[1][3] It is located 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from the Wellington central business district.

Despite its name suggesting that the area was once flat open fields, the suburb was created on steeply sloping hills and features the highest streets within Wellington City with a number of houses located more than 300m above sea level.

The ward is represented by Diane Calvert, Simon Woolf and Rebecca Matthews as of 2020.

[5] In national government Broadmeadows is part of the Ōhāriu general electorate represented by Greg O'Connor of the New Zealand Labour Party since 2017.

Bus 24 connects Johnsonville and Broadmeadows to the CBD and goes via Courtenay Place to Miramar Heights.