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Forest Reefs bushfire risk

Of Forest Reefs’s 292 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 3.1% are in a bushfire hazard area.

For context, Forest Reefs’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
3.1%
In a bushfire area
292
Mapped properties

Where the hazards are in Forest Reefs

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

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Crime near Forest Reefs

Forest Reefs sits in the Blayney council area, which recorded 369 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 369 total. Figures are for the whole Blayney council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.

Zoning in Forest Reefs

Forest Reefs is mostly other. The most common zones:

Other72.3% of properties

Check your council’s planning scheme for what this zone allows.

Zone: Primary Production

Rural residential27.4% of properties

Rural residential — acreage-style homes on large lots; semi-rural living.

Zone: Large Lot Residential

Other0.3% of properties

Check your council’s planning scheme for what this zone allows.

Zone: Forestry

School catchments in Forest Reefs

PrimaryCarcoar Public School · Millthorpe Public School · Orange Public School · Spring Terrace Public School
SecondaryBlayney High School · Canobolas High School · Orange High School

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

Who lives in Forest Reefs

At the 2021 Census, 5% of Forest Reefs’s 537 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

English48.2%
Australian44.5%
Irish13.2%
Scottish12.7%
German3.7%
Australian Aboriginal2.8%

Top countries of birth

England1.9%
New Zealand1.1%
United States1.1%
South Africa0.6%

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

Development near Forest Reefs

Blayney council approved 48 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.

48
Dwellings/yr
48
Houses
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Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Blayney council area (not just Forest Reefs). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Risk varies property by property. Check a specific Forest Reefs address:

Nearby suburbs

Tallwood · 0% floodSpring Terrace · 0% floodMillthorpe · 0% floodSpringside · 0% floodBrowns Creek · 0% floodErrowanbang · 0% flood

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.