Booral flood & bushfire risk

Of Booral’s 361 mapped properties, 5.3% are in a mapped flood area and 89.2% are in a bushfire hazard area.

For context, Booral’s flood exposure is in line with the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is above the NSW average of 16.4%.

Check a specific Booral address

Risk varies property by property.

Hazard exposure

5.3%
Of properties in a flood area
89.2%
Of properties in a bushfire area
361
Mapped properties

Where the hazards are in Booral

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

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Crime near Booral

Booral sits in the Mid-Coast council area, which recorded 8,378 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 8,378 total. Figures are for the whole Mid-Coast council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.

Property values in Booral

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

Houses
$813,000+34.3%
Postcode-area median · January - March 2026

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

Booral is mostly rural. The most common zones:

Rural85% of properties

Rural — farming and agricultural land; housing is limited.

Zone: Rural Landscape

Other14.7% of properties

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

Zone: Village

Open space0.3% of properties

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

Zone: Public Recreation

School catchments in Booral

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

Who lives in Booral

At the 2021 Census, 7.2% of Booral’s 457 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

Australian44.9%
English39.8%
Scottish9.6%
Irish7.7%
German5.9%
Australian Aboriginal4.2%

Top countries of birth

England2.4%
New Zealand2.4%
South Africa0.7%

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

Development near Booral

Mid-Coast council approved 504 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.

504
Dwellings/yr
440
Houses
64
Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Mid-Coast council area (not just Booral). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

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.