West Footscray, Victoria
West Footscray is an inner-western suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 km from Melbourne's Central Business District. Its local government area is the City of Maribyrnong. At the , West Footscray had a population of 11,450. History. West Footscray Post Office (listed in reference as Footscray West) opened on 15 April 1914. Demographics. The most common ancestries in West Footscray were English 16.2%, Australian 15.9%, Vietnamese 7.8%, Irish 6.7% and Scottish 5.2%. In West Footscray, 53.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Vietnam 8.0%, India 5.9%, Italy 1.9%, China  (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.8% and England 1.7%. 51.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 10.4%, Italian 3.2%, Greek 2.0%, Cantonese 1.8% and Telugu 1.6%. The most common responses for religion in West Footscray were Catholic 25.0%, No Religion 24.3%, Buddhism 8.4%, Anglican 6.1% and Islam 5.6%. Education. There are three kindergartens: There are two primary schools in the West Footscray area: There is also a Catholic School located in the area: The Western Scout centre is a training centre for the adult volunteers of Scouts Australia and one of six such  sites in Melbourne. Their office in the new complex at 77 Ashley Street includes equipment donated by the Footscray Rotary Club. Transport. The following bus routes that pass through West Footscray; West Footscray has two railway stations; West Footscray and Tottenham. West Footscray was completely rebuilt and moved 200 metres West of the original station location as part of the Regional Rail Link, the new station opened on 14 October 2013. As part of Metro Tunnel works, a third platform was built on the Cross Street side of the station to allow services to terminate. Work commenced in 2018 and  was completed in 2020. Sport. The suburb has two Australian Rules football clubs competing in the Western Region Football League, West Footscray Football Club and North Footscray Football Club. The Druids Cricket Club is also based in West Footscray, playing at Shorten Reserve. The Footscray United Soccer Club plays at Hansen Reserve.