Emu Heights flood & bushfire risk
Of Emu Heights’s 1,491 mapped properties, 6.7% are in a mapped flood area and 28.2% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Emu Heights’s flood exposure is above the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is above the NSW average of 16.4%.
Check a specific Emu Heights address
Risk varies property by property.
Hazard exposure
Where the hazards are in Emu Heights
Flood and bushfire areas across Emu Heights. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Emu Heights
Emu Heights sits in the Penrith council area, which recorded 20,357 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 20,357 total. Figures are for the whole Penrith council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in Emu 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 Emu 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 Emu Heights
Emu Heights is mostly residential. The most common zones:
Low density residential — mostly detached houses on standard suburban blocks.
Zone: Low Density Residential
Industrial / employment — factories, warehouses and trade uses; not intended for homes.
Zone: General Industrial
Environmental management — conservation land with strong limits on development.
Zone: Environmental Management
School catchments in Emu Heights
Emu Heights can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Emu Heights
At the 2021 Census, 12.9% of Emu Heights’s 3,205 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 Emu Heights
Penrith council approved 1,528 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Penrith council area (not just Emu Heights). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 13 Landais Place, Emu Heights NSW 2750
- 19-21 Bromley Road, Emu Heights NSW 2750
- 20 Inkerman Road, Emu Heights NSW 2750
- 2 Balaclava Road, Emu Heights NSW 2750
- 2 Skyros Place, Emu Heights NSW 2750
- 52 Greenhaven Drive, Emu Heights NSW 2750
- 5 Dungarth Place, Emu Heights NSW 2750
- 8 Pindos Place, Emu Heights NSW 2750
Nearby suburbs
Other suburbs in Penrith
Compare Emu 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.