Meadowvale ^{QLD 4670}

Rural

Meadowvale is a rural locality in Queensland, 368 km from Brisbane CBD, around 4 hours 20 minutes by car. Population is 434; the median age is 43 and the median household income is $82,836 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the lower-middle tier nationally. The locality fell 7.5% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $180 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,525. Meadowvale is characterised by no recorded bushfire exposure. Walkability is low.

This locality is too small to rate.

The Liveability Rating is calculated for suburbs of 500 residents or more, and this one has 434. Below that the school, census and safety figures behind the score cover too few people to rank fairly against the rest of the state. The individual measures further down this page are still shown.

Rental Market

Advertised rents · last 6 months

Houses in Meadowvale rent for around $650 a week on average, based on 3 houses listed for rent in the past six months.

$650/wk

3 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.

Rental affordability

June quarter 2025

113 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 27% of its income on the median rent in postcode 4670.

SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.

Serious Road Crashes

2020–2024

3 crashes

where someone was killed or admitted to hospital

Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the locality carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.

Schools

No schools in this locality boundary.

Walkability

Meadowvale is very car-dependent on foot — at 0/100, nearly all errands require a car.

out of 100

Very Car-Dependent

Public Transport within 1 km not measured

Schools within 1.5 km 0

Parks within 800 m 0

Supermarkets within 1 km 0

GPs within 1 km 0

Pharmacies within 1 km 0

Childcare within 1 km 0

Hospitals within 5 km 0

We hold no public transport timetable data for this area, so public transport is not rated here and the score is spread across the remaining components. It is not counted as zero.

NBN connectivity

The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Meadowvale.

connectivity score / 100

Most common

Fixed wireless

Full-fibre (FTTP) share: 0%
Premises covered: 169

Technology mix

Fixed wireless (WIRELESS) 98%

Satellite (Sky Muster) (SATELLITE) 2%

NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.

Amenities

No amenities mapped in this locality boundary.

Bundaberg: council population

The whole council area, not just Meadowvale · estimated residents

at 30 June 2025

Residents

107,297

+1.3% in a year

Change

+1,402

people since 2024

Density

people per km² across the council area

What drove the change

Natural increase

-153

births minus deaths

Net internal migration

+905

moves within Australia

Net overseas migration

+650

arrivals minus departures

The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this locality alone — this locality's own population is in the census section above.

Socio-economic profile

ABS SEIFA · ranked against every suburb in Australia, and within the state

2021 census

Advantage and disadvantage

3/10

4/10 within QLD

income, education, jobs and housing together

Economic resources

4/10

4/10 within QLD

income against housing cost and household size

Education and occupation

2/10

3/10 within QLD

qualifications and job type, income excluded

Meadowvale is home to 434 residents, with a median age of 43, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $83,000 a year, with unemployment at 4.0%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

434

7.5% since 2016

Median Age

2.3% since 2016

Median Household Income

$82,836/yr

23.9% since 2016

Census Median Rent

$180/wk

10.0% since 2016

Census Median Mortgage

$1,525/mo

7.4% since 2016

Avg Household Size

2.9

3.6% since 2016

Median Personal Income

$35,464/yr

38.3% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

4.0%

48.7% since 2016

Unoccupied Dwellings

7.1%

10.1% since 2016

Total Dwellings

141

0.7% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

86.9%

0.8% since 2016

Houses

99.3%

no change since 2016

Rental Stress

11.3%

27.6% since 2016

Mortgage Stress

22.1%

25.3% since 2016

Work From Home

9.1%

42.0% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Houses 140 (99.3%)

Flats / Apartments 1 (0.7%)

Property Ownership

Owned Outright 66 (50.8%)

Mortgage 47 (36.2%)

Renting 17 (13.1%)

Demographics

Born in Australia: 82.7%
English Spoken at Home: 90.6%
Employment Rate: 54.6%
Completed Year 12: 28.1%

Occupations

Managers 43 (22.4%)

Labourers 37 (19.3%)

Professionals 27 (14.1%)

Clerical & Administrative 23 (12.0%)

Technicians & Trades 21 (10.9%)

Community & Personal Service 16 (8.3%)

Machinery Operators & Drivers 15 (7.8%)

Sales 11 (5.7%)

Religion

No Religion 193 (44.5%)

Christianity 186 (42.9%)

Buddhism 6 (1.4%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

New Zealand 5 (1.2%)

Scotland 5 (1.2%)

Ireland 5 (1.2%)

England 4 (0.9%)

South Africa 3 (0.7%)

Age Distribution

0-4 28 (6.5%)

5-14 57 (13.1%)

15-19 28 (6.5%)

20-24 26 (6.0%)

25-34 33 (7.6%)

35-44 50 (11.5%)

45-54 63 (14.5%)

55-64 62 (14.3%)

65-74 53 (12.2%)

75-84 32 (7.4%)

85+ 9 (2.1%)

Family & Household Composition

Couple Families 53 (55.2%)

Lone Person 20 (20.8%)

One Parent Families 17 (17.7%)

Group Household 6 (6.2%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 118 (76.6%)

Walked Only 17 (11.0%)

Worked from Home 14 (9.1%)

Car (passenger) 5 (3.2%)

Education

Certificate III & IV 61 (14.1%)

Bachelor Degree 37 (8.5%)

Advanced Diploma / Diploma 13 (3.0%)

Cars per Dwelling

1 car 23 (16.7%)

2 cars 56 (40.6%)

3 cars 29 (21.0%)

4+ cars 25 (18.1%)

Council Rates

Bundaberg

FY 2025-26

Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,773 a year through Bundaberg based on 2025 figures.

