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ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Meadow Heights is a well-established middle-ring suburb of Melbourne, Australia, with a population of approximately 14,890, making it a smaller community. Located approximately 18 km from the Melbourne CBD, Meadow Heights is a middle ring area in Victoria. The median household income is $66,248 per year.
Household earnings in Meadow Heights are below the state average, which may affect long-term capital growth.
Official Australia Post postcode for Meadow Heights. A postcode may cover multiple suburbs.
Australia Post Postcode Finder →Usual resident population at the most recent census.
Weekly median rent for occupied homes. Live rental data integration coming soon.
Annual median household income (before tax) across all households.
Straight-line distance from the suburb centroid to the nearest capital city CBD. Actual driving distance will be longer.
Estimated 4 schools within or near this suburb.
Find schools near Meadow Heights on My School →Estimated 6 parks and green spaces near this suburb.
Monthly median mortgage repayment for households currently paying off a mortgage.
Proportion of separate houses versus units, townhouses, and other home types. Useful for investors assessing rental demand mix.
With 14,890 residents, Meadow Heights is one of Victoria's more populous suburbs — roughly 2.0× the state median of 7,416 — giving it a deep buyer and tenant pool that typically supports higher transaction volumes and shorter average days on market. Meadow Heights's median household income of $66,248/year is 30% below the Victoria suburb median ($95,160) — this is an affordability play where returns lean on yield and patient capital growth rather than demographic premium. Median weekly rent of $346 equates to $1,499/month — about 103% of the median mortgage repayment of $1,460/month — meaning rental income covers most of a typical owner's repayment and this is a genuine cash-flow suburb before tax benefits. 18 km from Melbourne places Meadow Heights in the middle commuter belt, close enough for daily trips by car or rail but at a materially lower price point than inner suburbs.
This suburb suits long-term investors looking for a balance of rental yield and capital growth. Schools and transport underpin family demand. Local rents consume roughly 27% of household income — a useful sanity check on tenant affordability.
How Meadow Heights stacks up against the median of all Victoria suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Meadow Heights sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Meadow Heights | VIC median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 14,890 | 7,416 | +101% |
| Median household income | $66,248/yr | $95,160/yr | -30% |
| Median rent (weekly) | $346 | $380 | -9% |
| Median mortgage (monthly) | $1,460 | $1,950 | -25% |
| Distance to CBD | 18 km | 32 km | -44% |
| Separate houses | 78% | 78% | 0pp |
Pre-inspection briefing for Meadow Heights — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Limited buy-and-hold upside: household incomes 30% below the VIC median ($66,248 vs $95,160) means liquidity is thin and capital growth tends to lag the wider Victoria market over full cycles.
Strong rental coverage: $346/week (~$1,499/month) covers 103% of the $1,460/month median mortgage repayment, so the shortfall sits at just $0/month. Investors targeting positive cash flow should shortlist this suburb.
With 78% houses in a 14,890-person market, renovation margins depend on individual street and aspect rather than any suburb-wide story — do comparable-sales analysis before committing capital.
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Create free account →Capital-growth expectations for Meadow Heights are modest for 2026 — incomes 30% below the VIC median of $95,160 suggest gains will lag headline metro markets. Rental coverage runs at ~103% of the typical mortgage ($1,499/month rent vs $1,460/month repayment), keeping cash flow in positive or near-neutral territory. The EquitySight investment score of 53/100 places Meadow Heights in the mid tier of Australian suburbs we profile, and overall investor sentiment is balanced heading into the second half of 2026.
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Meadow Heights scores 53/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a moderate rating. That score is driven by a population of 14,890, median household income of $66,248/year and median weekly rent of $346. Whether it fits your portfolio depends on whether you are targeting cash flow, capital growth, or a value-add renovation — all three are scored with suburb-specific numbers elsewhere on this page.
The main demand drivers in Meadow Heights are proximity to Melbourne (18 km), a median household income of $66,248/year, a dwelling mix that is 78% separate houses, roughly 4 schools and 6 parks within the catchment. Together these shape both owner-occupier and tenant demand and are the factors we weight most heavily in the suburb's investment score.
Meadow Heights has a usual resident population of approximately 14,890, compared with a Victoria suburb median of 7,416 — placing it in the upper half of the state's suburbs by size. Population is the clearest proxy for market depth: more residents mean more transactions and typically a shorter average days-on-market on resale.
Meadow Heights sits 18 km straight-line from the Melbourne CBD. This is comfortable commuter territory, with reasonable rail and road access to the city.
The most recent census recorded a median weekly rent of $346 in Meadow Heights, equating to approximately $17,992/year in gross rental income (state median $380/week). Market rents have typically drifted above the recorded figure — verify against current listings on realestate.com.au and Domain before making an offer.
The median monthly mortgage repayment in Meadow Heights is $1,460, or approximately $17,520/year (vs $1,950/month state median). Stress-test your own borrowing at rates 1–2 percentage points above today's to make sure you can still service the loan through an RBA tightening cycle.
A median weekly rent of $346 works out to $1,499/month, covering 103% of the median mortgage repayment of $1,460/month. That means rent exceeds the median repayment by roughly $39/month, so on these numbers Meadow Heights leans cash-flow-positive before accounting for strata, council rates, insurance and maintenance. Actual cash flow depends on your deposit, loan terms, ownership costs and marginal tax rate — run the full numbers in our rental yield calculator.
The main risks are interest-rate sensitivity on the $1,460 median mortgage, below-median household incomes ($66,248 vs $95,160 state median), the broader Victoria market cycle. Each of these is covered in the Risk Factors section above with suburb-specific numbers rather than generic warnings.
Every number on this page comes from the ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing, Australia Post postcode reference data, and OpenStreetMap amenity tiles. The investment score, strategy verdicts, and comparison table are computed deterministically from those inputs — no opinion, no estimation. See our full methodology and the data sources and licences for the formulas we use.