Baw Baw bushfire risk
Of Baw Baw’s 153 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 100% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Baw Baw’s flood exposure is below the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is above the NSW average of 16.4%.
Check a specific Baw Baw address
Risk varies property by property.
Hazard exposure
Where the hazards are in Baw Baw
Flood and bushfire areas across Baw Baw. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Baw Baw
Baw Baw sits in the Goulburn Mulwaree council area, which recorded 3,030 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 3,030 total. Figures are for the whole Goulburn Mulwaree council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in Baw Baw
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 Baw Baw 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 Baw Baw
Baw Baw is mostly environmental. The most common zones:
Environmental management — conservation land with strong limits on development.
Zone: Environmental Management
Check your council’s planning scheme for what this zone allows.
Zone: Transition
Check your council’s planning scheme for what this zone allows.
Zone: Primary Production
School catchments in Baw Baw
Baw Baw can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Baw Baw
At the 2021 Census, 11.8% of Baw Baw’s 271 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 Baw Baw
Goulburn Mulwaree council approved 333 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Goulburn Mulwaree council area (not just Baw Baw). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
Nearby suburbs
Other suburbs in Goulburn Mulwaree
Compare Baw Baw 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.