Bobinawarrah vs Meadow Creek

Meadow Creek is the younger of the two, with a median age of 43 against 51 in Bobinawarrah. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Meadow Creek, about half of households are people living alone. On these figures, Meadow Creek tends to suit people living alone and families with children.

Which one suits you?

There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.

Families with school-age kids

They split

one each way, out of the 6 things we measure here

  • Bobinawarrah is already more of a family suburb (60% vs 50%)
  • Meadow Creek carries lower crime risk (16/100 vs 70/100)

Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.

First-home buyers

Meadow Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (19% vs 32%)

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Meadow Creek

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • leaves renters under less rental stress (3% vs 21%)
  • has cheaper rent ($40/wk vs $300/wk)
  • But Bobinawarrah has a bigger rental market to choose from (19% vs 8%)

Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.

Commuting to the city

Bobinawarrah

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • sits closer to the CBD (267.4 km vs 273.2 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Meadow Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • carries lower crime risk (16/100 vs 70/100)

Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.

Investors

Meadow Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (33.3% vs 20.5%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

Bobinawarrah and Meadow Creek drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.

Bobinawarrah Meadow Creek
Hides rows where both suburbs match

Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.

Side by side, out of 100

Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.

Bobinawarrah Meadow Creek
Walkability 0 / 0
Bobinawarrah — Walkability: 0/100 Meadow Creek — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 30 / 84
Bobinawarrah — Safety: 30/100 Meadow Creek — Safety: 84/100
Low fire risk 100 / 23
Bobinawarrah — Low fire risk: 100/100 Meadow Creek — Low fire risk: 23/100
Low flood risk 39 / 41
Bobinawarrah — Low flood risk: 39/100 Meadow Creek — Low flood risk: 41/100

Demographics

Bobinawarrah rents higher ($300/wk vs $40/wk); Bobinawarrah skews older (51 vs 43).

Bobinawarrah Meadow Creek
Population 100 112
+12% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +20.5% +33.3%
Median age 51 43
Median household income $73,632/yr $74,724/yr
+1% vs other
Median weekly rent $300/wk
+87% vs other
 $40/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Bobinawarrah Meadow Creek
0-4 4.0% / 4.5%
Bobinawarrah — 0-4: 4.0% Meadow Creek — 0-4: 4.5%
5-14 16.0% / 23.2%
Bobinawarrah — 5-14: 16.0% Meadow Creek — 5-14: 23.2%
15-19 9.0% / 7.1%
Bobinawarrah — 15-19: 9.0% Meadow Creek — 15-19: 7.1%
20-24 4.0% / —
Bobinawarrah — 20-24: 4.0% Meadow Creek — 20-24: not among its largest
25-34 7.0% / 4.5%
Bobinawarrah — 25-34: 7.0% Meadow Creek — 25-34: 4.5%
35-44 7.0% / 12.5%
Bobinawarrah — 35-44: 7.0% Meadow Creek — 35-44: 12.5%
45-54 9.0% / 13.4%
Bobinawarrah — 45-54: 9.0% Meadow Creek — 45-54: 13.4%
55-64 24.0% / 13.4%
Bobinawarrah — 55-64: 24.0% Meadow Creek — 55-64: 13.4%
65-74 9.0% / 16.1%
Bobinawarrah — 65-74: 9.0% Meadow Creek — 65-74: 16.1%
75-84 8.0% / 5.4%
Bobinawarrah — 75-84: 8.0% Meadow Creek — 75-84: 5.4%
85+ — / —
Bobinawarrah — 85+: not among its largest Meadow Creek — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (24.0%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Bobinawarrah 40.0% lone person
Bobinawarrah — Lone Person: 40.0% Bobinawarrah — Couple Families: 40.0% Bobinawarrah — One Parent Families: 20.0%
Meadow Creek 50.0% lone person
Meadow Creek — Lone Person: 50.0% Meadow Creek — Couple Families: 38.5% Meadow Creek — One Parent Families: 11.5%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Bobinawarrah 19.4% renting
Bobinawarrah — Owned Outright: 71.0% Bobinawarrah — Mortgage: 9.7% Bobinawarrah — Renting: 19.4%
Meadow Creek 8.3% renting
Meadow Creek — Owned Outright: 61.1% Meadow Creek — Mortgage: 30.6% Meadow Creek — Renting: 8.3%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Bobinawarrah 100.0% houses
Bobinawarrah — Houses: 100.0%
Meadow Creek 100.0% houses
Meadow Creek — Houses: 100.0%
Houses

Qualifications

Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.

