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Berowra Waters flood & bushfire risk

Of Berowra Waters’s 586 mapped properties, 23.9% are in a mapped flood area and 76.5% are in a bushfire hazard area.

For context, Berowra Waters’s flood exposure is above the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is above the NSW average of 16.4%.

23.9%
In a flood area
76.5%
In a bushfire area
586
Mapped properties

Where the hazards are in Berowra Waters

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

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Crime near Berowra Waters

Berowra Waters sits in the Hornsby council area, which recorded 5,312 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.

Showing all crime — tap an offence type below to plot it over time.
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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 Waters

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

Houses
$1,695,000+13%
Postcode-area median · Q4 2025

Indicative postcode-area estimate — NSW medians are reported by postcode, so Berowra Waters 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 Waters

Berowra Waters is mostly environmental. The most common zones:

Environmental71.5% of properties

Environmental management — conservation land with strong limits on development.

Zone: Environmental Living

Environmental23.7% of properties

Environmental management — conservation land with strong limits on development.

Zone: Environmental Conservation

Open space2.4% of properties

Open space / recreation — parks and sporting land; not for housing.

Zone: Public Recreation

School catchments in Berowra Waters

Berowra Waters can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.

Who lives in Berowra Waters

At the 2021 Census, 23.1% of Berowra Waters’s 169 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

English46.2%
Australian27.2%
Scottish17.2%
Irish16.6%
German5.9%
Vietnamese3.6%

Top countries of birth

England9.5%
New Zealand3.6%
Singapore3.6%
United States2.4%

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

Development near Berowra Waters

Hornsby council approved 411 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.

411
Dwellings/yr
207
Houses
204
Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Hornsby council area (not just Berowra Waters). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Risk varies property by property. Check a specific Berowra Waters address:

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.