Blacktown bushfire risk
Of Blacktown’s 27,280 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 1.9% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Blacktown’s flood exposure is below the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is below the NSW average of 16.4%.
Check a specific Blacktown address
Risk varies property by property.
Hazard exposure
Where the hazards are in Blacktown
Flood and bushfire areas across Blacktown. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Blacktown
Blacktown sits in the Blacktown council area, which recorded 33,614 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 33,614 total. Figures are for the whole Blacktown council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in Blacktown
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 Blacktown 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 Blacktown
Blacktown is mostly residential. The most common zones:
Low density residential — mostly detached houses on standard suburban blocks.
Zone: Low Density Residential
High density residential — apartments and higher-rise living, usually near centres or transport.
Zone: High Density Residential
Centre / commercial — shops, offices and mixed use; often allows apartments above.
Zone: Mixed Use
School catchments in Blacktown
Blacktown can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Blacktown
At the 2021 Census, 50.1% of Blacktown’s 50,961 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 Blacktown
Blacktown council approved 2,414 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Blacktown council area (not just Blacktown). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
Nearby suburbs
Other suburbs in Blacktown
Compare Blacktown 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.