Greystanes bushfire risk
Of Greystanes’s 9,244 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 1.3% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Greystanes’s flood exposure is below the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is below the NSW average of 16.4%.
Where the hazards are in Greystanes
Flood and bushfire areas across Greystanes. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Greystanes
Greystanes sits in the Cumberland council area, which recorded 15,355 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 15,355 total. Figures are for the whole Cumberland council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in Greystanes
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 Greystanes 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 Greystanes
Greystanes is mostly residential. The most common zones:
Low density residential — mostly detached houses on standard suburban blocks.
Zone: Low Density Residential
Medium density residential — townhouses, terraces and low-rise units (the “missing middle”).
Zone: Medium Density Residential
General residential — standard housing; allowable density varies by precinct.
Zone: Neighbourhood Centre
School catchments in Greystanes
Greystanes can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Greystanes
At the 2021 Census, 32.6% of Greystanes’s 23,511 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 Greystanes
Cumberland council approved 1,866 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Cumberland council area (not just Greystanes). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 3 Simpson Street, Greystanes NSW 2145
- 81-83 Brighton Street, Greystanes NSW 2145
- 1 Rowe Place, Greystanes NSW 2145
- 52 Gerald Street, Greystanes NSW 2145
- 6 Veronica Place, Greystanes NSW 2145
- 5 Percy Street, Greystanes NSW 2145
- 29 Blackbutt Crescent, Greystanes NSW 2145
- 48 Nymboida Street, Greystanes NSW 2145
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.