Meadow Creek vs Milawa

Meadow Creek is the younger of the two, with a median age of 43 against 47 in Milawa. 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. In Milawa, most households are couple families. On these figures, Meadow Creek tends to suit people living alone and families with children, while Milawa suits couples.

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

  • Meadow Creek carries lower crime risk (16/100 vs 30/100)
  • Milawa is already more of a family suburb (66% vs 50%)

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

First-home buyers

Too close to call

Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Meadow Creek

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has cheaper rent ($40/wk vs $304/wk)
  • leaves renters under less rental stress (3% vs 18%)

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

Commuting to the city

Milawa

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (168 min vs 180 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (256.8 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 30/100)

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 0.2%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Meadow Creek Milawa
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.

Meadow Creek Milawa
Walkability 0 / 5
Meadow Creek — Walkability: 0/100 Milawa — Walkability: 5/100
Safety 84 / 70
Meadow Creek — Safety: 84/100 Milawa — Safety: 70/100
Low fire risk 23 / 56
Meadow Creek — Low fire risk: 23/100 Milawa — Low fire risk: 56/100
Low flood risk 41 / 12
Meadow Creek — Low flood risk: 41/100 Milawa — Low flood risk: 12/100

Demographics

Milawa rents higher ($304/wk vs $40/wk); Milawa has more residents (588 vs 112).

Meadow Creek Milawa
Population 112 588
+425% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +33.3% +0.2%
Median age 43 47
Median household income $74,724/yr $87,048/yr
+16% vs other
Median weekly rent $40/wk $304/wk
+660% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Meadow Creek Milawa
0-4 4.5% / 7.5%
Meadow Creek — 0-4: 4.5% Milawa — 0-4: 7.5%
5-14 23.2% / 13.4%
Meadow Creek — 5-14: 23.2% Milawa — 5-14: 13.4%
15-19 7.1% / 5.3%
Meadow Creek — 15-19: 7.1% Milawa — 15-19: 5.3%
20-24 — / 3.9%
Meadow Creek — 20-24: not among its largest Milawa — 20-24: 3.9%
25-34 4.5% / 5.1%
Meadow Creek — 25-34: 4.5% Milawa — 25-34: 5.1%
35-44 12.5% / 12.4%
Meadow Creek — 35-44: 12.5% Milawa — 35-44: 12.4%
45-54 13.4% / 13.8%
Meadow Creek — 45-54: 13.4% Milawa — 45-54: 13.8%
55-64 13.4% / 16.2%
Meadow Creek — 55-64: 13.4% Milawa — 55-64: 16.2%
65-74 16.1% / 13.6%
Meadow Creek — 65-74: 16.1% Milawa — 65-74: 13.6%
75-84 5.4% / 7.8%
Meadow Creek — 75-84: 5.4% Milawa — 75-84: 7.8%
85+ — / 2.0%
Meadow Creek — 85+: not among its largest Milawa — 85+: 2.0%

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

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Meadow Creek 38.5% couple families
Meadow Creek — Couple Families: 38.5% Meadow Creek — Lone Person: 50.0% Meadow Creek — One Parent Families: 11.5% Meadow Creek — Group Household: 0.0%
Milawa 57.1% couple families
Milawa — Couple Families: 57.1% Milawa — Lone Person: 32.1% Milawa — One Parent Families: 8.6% Milawa — Group Household: 2.1%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Meadow Creek 8.3% renting
Meadow Creek — Owned Outright: 61.1% Meadow Creek — Mortgage: 30.6% Meadow Creek — Renting: 8.3%
Milawa 9.8% renting
Milawa — Owned Outright: 52.1% Milawa — Mortgage: 38.1% Milawa — Renting: 9.8%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

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.

