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Dover Heights flood & bushfire report

Of Dover Heights’s 1,993 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 0% are in a bushfire hazard area.

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

0%
In a flood area
0%
In a bushfire area
1,993
Mapped properties

Crime near Dover Heights

Dover Heights sits in the Waverley council area, which recorded 4,830 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 4,830 total. Figures are for the whole Waverley council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.

Property values in Dover Heights

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

Houses
$9,400,000+40.2%
Postcode-area median · Q4 2025
Units & apartments
$1,700,000-10.41%
Postcode-area median · Q4 2025

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

Dover Heights is mostly residential. The most common zones:

Residential96.4% of properties

Low density residential — mostly detached houses on standard suburban blocks.

Zone: Low Density Residential

Residential2.6% of properties

General residential — standard housing; allowable density varies by precinct.

Zone: Neighbourhood Centre

Centre / commercial0.6% of properties

Centre / commercial — shops, offices and mixed use; often allows apartments above.

Zone: Mixed Use

School catchments in Dover Heights

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

Who lives in Dover Heights

At the 2021 Census, 41.5% of Dover Heights’s 4,044 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

English20.2%
Australian19.5%
South African12.7%
Irish6%
Chinese5.6%
Russian4.9%

Top countries of birth

South Africa14.3%
England3.3%
China2%
New Zealand1.2%
United States1.1%
France0.7%

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

Development near Dover Heights

Waverley council approved 171 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.

171
Dwellings/yr
25
Houses
146
Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Waverley council area (not just Dover Heights). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Risk varies property by property. Check a specific Dover 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.