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Big Springs bushfire risk

Of Big Springs’s 113 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 100% are in a bushfire hazard area.

For context, Big Springs’s flood exposure is below the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is above the NSW average of 16.4%.

0%
In a flood area
100%
In a bushfire area
113
Mapped properties

Where the hazards are in Big Springs

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

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Crime near Big Springs

Big Springs sits in the Wagga Wagga council area, which recorded 7,985 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 7,985 total. Figures are for the whole Wagga Wagga council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.

Property values in Big Springs

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

Houses
$700,000+7.62%
Postcode-area median · Q4 2025
Units & apartments
$455,000+18.95%
Postcode-area median · Q4 2025

Indicative postcode-area estimate — NSW medians are reported by postcode, so Big Springs 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 Big Springs

Big Springs is mostly other. The most common zones:

Other85% of properties

Check your council’s planning scheme for what this zone allows.

Zone: Primary Production

Rural14.2% of properties

Rural — farming and agricultural land; housing is limited.

Zone: Rural Landscape

Open space0.9% of properties

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

Zone: National Parks and Nature Reserves

School catchments in Big Springs

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

Who lives in Big Springs

At the 2021 Census, 0.7% of Big Springs’s 135 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

English47.4%
Australian35.6%
Irish21.5%
Scottish20.7%
German11.1%

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

Development near Big Springs

Wagga Wagga council approved 479 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.

479
Dwellings/yr
330
Houses
149
Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Wagga Wagga council area (not just Big Springs). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Risk varies property by property. Check a specific Big Springs 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.