Sunshine is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria,
Australia, lying 11 to 13 km west of the CBD. Its local
government area is the City of Brimbank. At the
2011 census, Sunshine had a population of 8,838.
Sunshine is now both a low-density residential
suburb and one of Melbourne's principal places of
employment outside of the CBD. Many heavy and
light industrial companies are situated in and
around the area of Sunshine and it is an important
centre in Melbourne's west for retail.