Meadows vs Paris Creek

Meadows is the younger of the two, with a median age of 39 against 52 in Paris Creek. In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families. Meadows is closer to the city centre: 44.4 km, against 51.1 km. On these figures, Paris Creek tends to suit people living alone and older residents.

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

Too close to call

Nothing among the 6 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

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

First-home buyers

Meadows

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (19% vs 25%)

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Too close to call

Nothing among the 3 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

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

Commuting to the city

Meadows

ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (32/100 vs 0/100)
  • has a shorter drive in (44 min vs 52 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (44.4 km vs 51.1 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here

  • Meadows is more walkable (32/100 vs 0/100)
  • Paris Creek has more residents already 65 and over (22% vs 14%)

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

Investors

Meadows

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (25.4% vs 10.2%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

Meadows and Paris 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.

Meadows Paris 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.

Meadows Paris Creek
Walkability 32 / 0
Meadows — Walkability: 32/100 Paris Creek — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 80 / 73
Meadows — Safety: 80/100 Paris Creek — Safety: 73/100
Low fire risk 28 / 22
Meadows — Low fire risk: 28/100 Paris Creek — Low fire risk: 22/100

Demographics

Meadows has more residents (1,717 vs 206); Paris Creek skews older (52 vs 39).

Meadows Paris Creek
Population 1,717
+88% vs other
 206
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +25.4% +10.2%
Median age 39 52
Median household income $102,128/yr
+10% vs other
 $91,936/yr
Median weekly rent $343/wk $345/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Meadows Paris Creek
0-4 7.1% / 4.4%
Meadows — 0-4: 7.1% Paris Creek — 0-4: 4.4%
5-14 13.6% / 13.1%
Meadows — 5-14: 13.6% Paris Creek — 5-14: 13.1%
15-19 4.4% / 2.9%
Meadows — 15-19: 4.4% Paris Creek — 15-19: 2.9%
20-24 4.1% / 4.4%
Meadows — 20-24: 4.1% Paris Creek — 20-24: 4.4%
25-34 14.0% / 12.1%
Meadows — 25-34: 14.0% Paris Creek — 25-34: 12.1%
35-44 15.0% / 8.3%
Meadows — 35-44: 15.0% Paris Creek — 35-44: 8.3%
45-54 12.6% / 13.6%
Meadows — 45-54: 12.6% Paris Creek — 45-54: 13.6%
55-64 14.9% / 19.9%
Meadows — 55-64: 14.9% Paris Creek — 55-64: 19.9%
65-74 8.9% / 16.5%
Meadows — 65-74: 8.9% Paris Creek — 65-74: 16.5%
75-84 3.7% / 4.4%
Meadows — 75-84: 3.7% Paris Creek — 75-84: 4.4%
85+ 0.9% / 1.5%
Meadows — 85+: 0.9% Paris Creek — 85+: 1.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.9%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Meadows 58.7% couple families
Meadows — Couple Families: 58.7% Meadows — Lone Person: 23.8% Meadows — One Parent Families: 14.5% Meadows — Group Household: 1.8% Meadows — Other Families: 1.3%
Paris Creek 55.0% couple families
Paris Creek — Couple Families: 55.0% Paris Creek — Lone Person: 32.5% Paris Creek — One Parent Families: 12.5% Paris Creek — Group Household: 0.0% Paris Creek — Other Families: 0.0%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Meadows 11.2% renting
Meadows — Owned Outright: 31.7% Meadows — Mortgage: 57.1% Meadows — Renting: 11.2%
Paris Creek 10.1% renting
Paris Creek — Owned Outright: 44.9% Paris Creek — Mortgage: 44.9% Paris Creek — Renting: 10.1%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Meadows Paris Creek
Certificate III & IV 20.0% / 19.9%
Meadows — Certificate III & IV: 20.0% Paris Creek — Certificate III & IV: 19.9%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 7.7% / 10.7%
Meadows — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.7% Paris Creek — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 10.7%
Bachelor Degree 9.3% / 8.3%
Meadows — Bachelor Degree: 9.3% Paris Creek — Bachelor Degree: 8.3%
Postgraduate Degree 2.5% / 1.5%
Meadows — Postgraduate Degree: 2.5% Paris Creek — Postgraduate Degree: 1.5%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.1% / 1.5%
Meadows — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.1% Paris Creek — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.0%).

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.

