[2] Until gazetted as a suburb in the late 1990s, Meadow Heights was a housing estate planned within Coolaroo.

[5][3][4] In recent years, developers have focused their efforts on suburbs to the north, with very few new housing projects being completed since 2000.

[3][4] The most common ancestries in Meadow Heights were 21.8% Turkish, 12.2% Australian, 9.4% English, 9.0% Lebanese and 4.4% Iraqi.

Other languages spoken at home included 20.8% Turkish, 17.9% Arabic, 4.8% Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, 3.9% Vietnamese, and 3.2% Urdu.

Meadow Heights offers several places of interest, with the nearest cinema complex located to the south, in Broadmeadows.

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

The park has soccer fields and playgrounds near Barry Road and Magnolia Boulevard, providing barbecue and picnic areas for residents.

The wetlands is located south of Meadow Heights, at the end of Barry Road.