Buchanan bushfire risk
Of Buchanan’s 209 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 65.1% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Buchanan’s flood exposure is below the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is above the NSW average of 16.4%.
Check a specific Buchanan address
Risk varies property by property.
Hazard exposure
Where the hazards are in Buchanan
Flood and bushfire areas across Buchanan. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Buchanan
Buchanan sits in the Cessnock council area, which recorded 6,409 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 6,409 total. Figures are for the whole Cessnock council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in Buchanan
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 Buchanan 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 Buchanan
Buchanan is mostly residential. The most common zones:
Low density residential — mostly detached houses on standard suburban blocks.
Zone: Low Density Residential
Rural — farming and agricultural land; housing is limited.
Zone: Rural Landscape
Special purpose — infrastructure or a specific institutional use.
Zone: Infrastructure
School catchments in Buchanan
Buchanan can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Buchanan
At the 2021 Census, 4.7% of Buchanan’s 212 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 Buchanan
Cessnock council approved 767 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Cessnock council area (not just Buchanan). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 128 Meredith Road, Buchanan NSW 2323
- 1395 George Booth Drive, Buchanan NSW 2323
- 15A Camargo Circuit, Buchanan NSW 2323
- 18 Kooralbyn Road, Buchanan NSW 2323
- 208 Averys Lane, Buchanan NSW 2323
- 255 John Renshaw Drive, Buchanan NSW 2323
- 37 Valley View Lane, Buchanan NSW 2323
- 846 Buchanan Road, Buchanan NSW 2323
Nearby suburbs
Other suburbs in Cessnock
Compare Buchanan 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.