Essendon West VIC 3040
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Maribyrnong Electorate › Moonee Valley LGA › Essendon West · 10 km from Melbourne
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Living Here
Essendon West is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 1,559 people, with a median age of 39. The typical household earns around $2,338 a week, with median rent near $450 a week. Most homes are houses. About 72% of households own their home and 26% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Italian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area. The median house sells for about $1,675,000.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Niddrie - Essendon West statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Essendon West itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 beauty salons
Getting around. Train station: Essendon, 2.6 km east · Tram stop: Stop 51: Bradshaw Street, 1.7 km north-east · Bus interchange: Highpoint Shopping Centre, 2.3 km south · Airport: Essendon Fields Airport, 3.2 km north.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Median Sale Prices
Median of recorded sales in the period, not a valuation. Source: Victorian Property Sales Report, Land Use Victoria.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 11.5% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020
Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 11.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 31.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.3% · Labour-force participation 67.8%
Population by age in Essendon West
| 0-4 | 79 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 190 |
| 15-19 | 117 |
| 20-24 | 110 |
| 25-34 | 175 |
| 35-44 | 199 |
| 45-54 | 268 |
| 55-64 | 169 |
| 65-74 | 124 |
| 75-84 | 86 |
| 85+ | 47 |
Dwelling types in Essendon West
| House | 387 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 187 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 4 |
Households by weekly income in Essendon West
| <$650 | 88 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 89 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 161 |
| $3,000+ | 198 |
Top ancestries in Essendon West
| Australian | 421 |
|---|---|
| English | 398 |
| Italian | 288 |
| Irish | 200 |
| Other | 196 |
| Greek | 82 |
Housing tenure in Essendon West
| Owned | 208 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 201 |
| Rented | 148 |
| Other | 8 |
Cars per household in Essendon West
| 0 | 28 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 201 |
| 2 | 219 |
| 3 | 81 |
| 4+ | 39 |
Commute to work in Essendon West
| Car | 407 |
|---|---|
| Train | 11 |
| Bus | 4 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 6 |
| Bicycle | 7 |
| Home | 285 |
Top countries of birth in Essendon West
| England | 29 |
|---|---|
| India | 29 |
| Italy | 28 |
| China | 24 |
| Vietnam | 19 |
| New Zealand | 16 |
Languages used at home in Essendon West
| Italian | 71 |
|---|---|
| Arabic | 37 |
| Greek | 34 |
| Vietnamese | 30 |
| Mandarin | 22 |
| Spanish | 18 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
127,314 bird observations recorded near Essendon West — most often seen:
- Rainbow Lorikeet (6,046)
- Little Raven (5,943)
- Australian Magpie (5,746)
- Magpie-lark (5,675)
- Common Myna (5,602)
- Pacific Black Duck (5,558)
- Red Wattlebird (5,351)
- Dusky Moorhen (5,247)
- Common Starling (5,178)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (4,947)
- Eurasian Blackbird (4,895)
- Noisy Miner (4,890)
- Welcome Swallow (4,733)
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- Rock Dove (4,700)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (4,505)
- House Sparrow (4,148)
- Willie Wagtail (3,941)
- Superb Fairy-wren (3,912)
- Eurasian Coot (3,809)
- Chestnut Teal (3,807)
- Silver Gull (3,495)
- Crested Pigeon (3,423)
- New Holland Honeyeater (3,412)
- Little Pied Cormorant (3,372)
- White-faced Heron (2,910)
- Red-rumped Parrot (2,682)
- Australian Wood Duck (2,666)
- Little Black Cormorant (2,311)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (2,251)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (2,159)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Essendon West:
- Aberfeldie (1.2 km)
- Niddrie (1.5 km)
- Essendon North (1.9 km)
- Essendon (2.2 km)
- Keilor East (2.2 km)
- Avondale Heights (2.4 km)
- Maribyrnong (2.7 km)
- Essendon Fields (3.1 km)
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Streets
- Afton Street (16)
- Beryl Street (15)
- Bourke Street (15)
- Buckley Street (121)
- Clydebank Road (59)
- Diamond Street (35)
- Emerald Street (75)
- Garnet Street (69)
- Hampton Road (124)
- Hoffmans Road (34)
- Holmes Road (1)
- Lily Street (14)
- Mt Alexander Road (1)
- Pearl Street (29)
- Prospect Street (30)
- Rosehill Road (28)
- Ruby Street (91)
- Sapphire Street (27)
- Smiley Crescent (9)
- View Street (34)