Footscray (VIC 3011): property prices & suburb profile

Footscray property prices

The typical Footscray house sold for around $938,000 in the year to 2025-Q4, +48.8% over 10 years and +18.2% over 5 years.

• Medians are published by the Victorian Valuer-General per suburb; we do not have individual sale records for this state, so there is no street-level breakdown on this page (our New South Wales pages have one).
• The headline figure is a sales-weighted average of the last four quarterly medians, not a median of individual sales, because one quiet quarter in a single suburb can move a quarterly median by more than the market did. The chart below plots each quarter as published.
• The Victorian Valuer-General yearly file currently ends at 2024; newer points on the chart and the short-horizon changes come from the quarterly file.
• Change over time reflects what sold in each period, not the value of any one home: a run of large or small homes moves it.
• Periods with fewer than 5 recorded sales are excluded.

Footscray medians by quarter

The most recent quarter on record for Footscray is 2025-Q4.

• Sale counts are shown so you can judge how solid each median is.

Who lives in Footscray

Footscray has a median age of 34 and a median household income of $1,763 a week.

• Figures labelled Footscray are for the suburb boundary itself (ABS 2021 Census). Anything labelled SA2 or postcode covers a wider area: SA2 "Footscray" and postcode 3011 both extend beyond Footscray.
• SEIFA decile 1 is the lowest tenth of Australian areas on that index and 10 the highest. The four indices measure different things and often disagree, which is why all four are shown: a suburb can rank high on education and occupation while ranking mid on economic resources.

Schools in Footscray

The 6 schools in Footscray sit at the 84th percentile nationally on ACARA's socio-educational index.

• ICSEA is ACARA's socio-educational index (average 1000). It describes the family backgrounds of the students enrolled, NOT how well a school teaches: a lower ICSEA means a less advantaged intake, not a worse school.
• Percentiles are ACARA's own national ranking, so the Australia bar is a published figure rather than our arithmetic. Each area shows the median of the mainstream schools sitting inside it; special schools are listed in the table but excluded from the medians.
• Public school intake zones are not published in our dataset for this state, so confirm catchments with the school.

Suburbs near Footscray

Footscray's typical house price of $938,000 is the 10th highest of the 25 Melbourne West suburbs we cover.

• Altona 3018

  $1,201,000 typical house price

• Ascot Vale 3032

  $1,370,000 typical house price

• Caroline Springs 3023

  $788,000 typical house price

• Deanside 3336

  $690,000 typical house price

• Deer Park 3023

  $689,000 typical house price

• Essendon 3040

  $1,717,000 typical house price

• Fraser Rise 3336

  $695,000 typical house price

• Harkness 3337

  $593,000 typical house price

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Footscray: common questions

How much does a house cost in Footscray?

About $938,000 across the 12 months to 2025-Q4, from 175 recorded sales. That is a sales-weighted average of the four quarterly medians published by the Victorian Valuer-General: a single quarter in one suburb can swing on a handful of sales.

Have Footscray prices gone up?

Prices have risen 48.8% over 10 years and moved +18.2% over 5 years, comparing the latest rolling year with the same window a decade earlier. These movements reflect the mix of homes sold, not the change in value of a specific property.

What do units cost in Footscray?

The typical unit price was around $452,000 across the 12 months to 2025-Q4: a sales-weighted average of the quarterly unit medians, from 491 sales.

Can I see Footscray prices street by street?

Not yet. VIC publishes suburb-level medians rather than individual sale records, so street-level medians are only available on our New South Wales pages.

Which schools are in Footscray?

Footscray has 6 ACARA-registered schools: Footscray City Primary School, Footscray High School, Footscray North Primary School, Footscray Primary School, St John's School, St Monica's School.