Carboor vs Meadow Creek

Meadow Creek is the younger of the two, with a median age of 43 against 47 in Carboor. 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.

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

Meadow Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is already more of a family suburb (50% vs 36%)

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 9%)
  • has cheaper rent ($40/wk vs $120/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Meadow Creek

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (180 min vs 192 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (273.2 km vs 285.5 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Too close to call

Nothing among the 4 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

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 2.1%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

Carboor 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.

Carboor 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.

Carboor Meadow Creek
Walkability 0 / 0
Carboor — Walkability: 0/100 Meadow Creek — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 83 / 84
Carboor — Safety: 83/100 Meadow Creek — Safety: 84/100
Low fire risk 10 / 23
Carboor — Low fire risk: 10/100 Meadow Creek — Low fire risk: 23/100
Low flood risk 63 / 41
Carboor — Low flood risk: 63/100 Meadow Creek — Low flood risk: 41/100

Demographics

Carboor rents higher ($120/wk vs $40/wk); Meadow Creek has higher household incomes ($74,724 vs $66,300).

Carboor Meadow Creek
Population 97 112
+15% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +2.1% +33.3%
Median age 47 43
Median household income $66,300/yr $74,724/yr
+13% vs other
Median weekly rent $120/wk
+67% vs other
 $40/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Carboor Meadow Creek
0-4 10.3% / 4.5%
Carboor — 0-4: 10.3% Meadow Creek — 0-4: 4.5%
5-14 13.4% / 23.2%
Carboor — 5-14: 13.4% Meadow Creek — 5-14: 23.2%
15-19 5.2% / 7.1%
Carboor — 15-19: 5.2% Meadow Creek — 15-19: 7.1%
20-24 — / —
Carboor — 20-24: not among its largest Meadow Creek — 20-24: not among its largest
25-34 13.4% / 4.5%
Carboor — 25-34: 13.4% Meadow Creek — 25-34: 4.5%
35-44 10.3% / 12.5%
Carboor — 35-44: 10.3% Meadow Creek — 35-44: 12.5%
45-54 4.1% / 13.4%
Carboor — 45-54: 4.1% Meadow Creek — 45-54: 13.4%
55-64 20.6% / 13.4%
Carboor — 55-64: 20.6% Meadow Creek — 55-64: 13.4%
65-74 19.6% / 16.1%
Carboor — 65-74: 19.6% Meadow Creek — 65-74: 16.1%
75-84 3.1% / 5.4%
Carboor — 75-84: 3.1% Meadow Creek — 75-84: 5.4%
85+ — / —
Carboor — 85+: not among its largest Meadow Creek — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (23.2%).

Where residents were born

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents, 2021 Census. A dash means that country is not among the suburb's own eight largest.

Carboor Meadow Creek
England 5.2% / 2.7%
Carboor — England: 5.2% Meadow Creek — England: 2.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (5.2%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Carboor 44.0% lone person
Carboor — Lone Person: 44.0% Carboor — Couple Families: 36.0% Carboor — Group Household: 20.0% Carboor — One Parent Families: 0.0%
Meadow Creek 50.0% lone person
Meadow Creek — Lone Person: 50.0% Meadow Creek — Couple Families: 38.5% Meadow Creek — Group Household: 0.0% Meadow Creek — One Parent Families: 11.5%
Lone Person Couple Families Group Household One Parent Families

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

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

Qualifications

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

Carboor Meadow Creek
Certificate III & IV 21.6% / 12.5%
Carboor — Certificate III & IV: 21.6% Meadow Creek — Certificate III & IV: 12.5%
Bachelor Degree 7.2% / 13.4%
Carboor — Bachelor Degree: 7.2% Meadow Creek — Bachelor Degree: 13.4%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 3.1% / 7.1%
Carboor — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 3.1% Meadow Creek — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.1%
Postgraduate Degree 5.2% / 2.7%
Carboor — Postgraduate Degree: 5.2% Meadow Creek — Postgraduate Degree: 2.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (21.6%).

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Carboor 7.5% renting
Carboor — Owned Outright: 65.0% Carboor — Mortgage: 27.5% Carboor — Renting: 7.5%
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

Zoning mix

Carboor Meadow Creek
Rural and farming 77% 72%
Parks and recreation 22% 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

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

Ranking within VIC

Carboor Meadow Creek
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 27% of VIC Higher than 41% of VIC
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 40% 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 7% of VIC Higher than 26% of VIC

Liveability

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

Risk profile

Meadow Creek carries more flood risk (59 vs 37); Carboor carries more bushfire risk (90 vs 77).

Carboor Meadow Creek
Bushfire High
90/100
 High
77/100
Crime Low
17/100
 Low
16/100
Flood Low
37/100
 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

Carboor 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

Carboor Meadow Creek
Parks & reserves 0 1
Waterways 6 9

Mobility

Carboor sits further from the CBD (285.5 km vs 273.2 km).

Carboor Meadow Creek
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Melbourne 285.5 km
+4% vs other
 273.2 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 192 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.

Carboor Meadow Creek
Car (driver) 64.6% / 75.7%
Carboor — Car (driver): 64.6% Meadow Creek — Car (driver): 75.7%
Worked from Home 22.9% / 24.3%
Carboor — Worked from Home: 22.9% Meadow Creek — Worked from Home: 24.3%
Walked Only 12.5% / —
Carboor — Walked Only: 12.5% Meadow Creek — Walked Only: not among its largest

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

Setting

Carboor Meadow Creek
Elevation 350 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 237 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Carboor Meadow Creek
Connectivity score 15/100 25/100
Most common technology Satellite (Sky Muster) Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
34 premises
 0%
32 premises

Climate

Carboor Meadow Creek
Annual rainfall 964 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 30.4°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 3.7°C
same for both

Council rates

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

Federal electorate

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

First Home Owner Grant

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

Tags

Carboor

Family Rural Young Families

Meadow Creek

Family Rural

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