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17 Alder Avenue, Lane Cove West NSW 2066

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Flood
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Bushfire
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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
PrimaryLane Cove West Public School
SecondaryHunters Hill High School
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Property values

Median sale price across Lane Cove West's postcode area

Houses
$3,675,000+11.36%
Postcode-area median · Q4 2025
Units & apartments
$1,000,000+4.71%
Postcode-area median · Q4 2025

Postcode-area median — NSW figures are reported by postcode, so this covers Lane Cove West 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 Lane Cove

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2,866
offences per 100k — Lane Cove council area
1,135
reported offences (last 12 months) in the Lane Cove council area
075150202120222023202420252026

Reported offences in the Lane Cove council area over time

Development in the area

New dwellings approved across Lane Cove council

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405
Dwellings/yr
28
Houses
377
Units
04008002020202120222023202420252026

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

Who lives here

39.1% of Lane Cove West’s 3,146 residents were born overseas

Top ancestries

English26.8%
Australian25.5%
Chinese11.4%
Irish10.5%
Scottish7.8%
Indian5%

Top countries of birth

England4.6%
China3.8%
India3.4%
Iran3.1%
New Zealand1.8%
Hong Kong1.3%

Suburb-level profile for Lane Cove West, 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).