Bucketty bushfire risk
Of Bucketty’s 206 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 100% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Bucketty’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 Bucketty
Flood and bushfire areas across Bucketty. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Bucketty
Bucketty 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 Bucketty
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 Bucketty 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 Bucketty
Bucketty is mostly rural. The most common zones:
Rural — farming and agricultural land; housing is limited.
Zone: Rural Landscape
Special purpose — infrastructure or a specific institutional use.
Zone: Infrastructure
Check your council’s planning scheme for what this zone allows.
Zone: Forestry
School catchments in Bucketty
Bucketty can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Bucketty
At the 2021 Census, 20.6% of Bucketty’s 165 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 Bucketty
Cessnock council approved 793 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Cessnock council area (not just Bucketty). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 5555A George Downes Drive, Bucketty NSW 2250
- 113 Mison Road, Bucketty NSW 2250
- 216 Sternbeck Road, Bucketty NSW 2250
- 39 Bucketty Private 3 Road, Bucketty NSW 2250
- 35 Orpen Road, Bucketty NSW 2250
- 2644 Bucketty Private 6 Road, Bucketty NSW 2250
- 106 Private Road No 3, Bucketty NSW 2250
- 177 Private Road No 6, Bucketty NSW 2250
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.