Browse property in Footscray
Footscray, VIC 3011
Overview
Footscray is a vibrant inner‑city suburb 5 km west of Melbourne’s CBD, home to 17,131 residents (2021 census) with a median age of 34. Its bustling central shopping strip reflects successive waves of migration – from Greek and Italian to Vietnamese, Indian and East African communities – offering more than 130 eateries ranging from Vietnamese to Ethiopian, plus the large indoor Footscray Market with dozens of fresh‑produce stalls. The 15‑hectare Edwardian Footscray Park, fine 1930s Art Deco architecture and the award‑winning Footscray Community Arts Centre give the area a lively cultural and recreational pulse.
Excellent transport links centre around Footscray railway station, the busiest non‑CBD station in Melbourne (≈14 000 boardings daily), and a network of tram stops on Geelong, Nicholson and Droop Streets. Rapid gentrification has added high‑rise apartments such as Ovation and Liberty One, while council forecasts expect the population to double to about 30 500 by 2031, creating a diverse housing mix of new towers, medium‑density blocks and legacy homes.
Region type mix
Streets in Footscray
Street
| Avg land size
| Avg price
| Properties
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballarat Road |
2003 m² | - |
7 |
| Barkly Street |
908 m² | - |
4 |
| Buckley Street | - |
≈ $475,000 |
1 |
| Commercial Road | - | - |
1 |
| Cowper Street |
3264 m² | - |
3 |
| Droop Street |
1064 m² | - |
3 |
| Eleanor Street |
2110 m² |
≈ $185,000 |
7 |
| Geelong Road |
3777 m² | - |
1 |
| Gordon Street | - |
≈ $342,500 |
2 |
| Govan Street |
1798 m² | - |
5 |
| Hopkins Street | - | - |
1 |
| Hyde Street |
812 m² |
≈ $277,000 |
8 |
| Maribyrnong Street |
120069 m² | - |
1 |
| Moore Street |
855 m² | - |
7 |
| Moreland Street |
1996 m² |
≈ $535,000 |
15 |
| Nicholson Street |
217 m² |
≈ $276,906 |
2 |
| Pickett Street | - | - |
1 |
| Ryan Street |
1944 m² | - |
1 |
| Summerhill Road |
770 m² |
≈ $257,000 |
12 |
| Whitehall Street |
2381 m² | - |
18 |