Cooks Hill flood & bushfire report
Of Cooks Hill’s 3,056 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 0% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Cooks Hill’s flood exposure is below the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is below the NSW average of 16.4%.
Check a specific Cooks Hill address
Risk varies property by property.
Hazard exposure
Crime near Cooks Hill
Cooks Hill sits in the Newcastle council area, which recorded 22,107 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 22,107 total. Figures are for the whole Newcastle council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in Cooks Hill
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 Cooks Hill 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 Cooks Hill
Cooks Hill is mostly residential. The most common zones:
Medium density residential — townhouses, terraces and low-rise units (the “missing middle”).
Zone: Medium Density Residential
Centre / commercial — shops, offices and mixed use; often allows apartments above.
Zone: Mixed Use
Centre / commercial — shops, offices and mixed use; often allows apartments above.
Zone: Local Centre
School catchments in Cooks Hill
Cooks Hill can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Cooks Hill
At the 2021 Census, 14.1% of Cooks Hill’s 3,774 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 Cooks Hill
Newcastle council approved 854 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Newcastle council area (not just Cooks Hill). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 101/31 Laman Street, Cooks Hill NSW 2300
- 11 Swan Street, Cooks Hill NSW 2300
- 13 Hannifords Lane, Cooks Hill NSW 2300
- 20/1 Queen Street, Cooks Hill NSW 2300
- 3/75 Charles Street, Cooks Hill NSW 2300
- 50 Bull Street, Cooks Hill NSW 2300
- 5/75 Union Street, Cooks Hill NSW 2300
- 6/1 Rodgers Court, Cooks Hill NSW 2300
Nearby suburbs
Other suburbs in Newcastle
Compare Cooks Hill 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.