Adamstown Heights bushfire risk
Of Adamstown Heights’s 2,271 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 44.6% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Adamstown Heights’s flood exposure is below the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is above the NSW average of 16.4%.
Check a specific Adamstown Heights address
Risk varies property by property.
Hazard exposure
Where the hazards are in Adamstown Heights
Flood and bushfire areas across Adamstown Heights. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Adamstown Heights
Adamstown Heights sits in the Newcastle council area, which recorded 22,107 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 22,107 total. Figures are for the whole Newcastle council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in Adamstown Heights
Median sale price by property type, reported by postcode area — suburbs sharing a postcode show the same figure.
Indicative postcode-area estimate — NSW medians are reported by postcode, so Adamstown Heights shares this figure with nearby suburbs in the same postcode. Not a valuation of any specific property. Source: NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report — sales tables (postcode).
Zoning in Adamstown Heights
Adamstown Heights is mostly residential. The most common zones:
Low density residential — mostly detached houses on standard suburban blocks.
Zone: Low Density Residential
Medium density residential — townhouses, terraces and low-rise units (the “missing middle”).
Zone: Medium Density Residential
Open space / recreation — parks and sporting land; not for housing.
Zone: Public Recreation
School catchments in Adamstown Heights
Adamstown Heights can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Adamstown Heights
At the 2021 Census, 13.5% of Adamstown Heights’s 5,621 residents were born overseas.
Top ancestries
Top countries of birth
Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.
Development near Adamstown Heights
Newcastle council approved 854 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Newcastle council area (not just Adamstown Heights). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 11 Toohey Crescent, Adamstown Heights NSW 2289
- 11 Wade Street, Adamstown Heights NSW 2289
- 13 Elton Close, Adamstown Heights NSW 2289
- 16 Orana Crescent, Adamstown Heights NSW 2289
- 20 Muraban Street, Adamstown Heights NSW 2289
- 22 Ellerslie Road, Adamstown Heights NSW 2289
- 30 Dalvern Close, Adamstown Heights NSW 2289
- 79 Garden Grove Parade, Adamstown Heights NSW 2289
Nearby suburbs
Other suburbs in Newcastle
Compare Adamstown Heights with the rest of the council area, largest first.
Figures are indicative only — verify any specific property with the relevant council. Sources: council/state planning schemes & flood mapping, Geoscape G-NAF, state police crime statistics, ABS.