IRSAD
Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage
Score 1,030
Measures relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 8 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 8 of 10
For state-level context, explore the Victoria economy.
Housing
Footscray
Victoria · Census 2021
$923k-3.9% yrmedian house · Dec 2025
Positioned along the Maribyrnong River just west of Melbourne's CBD, Footscray blends rich Vietnamese heritage, industrial history, and extensive parklands, anchored by the iconic Footscray Market.
Median house price
$923k64th pctile
of 766 priced VIC suburbs
Household income
$1,763/wk61st pctile
of 2,844 VIC suburbs
Amenity score
100/10095th pctile
of 1,338 rated VIC suburbs
Median house price
Rolling median of settled transfers, state Valuer-General open data (CC BY 4.0). Victoria average of suburb medians: $941k.
How it compares
Median house price64th percentile
<$210k766 priced suburbs$2.9M+
Household income / wk61st percentile
<$599ABS Census 2021$3,249+
Percentiles rank this suburb against Victoria suburbs that carry the metric — never across states, and never against suburbs where it is missing. The state and national figures are the average of the latest suburb medians in that area, not a transaction-weighted median.
People & housing
Population
17,131
Median age
34 yrs
Income / person / wk
$916
Household income / wk
$1,763
▲ 8% vs VIC
Median rent / wk
$355
Mortgage / month
$1,940
Socio-economic profile
IRSD
Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage
Score 987
Measures relative socio-economic disadvantage only; a higher score means less disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 4 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 3 of 10
IER
Economic Resources
Score 895
Measures access to economic resources, including income, housing costs and assets.
Within AustraliaDecile 1 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 1 of 10
IEO
Education and Occupation
Score 1,084
Measures relative education and occupation characteristics.
Within AustraliaDecile 10 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 10 of 10
Scores are standardised across Australia to a mean of 1,000 and a standard deviation of 100. Deciles run from 1 (most disadvantaged) to 10 (least disadvantaged).
Source: ABS SEIFA 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
Terrain & hazard exposure
Median elevation
26 m
range 2–42 m
Land below 5 m
1.5%
<0.1% below 2 m
Shares are the proportion of the suburb's land area. Land where Landsat saw water in at least 1% of clear passes since 1987, excluding permanent water and filtered by DEA's confidence layer. Satellites miss flood peaks, so this is a floor, not a risk estimate; dense high-rise cores can still register tower shadow as water. A statutory planning-control boundary, not a flood extent, and it can lag the latest flood study. Designated for development control; a designation, not a prediction of fire behaviour. Elevation is orthometric height from a 30 m model; no hydrology or drainage is modelled.
Local amenities
Schools
8
Supermarkets
11
Pubs & bars
16
Parks
32
Libraries
3
GP clinics
18
Pharmacies
10
Hospitals
3
Nearest supermarket
0.2 km
Nearest train
0.6 km
Nearest hospital
0.8 km
Distance to coast
4.8 km
NBN
FIXED LINE
Grocery mix: 1 Coles · 2 IGA. 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).
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 47%
- Top language at home
- Vietnamese · 5%
- No religion
- 47%
- Born overseas
- 45%
- English only at home
- 58%
Schools by sector
- Government / Catholic / Indep.
- 7 / 2 / 1
- Primary / Secondary
- 6 / 5
- Nearest secondary
- 0.2 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Maribyrnong
- Population / area
- 85,206 · 31 km²
- Density
- 2,731/km²
- Federal grants
- $3.39M/yr · $40/resident
- Avg rates / property
- $2,450
- Operating result
- +5.5%
- Asset renewal
- 213%
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
- Fraser
- Federal MP
- Daniel Mulino (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 72% 2PP
- State electorate
- Footscray
- State MP
- Katie Hall (ALP)
Comparable suburbs
Closest by median house price across VIC.
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.
Sources: ABS ASGS boundaries (CC BY 4.0); ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0); Victoria Valuer-General settled transfers (CC BY 4.0); ACARA School Locations (CC BY 4.0); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Australian Electoral Commission (CC BY 4.0); Geoscience Australia 1 Second DEM-S (CC BY 4.0); DEA Water Observations Statistics, Geoscience Australia (CC BY 4.0); Vicmap Planning overlays, Department of Transport and Planning Victoria (CC BY 4.0); Vicmap Planning Bushfire Management Overlay, Department of Transport and Planning Victoria (CC BY 4.0); Wikipedia state-member tables (CC BY-SA 4.0). Not financial advice.