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Meadow Heights flood & bushfire risk

Of Meadow Heights’s 5,878 mapped properties, 0.5% are in a mapped flood area and 3.7% are in a bushfire hazard area.

For context, Meadow Heights’s flood exposure is below the VIC average of 6.4%, and bushfire exposure is below the VIC average of 18.2%.

Check a specific Meadow Heights address

Risk varies property by property.

Hazard exposure

0.5%
Of properties in a flood area
3.7%
Of properties in a bushfire area
5,878
Mapped properties

Where the hazards are in Meadow Heights

Flood and bushfire areas across Meadow Heights. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.

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Crime near Meadow Heights

Meadow Heights sits in the Hume council area, which recorded 17,449 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.

Showing all crime — tap an offence type below to plot it over time.
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Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 17,449 total. Figures are for the whole Hume council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.

Property values in Meadow Heights

Median sale price by property type, with the year-on-year change.

Houses
$700,500+12.98%
Median · Q4 2025
Units & apartments
$515,000-3.74%
Median · Q4 2025

Indicative suburb-wide estimate only — not a valuation of any specific property. A home’s actual value depends on its size, condition and exact location. Source: Valuer-General Victoria median sale prices (CC BY 4.0).

Zoning in Meadow Heights

Meadow Heights is mostly residential. The most common zones:

Residential98.7% of properties

General residential — standard housing; allowable density varies by precinct.

Zone: GENERAL RESIDENTIAL ZONE - SCHEDULE 1

Centre / commercial0.8% of properties

Centre / commercial — shops, offices and mixed use; often allows apartments above.

Zone: COMMERCIAL 1 ZONE

Open space0.3% of properties

Open space / recreation — parks and sporting land; not for housing.

Zone: PUBLIC PARK AND RECREATION ZONE

School catchments in Meadow Heights

PrimaryBethal Primary School · Coolaroo South Primary School · Meadow Heights Primary School · Roxburgh Homestead Primary School · Roxburgh Park Primary School
SecondaryGreenvale Secondary College · Hume Central Secondary College · Roxburgh College

Meadow Heights can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.

Who lives in Meadow Heights

At the 2021 Census, 46.2% of Meadow Heights’s 14,890 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

Australian12.2%
English9.4%
Lebanese9%
Vietnamese3.8%
Italian2%
Irish1.7%

Top countries of birth

Turkey11.1%
Iraq7.1%
Lebanon4.3%
Vietnam2.5%
Pakistan2.3%
India1.2%

Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.

Development near Meadow Heights

Hume council approved 3,053 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.

3,053
Dwellings/yr
2,648
Houses
405
Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Hume council area (not just Meadow Heights). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Risk varies property by property. Check a specific Meadow Heights address:

Figures are indicative only — verify any specific property with the relevant council. Sources: council/state planning schemes & flood mapping, Geoscape G-NAF, state police crime statistics, ABS.