Meadow Heights, Victoria
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Meadow Heights is a suburb in Melbourne
, Victoria
, Australia, 18 km north from Melbourne's central business district
. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hume
. At the 2006 Census, Meadow Heights had a population of 14,559.
Meadow Heights underwent a property boom in the late 1980s
and early 1990s
, as demand for new houses rose, forcing prospective buyers into the outer suburban area. Meadow Heights Post Office opened on March 6, 1995.
In recent years, developers have focused their efforts on suburbs to the north, with very few new housing projects being completed since 2000.
Broadmeadows railway station
is situated 4 km to the south, while Roxburgh Park railway station
is situated 2 km to the north and a new train station in Coolaroo was opened on 6 June 2010. The area is served extensively by local taxi companies.
being located to the south, in Broadmeadows. There are several youth centres for social activities, and there is both an AFL
affiliated and 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 El Dorado Crescent to the south.
The main shopping centre is Centro Meadow Heights which is located on Paringa Boulevard, it features a SUPA IGA and over 25 specialty shops. The centre is undergoing a development which would include an Aldi Supermarket
and an extra five specialty stores to the centre.
There is also a mosque in Meadow Heights.
Recently a skate bowl just off Buchan Street was completed.
Meadow Heights has parks all throughout the suburb, the most largest of which is The Broadmeadows Valley Park which starts from Meadow Heights right down to Jacana with a bike trail along-side. The Park has soccer fields and playgrounds near Barry Road and Magnolia Boulevarde, providing barbecue and picnic areas for residents. Shankland Wetlands has a variety of introduced and native birdse, the wetlands is situated to Meadow Height's south at the end of Barry Road.
-Australian, with the main ethnic groups being Turkish
(about a quarter of Meadow Heights's population according to the ABS 2001 census), and although there is a part of Meadow Heights that does have a large percentage of Australia born citizens of Anglo Saxon heritage.
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, Australia, 18 km north from Melbourne's central business district
Central business district
A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In North America this part of a city is commonly referred to as "downtown" or "city center"...
. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hume
City of Hume
The City of Hume is a Local Government Area located partially within the metropolitan area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It includes outer north-western suburbs and a number of rural localities between 13 and 40 kilometres from the Melbourne city centre....
. At the 2006 Census, Meadow Heights had a population of 14,559.
History
Prior to Meadows Heights the area was officially known as 'Broadmeadows North'.Meadow Heights underwent a property boom in the late 1980s
1980s
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and early 1990s
1990s
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, as demand for new houses rose, forcing prospective buyers into the outer suburban area. Meadow Heights Post Office opened on March 6, 1995.
In recent years, developers have focused their efforts on suburbs to the north, with very few new housing projects being completed since 2000.
Transport
Bordered on the east by Pascoe Vale Road, parkland on the west and an inaccessible Somerton Road to the north, Meadow Heights is served by three bus routes.Broadmeadows railway station
Broadmeadows railway station, Melbourne
Broadmeadows is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Broadmeadows, on the Craigieburn railway line. Broadmeadows is classed as a Premium Station and is in Metcard Zone 2.-Facilities:...
is situated 4 km to the south, while Roxburgh Park railway station
Roxburgh Park railway station
Roxburgh Park is a suburban railway station located on the Craigieburn railway line on Thomas Brunton Parade in Roxburgh Park, Victoria, Australia...
is situated 2 km to the north and a new train station in Coolaroo was opened on 6 June 2010. The area is served extensively by local taxi companies.
Shopping and attractions
Meadow Heights offers little in the way of attractions, with the nearest cinema complexBroadmeadows Shopping Centre
Broadmeadows Shopping Centre is a single-level enclosed shopping centre in the northern Melbourne suburb of Broadmeadows. It has annual turnover of $322M, and a total retail area of 61,164 m²...
being located to the south, in Broadmeadows. There are several youth centres for social activities, and there is both an AFL
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
affiliated and 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 El Dorado Crescent to the south.
The main shopping centre is Centro Meadow Heights which is located on Paringa Boulevard, it features a SUPA IGA and over 25 specialty shops. The centre is undergoing a development which would include an Aldi Supermarket
ALDI
ALDI Einkauf GmbH & Co. oHG, doing business as ', short for "Albrecht Discount", is a discount supermarket chain based in Germany...
and an extra five specialty stores to the centre.
There is also a mosque in Meadow Heights.
Recently a skate bowl just off Buchan Street was completed.
Meadow Heights has parks all throughout the suburb, the most largest of which is The Broadmeadows Valley Park which starts from Meadow Heights right down to Jacana with a bike trail along-side. The Park has soccer fields and playgrounds near Barry Road and Magnolia Boulevarde, providing barbecue and picnic areas for residents. Shankland Wetlands has a variety of introduced and native birdse, the wetlands is situated to Meadow Height's south at the end of Barry Road.
Demographics
A sizable portion of Meadow Heights is non-AngloAnglo
Anglo is a prefix indicating a relation to the Angles, England or the English people, as in the terms Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-American, Anglo-Celtic, Anglo-African and Anglo-Indian. It is often used alone, somewhat loosely, to refer to people of British Isles descent in The Americas, Australia and...
-Australian, with the main ethnic groups being Turkish
Turkic peoples
The Turkic peoples are peoples residing in northern, central and western Asia, southern Siberia and northwestern China and parts of eastern Europe. They speak languages belonging to the Turkic language family. They share, to varying degrees, certain cultural traits and historical backgrounds...
(about a quarter of Meadow Heights's population according to the ABS 2001 census), and although there is a part of Meadow Heights that does have a large percentage of Australia born citizens of Anglo Saxon heritage.
See also
- City of BroadmeadowsCity of BroadmeadowsThe City of Broadmeadows was a Local Government Area located about north of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1857 until 1994.-History:...
- the former local government area of which Meadow Heights was a part