Park within Albany.
lga = City of Albany
postcode = 6330
pop = 3,313 (2006 census)
area = 2.3
stategov = Albany
fedgov = O'Connor
near-nw = Collingwood Heights
near-n = Collingwood Heights
near-ne = Collingwood Park
near-w = Yakamia
near-e = Seppings
near-sw = Centennial Park
near-s = Mira Mar
near-se = Mira Mar
dist1 = 2.5
location1= Albanycoord|-34.998|117.903|type:city(3313)_region:AU-WA_scale:50000|format=dms|display=title

Spencer Park is a north-eastern suburb of Albany in southern Western Australia, located north-northeast of Albany's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Albany, and the suburb was first gazetted in 1954. [Gazette WA | title = Naming of Localities at Albany | file = 8175/50 | page = 1954:1494 | date = 27 August 1954]

Geography

The suburb, named after Albany's first Government Resident Sir Richard Spencer RN and gazetted in 1954, is bounded by Ulster Road to the west and north, Collingwood Road to the southeast and North Road to the south. [Streetsmart WA|maps=Map A2]

Facilities

Spencer Park contains a shopping centre, fuel station, primary school, a retirement home and the Albany Regional Hospital, as well as St Joseph's College, a Catholic school. The suburb has a median age of 40.

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