Bourkelands bushfire risk
Of Bourkelands’s 1,353 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 16.1% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Bourkelands’s flood exposure is below the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is in line with the NSW average of 16.4%.
Where the hazards are in Bourkelands
Flood and bushfire areas across Bourkelands. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Bourkelands
Bourkelands sits in the Wagga Wagga council area, which recorded 7,985 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
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 Bourkelands
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 Bourkelands 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 Bourkelands
Bourkelands is mostly residential. The most common zones:
General residential — standard housing; allowable density varies by precinct.
Zone: General Residential
Open space / recreation — parks and sporting land; not for housing.
Zone: Public Recreation
Environmental management — conservation land with strong limits on development.
Zone: Environmental Conservation
School catchments in Bourkelands
Bourkelands can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Bourkelands
At the 2021 Census, 14.9% of Bourkelands’s 3,113 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 Bourkelands
Wagga Wagga council approved 479 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Wagga Wagga council area (not just Bourkelands). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 37 Bourkelands Drive, Bourkelands NSW 2650
- 360 Bourke Street, Bourkelands NSW 2650
- 20 Clifton Street, Bourkelands NSW 2650
- 6 Nethereby Place, Bourkelands NSW 2650
- 1 Glenvale Place, Bourkelands NSW 2650
- 1/17 Kincora Place, Bourkelands NSW 2650
- 24 Yanko Crescent, Bourkelands NSW 2650
- 40 Berembee Road, Bourkelands NSW 2650
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.