Bobinawarrah Meadow Creek
Certificate III & IV 18.0% / 12.5%
Bobinawarrah — Certificate III & IV: 18.0% Meadow Creek — Certificate III & IV: 12.5%
Bachelor Degree 9.0% / 13.4%
Bobinawarrah — Bachelor Degree: 9.0% Meadow Creek — Bachelor Degree: 13.4%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.0% / 7.1%
Bobinawarrah — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.0% Meadow Creek — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.1%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 4.0% / —
Bobinawarrah — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 4.0% Meadow Creek — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest
Postgraduate Degree — / 2.7%
Bobinawarrah — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest Meadow Creek — Postgraduate Degree: 2.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.0%).

Zoning mix

Bobinawarrah has more rural and farming land (95% vs 72%).

Bobinawarrah Meadow Creek
Rural and farming 95% 72%
Parks and recreation 5% 28%
Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb around it. Zones as at 2026-09.

Development activity

Bobinawarrah Meadow Creek
New dwellings approved 238
across Wangaratta
same for both
Approvals change year on year +329%
same for both

Ranking within VIC

Bobinawarrah Meadow Creek
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 39% of VIC Higher than 41% of VIC
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 1% of VIC Higher than 30% of VIC
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 43% of VIC
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 38% of VIC Higher than 26% of VIC

Liveability

Bobinawarrah Meadow Creek
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 8/10
 advantaged area
decile 7/10

Risk profile

Meadow Creek carries more bushfire risk (77 vs 0); Bobinawarrah carries more crime risk (70 vs 16).

Bobinawarrah Meadow Creek
Bushfire None
0/100
 High
77/100
Crime High
70/100
 Low
16/100
Flood Moderate
61/100
 Moderate
59/100
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 0
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Bobinawarrah Meadow Creek
Inside the suburb 0
same for both
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Amenities in the suburb

Bobinawarrah Meadow Creek
Parks & reserves 0 1
Waterways 1 9

Mobility

Meadow Creek sits further from the CBD (273.2 km vs 267.4 km).

Bobinawarrah Meadow Creek
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Melbourne 267.4 km 273.2 km
+2% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 179 min 180 min
Electric vehicle share 0.5%
postcode 3678
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 78
postcode 3678
same for both

How people get to work

Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.

Bobinawarrah Meadow Creek
Car (driver) 62.0% / 75.7%
Bobinawarrah — Car (driver): 62.0% Meadow Creek — Car (driver): 75.7%
Worked from Home 38.0% / 24.3%
Bobinawarrah — Worked from Home: 38.0% Meadow Creek — Worked from Home: 24.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (75.7%).

Setting

Bobinawarrah Meadow Creek
Elevation 192 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 237 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Bobinawarrah Meadow Creek
Connectivity score 29/100 25/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
42 premises
 0%
32 premises

Climate

Bobinawarrah Meadow Creek
Annual rainfall 565 mm 964 mm
Summer max (Jan) 31.4°C 30.4°C
Winter min (Jul) 2.7°C 3.7°C

Council rates

Bobinawarrah Meadow Creek
Average residential rate $1,962/yr
same for both
Council Wangaratta
same for both

Federal electorate

Bobinawarrah Meadow Creek
Division Indi
same for both
Member Helen Haines
same for both
Party Independent
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Bobinawarrah Meadow Creek
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Bobinawarrah

Rural

Meadow Creek

Family Rural

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