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Colo Heights bushfire risk

Of Colo Heights’s 192 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 100% are in a bushfire hazard area.

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

0%
In a flood area
100%
In a bushfire area
192
Mapped properties

Where the hazards are in Colo Heights

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

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Crime near Colo Heights

Colo Heights sits in the Hawkesbury council area, which recorded 3,818 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 3,818 total. Figures are for the whole Hawkesbury council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.

Property values in Colo Heights

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

Houses
$1,160,000+13.73%
Postcode-area median · Q4 2025
Units & apartments
$830,000+5.73%
Postcode-area median · Q4 2025

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

Colo Heights is mostly other. The most common zones:

Other88.5% of properties

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

Zone: Primary Production

Open space6.3% of properties

Open space / recreation — parks and sporting land; not for housing.

Zone: National Parks and Nature Reserves

Special purpose4.7% of properties

Special purpose — infrastructure or a specific institutional use.

Zone: Infrastructure

School catchments in Colo Heights

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

Who lives in Colo Heights

At the 2021 Census, 10.7% of Colo Heights’s 336 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

Australian50%
English42%
Scottish10.1%
Irish7.7%
German5.7%
Dutch3.9%

Top countries of birth

New Zealand2.7%
England2.4%
South Africa1.5%
Taiwan1.2%

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

Development near Colo Heights

Hawkesbury council approved 428 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.

428
Dwellings/yr
394
Houses
34
Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Hawkesbury council area (not just Colo Heights). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Risk varies property by property. Check a specific Colo Heights address:

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.