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18 Binda Street, Blacksmiths NSW 2281

Low overall risk

This property is in a mapped flood area

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Flood
Flood-prone
Within a mapped flood-planning area (no likelihood grade assigned).
Bushfire
Clear
Not within a mapped bushfire hazard area.
Zoning
Residential
Low density residential — mostly detached houses on standard suburban blocks.

Council zone: Low Density Residential

School catchment
2 zones
PrimaryBlacksmiths Public School
SecondarySwansea High School
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Property values

Median sale price across Blacksmiths's postcode area

Houses
$1,170,000+8.84%
Postcode-area median · Q4 2025
Units & apartments
$850,000+30.77%
Postcode-area median · Q4 2025

Postcode-area median — NSW figures are reported by postcode, so this covers Blacksmiths and nearby suburbs sharing its postcode. Not a valuation of this specific property. Source: NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report — sales tables (postcode).

Crime

Reported offences around Lake Macquarie

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7,157
offences per 100k — Lake Macquarie council area
15,313
reported offences (last 12 months) in the Lake Macquarie council area
01,0002,000202120222023202420252026

Reported offences in the Lake Macquarie council area over time

Development in the area

New dwellings approved across Lake Macquarie council

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1,187
Dwellings/yr
768
Houses
419
Units
01,0002,0002020202120222023202420252026

New dwellings approved in the 12 months to May 2026, across the whole Lake Macquarie council area (not just this address). Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Who lives here

6.1% of Blacksmiths’s 1,881 residents were born overseas

Top ancestries

English45.3%
Australian43.4%
Scottish11.6%
Irish11.1%
Australian Aboriginal7.1%
German3.7%

Top countries of birth

England1.5%
New Zealand0.9%
South Africa0.6%
Philippines0.5%
Germany0.4%
South Korea0.2%

Suburb-level profile for Blacksmiths, not this specific address. Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.

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Indicative only — verify with the relevant council or department before relying on it. Sources: NSW Department of Planning (land zoning & flood-planning overlays), NSW Rural Fire Service (bushfire-prone land), NSW Department of Education (school catchments), NSW BOCSAR (crime), Geoscape G-NAF (addresses).