Doncaster is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria,
Australia, 15 km East of Melbourne's Central
Business District. The local government area for
Doncaster is the City of Manningham. At the 2011
Census, Doncaster had a population of 18,359.
Doncaster is situated on 8.9 kmĀ² of land, around
the top of the 120m high Doncaster Hill. The
suburb consists of a central area along the
top of Doncaster Hill, which includes several
historical buildings along Doncaster Road, the
Westfield Doncaster Shopping Centre and
surrounding high-rise apartments, while the rest
of the suburb is typical of many of Melbourne's
eastern suburbs, with extensive low-density
housing. Today Doncaster is perhaps most
notable for its shopping centre, one of the largest
in Australia.