Blacksmiths flood & bushfire risk
Of Blacksmiths’s 1,156 mapped properties, 97% are in a mapped flood area and 39.7% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Blacksmiths’s flood exposure is above the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is above the NSW average of 16.4%.
Check a specific Blacksmiths address
Risk varies property by property.
Hazard exposure
Where the hazards are in Blacksmiths
Flood and bushfire areas across Blacksmiths. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Blacksmiths
Blacksmiths sits in the Lake Macquarie council area, which recorded 15,313 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 15,313 total. Figures are for the whole Lake Macquarie council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in Blacksmiths
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 Blacksmiths 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 Blacksmiths
Blacksmiths is mostly residential. The most common zones:
Medium density residential — townhouses, terraces and low-rise units (the “missing middle”).
Zone: Medium Density Residential
Low density residential — mostly detached houses on standard suburban blocks.
Zone: Low Density Residential
Check your council’s planning scheme for what this zone allows.
Zone: Tourist
School catchments in Blacksmiths
Blacksmiths can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Blacksmiths
At the 2021 Census, 6.1% of Blacksmiths’s 1,881 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 Blacksmiths
Lake Macquarie council approved 1,214 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Lake Macquarie council area (not just Blacksmiths). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 118 Lakeview Parade, Blacksmiths NSW 2281
- 12 Watervale Close, Blacksmiths NSW 2281
- 4 Binda Street, Blacksmiths NSW 2281
- 4 Kuttul Street, Blacksmiths NSW 2281
- 4 Toowon Street, Blacksmiths NSW 2281
- 63 Karog Street, Blacksmiths NSW 2281
- 9 Biwong Street, Blacksmiths NSW 2281
- 9 Mallawa Street, Blacksmiths NSW 2281
Nearby suburbs
Other suburbs in Lake Macquarie
Compare Blacksmiths 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.