Burwood Heights flood & bushfire report
Of Burwood Heights’s 577 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 0% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Burwood Heights’s flood exposure is below the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is below the NSW average of 16.4%.
Crime near Burwood Heights
Burwood Heights sits in the Burwood council area, which recorded 3,213 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 3,213 total. Figures are for the whole Burwood council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in Burwood Heights
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 Burwood Heights 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 Burwood Heights
Burwood Heights 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
General residential — standard housing; allowable density varies by precinct.
Zone: General Residential
School catchments in Burwood Heights
Burwood Heights can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Burwood Heights
At the 2021 Census, 42.2% of Burwood Heights’s 1,134 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 Burwood Heights
Burwood council approved 80 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Burwood council area (not just Burwood Heights). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 5/1 Bligh Street, Burwood Heights NSW 2136
- 5 Waratah Street, Burwood Heights NSW 2136
- 72 Arthur Street, Burwood Heights NSW 2136
- 46A George Street, Burwood Heights NSW 2136
- 25 Culdees Road, Burwood Heights NSW 2136
- 1 Beaufort Street, Burwood Heights NSW 2136
- 3 Elm Street, Burwood Heights NSW 2136
- 202/96 Liverpool Road, Burwood Heights NSW 2136
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.