Division of Maribyrnong

Maribyrnong Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Maribyrnong (green) in Victoria
Created	1906
MP	Bill Shorten
Party	Labor
Namesake	Maribyrnong River
Electors	88,413 (2010)
Area	71 km2 (27.4 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Maribyrnong is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It is in the north-western suburbs of Melbourne. It includes Moonee Ponds, Essendon, Niddrie, Keilor East, Avondale Heights, Tullamarine, Airport West, Sunshine and Brooklyn.^[1] Over the years the boundaries have been redrawn and the Division has been slowly moving west. It originally included the suburbs of Footscray and North Melbourne. According to the 2006 census, this electorate has the most Catholics in Australia with 44.4% of population.

The Division was set up in 1906 and named after the Maribyrnong River, which runs through it.^[1] Maribynong is an Indigenous Australian word for yam or edible root.^[1]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "Profile of the electoral division of Maribyrnong (Vic)". Australian Electoral Commission. 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2013.