West Footscray Post Office opened on 15 April 1914.
Demographics
The most common ancestries in West Footscray were English 16.2%, Australian 15.9%, Vietnamese 7.8%, Irish 6.7% and Scottish 5.2%. In West Footscray, 53.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Vietnam 8.0%, India 5.9%, Italy 1.9%, China 1.8% and England 1.7%. 51.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 10.4%, Italian 3.2%, Greek 2.0%, Cantonese 1.8% and Telugu 1.6%. The most common responses for religion in West Footscray were Catholic 25.0%, No Religion 24.3%, Buddhism 8.4%, Anglican 6.1% and Islam 5.6%.
Medicine
The Western General Hospital's grounds are located in Footscray although in an area many local residents consider to be West Footscray.
The Hospital's Emergency and Triage entrances are located in Eleanor Street, Footscray.
The Western Private Hospital is located adjacent to the Western Hospital, on the corner of Eleanor and Marion Streets.
A large number of other private medical practices are also located on Eleanor Street and Stanlake Street.
There is a Veterinary Practice located on Barkly Street.
Barkly Village is a section of Barkly Street in West Footscray that hosts many local and ethnic grocers, stores and shops. The area has a long history of multiculturalism and includes many stores owned and operated by Indian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Anglo, Thai and Italian Australians. There is a particularly large Indian grocery store,, located here as well as independent supermarket Sims, at the end of the "Barkly Village" section of the street. Also along this strip is the .
Construction of the new West Footscray Community Centre has been completed. It incorporates a local library, replacing the former West Footscray Library on the same site. The site is a part of the "Barkly Village" strip.
The suburb has its own #wefo hashtag on Twitter
The Footscray YMCA is located on Barret Reserve, Essex Street. 10th Footscray Scout, open to all youth aged 6–26, share the reserve with the YMCA meeting in a their hall on Graham St.
The 2nd Footscray Scout Group is located at Gaudion Reserve, Barkly Street. The group has a website and is open to youth aged 7 to 26 years. It is part of Kariwara District.
Johnson Reserve on Essex Street is home to a local Soccer team, and League games are regularly played on Sunday afternoons. The North Footscray Devils are also located there and North Footscray and West Footscray are usually locked in battle.
There is also a Catholic School located in the area:
Corpus Christi Catholic School..
The Western Scout centre is a training centre for the adult volunteers of Scouts Australia and one of six such sites in Melbourne. Their office in the new complex at 77 Ashley Street includes equipment donated by the Footscray Rotary Club.
Transport
The following bus routes that pass through West Footscray;
412 Footscray – Laverton via Geelong Road, Altona Gate SC, Altona, Altona Meadows . Operated by CDC Melbourne.
414 Footscray – Aircraft via Geelong Road, Laverton North . Operated by CDC Melbourne.
West Footscray has two railway stations; West Footscray and Tottenham. West Footscray was completely rebuilt and moved 200 metres West of the original station location as part of the Regional Rail Link, the new station opened on the 14th October 2013. As part of Metro Tunnel works, a third platform was built on the Cross Street side of the station to allow services to terminate. Work commenced in 2018 and was completed in 2020.
