Berowra Heights bushfire risk
Of Berowra Heights’s 2,140 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 47.7% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Berowra 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 Berowra Heights
Flood and bushfire areas across Berowra Heights. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Berowra Heights
Berowra Heights sits in the Hornsby council area, which recorded 5,312 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 5,312 total. Figures are for the whole Hornsby council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in Berowra 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 Berowra 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 Berowra Heights
Berowra 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
Centre / commercial — shops, offices and mixed use; often allows apartments above.
Zone: Local Centre
School catchments in Berowra Heights
Berowra Heights can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Berowra Heights
At the 2021 Census, 21.1% of Berowra Heights’s 5,286 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 Berowra Heights
Hornsby council approved 411 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Hornsby council area (not just Berowra Heights). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 9 Beatrice Close, Berowra Heights NSW 2082
- 8 Bushview Place, Berowra Heights NSW 2082
- 38 Clinton Close, Berowra Heights NSW 2082
- 12 Currawong Road, Berowra Heights NSW 2082
- 3 Coreen Close, Berowra Heights NSW 2082
- 123 Berowra Waters Road, Berowra Heights NSW 2082
- 4 Mangaloo Street, Berowra Heights NSW 2082
- 63 Wideview Road, Berowra Heights NSW 2082
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.