Maribyrnong
94,672 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 31 km², 9 suburbs. Council website: maribyrnong.vic.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
94,672
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +1.0% in a year
Density
3,034/km²
31 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$1.1M
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$36
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
7.4 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
9 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
9
Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)
Trends
Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.
People and housing
Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).
- Median age
- 35
- Median household income
- $1,998/week
- Median rent
- $376/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $2,100/month
- Households renting
- 42.9%
- Average household
- 2.4 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 9 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 8 of 10
Council finances
From Local Government Victoria's Performance Reporting Framework (LGPRF), 2024-25.
- Average rates per property
- $2,450
- 2024-25
- Operating result
- +5.5%
- adjusted underlying result; negative = deficit
- Asset renewal
- 213%
- renewal and upgrade spend vs depreciation
Suburbs
9 suburbs where Maribyrnong holds most residents. Population is Census 2021 for the whole suburb. A median here is the suburb’s own Valuer-General median — suburbs without one are blank, never filled with the council figure.
| Suburb | Population | In this council | Median house (VG) | Flood / bushfire | IRSAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Footscray | 17,131 | All | $923kDec 2025 | 18% / 0% | 8 |
| Yarraville | 15,636 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | 9% / 0% | 10 |
| Maribyrnong | 12,573 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | 19% / 0% | 9 |
| West Footscray | 11,729 | All | $970kDec 2025 | 8% / 0% | 9 |
| Braybrook | 9,682 | All | $760kDec 2025 | 3% / 0% | 2 |
| Maidstone | 9,389 | All | $870kDec 2025 | 5% / 0% | 7 |
| Seddon (Vic.) | 5,143 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | 4% / 0% | 10 |
| Kingsville | 3,920 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | 7% / 0% | 10 |
| Tottenham (Vic.) | 3 | All | 5% / 0% |
Hazards
Share of each member suburb's land inside the mapped layer, averaged across the council weighted by the residents each suburb contributes. Only suburbs a source covers count; the rest are left out, not counted as zero.
Suburb prices
Across the 8 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $760k
- Median of suburb medians
- $1.0M
- Highest suburb median
- $1.2M
Representation
Federal electorates and state districts covering the council, by share of the residents its suburbs contribute (each suburb counts once, for the seat containing a representative interior point).
Federal electorates
- Fraser · Daniel MULINO (ALP)100%
State districts
- Footscray · Katie Hall (ALP)89%
- Laverton · Sarah Connolly (ALP)11%
Asking-price cuts
Cuts in the last 30 days to listings the Shorted crawl has seen in the last 14 days, across 1 suburb of this council. An aggregate only: published at 3 or more cut listings council-wide (cuts in every crawled suburb count), and a suburb is named only when it has 3 of its own. Computed 24 Sep 2026; newest crawl observation 24 Sep 2026.
- Listings cut
- 10
- of 85 tracked
- Share cut
- 11.8%
- Typical cut
- 4.8%
- median over every cut listing
Most cuts: Yarraville (10). All price drops →
Neighbouring councils
Councils in the same state whose suburbs share a boundary with this one's, and councils it splits a suburb with.
Compare it with every Victoria council on the council map or the Victoria council list.
Boundaries: ABS ASGS Edition 3, LGA 2024 boundaries; suburbs allocated by 2021 mesh block, weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS estimated resident population 2025. Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021: ABS. Council-wide medians: ABS Data by Region. Approvals: ABS Building Approvals. Grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Financials: Local Government Victoria (LGPRF), 2024-25. Suburb prices: state Valuer-General. Flood and bushfire: state planning layers. Observed water: Geoscience Australia DEA Water Observations. Asking-price cuts: Shorted listing crawl, aggregates only. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure, Local Government Victoria and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-09-24.