Melbourne Airport vs Westmeadows
In Westmeadows, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. Westmeadows is closer to the city centre: 20.5 km, against 25 km.
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
Westmeadows
ahead on 3 of the 4 things we measure here
- has more parks and reserves (16 vs 1)
- has more childcare (4 vs 1)
- carries lower crime risk (64/100 vs 100/100)
Weighs schools, crime, parks, and childcare.
Renters
Melbourne Airport
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper rent ($0/wk vs $360/wk)
Weighs rent.
Commuting to the city
Westmeadows
ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here
- is more walkable (75/100 vs 19/100)
- has a shorter drive in (27 min vs 35 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (20.5 km vs 25 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Westmeadows
ahead on 3 of the 4 things we measure here
- is more walkable (75/100 vs 19/100)
- has more residents already 65 and over (19% vs 6%)
- carries lower crime risk (64/100 vs 100/100)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Westmeadows
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (11.2% vs -38.5%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Melbourne Airport and Westmeadows 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
Westmeadows rents higher ($360/wk vs $0/wk); Westmeadows has more residents (6,502 vs 64).
| Melbourne Airport | Westmeadows | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 64 | 6,502 +10059% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | -38.5% | +11.2% |
| Median age | 37 | 39 |
| Median household income | — | $81,328/yr |
| Median weekly rent | — | $360/wk (not reported on the other side) |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.8%).
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (14.4%).
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 (4.7%).
Property market
| Melbourne Airport | Westmeadows | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | — | $758,000 |
| Median unit price | — | $603,000 |
| Median land price | — | $635,000 |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | — | 22 days from 45 sales |
Zoning mix
Melbourne Airport has more rural and farming land (12% vs 0%).
| Melbourne Airport | Westmeadows | |
|---|---|---|
| Other and special use | 85% | 0% |
| Residential | 0% | 46% |
| Parks and recreation | 0% | 29% |
| Rural and farming | 12% | 0% |
| Commercial | 0% | 10% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 2% | 8% |
| Industrial | 0% | 7% |
| 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
| Melbourne Airport | Westmeadows | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 3,063 across Hume same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +0% same for both | |
Gross rental yield
| Melbourne Airport | Westmeadows | |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | — | 4.1% $590/wk on $755K |
| Units | — same for both | |
Ranking within VIC
| Melbourne Airport | Westmeadows | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — | Higher than 48% of VIC |
| Income | — same for both | |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 79% of VIC | Higher than 92% of VIC |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 100% of VIC | Higher than 63% of VIC |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 80% of VIC | Higher than 95% of VIC |
| Rental yield (houses) | — | Higher than 71% of VIC |
Liveability
Westmeadows is more walkable (75 vs 19).
| Melbourne Airport | Westmeadows | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — | C |
| Score | — | 46/100 |
| Socio-economic band | very advantaged area decile 9/10 | below-average income decile 3/10 |
Risk profile
Westmeadows carries more flood risk (46 vs 26); Melbourne Airport carries more crime risk (100 vs 64).
| Melbourne Airport | Westmeadows | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Low 26/100 | Low 36/100 |
| Crime | High 100/100 | Moderate 64/100 |
| Flood | Low 26/100 | Moderate 46/100 |
| Coastal erosion | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Aircraft noise | High 70/100 same for both | |
| Industrial facilities nearby | 6 within 5 km | 12 within 5 km |
Schools
| Melbourne Airport | Westmeadows | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Melbourne Airport
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Schools in Westmeadows
- Westmeadows Primary School Government · Primary at peers
Amenities in the suburb
| Melbourne Airport | Westmeadows | |
|---|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 0 | 1 |
| Cafes & restaurants | 28 | 7 |
| Parks & reserves | 1 | 16 |
| Childcare | 1 | 4 |
| GPs | 1 same for both | |
| Pharmacies | 3 | 1 |
| Police stations | 2 | 0 |
| Fuel stations | 3 | 2 |
| Waterways | 6 | 1 |
Mobility
Melbourne Airport sits further from the CBD (25 km vs 20.5 km).
| Melbourne Airport | Westmeadows | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 19/100 | 75/100 |
| Distance to Melbourne | 25 km +18% vs other | 20.5 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 35 min | 27 min |
| Public transport score | 79/100 Bus same for both | |
| Peak arrivals per hour | 74.5 7-9am + 5-7pm | 135.8 7-9am + 5-7pm |
| Median peak wait | 1 min scheduled, not actual | 0 min scheduled, not actual |
| Electric vehicle share | 4.7% postcode 3045 | 0.7% postcode 3049 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | — | 29 postcode 3049 |
Setting
| Melbourne Airport | Westmeadows | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 113 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 90 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 19.8 km | 18.4 km |
NBN connectivity
| Melbourne Airport | Westmeadows | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 72/100 | 88/100 |
| Most common technology | Fibre to the building | Fibre to the premises |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 23% 1,080 premises | 53% 2,771 premises |
Climate
| Melbourne Airport | Westmeadows | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 518 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 26.7°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 6.0°C same for both | |
Air quality (annual mean)
| Melbourne Airport | Westmeadows | |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | — same for both | |
| PM10 | 18.9 µg/m³ same for both | |
| NO₂ | — same for both | |
Council rates
| Melbourne Airport | Westmeadows | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,715/yr same for both | |
| Council | Hume same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Melbourne Airport | Westmeadows | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Hawke | Calwell |
| Member | Sam Rae | Basem Abdo |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Melbourne Airport | Westmeadows | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $750,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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