Division of Maribyrnong

Maribyrnong Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Maribyrnong in Victoria, as of the 2016 federal election.
Created	1906
MP	Bill Shorten
Party	Labor
Namesake	Maribyrnong River
Electors	110,313 (2016)
Area	73 km2 (28.2 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner Metropolitan

The Division of Maribyrnong is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It is located in the inner north-western suburbs of Melbourne. It covers the suburbs of Aberfeldie, Airport West, Avondale Heights, Braybrook, Essendon, Kealba, Keilor East, Maribyrnong, Moonee Ponds, Niddrie, St. Albans and Sunshine North. Due to redistributions, the division has been slowly moving west. It originally covered the suburbs of Footscray and North Melbourne. According to the 2011 census, Maribyrnong has the highest proportion of Catholics in any Commonwealth Electoral Division in Australia with 41.6% of the population.

The division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 13 July 1906, and was first contested at the 1906 election. The division was named after the Maribyrnong River, which runs through it. The division is a safe Labor seat.