Meadow Heights, Victoria

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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = suburb
| name = Meadow Heights
| city = Melbourne
| state = Vic
| image = Paringa_Boulevard,_Meadow_Heights.jpg
| caption = Paringa Boulevard, Meadow Heights
| lga = City of Hume
| alternative_location_map = Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne
| coordinates = {{coord|37.650|S|144.922|E|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in metropolitan Melbourne
| postcode = 3048
| pop = 14,890
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| pop_footnotes = <ref name=abs>{{Census 2021 AUS | id = SAL21635 | name = Meadow Heights (Suburbs and Localities) | accessdate = 1 July 2022 | quick = on}}</ref>
| area = 4.6
| est = 1980s
| stategov = [[Electoral district of Greenvale|Greenvale]]
| fedgov = [[Division of Calwell|Calwell]]
| dist1 = 18
| dir1 = N
| location1 = Melbourne
| dist2 =
| location2 =
| near-nw = [[Greenvale, Victoria|Greenvale]]
| near-n = [[Roxburgh Park, Victoria|Roxburgh Park]]
| near-ne = [[Roxburgh Park, Victoria|Roxburgh Park]]
| near-w = [[Greenvale, Victoria|Greenvale]]
| near-e = [[Coolaroo, Victoria|Coolaroo]]
| near-sw = [[Attwood, Victoria|Attwood]]
| near-s = [[Westmeadows, Victoria|Westmeadows]]
| near-se = [[Coolaroo, Victoria|Coolaroo]]
| local_map = yes
| zoom = 12
}}

'''Meadow Heights''' is a suburb in [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]], {{convert|18|km|abbr=on}} north of Melbourne's [[Melbourne central business district|Central Business District]], located within the [[City of Hume]] [[Local government areas of Victoria|local government area]]. Meadow Heights recorded a population of 14,890 at the [[2021 Australian census|2021 census]].<ref name=abs/>

Meadow Heights is bounded by Somerton Road in the north, [[Pascoe Vale Road]] in the east, Barry Road in the south and the [[Broadmeadows Valley Park]] in the west.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Meadow Heights|url=https://profile.id.com.au/hume/about?WebID=200|access-date=27 July 2022|website=Hume City Community Profile|language=en-AU}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Coolaroo Meadow Heights aerial.jpg|thumb|Aerial view Meadow Heights, Victoria]]

Until gazetted as a suburb in the late 1994 Meadow Heights was a housing estate planned within [[Coolaroo, Victoria|Coolaroo]].<ref name = "vicplacesmeadowheights">{{Citation | work = Victorian Places | title = Meadow Heights | publisher = Victorian Places | url = https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/meadow-heights | access-date = 25 July 2022}}</ref><ref name = "vicplacescoolaroo">{{Citation | work = Victorian Places | title = Coolaroo | publisher = Victorian Places | url = https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/coolaroo | access-date = 25 July 2022}}</ref>

When still open country, Meadow Heights was known as Broadmeadows North. The land was acquired by the Housing Commission for one of its several estates in the Broadmeadows region. Coolaroo, immediately east of Meadow Heights was built by the Commission during 1966-72. In 1975 the Commission started building at Meadow Heights, although at that time the new estate was named Westmeadows Heights. (See separate entry on Westmeadows for an explanation of the name.) In 1982 the new estate was also considered to be part of Coolaroo.<ref name = "vicplacesmeadowheights">{{Citation | work = Victorian Places | title = Meadow Heights | publisher = Victorian Places | url = https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/meadow-heights | access-date = 25 July 2022}}</ref><ref name = "vicplacescoolaroo">{{Citation | work = Victorian Places | title = Coolaroo | publisher = Victorian Places | url = https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/coolaroo | access-date = 25 July 2022}}</ref>

Westmeadows Heights primary school opened in 1977, and Bethal primary school opened two years later. Both came commendably early in the growth of new public housing estates. The Commission withdrew from house construction and left it to The Urban Land Authority (later "VicUrban" and then "[[Places Victoria]]") to complete the estate. it acquired 230 hectares from the Housing Commission for $3 million in 1986 and has created about 3000 blocks. Completion of the suburb took until the 1990s, with a post office not opening until 1995.<ref name = "vicplacesmeadowheights">{{Citation | work = Victorian Places | title = Meadow Heights | publisher = Victorian Places | url = https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/meadow-heights | access-date = 25 July 2022}}</ref><ref name = "vicplacescoolaroo">{{Citation | work = Victorian Places | title = Coolaroo | publisher = Victorian Places | url = https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/coolaroo | access-date = 25 July 2022}}</ref>

There is a shopping centre in the middle of Meadow Heights,Built by Deal Corporation And Opened In November 1993 with an Islamic mosque and cultural centre,(2007) a Catholic church and learning centre, and a community centre to the south. The Coolaroo railway station (2010) is immediately south-east of Meadow Heights.<ref name = "vicplacesmeadowheights">{{Citation | work = Victorian Places | title = Meadow Heights | publisher = Victorian Places | url = https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/meadow-heights | access-date = 25 July 2022}}</ref><ref name = "vicplacescoolaroo">{{Citation | work = Victorian Places | title = Coolaroo | publisher = Victorian Places | url = https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/coolaroo | access-date = 25 July 2022}}</ref>

Meadow Heights Post Office opened on 6 March 1995.<ref name = "a">{{Citation| last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Meadow*Heights* | access-date =27 January 2021 }}</ref><ref name = "vicplacesmeadowheights">{{Citation | work = Victorian Places | title = Meadow Heights | publisher = Victorian Places | url = https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/meadow-heights | access-date = 25 July 2022}}</ref><ref name = "vicplacescoolaroo">{{Citation | work = Victorian Places | title = Coolaroo | publisher = Victorian Places | url = https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/coolaroo | access-date = 25 July 2022}}</ref>