Meadow Creek Milawa
England 2.7% / 3.9%
Meadow Creek — England: 2.7% Milawa — England: 3.9%
New Zealand — / 1.0%
Meadow Creek — New Zealand: not among its largest Milawa — New Zealand: 1.0%
Philippines — / 0.5%
Meadow Creek — Philippines: not among its largest Milawa — Philippines: 0.5%
South Africa — / 0.5%
Meadow Creek — South Africa: not among its largest Milawa — South Africa: 0.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (3.9%).

Qualifications

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

Meadow Creek Milawa
Certificate III & IV 12.5% / 16.5%
Meadow Creek — Certificate III & IV: 12.5% Milawa — Certificate III & IV: 16.5%
Bachelor Degree 13.4% / 12.2%
Meadow Creek — Bachelor Degree: 13.4% Milawa — Bachelor Degree: 12.2%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 7.1% / 9.2%
Meadow Creek — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.1% Milawa — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 9.2%
Postgraduate Degree 2.7% / 3.1%
Meadow Creek — Postgraduate Degree: 2.7% Milawa — Postgraduate Degree: 3.1%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate — / 2.0%
Meadow Creek — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest Milawa — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.5%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Meadow Creek 100.0% houses
Meadow Creek — Houses: 100.0% Meadow Creek — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Milawa 96.3% houses
Milawa — Houses: 96.3% Milawa — Flats / Apartments: 3.7%
Houses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Meadow Creek Milawa
Median house price — $1,050,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price —
same for both

Zoning mix

Milawa has more rural and farming land (96% vs 72%).

Meadow Creek Milawa
Rural and farming 72% 96%
Parks and recreation 28% 1%
Residential 0% 2%
Infrastructure and transport 0% 1%
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

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

Ranking within VIC

Meadow Creek Milawa
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 41% of VIC Higher than 57% of VIC
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 30% of VIC Higher than 67% of VIC
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 43% of VIC Higher than 44% of VIC
NBN connectivity Higher than 26% of VIC Higher than 62% of VIC

Liveability

Meadow Creek Milawa
Grade — C
Score — 35/100
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 7/10
same for both

Risk profile

Milawa carries more crime risk (30 vs 16); Meadow Creek carries more bushfire risk (77 vs 44).

Meadow Creek Milawa
Bushfire High
77/100
 Moderate
44/100
Crime Low
16/100
 Low
30/100
Flood Moderate
59/100
 High
88/100
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 0
within 5 km
 1
within 5 km

Schools

Meadow Creek Milawa
Inside the suburb 0 1
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0 1
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Meadow Creek

No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.

Schools in Milawa

  • Milawa Primary School Government · Primary at peers

Amenities in the suburb

Meadow Creek Milawa
Cafes & restaurants 0 1
Parks & reserves 1 2
Pharmacies 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 0 1
Waterways 9 5

Mobility

Meadow Creek sits further from the CBD (273.2 km vs 256.8 km).

Meadow Creek Milawa
Walkability score 0/100 5/100
Distance to Melbourne 273.2 km
+6% vs other
 256.8 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 180 min 168 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.

Meadow Creek Milawa
Car (driver) 75.7% / 72.1%
Meadow Creek — Car (driver): 75.7% Milawa — Car (driver): 72.1%
Worked from Home 24.3% / 17.8%
Meadow Creek — Worked from Home: 24.3% Milawa — Worked from Home: 17.8%
Walked Only — / 5.8%
Meadow Creek — Walked Only: not among its largest Milawa — Walked Only: 5.8%
Car (passenger) — / 3.1%
Meadow Creek — Car (passenger): not among its largest Milawa — Car (passenger): 3.1%
Bicycle — / 1.2%
Meadow Creek — Bicycle: not among its largest Milawa — Bicycle: 1.2%

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

Setting

Meadow Creek Milawa
Elevation 237 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 159 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Meadow Creek Milawa
Connectivity score 25/100 30/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
32 premises
 0%
254 premises

Climate

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

Council rates

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

Federal electorate

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

First Home Owner Grant

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

Tags

Meadow Creek

Family Rural

Milawa

Rural

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