Haywards Bay flood & bushfire report
Of Haywards Bay’s 540 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 0% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Haywards Bay’s flood exposure is below the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is below the NSW average of 16.4%.
Check a specific Haywards Bay address
Risk varies property by property.
Hazard exposure
Crime near Haywards Bay
Haywards Bay sits in the Wollongong council area, which recorded 18,971 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 18,971 total. Figures are for the whole Wollongong council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in Haywards Bay
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 Haywards Bay 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 Haywards Bay
Haywards Bay is mostly residential. The most common zones:
Low density residential — mostly detached houses on standard suburban blocks.
Zone: Low Density Residential
Check your council’s planning scheme for what this zone allows.
Zone: Tourist
School catchments in Haywards Bay
Haywards Bay can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Haywards Bay
At the 2021 Census, 17.7% of Haywards Bay’s 1,280 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 Haywards Bay
Wollongong council approved 1,605 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Wollongong council area (not just Haywards Bay). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 13 Riverside Crescent, Haywards Bay NSW 2530
- 22A Gerongar Crescent, Haywards Bay NSW 2530
- 29 Waterview Avenue, Haywards Bay NSW 2530
- 31 Bayview Avenue, Haywards Bay NSW 2530
- 4 Creole Place, Haywards Bay NSW 2530
- 4 Shoreline Avenue, Haywards Bay NSW 2530
- 5 Greenpark Lane, Haywards Bay NSW 2530
- 5 Peninsula Avenue, Haywards Bay NSW 2530
Nearby suburbs
Other suburbs in Wollongong
Compare Haywards Bay 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.