In recent years, developers have focused their efforts on suburbs to the north, with very few new housing projects being completed since 2000.<ref name = "vicplacesmeadowheights">{{Citation | work = Victorian Places | title = Meadow Heights | publisher = Victorian Places | url = https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/meadow-heights | access-date = 25 July 2022}}</ref><ref name = "vicplacescoolaroo">{{Citation | work = Victorian Places | title = Coolaroo | publisher = Victorian Places | url = https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/coolaroo | access-date = 25 July 2022}}</ref>

==Demographics==

The most common ancestries in Meadow Heights were 21.8% Turkish, 12.2% Australian, 9.4% English, 9.0% Lebanese and 4.4% Iraqi. 46.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were 11.1% [[Turkey]], 7.1% [[Iraq]], 4.3% [[Lebanon]], 3.0% [[Syria]] and 2.5% [[Vietnam]].

23.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included 20.8% [[Turkish language|Turkish]], 17.9% [[Arabic]], 4.8% [[Assyrian Neo-Aramaic]], 3.9% [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]], and 3.2% [[Urdu language|Urdu]].

The most common responses for religion in Meadow Heights were 48.1% [[Islam]], 18.1% [[Catholic]], 9.7% [[irreligion|No Religion]] and 2.4% [[Assyrian Church of the East|Assyrian Apostolic]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Meadow Heights Demographics (VIC) Local Stats|url=http://meadow-heights.localstats.com.au/demographics/vic/melbourne/north/meadow-heights|work=Qpzm}}</ref>

==Education==

Meadow Heights has two primary schools (Meadow Heights Primary School and Bethal Primary School) and several childcare centres.

==Places of interest==

Meadow Heights offers several places of interest, with the nearest [[Broadmeadows Central|cinema complex]] located to the south, in [[Broadmeadows, Victoria|Broadmeadows]]. There are several youth centres for social activities and there is a soccer team in the area.

There are around four milk bars; on Bicentennial Crescent and Magnolia Boulevard in the north, Taggerty Crescent in the centre, and one on Eldorado Crescent to the south.

The main shopping centre is the Meadow Heights Shopping Centre, which is located on Paringa Boulevard. It features a [[Independent Grocers of Australia|SUPA IGA Supermarket]] and over 25 specialty shops.

There is also a mosque in Meadow Heights, near the shopping centre.

A community centre and a skate bowl are located in the Buchan Street Reserve.

Meadow Heights has parks all throughout the suburb, the largest of which is the [[Broadmeadows Valley Park]], which starts from Meadow Heights right down to [[Jacana, Victoria|Jacana]], with a [[Broadmeadows Valley Trail|bike trail]] alongside. The park has soccer fields and playgrounds near Barry Road and Magnolia Boulevard, providing barbecue and picnic areas for residents. Shankland Wetlands has a variety of introduced and native birds. The wetlands is located south of Meadow Heights, at the end of Barry Road.

==Transport==
===Bus===
Six [[List of Melbourne bus routes|bus routes]] service Meadow Heights.

The following bus routes run through Meadow Heights:
* {{color box|00acdd|'''541'''|white}}: [[Broadmeadows railway station, Melbourne|Broadmeadows station]] – [[Craigieburn, Victoria|Craigieburn North]] via Meadow Heights. Operated by [[Dysons]].<ref>{{cite PTV route|541}}</ref>
* {{color box|8c62aa|'''542'''|white}}: [[Roxburgh Park railway station|Roxburgh Park station]] – [[Pascoe Vale railway station|Pascoe Vale station]] via Meadow Heights, [[Broadmeadows, Victoria|Broadmeadows]] and [[Glenroy, Victoria|Glenroy]]. Operated by Dysons.<ref>{{cite PTV route|542}}</ref>

The following bus routes travel along the boundaries of Meadow Heights:
* {{color box|f68b1f|'''484'''|white}}: Broadmeadows station – Roxburgh Park station via [[Greenvale, Victoria|Greenvale]]. Operated by [[CDC Melbourne]].<ref>{{cite PTV route|484}}</ref>
* {{color box|00a54f|'''543'''|white}}: Greenvale Gardens – Roxburgh Park station via Greenvale Village Shopping Centre. Operated by CDC Melbourne.<ref>{{cite PTV route|543}}</ref>
* {{color box|e7b222|'''901'''|white}}: [[Frankston railway station|Frankston station]] – [[Melbourne Airport]] ([[SmartBus]] service). Operated by [[Kinetic Melbourne]].<ref>{{cite PTV route|901}}</ref>
* {{color box|f36421|'''953'''|white}}: Broadmeadows station – [[Craigieburn, Victoria|Craigieburn]] via [[Roxburgh Park, Victoria|Roxburgh Park]] ([[Night Network (Melbourne)#Night Bus|Night Bus]] service, operates Saturday and Sunday mornings only). Operated by [[Ventura Bus Lines]].<ref>{{cite PTV route|953}}</ref>

===Road===
Meadow Heights is bordered by [[Pascoe Vale Road, Melbourne|Pascoe Vale Road]] on the east, parkland on the west, Barry Road on the south and Somerton Road to the north.

The area is also served extensively by local taxi companies.

=== Train ===
[[Coolaroo railway station|Coolaroo]] and [[Roxburgh Park railway station|Roxburgh Park]] are the nearest railway stations to Meadow Heights. Both are located on the [[Craigieburn railway line|Craigieburn line]].

==See also==
* [[City of Broadmeadows]] – Meadow Heights was previously within this former local government area.

==References==
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==External links==

{{City of Hume suburbs}}

[[Category:Suburbs of Melbourne]]
[[Category:Suburbs of the City of Hume]]

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