About Suburb
Doncaster is a great suburb, with a fantastic location to both the city and beautiful leafy green North-eastern suburbs. A great investment area as there is plenty of room for growth and public transport will continue to improve as the population demands it! Doncaster is a predominantly family area with excellent social amenities. The suburb has enjoyed strong year on year price growth for houses and townhouses over the past ten years, as well as solid rental returns. Doncaster and its neighbouring suburbs are home to prestigious schools and world-class amenities. Doncaster Shopping Centre is quite diverse and complete so you'll enjoy it and should be able to spend quite a few hours and not get bored. It also plays a central role in Melbourne's outstanding bus network with a high volume of routes.
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Amenities
Education:
Primary School Zone (2021 enrolments)
Box Hill North Primary School 600m
Secondary School Zone (2021 enrolments)
Koonung Secondary College
Others
Doncaster Primary School 1km
Kerrimuir Primary School 1km
Birralee Primary School 1.2km
Doncaster Secondary School 1.6km
Deakin University 6km
Swinburne University 10km
Shopping:
Westfield Doncaster 1.5km
Jackson Court Shopping Centre 2.5km
Box Hill Centre 5km
Entertainment and leisure
Koonung Creek Linear Park 1.5km
Frank Sedgman Reserve 1.5km
North Box Hill Tennis Club 1.6km
Elgar Park South East Oval 2km
Hospital:
Doctors on Elgar Medical Centre 1km
Doncaster Specialists Centre 1.8km
Devon Medical Clinic 1.2km
VIC Medical Doctors Doncaster 1.6km
Transportation:
Bus stop (Grand Bvd / Tram Rd) 150m
Tram stop (Box Hill) 2.5km
Box Hill Station 2.8km
The size of Doncaster is approximately 8.8 square kilometres. It has 31 parks covering nearly 17.0% of total area. The population of Doncaster in 2016 was 20946 people. By 2021 the population was 25020 showing a population growth of 19.4% in the area during that time. The predominant age group in Doncaster is 30-39 years. Households in Doncaster are primarily childless couples and are likely to be repaying $1800 - $2399 per month on mortgage repayments. In general, people in Doncaster work in a professional occupation.In 2021, 64.50% of the homes in Doncaster were owner-occupied compared with 68.10% in 2016.
Doncaster has 15,072 properties. Over the last 5 years, Houses in Doncaster have seen a 9.39% increase in median value, while Units have seen a 10.50% increase. As at 31 March 2026:
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