FAST FACTS ON FOOTSCRAY

DID YOU KNOW?

• Footscray is just five kilometres and ten minutes from the city by train
• Footscray is 150 years old this year!
• Around 13,000 people live in Footscray and many more work and study there
• The current population is expected to more than double in 20 years, to almost 30,000
• Footscray’s multicultural mix of residents includes Greeks, Vietnamese, Kenyans, Ethiopians, Sudanese, Italians, Indians, and Thais
• The area was first mapped by Charles Grimes in 1803. The first European residents, immigrants from Ireland and the United Kingdom who were mainly squatters and shepherds, arrived in 1839
• A foodie’s mecca: culinary delights from across the globe can be found in Footscray – come and see for yourself
• Footscray has much to offer: great cafes, a lively arts and music scene, lots of sporting clubs,  bustling fresh food markets, life on the Maribyrnong river, primary and secondary schools, parks and gardens
• For every single woman aged 25-34 in Footscray, there are 1.85 single men