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78B Old Kempsey Road, Gum Scrub NSW 2441

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Flood and fire risk

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Flood
Clear
Not within a mapped flood area.
Bushfire
In area
Bushfire-prone area
Zoning
Rural
Rural — farming and agricultural land; housing is limited.

Council zone: Rural Landscape

School catchment
2 zones
PrimaryTelegraph Point Public School
SecondaryHastings Secondary College, Westport Campus
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Property values

Median sale price across Gum Scrub's postcode area

Houses
$720,000-10.73%
Postcode-area median · Q4 2025

Postcode-area median — NSW figures are reported by postcode, so this covers Gum Scrub 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 Port Macquarie-Hastings

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7,613
offences per 100k — Port Macquarie-Hastings council area
6,592
reported offences (last 12 months) in the Port Macquarie-Hastings council area
0350700202120222023202420252026

Reported offences in the Port Macquarie-Hastings council area over time

Development in the area

New dwellings approved across Port Macquarie-Hastings council

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528
Dwellings/yr
355
Houses
173
Units
07501,5002020202120222023202420252026

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

Who lives here

8.3% of Gum Scrub’s 121 residents were born overseas

Top ancestries

Australian51.2%
English29.8%
Irish13.2%
Scottish8.3%
German5.8%
Australian Aboriginal2.5%

Top countries of birth

England4.1%

Suburb-level profile for Gum Scrub, 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).