
Footscray:
Population: | 11,401 (2006) | ||||||||||||
Postcode: | 3011 | ||||||||||||
Area: | 5 km (1.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
Location: | 5 km (3 mi) from Melbourne | ||||||||||||
Local Government Area: | City of Maribyrnong | ||||||||||||
State District: | Footscray | ||||||||||||
Federal Division: | Gellibrand | ||||||||||||
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Footscray is a suburb 5 km west of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Maribyrnong. At the 2006 Census, Footscray had a population of 11,401.
Footscray is characterised by a very diverse, multicultural central shopping area, which reflects the successive waves of immigration experienced by Melbourne, and by Footscray in particular. Once a centre for Italian and former Yugoslavian migrants, it is now a hub for Vietnamese, and increasingly, East African immigrants in Melbourne.
Footscray is named after Foots Cray, a locality south-east of London on the River Cray in Kent.
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