Falls Creek bushfire risk
Of Falls Creek’s 527 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 100% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Falls Creek’s flood exposure is below the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is above the NSW average of 16.4%.
Check a specific Falls Creek address
Risk varies property by property.
Hazard exposure
Where the hazards are in Falls Creek
Flood and bushfire areas across Falls Creek. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Falls Creek
Falls Creek sits in the Shoalhaven council area, which recorded 8,139 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 8,139 total. Figures are for the whole Shoalhaven council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in Falls Creek
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 Falls Creek 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 Falls Creek
Falls Creek is mostly rural residential. The most common zones:
Rural residential — acreage-style homes on large lots; semi-rural living.
Zone: Large Lot Residential
Rural — farming and agricultural land; housing is limited.
Zone: Rural Landscape
Special purpose — infrastructure or a specific institutional use.
Zone: Infrastructure
School catchments in Falls Creek
Falls Creek can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Falls Creek
At the 2021 Census, 13.2% of Falls Creek’s 939 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 Falls Creek
Shoalhaven council approved 869 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Shoalhaven council area (not just Falls Creek). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 124 Peterson Road, Falls Creek NSW 2540
- 129 Woollamia Road, Falls Creek NSW 2540
- 15 Vidler Road, Falls Creek NSW 2540
- 21 Stapleton Street, Falls Creek NSW 2540
- 2 Linnane Street, Falls Creek NSW 2540
- 36A Dowling Street, Falls Creek NSW 2540
- 597 Yerrong Road, Falls Creek NSW 2540
- 77 Gorindah Road, Falls Creek NSW 2540
Nearby suburbs
Other suburbs in Shoalhaven
Compare Falls Creek 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.