Bulahdelah flood & bushfire risk

Of Bulahdelah’s 1,295 mapped properties, 20.4% are in a mapped flood area and 41.2% are in a bushfire hazard area.

For context, Bulahdelah’s flood exposure is above the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is above the NSW average of 16.4%.

Check a specific Bulahdelah address

Risk varies property by property.

Hazard exposure

20.4%
Of properties in a flood area
41.2%
Of properties in a bushfire area
1,295
Mapped properties

Where the hazards are in Bulahdelah

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

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Crime near Bulahdelah

Bulahdelah sits in the Mid-Coast council area, which recorded 8,378 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 8,378 total. Figures are for the whole Mid-Coast council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.

Property values in Bulahdelah

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

Houses
$755,000-4.31%
Postcode-area median · January - March 2026

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

Bulahdelah is mostly other. The most common zones:

Other66.8% of properties

Check your council’s planning scheme for what this zone allows.

Zone: Village

Rural21.4% of properties

Rural — farming and agricultural land; housing is limited.

Zone: Rural Landscape

Special purpose5.3% of properties

Special purpose — infrastructure or a specific institutional use.

Zone: Infrastructure

School catchments in Bulahdelah

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

Who lives in Bulahdelah

At the 2021 Census, 9.6% of Bulahdelah’s 1,538 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

Australian46.4%
English44.1%
Irish10.5%
Scottish9%
Australian Aboriginal6.4%
German5.1%

Top countries of birth

England3.3%
New Zealand1.9%
Netherlands0.7%
Germany0.6%
India0.5%
Cambodia0.3%

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

Development near Bulahdelah

Mid-Coast council approved 504 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.

504
Dwellings/yr
440
Houses
64
Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Mid-Coast council area (not just Bulahdelah). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

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.