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Housing
west footscray
Victoria · Census 2021
$970k
+3.9% yr · median house · Dec 2025
West Footscray is a leafy residential suburb of Maribyrnong.
Median house price
People
Population
11,729
Median age
35 yrs
Income / person / wk
$1,003
Household income / wk
$1,989
Housing
Median rent / wk
$351
Mortgage / month
$2,129
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 47%
- Top language at home
- Vietnamese · 4%
- No religion
- 47%
- Born overseas
- 35%
- English only at home
- 66%
Local amenities
Amenity score
47/100
Schools
2
Supermarkets
2
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
12
Libraries
1
GP clinics
4
Pharmacies
1
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
0.2 km
Nearest train
0.7 km
Nearest hospital
1.5 km
Distance to coast
5.2 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
1
Catholic
1
Independent
1
Primary
2
Secondary
1
Nearest secondary
1.2 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Maribyrnong
- Council population
- 85,206
- Council area
- 31 km²
- Density
- 2,731/km²
- Federal grants
- $3.39M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $40/yr
- 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)
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