City of Maribyrnong

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| name = City of Maribyrnong

| leader1 = Pradeep Tiwari

| leader1_type = Mayor

| leader2 = Bernadette Thomas

| leader2_type = Deputy Mayor

| session_room =

| session_res = 200px

| meeting_place = Footscray Town Hall, Footscray, Victoria, Australia

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| house1 = Council

| political_groups1 = {{nowrap|{{Color box|#FF0000|border=darkgray}} Community Labor (3)}}
{{Color box|#00a651|border=darkgray}} Greens (3)
{{Color box|#888888|border=darkgray}} Independent (1)

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{{excerpt|Results of the 2024 Victorian local elections in Western Melbourne|section=Maribyrnong results}}

{{excerpt|Results of the 2020 Victorian local elections in Western Melbourne|section=Maribyrnong}}

Image:City of Footscray building, located corner of Napier and Hyde Street in Footscray.jpg

Figures below are drawn from the 2011 Census unless otherwise stated.{{Cite web|url=https://profile.id.com.au/maribyrnong/home|title=Home {{!}} City of Maribyrnong {{!}} Community profile|website=profile.id.com.au|access-date=2020-03-14}}

• The Estimated Residential Population at 30 June 2012 was 76,703{{Cite web|url=https://profile.id.com.au/maribyrnong/population-estimate|title=Estimated Resident Population (ERP) {{!}} City of Maribyrnong {{!}} Community profile|website=profile.id.com.au|access-date=2020-03-14}}
• 323 people (0.5%) identified as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.
• 40% of the population were born overseas and 43% speak a language other than English.
• The largest non-English language groups include Vietnamese, Cantonese, Mandarin, Greek, Italian and Spanish.
• 9.9% of the population do not speak English well or at all.

• Braybrook and the City of Maribyrnong are the 4th most disadvantaged suburb and municipality respectively, in the metropolitan area on the SEIFA index of disadvantage.
• The unemployment rate is relatively high. As of the September 2012 quarter, the unemployment rate was 7.9% for the City compared to the Melbourne average of 5.5%, and the national average of 5.2%.
• Unemployment is highest in Braybrook which has an unemployment rate of 15%

• Average size is 2.4 people.
• Average weekly income is $1,258.
• 25% are couples with children.
• 26% are couples without children.
• 25% consist of a single individual.
• 70.6% have an internet connection.
• 35.5% occupy rental housing (both public and private).
• Median weekly rent was

$380 (versus $300 for Greater Melbourne).

• The median housing payment was $2,167 (versus $1,810 for Greater Melbourne).

• The top three chronic, preventable, lifestyle diseases for females are heart disease, type 2 diabetes and depression
• The top three for males are heart disease, lung cancer and stroke.
• Females experience the poorest health in the sub-region with a disease burden rate of 134.9 disability adjusted life years per 1,000.
• Males have the lowest life expectancy in Victoria at 74.8 years.
• Approximately 1 in 5 people have a disability.
• 7.1% have experienced food insecurity (not having access to enough food for an active and healthy life)

File:Heavenly Queen Temple, Footscray, Victoria, Australia 2013.jpg, Australia's largest Chinese temple, opened in Footscray in 2015.[http://thewestsider.com.au/queens-birthday/ "The Queen's Birthday"], The Westsider, Melbourne, 30 May 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2016.]]

Between 2003 and 2008, the city welcomed 4,769 new arrivals. The majority were skilled economic migrants (46%), followed by family migration (33%), and humanitarian entrants (21%).

Key statistics:

• A large proportion of arrivals under humanitarian migration arrived with low to poor English language skills.
• The majority of new arrivals were in the 20–29 year age bracket, with the majority male.
• A large percentage of arrivals are from India, China, Bangladesh and Pakistan and are settling through the skilled migration stream.
• Over 90% of new arrivals from Burma and Sudan are humanitarian migrants.
• Family migration is significant from Vietnam and the United Kingdom.

Approximately 5,392 businesses employ in excess of 35,000 people, although the resident workforce is only around 28,246. Manufacturing was the largest employer of residents with 3,451 employees, followed by retail with 2,668, health care 2,576; scientific and technical services 2,185 and education with 2,145. Key employers include Victoria University, Western Health, Lonely Planet, Highpoint Shopping Centre, Western Bulldogs, Mobil Australia and Sugar Australia (CSR).

On average, 34% of the labour force has university qualifications. In some neighbourhoods the proportion reaches 53%. The highest concentration of university qualified residents is in the Footscray/Seddon/Yarraville corridor.

File:Braybrook Library.jpg

Victoria University has two principal campuses located in Footscray with a student population of around 15,000 and staff of almost 1,200. This represents the largest concentration of tertiary activity in Melbourne's West. Victoria University is Maribyrnong City Council's largest employer, second only to Western Health.{{Clarify|reason=first or second?|date=March 2020}}

Five secondary schools employ approximately 530 staff and enroll more than 4,000 students. Maribyrnong Secondary College became Victoria's first public elite sports school.{{Cite web|title=Maribyrnong Secondary College, Maribyrnong, VIC|url=https://myschool.edu.au/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-03|website=My School|language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091113135513/http://www.myschool.edu.au:80/ |archive-date=13 November 2009 }}

The Council library service has five branches: Footscray, Maribyrnong at Highpoint Shopping Centre, West Footscray, Yarraville and Braybrook (opened in March 2015). Reflecting the multiculturalism of the community, the library service has a large amount of non-English material. A new branch library at the Bradmill Precinct is planned to replace Yarraville Library.

The city had a population of 85,209 at the 2021 census, up from 82,288 at the 2016 census.{{cite web |title=Census {{!}} Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census |website=www.abs.gov.au |language=en |date=11 January 2023}}

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• List of places on the Victorian Heritage Register in the City of Maribyrnong

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• [http://www.maribyrnong.vic.gov.au/ Maribyrnong City Council]
• [http://profile.id.com.au/Default.aspx?id=127 Community Profile for the City of Maribyrnong]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20081119065152/http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/location/view/28 Public Transport Victoria local public transport map]
• [http://services.land.vic.gov.au/landchannel/jsp/map/InteractiveMapIntro.jsp Link to Land Victoria interactive maps] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324211834/http://services.land.vic.gov.au/landchannel/jsp/map/InteractiveMapIntro.jsp |date=24 March 2022 }}

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