Kandos bushfire risk
Of Kandos’s 1,099 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 18.6% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Kandos’s flood exposure is below the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is in line with the NSW average of 16.4%.
Where the hazards are in Kandos
Flood and bushfire areas across Kandos. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Kandos
Kandos sits in the Mid-Western council area, which recorded 1,915 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 1,915 total. Figures are for the whole Mid-Western council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in Kandos
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 Kandos 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 Kandos
Kandos is mostly other. The most common zones:
Check your council’s planning scheme for what this zone allows.
Zone: Village
Check your council’s planning scheme for what this zone allows.
Zone: Primary Production
Special purpose — infrastructure or a specific institutional use.
Zone: Infrastructure
School catchments in Kandos
Kandos can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Kandos
At the 2021 Census, 10% of Kandos’s 1,263 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 Kandos
Mid-Western council approved 137 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Mid-Western council area (not just Kandos). 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.