Bellbird Heights bushfire risk
Of Bellbird Heights’s 415 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 33.7% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Bellbird Heights’s flood exposure is below the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is above the NSW average of 16.4%.
Where the hazards are in Bellbird Heights
Flood and bushfire areas across Bellbird Heights. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Bellbird Heights
Bellbird Heights sits in the Cessnock council area, which recorded 6,409 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 6,409 total. Figures are for the whole Cessnock council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in Bellbird 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 Bellbird 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 Bellbird Heights
Bellbird Heights is mostly residential. The most common zones:
Low density residential — mostly detached houses on standard suburban blocks.
Zone: Low Density Residential
Special purpose — infrastructure or a specific institutional use.
Zone: Infrastructure
Open space / recreation — parks and sporting land; not for housing.
Zone: Public Recreation
School catchments in Bellbird Heights
Bellbird Heights can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Bellbird Heights
At the 2021 Census, 7% of Bellbird Heights’s 805 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 Bellbird Heights
Cessnock council approved 793 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Cessnock council area (not just Bellbird Heights). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 272 Wollombi Road, Bellbird Heights NSW 2325
- 1 Lochinvar Street, Bellbird Heights NSW 2325
- 21 Keelendi Road, Bellbird Heights NSW 2325
- 6 Brown Street, Bellbird Heights NSW 2325
- 30 Cruickshank Street, Bellbird Heights NSW 2325
- 2 Victoria Street, Bellbird Heights NSW 2325
- 106 Mathieson Street, Bellbird Heights NSW 2325
Nearby suburbs
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.