Meadow Creek flood map & planning overlays
Meadow Creek holds 21 ha farms with 7.2% flood mapping, median 43.
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A planning-constraint profile of Meadow Creek
(Wangaratta, VIC) - 73.87 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 6 October 2026.
Constraint readout
73.87 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Meadow Creek's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Meadow Creek
The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.
Observed overflight - sampled to
Night movements: observed, lowest 6,000 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.
How this is measured
Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously, so every figure is a floor: aircraft not captured between samples are not represented. Rates are per 500 m square - the busiest square in the suburb, not a count of flights over the suburb - and a square is only rated where enough traffic was seen to measure it. Altitudes are above mean sea level. Flight paths change with runway use, weather, season and airspace design. This is a record of observed traffic; it is not a noise contour and not a planning control.
Meadow Creek at a glance
How Meadow Creek is zoned
Selling in Meadow Creek? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 73.87 km², Meadow Creek is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 7% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 2 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 209,198 m² across 187 parcels.
Who lives in Meadow Creek
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Meadow Creek suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.
Socio-economic standing
ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.
Score 1019, and decile 7 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Meadow Creek's 112 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Wangaratta Surrounds, the wider ABS statistical area containing Meadow Creek. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Meadow Creek itself.
9,151 in 2001 to 10,070 in 2025, up 10%.
Source: ABS Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (Suburbs and Localities), Regional Population (SA2), CC BY 4.0. Small counts are randomly adjusted by the ABS.
Meadow Creek data sources and coverage
“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.
| Dataset | Coverage | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Flood mapping | Mapped | Vicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services |
| Bushfire-prone mapping | Mapped | Vicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services |
| Zoning | Mapped | Vicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services |
| Heritage and environment | Mapped where published | Vicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services |
| Aircraft noise contours (ANEF) | Not held | Vicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services, Defence |
| Observed flight paths | Observed | adsb.lol, under the Open Database License |
| Demographics | Available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
Profile last materially updated 6 October 2026. See the methodology and full source list. Source data changes over time and critical decisions should be checked with the responsible authority.
Check a specific Meadow Creek address
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Meadow Creek planning - frequently asked
Is Meadow Creek flood-prone?
About 7% of Meadow Creek falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 17%.
Is Meadow Creek bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Meadow Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Wangaratta average of 99%.
Is Meadow Creek under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Meadow Creek in the period sampled (recent weeks to now). Sampling is intermittent, so that is a floor rather than proof that none fly over. Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously and flight paths change with runway use, weather and season; the ANEF contour is the planning instrument.
What is the zoning in Meadow Creek?
The dominant planning zone in Meadow Creek is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ).
Does Meadow Creek have heritage-listed places?
Meadow Creek has 2 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Meadow Creek?
Across 187 surveyed parcels in Meadow Creek, the median lot size is about 209,198 m². There are also 19 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Meadow Creek?
At the 2021 Census Meadow Creek had 112 usual residents, with a median age of 43 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Wangaratta Surrounds statistical area, which contains Meadow Creek, went from 9,151 people in 2001 to 10,070 in 2025, up 10%.
Is Meadow Creek an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Meadow Creek scores 1019 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Meadow Creek?
Median household income in Meadow Creek was $1,437 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,531 for the typical suburb in Wangaratta. Median rent was $40 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,202 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moyhu | 6.3 km | 19% | 100% |
| Edi | 6.8 km | 22% | 100% |
| Bobinawarrah | 7.9 km | 9% | 100% |
| Carboor | 9.6 km | 3% | 100% |
| King Valley | 11.3 km | 22% | 100% |
| Whorouly South | 12.6 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Docker | 13.3 km | 26% | 100% |
| Hansonville | 14.1 km | 1% | 100% |
| Whorouly | 14.8 km | 51% | 100% |
| Markwood | 15.2 km | 31% | 100% |