Meadow Heights, Victoria

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Meadow Heights
Melbourne,  Victoria
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Paringa Boulevard, Meadow Heights
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Meadow Heights
Location in metropolitan Melbourne
Meadow Heights, Victoria
Coordinates 37°39′00″S144°55′19″E / 37.650°S 144.922°E / -37.650; 144.922
Population14,890 (2021 census) [1]
 • Density3,240/km2 (8,380/sq mi)
Established1980s
Postcode(s) 3048
Area4.6 km2 (1.8 sq mi)
Location18 km (11 mi) N of Melbourne
LGA(s) City of Hume
State electorate(s) Greenvale
Federal division(s) Calwell
Suburbs around Meadow Heights:
Greenvale Roxburgh Park Roxburgh Park
Greenvale Meadow Heights Coolaroo
Attwood Westmeadows Coolaroo

Meadow Heights is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 18 km (11 mi) north of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Hume local government area. Meadow Heights recorded a population of 14,890 at the 2021 census. [1]

Contents

Meadow Heights is bounded by Somerton Road in the north, Pascoe Vale Road in the east, Barry Road in the south and the Broadmeadows Valley Park in the west. [2]

History

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Aerial view Meadow Heights, Victoria

Until gazetted as a suburb in the late 1990s, Meadow Heights was a housing estate planned within Coolaroo. [3] [4]

When still open country, Meadow Heights was known as Broadmeadows North. The land was acquired by the Housing Commission for one of its several estates in the Broadmeadows region. Coolaroo, immediately east of Meadow Heights was built by the Commission during 1966-72. In 1975 the Commission started building at Meadow Heights, although at that time the new estate was named Westmeadows Heights. (See separate entry on Westmeadows for an explanation of the name.) In 1982 the new estate was also considered to be part of Coolaroo. [3] [4]

Westmeadows Heights primary school opened in 1977, and Bethal primary school opened two years later. Both came commendably early in the growth of new public housing estates. After 1981 the Commission withdrew from house construction and left it to the private sector to complete the estate. Completion of the suburb took until the 1990s, with a post office not opening until 1995. [3] [4]

There is a shopping centre in the middle of Meadow Heights, (1994) with an Islamic mosque and cultural centre,(2007) a Catholic church and learning centre, and a community centre to the south. The Coolaroo railway station (2010) is immediately south-east of Meadow Heights. [3] [4]

Meadow Heights Post Office opened on 6 March 1995. [5] [3] [4]

In recent years, developers have focused their efforts on suburbs to the north, with very few new housing projects being completed since 2000. [3] [4]

Demographics

The most common ancestries in Meadow Heights were 21.8% Turkish, 12.2% Australian, 9.4% English, 9.0% Lebanese and 4.4% Iraqi. 46.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were 11.1% Turkey, 7.1% Iraq, 4.3% Lebanon, 3.0% Syria and 2.5% Vietnam.

23.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included 20.8% Turkish, 17.9% Arabic, 4.8% Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, 3.9% Vietnamese, and 3.2% Urdu.

The most common responses for religion in Meadow Heights were 48.1% Islam, 18.1% Catholic, 9.7% No Religion and 2.4% Assyrian Apostolic. [6]

Education

Meadow Heights has two primary schools (Meadow Heights Primary School and Bethal Primary School) and several childcare centres.

Places of interest

Meadow Heights offers several places of interest, with the nearest cinema complex located to the south, in Broadmeadows. There are several youth centres for social activities and there is a soccer team in the area.

There are around four milk bars; on Bicentennial Crescent and Magnolia Boulevard in the north, Taggerty Crescent in the centre, and one on Eldorado Crescent to the south.

The main shopping centre is the Meadow Heights Shopping Centre, which is located on Paringa Boulevard. It features a SUPA IGA Supermarket and over 25 specialty shops.

There is also a mosque in Meadow Heights, near the shopping centre.

A community centre and a skate bowl are located in the Buchan Street Reserve.

Meadow Heights has parks all throughout the suburb, the largest of which is the Broadmeadows Valley Park, which starts from Meadow Heights right down to Jacana, with a bike trail alongside. The park has soccer fields and playgrounds near Barry Road and Magnolia Boulevard, providing barbecue and picnic areas for residents. Shankland Wetlands has a variety of introduced and native birds. The wetlands is located south of Meadow Heights, at the end of Barry Road.

Transport

Bus

Six bus routes service Meadow Heights.

The following bus routes run through Meadow Heights:

The following bus routes travel along the boundaries of Meadow Heights:

Road

Meadow Heights is bordered by Pascoe Vale Road on the east, parkland on the west, Barry Road on the south and Somerton Road to the north.

The area is also served extensively by local taxi companies.

Train

Coolaroo and Roxburgh Park are the nearest railway stations to Meadow Heights. Both are located on the Craigieburn line.

See also

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