Fairfield Heights flood & bushfire report
Of Fairfield Heights’s 3,444 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 0% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Fairfield 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 Fairfield Heights address
Risk varies property by property.
Hazard exposure
Crime near Fairfield Heights
Fairfield Heights sits in the Fairfield council area, which recorded 12,227 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 12,227 total. Figures are for the whole Fairfield council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in Fairfield 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 Fairfield 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 Fairfield Heights
Fairfield Heights is mostly residential. The most common zones:
Medium density residential — townhouses, terraces and low-rise units (the “missing middle”).
Zone: Medium Density Residential
Low density residential — mostly detached houses on standard suburban blocks.
Zone: Low Density Residential
Centre / commercial — shops, offices and mixed use; often allows apartments above.
Zone: Local Centre
School catchments in Fairfield Heights
Fairfield Heights can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Fairfield Heights
At the 2021 Census, 65.2% of Fairfield Heights’s 8,269 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 Fairfield Heights
Fairfield council approved 1,064 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Fairfield council area (not just Fairfield Heights). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 10 Brook Lane, Fairfield Heights NSW 2165
- 118 Maud Street, Fairfield Heights NSW 2165
- 118 Nelson Street, Fairfield Heights NSW 2165
- 15 Wray Street, Fairfield Heights NSW 2165
- 20 Beemera Street, Fairfield Heights NSW 2165
- 23A Ligar Street, Fairfield Heights NSW 2165
- 6 Hale Place, Fairfield Heights NSW 2165
- 8/27 Stanbrook Street, Fairfield Heights NSW 2165
Nearby suburbs
Other suburbs in Fairfield
Compare Fairfield 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.