Footscray is a suburb (neighborhood) 5 km west of
Melbourne, Australia. Its local government area is
the City of Maribyrnong. At the 2011 Census,
Footscray had a population of 13,203.
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 Greek, Italian
and former Yugoslavian migrants, it later became
a hub for Vietnamese and East African immigrants
in Melbourne, but has recently begun to undergo
gentrification.