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%.
Check a specific Dover Heights address
Risk varies property by property.
Hazard exposure
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.
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.
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:
Low density residential — mostly detached houses on standard suburban blocks.
Zone: Low Density Residential
General residential — standard housing; allowable density varies by precinct.
Zone: Neighbourhood Centre
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
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 Dover Heights
Waverley council approved 180 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Waverley council area (not just Dover Heights). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 17 Pindari Road, Dover Heights NSW 2030
- 19 Douglas Parade, Dover Heights NSW 2030
- 1A Cadigal Place, Dover Heights NSW 2030
- 26 Lyons Street, Dover Heights NSW 2030
- 2 Lola Road, Dover Heights NSW 2030
- 39 Wallangra Road, Dover Heights NSW 2030
- 45 Hardy Street, Dover Heights NSW 2030
- 8 Arthur Street, Dover Heights NSW 2030
Nearby suburbs
Other suburbs in Waverley
Compare Dover Heights 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.