8 Short Street, Forest Lodge NSW 2037

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Flood
Clear
Not within a mapped flood area.
Bushfire
Clear
Not within a mapped bushfire hazard area.
Zoning
Residential
General residential — standard housing; allowable density varies by precinct.

Council zone: General Residential

School catchment
3 zones
PrimaryForest Lodge Public School
SecondarySydney Secondary College Leichhardt Campus
SecondarySydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus
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Where this property sits

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Property values

Median sale price across Forest Lodge's postcode area

Houses
$2,643,000+3.63%
Postcode-area median · January - March 2026
Units & apartments
$1,275,000+4.51%
Postcode-area median · January - March 2026

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

Reported offences around Sydney

19,554
offences per 100k — Sydney council area
42,013
reported offences (last 12 months) in the Sydney council area
03,2506,500202120222023202420252026

Reported offences in the Sydney council area over time

Development in the area

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New dwellings approved across Sydney council

1,694
Dwellings/yr
24
Houses
1,670
Units
01,5003,0002020202120222023202420252026

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

Who lives here

41.4% of Forest Lodge’s 4,965 residents were born overseas

Top ancestries

English31.4%
Australian22.3%
Chinese14.6%
Irish12.4%
Scottish10%
German4.2%

Top countries of birth

China7%
England5.9%
New Zealand3.2%
United States1.3%
India1.3%
Malaysia1.3%

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

A note on insurance. This is government flood and bushfire mapping — the public data that insurers’ databases (NFID) are built from. Insurers price using proprietary, address-level models (and Bushfire Attack Level for bushfire), so use this to inform an insurance quote, not replace one.

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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).