Hawkesbury Heights bushfire risk
Of Hawkesbury Heights’s 189 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 96.3% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Hawkesbury Heights’s flood exposure is below the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is above the NSW average of 16.4%.
Where the hazards are in Hawkesbury Heights
Flood and bushfire areas across Hawkesbury Heights. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Hawkesbury Heights
Hawkesbury Heights sits in the Blue Mountains council area, which recorded 3,161 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 3,161 total. Figures are for the whole Blue Mountains council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in Hawkesbury 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 Hawkesbury 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 Hawkesbury Heights
Hawkesbury Heights is mostly environmental. The most common zones:
Environmental management — conservation land with strong limits on development.
Zone: Environmental Living
Environmental management — conservation land with strong limits on development.
Zone: Environmental Management
Environmental management — conservation land with strong limits on development.
Zone: Environmental Conservation
School catchments in Hawkesbury Heights
Hawkesbury Heights can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Hawkesbury Heights
At the 2021 Census, 12.4% of Hawkesbury Heights’s 468 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 Hawkesbury Heights
Blue Mountains council approved 122 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Blue Mountains council area (not just Hawkesbury Heights). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
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.