Doncaster VIC, 3108
Doncaster Real Estate: Suburb Profile
Have you got your eye on a property in Doncaster, VIC 3108? It's crucial to determine whether the suburb meets your real estate requirements. The Homes.com.au suburb profile utilises market-leading data to provide you with the Doncaster house prices, demographics & market trends so we can allow you to make informed decisions about your next home or investment.
If you are making a move to Doncaster, keep reading for a brief historical overview to find out more about the amazing lifestyle and what makes this suburb so great.
Overview Doncaster is locally known as "Donny," like a place that shares the same name in Great Britain. It is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, 16 kilometres away in the northeastern part of Melbourne's CBD and part of Manningham's City. It has a total land area of 8.9 square kilometres and is home to 20,823 residents, according to the 2016 census.
Living in Doncaster The suburb showcases several historical buildings, the Westfield Doncaster Shopping Centre, high-rise apartments, and the rest of the suburb has extensive low-density housing. Doncaster is a suburb that has hills, and its location provides panoramic views. Its west side stretches through the city to Bacchus Marsh and the Macedon Ranges, Kinglake Ranges to the north, Dandenong and Healesville ranges to the east, and Glen Waverley/Mt Waverley to the south.
Transportation is also easily-accessed as it has bus routes, freeway entrances and is only 3 kilometres away from the railway station. A famous shopping centre is also located in this suburb called Westfield Doncaster.
History of Doncaster The Doncaster region was inhabited mainly by German settler orchardists in the 1860s and 1870s. The German community was initially known as Waldau, which gradually changed into Doncaster., The region remained an orchard until the 1970s, and most residences in Doncaster were only built between the 1950s and the 1980s.
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