Meadows Paris Creek
England 6.3% / 7.3%
Meadows — England: 6.3% Paris Creek — England: 7.3%
Germany — / 2.9%
Meadows — Germany: not among its largest Paris Creek — Germany: 2.9%
New Zealand 0.8% / —
Meadows — New Zealand: 0.8% Paris Creek — New Zealand: not among its largest
Netherlands 0.6% / —
Meadows — Netherlands: 0.6% Paris Creek — Netherlands: not among its largest
Scotland 0.4% / —
Meadows — Scotland: 0.4% Paris Creek — Scotland: not among its largest
Philippines 0.3% / —
Meadows — Philippines: 0.3% Paris Creek — Philippines: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (7.3%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Meadows 98.1% houses
Meadows — Houses: 98.1% Meadows — Flats / Apartments: 1.0% Meadows — Townhouses: 0.8%
Paris Creek 100.0% houses
Paris Creek — Houses: 100.0% Paris Creek — Flats / Apartments: 0.0% Paris Creek — Townhouses: 0.0%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Property market

Meadows Paris Creek
Median house price $1,000,000 —
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price $1,300,000 —
Typical days to sell (houses) 22 days
from 15 sales
 —

Zoning mix

Meadows Paris Creek
Rural and farming 94% 100%
Environmental 3% 0%
Residential 2% 0%
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

Meadows Paris Creek
New dwellings approved 657
across Mount Barker
 429
across Alexandrina
Approvals change year on year -7% +25%

Gross rental yield

Gross — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. From median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.

Meadows Paris Creek
Houses 2.0%
$720/wk on $1.84M
 —
Units —
same for both

Ranking within SA

Meadows Paris Creek
House price Higher than 4% of SA —
Income Higher than 81% of SA Higher than 70% of SA
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 75% of SA Higher than 25% of SA
Affordability Higher than 98% of SA —
EV adoption Higher than 75% of SA
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 93% of SA Higher than 46% of SA
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 1% of SA —

Liveability

Meadows is more walkable (32 vs 0).

Meadows Paris Creek
Grade C —
Score 43/100 —
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 7/10
 advantaged area
decile 8/10

Risk profile

Meadows Paris Creek
Bushfire High
72/100
 High
78/100
Crime Low
20/100
 Low
27/100
Flood —
same for both
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

Meadows Paris Creek
Inside the suburb 1 0
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 1 0

Schools in Meadows

  • Meadows Primary School Government · Primary below peers

Schools in Paris Creek

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

Amenities in the suburb

Meadows Paris Creek
Parks & reserves 4 2
Childcare 2 0
Pharmacies 1 0
Banks & Bank@Post 1 0
Fuel stations 2 0
Waterways 3 0

Mobility

Paris Creek sits further from the CBD (51.1 km vs 44.4 km).

Meadows Paris Creek
Walkability score 32/100 0/100
Distance to Adelaide 44.4 km 51.1 km
+15% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 44 min 52 min
Electric vehicle share 0.9%
postcode 5201
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 99
postcode 5201
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.

Meadows Paris Creek
Car (driver) 82.4% / 68.8%
Meadows — Car (driver): 82.4% Paris Creek — Car (driver): 68.8%
Worked from Home 11.5% / 19.8%
Meadows — Worked from Home: 11.5% Paris Creek — Worked from Home: 19.8%
Car (passenger) 3.4% / 6.2%
Meadows — Car (passenger): 3.4% Paris Creek — Car (passenger): 6.2%
Walked Only 1.7% / 5.2%
Meadows — Walked Only: 1.7% Paris Creek — Walked Only: 5.2%
Bus 0.5% / —
Meadows — Bus: 0.5% Paris Creek — Bus: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (82.4%).

Setting

Meadows Paris Creek
Elevation 328 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 335 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 25.8 km 29.9 km

NBN connectivity

Meadows Paris Creek
Connectivity score 81/100 29/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 73%
796 premises
 0%
86 premises

Climate

Meadows Paris Creek
Annual rainfall 730 mm 466 mm
Summer max (Jan) 27.8°C —
Winter min (Jul) 5.7°C —

Air quality (annual mean)

Meadows Paris Creek
PM2.5 —
same for both
PM10 19.5 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ 0.34 pphm
same for both

Council rates

Meadows Paris Creek
Average residential rate $2,485/yr $2,523/yr
Council Mount Barker Alexandrina

Federal electorate

Meadows Paris Creek
Division Mayo
same for both
Member Rebekha Sharkie
same for both
Party Centre Alliance
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Meadows Paris Creek
Grant amount $15,000
same for both
Property price cap —
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Meadows

Acreage Outer Quiet River

Paris Creek

Outer

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