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Spence

Spence is a federal electorate in South Australia, held by Matt Burnell of the Australian Labor Party since the 2025 election, by a margin of 15.34 points — a safe seat.

Member for Spence

Matt Burnell

Australian Labor Party

Their voting record and expenses →

The 2025 result

Final two candidates after preferences were distributed, from the election held 3 May 2025.

  • Matt BURNELLAustralian Labor Party65.34%72,903 votes
  • Daniel WILDLiberal34.66%38,679 votes
Margin
15.34%
Safe
Two-party-preferred swing
+2.44%
to Australian Labor Party
Turnout
87.51%
138,898 enrolled

First preferences in 2025

How the seat voted before preferences were distributed. The Coalition is counted as one figure across its four registrations, and the Greens across both of theirs — in Victoria they contest as GVIC and elsewhere as GRN, which read as two separate minor parties if left unmerged.

  • Labor44.3%
  • Coalition18.7%
  • Greens14.5%
  • Minor parties10.5%
  • One Nation9.5%
  • Independents2.5%

Suburbs in Spence

64 suburbs and localities have residents in this electorate. 3of them also have residents in another one — the percentage is the share of that area’s Census population living here.

  • Paralowie
  • Craigmore
  • Salisbury North
  • Blakeview
  • Salisbury (SA)
  • Andrews Farm
  • Munno Para West
  • Burton (SA)
  • Davoren Park
  • Salisbury Downs
  • Gawler East
  • Elizabeth Downs
  • Hillbank
  • Munno Para
  • Elizabeth East
  • Elizabeth Park
  • Elizabeth Vale
  • Evanston Park
  • Angle Vale
  • Elizabeth North
  • Willaston
  • Brahma Lodge
  • Smithfield Plains
  • Hewett
  • Elizabeth South
  • Virginia (SA)
  • Gawler South
  • Evanston
  • Elizabeth Grove
  • Smithfield (SA)
  • Evanston Gardens
  • Salisbury Park
  • Salisbury Plain
  • Eyre
  • Waterloo Corner
  • One Tree Hill
  • Elizabeth
  • Gawler Belt
  • Gawler West
  • Direk
  • Hillier
  • Evanston South
  • Gawler (SA)
  • Kudla
  • Macdonald Park
  • Reid (SA)
  • Penfield
  • Kalbeeba
  • Edinburgh
  • Bolivar
  • Yattalunga (SA)
  • Penfield Gardens
  • Uleybury
  • Bibaringa
  • Humbug Scrub 56%
  • Buchfelde
  • Munno Para Downs
  • Concordia
  • Sampson Flat
  • Gould Creek 50%
  • Buckland Park
  • St Kilda (SA)
  • Salisbury South
  • Ward Belt 47%

Postcodes in Spence

14 postcodes have residents in this electorate. 5of them also have residents in another one — the percentage is the share of that area’s Census population living here.

  • 5108
  • 5114 99%
  • 5112
  • 5113
  • 5118 98%
  • 5115
  • 5116
  • 5110 96%
  • 5109 34%
  • 5117
  • 5120
  • 5121
  • 5111
  • 5106 79%

Where this comes from

  • Results, margins and turnout are the AEC’s published 2025figures. The margin is derived — the winner’s two-candidate-preferred share minus 50 — and the seat status is the AEC’s own classification.
  • Suburbs and postcodes come from 2021 Census mesh blocks matched to CED_2025 boundaries, weighted by resident population rather than by area — otherwise a large, largely uninhabited postcode is assigned to whichever division holds the most empty land.
  • These are an approximation of the AEC’s legal boundaries, so close to a boundary they can differ. To confirm where you are enrolled, check the AEC.

Australian Statistical Geography Standard Edition 3 allocation files and 2021 Census Mesh Block Counts, © Australian Bureau of Statistics.