Footscray is located 6 km west of the CBD. Located in the inner west of Melbourne Footscray is a multicultural community with a significant Vietnamese population. The suburb has a comination of residential industrial and commercial land with retail activity centred on Barkly St and industrial activity in the east and north. Footscray also features the Whitten Oval the Victorian University of Technology a major rail junction for the St Albans and Werribee Railway lines the Western Hospital - Footscray Campus and Footscray Park.