Meroo Meadow vs Beaumont
Meroo Meadow is the younger of the two, with a median age of 50 against 63 in Beaumont. In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Beaumont: a median of $1.97 million, against $1 million in Meroo Meadow, though rent is higher in Meroo Meadow. On these figures, Meroo Meadow tends to suit buyers on a tighter budget, while Beaumont suits 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
Meroo Meadow
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is already more of a family suburb (68% vs 60%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Meroo Meadow
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper houses ($1,000,000 vs $1,970,000)
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Beaumont
ahead on 2 of the 2 things we measure here
- has cheaper rent ($250/wk vs $400/wk)
- leaves renters under less rental stress (13% vs 19%)
Weighs rent and rental stress.
Commuting to the city
Meroo Meadow
ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here
- is more walkable (14/100 vs 0/100)
- has a shorter drive in (123 min vs 142 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (153.9 km vs 158.5 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
They split
one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here
- Meroo Meadow is more walkable (14/100 vs 0/100)
- Beaumont has more residents already 65 and over (46% vs 28%)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Meroo Meadow
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (0.4% vs -6.4%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Meroo Meadow and Beaumont 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
Meroo Meadow has more residents (474 vs 117); Meroo Meadow rents higher ($400/wk vs $250/wk).
| Meroo Meadow | Beaumont | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 474 +75% vs other | 117 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +0.4% | -6.4% |
| Median age | 50 | 63 |
| Median household income | $110,032/yr +11% vs other | $97,500/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $400/wk +38% vs other | $250/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (35.9%).
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 (10.3%).
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (23.1%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Meroo Meadow | Beaumont | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1,000,000 | $1,970,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
Zoning mix
Beaumont has more land zoned for conservation (55% vs 20%); Meroo Meadow has more rural and farming land (72% vs 44%).
| Meroo Meadow | Beaumont | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 72% | 44% |
| Environmental | 20% | 55% |
| Residential | 6% | 0% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 2% | 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
| Meroo Meadow | Beaumont | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 854 across Shoalhaven same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -10% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Meroo Meadow | Beaumont | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 89% of NSW | Higher than 85% of NSW |
| Income | Higher than 75% of NSW | Higher than 64% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 64% of NSW | Higher than 1% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 13% of NSW | Higher than 16% of NSW |
| EV adoption | Higher than 54% of NSW | Higher than 78% of NSW |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 70% of NSW | Higher than 38% of NSW |
Liveability
Meroo Meadow is more walkable (14 vs 0).
| Meroo Meadow | Beaumont | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | very advantaged area decile 9/10 | very advantaged area decile 10/10 |
Risk profile
Beaumont carries more bushfire risk (86 vs 0).
| Meroo Meadow | Beaumont | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | None 0/100 | High 86/100 |
| Crime | Low 31/100 same for both | |
| 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 | 5 within 5 km | 2 within 5 km |
Schools
| Meroo Meadow | Beaumont | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Meroo Meadow | Beaumont | |
|---|---|---|
| Cafes & restaurants | 0 | 1 |
| Waterways | 11 | 4 |
Mobility
Beaumont sits further from the CBD (158.5 km vs 153.9 km).
| Meroo Meadow | Beaumont | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 14/100 | 0/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 153.9 km | 158.5 km +3% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 123 min | 142 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.5% postcode 2540 | 0.9% postcode 2577 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 44 postcode 2540 | 56 postcode 2577 |
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 (70.9%).
Setting
| Meroo Meadow | Beaumont | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 33 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 359 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 13.6 km | 17.1 km |
NBN connectivity
| Meroo Meadow | Beaumont | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 60/100 | 27/100 |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 43% 222 premises | 0% 70 premises |
Climate
| Meroo Meadow | Beaumont | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 974 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | — same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | — same for both | |
Council rates
| Meroo Meadow | Beaumont | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,501/yr same for both | |
| Council | Shoalhaven same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Meroo Meadow | Beaumont | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Gilmore same for both | |
| Member | Fiona Phillips same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Meroo Meadow | Beaumont | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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