Avg residential rate

$1,773/yr

34% above the QLD average of $1,328 · median of 59 councils

Valuation basis

Unimproved Value

land only

Building Approvals: Bundaberg

The whole council area, not just Meadowvale · new residential dwellings

to 2026-08

In the year to August 2026, 997 new dwellings were approved across Bundaberg. That mix is 830 houses and 167 units. Approvals are down 44.7% on the same period a year earlier.

Trailing 12 months

997dwellings

-44.7% YoY

Houses

830

detached dwellings

Units

167

townhouses + apartments

Aboriginal Cultural Heritage

The Aboriginal party for this area is Bailai, Gurang, Gooreng Gooreng, Taribelang Bunda People.

Under Queensland's Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 the Aboriginal party for an area follows native title. Native title over this area has been determined.

Air Quality

This station does not measure fine particles (PM2.5).

PM10 averaged 9.1 µg/m³. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 0.

From the Bundaberg (Wide Bay-Burnett) monitoring station, 11.5 km away.

Climate & Setting

from Bundaberg Aero, 12.7 km

High rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.

Elevation: 31 m; above sea level, at the locality centre
Distance to the ocean: 12.3 km
Annual rainfall: 969 mm; 75 rainy days
Summer max (Jan): 30.7°C; 1 days ≥ 35°C
Winter min (Jul): 11.2°C; 0 frost days ≤ 0°C

Elevation is the ground at the locality centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.

EV adoption

0.3%

of light vehicles are electric

Up from 0.03% in 2021

+0.1 points this year

In postcode 4670, 242 of 74,041 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.8% (1,336 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.1%.

Electric share, year by year

2021

0.03%

2022

0.04%

2023

0.09%

2024

0.21%

2025

0.33%

Rooftop solar

systems per 100 dwellings

Averaging 6.2 kW each

In postcode 4670, 24,659 rooftop-solar systems totalling 152.8 MW have been installed since 2001, against 35,774 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 1,424 went up in the last year.

Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.

Systems installed, year by year

2019

1,447

2020

1,649

2021

1,599

2022

1,593

2023

1,748

2024

1,635

2025

1,391

2026

830

2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.

First Home Owner Grant

FY2026-27

$30,000 for new homes priced up to $750,000.

$30,000 for contracts signed on or after 20 November 2023, with no end date. IT DID NOT REVERT TO $15,000: the tier was due to end 30 June 2026 and the 2026-27 Queensland Budget (23 June 2026) continued it for contracts signed from 1 July 2026. This file carried a "due to revert" note until 2026-09-18 — it was never true, and a note predicting a change is not the same as a change. Cap is "less than $750,000" including land and contract variations — less than, not up to. New homes only: "There are no home owner grants for established homes."

Verify eligibility with Queensland Revenue Office

Federal Electorate

Division of Flynn

Currently held by Colin Boyce Liberal National Party of Queensland

Year	Winner	2PP ALP	2PP LNP	Swing
2025	Colin Boyce	39.8%	60.2%	-6.4
2022	Colin Boyce	46.2%	53.8%	-4.8
2019	Ken O'Dowd	41.3%	58.7%	+7.6

Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact locality's voters across time.

State Electorate

Burnett District

Currently held by Stephen Bennett Liberal National Party of Queensland

Next state election: 28 October 2028.

Year	Winner	Won with
2024	Stephen Bennett LNP	65.4%
2020	Stephen Bennett LNP	60.8%

Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2017, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this locality's voters. Results: Electoral Commission of Queensland.

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Common questions about Meadowvale

Is Meadowvale a safe place to live?

Recorded crime in Meadowvale is moderate (47/100, ranked against other QLD suburbs on offences per resident).

What natural hazards affect Meadowvale?

Meadowvale has no recorded bushfire history. These are locality-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.

What is the population of Meadowvale?

Meadowvale, QLD had a population of 434 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Meadowvale, QLD?

The postcode for Meadowvale, QLD is 4670.

How far is Meadowvale from Brisbane?

Meadowvale is 368 km from Brisbane CBD by road, about 261 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Meadowvale?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Meadowvale was $82,836 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.

What is the median weekly rent in Meadowvale?

The median advertised rent in Meadowvale is $650 a week for houses (3 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.

What is the median age in Meadowvale?

The median age of residents in Meadowvale was 43 at the 2021 ABS Census.

What is the weather like in Meadowvale?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Meadowvale, Bundaberg Aero (12.7 km away), summer days average 30.7°C, winter nights 11.2°C, 969 mm of rain a year over 75 rainy days, and 1 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Meadowvale?

First-home buyers in QLD may be eligible for $30,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $750,000. The grant is administered by Queensland Revenue Office; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.

What council does Meadowvale belong to?

Meadowvale sits within the Bundaberg local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

How much are council rates in Meadowvale?

The average residential rates bill through Bundaberg is $1,773 a year (2025). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

How much is being built near Meadowvale?

Across Bundaberg, 997 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 44.7% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.

Which federal electorate is Meadowvale in?

Meadowvale sits within the federal Division of Flynn, currently held by Colin Boyce (Liberal National Party of Queensland).

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