Meadowvale vs Welcome Creek
In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Meadowvale, most households are couple families. In Welcome Creek, about half of households are couple families.
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
Welcome Creek
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- carries lower crime risk (26/100 vs 47/100)
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
Meadowvale
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper rent ($180/wk vs $270/wk)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Meadowvale
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- sits closer to the CBD (367.5 km vs 375.2 km)
- has a shorter drive in (261 min vs 266 min)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Welcome Creek
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- carries lower crime risk (26/100 vs 47/100)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Too close to call
Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Meadowvale and Welcome 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.
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.
Demographics
Welcome Creek rents higher ($270/wk vs $180/wk); Welcome Creek has higher household incomes ($92,612 vs $82,836).
| Meadowvale | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 434 +3% vs other | 421 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | -7.5% | -5.4% |
| Median age | 43 | 45 |
| Median household income | $82,836/yr | $92,612/yr +12% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $180/wk | $270/wk +50% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.3%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (3.8%).
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.7%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Meadowvale | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | — | $685,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
Development activity
| Meadowvale | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 997 across Bundaberg same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -45% same for both | |
Ranking within QLD
| Meadowvale | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 54% of QLD | Higher than 66% of QLD |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 29% of QLD | Higher than 60% of QLD |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 48% of QLD | Higher than 49% of QLD |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 56% of QLD | Higher than 65% of QLD |
Liveability
| Meadowvale | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | below-average income decile 3/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
Meadowvale carries more crime risk (47 vs 26).
| Meadowvale | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Crime | Moderate 47/100 | Low 26/100 |
| Flood | Not mapped no mapped data here 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
| Meadowvale | Welcome 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
| Meadowvale | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Waterways | 0 | 3 |
Mobility
Welcome Creek sits further from the CBD (375.2 km vs 367.5 km).
| Meadowvale | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 same for both | |
| Distance to Brisbane | 367.5 km | 375.2 km +2% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 261 min | 266 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.3% postcode 4670 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 69 postcode 4670 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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (81.3%).
Setting
| Meadowvale | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 31 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 23 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 12.3 km | 6.2 km |
NBN connectivity
| Meadowvale | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 30/100 same for both | |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 169 premises | 0% 179 premises |
Climate
| Meadowvale | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 969 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 30.7°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 11.2°C same for both | |
Air quality (annual mean)
| Meadowvale | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | — same for both | |
| PM10 | 9.1 µg/m³ same for both | |
| NO₂ | — same for both | |
Council rates
| Meadowvale | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,773/yr same for both | |
| Council | Bundaberg same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Meadowvale | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Flynn same for both | |
| Member | Colin Boyce same for both | |
| Party | Liberal National Party of Queensland same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Meadowvale | Welcome Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $30,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $750,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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Information shown is provided as-is from Australian government and commercial data sources.
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