Balgowlah Heights bushfire risk
Of Balgowlah Heights’s 1,358 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 14.8% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Balgowlah Heights’s flood exposure is below the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is in line with the NSW average of 16.4%.
Check a specific Balgowlah Heights address
Risk varies property by property.
Hazard exposure
Where the hazards are in Balgowlah Heights
Flood and bushfire areas across Balgowlah Heights. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Balgowlah Heights
Balgowlah Heights sits in the Northern Beaches council area, which recorded 7,760 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 7,760 total. Figures are for the whole Northern Beaches council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in Balgowlah 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 Balgowlah 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 Balgowlah Heights
Balgowlah Heights is mostly residential. The most common zones:
Low density residential — mostly detached houses on standard suburban blocks.
Zone: Low Density Residential
General residential — standard housing; allowable density varies by precinct.
Zone: Neighbourhood Centre
Environmental management — conservation land with strong limits on development.
Zone: Environmental Management
School catchments in Balgowlah Heights
Balgowlah Heights can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Balgowlah Heights
At the 2021 Census, 29.9% of Balgowlah Heights’s 3,546 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 Balgowlah Heights
Northern Beaches council approved 625 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Northern Beaches council area (not just Balgowlah Heights). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 10 Glenside Street, Balgowlah Heights NSW 2093
- 13 Bareena Drive, Balgowlah Heights NSW 2093
- 18 Dobroyd Road, Balgowlah Heights NSW 2093
- 19 Scales Parade, Balgowlah Heights NSW 2093
- 3 Gertrude Street, Balgowlah Heights NSW 2093
- 48 Woodland Street, Balgowlah Heights NSW 2093
- 6 Geddes Street, Balgowlah Heights NSW 2093
- 6 Heathcliff Crescent, Balgowlah Heights NSW 2093
Nearby suburbs
Other suburbs in Northern Beaches
Compare Balgowlah 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.