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Brunswick Heads bushfire risk

Of Brunswick Heads’s 1,944 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 50.1% are in a bushfire hazard area.

For context, Brunswick Heads’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
50.1%
In a bushfire area
1,944
Mapped properties

Where the hazards are in Brunswick Heads

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

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Crime near Brunswick Heads

Brunswick Heads sits in the Byron council area, which recorded 2,939 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 2,939 total. Figures are for the whole Byron council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.

Property values in Brunswick Heads

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

Houses
$1,382,000+15.17%
Postcode-area median · Q4 2025
Units & apartments
$938,000+5.93%
Postcode-area median · Q4 2025

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

Brunswick Heads is mostly residential. The most common zones:

Residential49.8% of properties

Low density residential — mostly detached houses on standard suburban blocks.

Zone: Low Density Residential

Centre / commercial11.8% of properties

Centre / commercial — shops, offices and mixed use; often allows apartments above.

Zone: Local Centre

Open space10.2% of properties

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

Zone: Public Recreation

School catchments in Brunswick Heads

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

Who lives in Brunswick Heads

At the 2021 Census, 16.7% of Brunswick Heads’s 1,905 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

English44%
Australian33.5%
Irish17.9%
Scottish12.2%
German5.9%
Italian3.9%

Top countries of birth

England4.5%
New Zealand2.3%
Canada1.2%
United States1.1%
Brazil0.6%
Italy0.6%

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

Development near Brunswick Heads

Byron council approved 206 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.

206
Dwellings/yr
123
Houses
83
Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Byron council area (not just Brunswick Heads). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Risk varies property by property. Check a specific Brunswick Heads 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.