Footscray (Western Metropolitan) · State Electorate

Median age

35 yrs2021 +6.1%

Footscray (Western Metropolitan)'s median age is 35 yrs — well below average.

It ranks 100th from the bottom of 440 state electorates nationally — younger than 85% of them.

Footscray (Western Metropolitan) has an older median age than nearby Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan), Richmond (Northern Metropolitan) and Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan), but a younger one than Pascoe Vale (Northern Metropolitan), Albert Park (Southern Metropolitan) and Essendon (Western Metropolitan).

Since 2016, it has risen 6% (from 33 yrs) — a bigger change than the national rise of 3%.

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📍 Footscray (Western Metropolitan), State Electorate

Trend across censuses

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Where Footscray (Western Metropolitan) sits

All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Footscray (Western Metropolitan) — younger than 85% of areas.

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Median age in nearby areas

  1. Niddrie (Western Metropolitan)42 yrs
  2. Williamstown (Western Metropolitan)38 yrs
  3. St Albans (Western Metropolitan)37 yrs
  4. Essendon (Western Metropolitan)37 yrs
  5. Albert Park (Southern Metropolitan)37 yrs
  6. Pascoe Vale (Northern Metropolitan)36 yrs
  7. Altona (Western Metropolitan)35 yrs
  8. Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan)34 yrs
  9. Richmond (Northern Metropolitan)34 yrs
  10. Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan)30 yrs

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