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%.
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.
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.
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.
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:
Low density residential — mostly detached houses on standard suburban blocks.
Zone: Low Density Residential
Centre / commercial — shops, offices and mixed use; often allows apartments above.
Zone: Local Centre
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
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 Brunswick Heads
Byron council approved 206 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Byron council area (not just Brunswick Heads). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 16 Mariners Court, Brunswick Heads NSW 2483
- 132 The Saddle Road, Brunswick Heads NSW 2483
- 12/7 Newberry Parade, Brunswick Heads NSW 2483
- 2 Pandanus Court, Brunswick Heads NSW 2483
- 6/5 Mona Lane, Brunswick Heads NSW 2483
- 24 Old Pacific Highway, Brunswick Heads NSW 2483
- 1 Torakina Road, Brunswick Heads NSW 2483
- 10 Cudgen Street, Brunswick Heads NSW 2483
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.