Baulkham Hills bushfire risk

Of Baulkham Hills’s 18,369 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 5.1% are in a bushfire hazard area.

For context, Baulkham Hills’s flood exposure is below the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is below the NSW average of 16.4%.

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Risk varies property by property.

Hazard exposure

0%
Of properties in a flood area
5.1%
Of properties in a bushfire area
18,369
Mapped properties

Where the hazards are in Baulkham Hills

Flood and bushfire areas across Baulkham Hills. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.

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Crime near Baulkham Hills

Baulkham Hills sits in the The Hills council area, which recorded 5,406 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.

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Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 5,406 total. Figures are for the whole The Hills council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.

Property values in Baulkham Hills

Median sale price by property type, reported by postcode area — suburbs sharing a postcode show the same figure.

Houses
$1,950,000+5.26%
Postcode-area median · January - March 2026
Units & apartments
$955,000-4.5%
Postcode-area median · January - March 2026

Indicative postcode-area estimate — NSW medians are reported by postcode, so Baulkham Hills 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 Baulkham Hills

Baulkham Hills is mostly residential. The most common zones:

Residential58.1% of properties

Low density residential — mostly detached houses on standard suburban blocks.

Zone: Low Density Residential

Residential17.8% of properties

Medium density residential — townhouses, terraces and low-rise units (the “missing middle”).

Zone: Medium Density Residential

Residential10.2% of properties

High density residential — apartments and higher-rise living, usually near centres or transport.

Zone: High Density Residential

Who lives in Baulkham Hills

At the 2021 Census, 41% of Baulkham Hills’s 37,415 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

Australian21.8%
English21.8%
Chinese17.5%
Indian9.8%
Irish7.2%
Scottish5.9%

Top countries of birth

China8.2%
India7.5%
England2.3%
South Korea2.1%
Iran1.7%
Sri Lanka1.6%

Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.

Development near Baulkham Hills

The Hills council approved 2,696 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.

2,696
Dwellings/yr
1,323
Houses
1,373
Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole The Hills council area (not just Baulkham Hills). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

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.