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essendon west
Victoria · Census 2021
$1.54M
-8.2% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Essendon West is a leafy residential suburb of Moonee Valley.
Median house price
People
Population
1,559
Median age
39 yrs
Income / person / wk
$1,040
Household income / wk
$2,338
Housing
Median rent / wk
$450
Mortgage / month
$2,682
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- Catholic · 45%
- Top language at home
- Italian · 2%
- No religion
- 25%
- Born overseas
- 21%
- English only at home
- 77%
Local amenities
Amenity score
14/100
Schools
1
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
7
Libraries
0
GP clinics
0
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
1.0 km
Nearest train
2.7 km
Nearest hospital
4.2 km
Distance to coast
9.7 km
NBN
Fixed Line
Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Schools by sector
Government
0
Catholic
1
Independent
0
Primary
0
Secondary
1
Nearest secondary
0.5 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Moonee Valley
- Council population
- 114,912
- Council area
- 43 km²
- Density
- 2,666/km²
- Federal grants
- $4.35M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $38/yr
- Avg rates / property
- $2,027
- Operating result
- +8.3%
- Asset renewal
- 125%
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Financials: VIC Local Government Performance Reporting 2024-25, Local Government Victoria. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Maribyrnong
- Federal MP
- Jo Briskey (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 63% 2PP
- State electorate
- Niddrie
- State MP
- Ben Carroll (ALP)
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