The Census said most of 3011 rents. The bond file says what that costs now. Next is whether they can pay it.
A Footscray one-bedroom flat printed $450 a week on the Homes Victoria moving annual to September 2025. Two-bed flats $560. Three-bed houses $640. West Footscray one-beds are $365. Metro Melbourne new lettings for the same quarter sit at $580 across all types. The 2021 Census median was $355 in 3011. Those are different machines: occupied stock versus new bonds. 3012 is cheaper on the printed types and still not a bargain. Check Domain the morning you apply.
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Street fact
What does a Footscray one-bed cost now?
$450one-bedroom flat in 3011. West Footscray prints $365.Homes Victoria moving annual to Sep 2025
1-bed flat
WeFo one-beds are $85 less
Footscray 3011
$450
West Footscray 3012
$365
Outer west
$400
3-bed house
Footscray 3011
$640
West Footscray 3012
$600
Outer west
$480
What this hides. These are moving annual medians for new bonds, not asking rents on Domain this morning. Table 12 only prints four types. Student housing, rooms and share bonds are out. A $450 week with a heavy body corp is not a $450 week.
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Table 12 moving annual median weekly rent to September 2025. Outer west is the published Outer Western Melbourne total. Not quarterly asking rent.
Measure
Footscray 3011
West Footscray 3012
Outer west
1-bed flat
$450
$365
$400
2-bed flat
$560
$475
$475
2-bed house
$573
$500
$490
3-bed house
$640
$600
$480
A $450 one-bed is not a $355 Census memory. The 2021 median was every occupied rental, including the cheap room that never hits Domain. The bond file is new lettings.
Street fact
Did the 2021 Census number die?
$560two-bed flat in 3011 now. The 2021 Census median was $355.Census 2021 versus Sep 2025 bonds
What this hides. Do not draw a clean inflation line. Census median rent is occupied dwellings. Homes Victoria is new bonds by type. Outer west is not the Victorian state figure. Use this as a jolt, then open Domain.
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2021 Census median weekly rent for occupied dwellings, then Table 12 one-bed and two-bed flat moving annuals. Victoria column is state Census, then Outer Western Melbourne.
Measure
Footscray 3011
West Footscray 3012
Outer west
Census 2021
$355
$351
$370
1-bed flat 2025
$450
$365
$400
2-bed flat 2025
$560
$475
$475
So the 2021 number is dead as a budget. What is still true: 3011 lets flats. 3012 lets more houses. The mix is the next card.
Street fact
What is actually leasing?
49%of tabulated 3011 bonds are two-bed flats. Outer west is house country.Share of Table 12 bonds to Sep 2025
2-bed flat
3011 lets flats. The outer west lets houses.
Footscray 3011
49.0%
West Footscray 3012
38.6%
Outer west
22.7%
3-bed house
Footscray 3011
9.1%
West Footscray 3012
32.0%
Outer west
60.6%
What this hides. Counts are only the four printed types. Footscray tabulated 536 one-bed flats and 763 two-bed flats. West Footscray tabulated 263 three-bed houses. Outer west is house country. A plaza tower and an Eleanor weatherboard are still different products.
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Percent of Table 12 bond counts by printed type, moving annual to September 2025. Other stock exists and is not in the pie.
Measure
Footscray 3011
West Footscray 3012
Outer west
1-bed flat
34.4%
15.9%
9.0%
2-bed flat
49.0%
38.6%
22.7%
2-bed house
7.6%
13.4%
7.7%
3-bed house
9.1%
32.0%
60.6%
Walk the product. A Footscray two-bed flat and a West Footscray three-bed house are not the same lease. Inspect after 9pm. Then read whether 2021 renters could pay it.
Table 12 suburb and town names. Footscray and West Footscray are printed rows. Outer west is the published Outer Western Melbourne total on the same table, not Victoria statewide and not Maribyrnong LGA. Medians are moving annuals to 30 September 2025. Metro $580 is the quarterly all-types figure from the same report.
Questions people ask next
Is this what I will pay this week?
No. These are moving annual medians of new bonds to September 2025. Listings move. Body corp is not in the file. Open Domain the morning you apply, then walk the block after 9pm.
Why is metro Melbourne $580 if a Footscray one-bed is $450?
The $580 figure is the September quarter 2025 median for all new lettings in metropolitan Melbourne. The suburb cards are Table 12 moving annuals by type. A one-bed flat and an all-types metro median are different machines. Cite the type.
Is West Footscray cheaper than Footscray?
On the printed types, yes. One-bed flats $365 versus $450. Two-bed flats $475 versus $560. Three-bed houses $600 versus $640. Houses can still cost more than a cheap 3011 walk-up. Read the postcode on the contract.
Can I use the 2021 Census $355 as a budget?
No. That is occupied stock from August 2021. The bond file has moved. Use this page for dated official medians, the renting guide for inspect rules, and /facts/can-they-pay-it for 2021 RAID stress. We do not invent a 2026 stress rate.