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Donvale

{{Short description|Suburb of Melbourne, Australia}}

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox Australian place | type = suburb

| name = Donvale

| city = Melbourne

| state = vic

| image = Entrance_to_Eastlink_tunnels,_Melbourne.jpg

| caption = EastLink tunnel entrances in Donvale

| lga = City of Manningham

| alternative_location_map = Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne

| coordinates = {{coord|37.797|S|145.175|E|display=inline,title}}

| postcode = 3111

| pop = 12,644

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}

| pop_footnotes = {{cite web |title=2021 QuickStats Donvale |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL20774 |website=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=3 July 2022}}

| area = 12.7

| est =

| stategov = Warrandyte

| stategov2 = Ringwood

| fedgov = Menzies

| fedgov2 = Deakin

| dist1 = 22

| location1= Melbourne

| near-nw = Templestowe

| near-n = Warrandyte

| near-ne = Park Orchards

| near-w = Doncaster East

| near-e = Ringwood North

| near-sw = Blackburn North

| near-s = Nunawading

| near-se = Mitcham

| local_map = yes

| zoom = 11

}}

Donvale is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, {{Convert|20|km}} east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Manningham local government area.

History

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Donvale Post Office opened on 16 September 1929 and closed in 1972. It now houses the Donvale Historical Society{{Citation

| last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | access-date = 11 April 2008 }}

Donvale is named after the two roads that border the suburb. Doncaster Road and Springvale Road.{{Cite web|url=http://www.emelbourne.net.au/biogs/EM00483b.htm|title = Donvale – Place – eMelbourne – the Encyclopedia of Melbourne Online}}

Demographics

File:Hillcrest Reserve and the Eastlink Melba Tunnel.jpg

In the 2016 census, the population of Donvale was 12,347. Of this population 52.3% were female and 47.7% were male. The median/average age of the population was 44 years of age.{{cite web |title=2016 QuickStats Donvale |url=http://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC20768 |website=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=29 June 2018}}

Nearly two-thirds (63.4%) of people living in Donvale were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were China 5.6%, Malaysia 3.1%, England, 2.8%, Hong Kong 2.1% and Italy 1.6%.

Two-thirds (66.1%) of people living in Donvale speak English only. The other top languages spoken were Mandarin 6.3%, Cantonese 6.1%, Italian 3.1%, Greek 2.9% and Persian 1.4%.

In terms of religious affiliation, 29.3% indicated no religion, 22.6% indicated Catholic, 8.6% indicated Anglican, 7.9% did not state a religion and 5.9% indicated Eastern Orthodox.

Education

  • Donvale Christian College
  • Donvale Primary School
  • Heatherwood School
  • Our Lady of the Pines Primary School
  • Whitefriars College

Notable people

Points of interest and historical significance

Sport

The suburb has one Australian Rules football team - the Donvale Magpies, competing in the Eastern Football League.{{Citation| last = Full Point Footy | title = Donvale | url = http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/donvale.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100612191959/http://fullpointsfooty.net/donvale.htm | url-status = usurped | archive-date = 12 June 2010 | access-date = 21 October 2008 }}

Donvale also has an indoor sports centre, with a gymnasium, complete with a sprung floor and a foam pit. The centre also has two basketball courts, which are played on every Saturday by the children in the Doncaster District Primary School Basketball Association.

See also

References

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{{City of Manningham suburbs}}

Category:Suburbs of Melbourne

Category:Suburbs of the City of Manningham