Suburb: FootscrayFootscray jumps 68 places to enter the top 10 for the first time. Like Hawthorn ranked just one place above, it is a strong performer across multiple categories, particularly culture, retail, cafes, trains, trams, buses and employment. Footscray’s weakest attributes are crime, limited schools and minimal open space. Of the top ten suburbs in this study, it has the lowest median house price. Footscray is located 6 km west of the CBD and bounded by the Maribyrnong River in the east. The suburb has a combination of residential, industrial and commercial land. Its retail activity is centred on Barkly Street. Footscray features Whitten Oval, Victoria University, a major rail junction for a number of railway lines, Footscray Hospital, Footscray Market, Heavenly Queen Temple and Footscray Park.
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