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East Hills bushfire risk

Of East Hills’s 1,824 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 0.1% are in a bushfire hazard area.

For context, East Hills’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
0.1%
In a bushfire area
1,824
Mapped properties

Where the hazards are in East Hills

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

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Crime near East Hills

East Hills sits in the Canterbury-Bankstown council area, which recorded 21,749 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 21,749 total. Figures are for the whole Canterbury-Bankstown council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.

Property values in East Hills

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

Houses
$1,684,000+10.43%
Postcode-area median · Q4 2025
Units & apartments
$900,000-14.37%
Postcode-area median · Q4 2025

Indicative postcode-area estimate — NSW medians are reported by postcode, so East Hills 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 East Hills

East Hills is mostly residential. The most common zones:

Residential92.4% of properties

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

Zone: Low Density Residential

Centre / commercial3.6% of properties

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

Zone: Local Centre

Residential1.9% of properties

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

Zone: Neighbourhood Centre

School catchments in East Hills

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

Who lives in East Hills

At the 2021 Census, 31.3% of East Hills’s 3,370 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

Australian26.9%
English26.6%
Irish8.1%
Chinese7.3%
Lebanese5.8%
Scottish5.5%

Top countries of birth

Vietnam3.5%
China3.4%
Lebanon2.7%
England1.8%
India1.8%
New Zealand1.7%

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

Development near East Hills

Canterbury-Bankstown council approved 1,650 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.

1,650
Dwellings/yr
611
Houses
1,039
Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Canterbury-Bankstown council area (not just East Hills). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Risk varies property by property. Check a specific East Hills 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.