Kembla Heights bushfire risk
Of Kembla Heights’s 86 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 100% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Kembla 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 Kembla Heights
Flood and bushfire areas across Kembla Heights. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Kembla Heights
Kembla Heights 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 Kembla 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 Kembla 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 Kembla Heights
Kembla Heights is mostly environmental. The most common zones:
Environmental management — conservation land with strong limits on development.
Zone: Environmental Living
Check your council’s planning scheme for what this zone allows.
Zone: Primary Production
Open space / recreation — parks and sporting land; not for housing.
Zone: National Parks and Nature Reserves
School catchments in Kembla Heights
Kembla Heights can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Kembla Heights
At the 2021 Census, 4.5% of Kembla Heights’s 88 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 Kembla Heights
Wollongong council approved 1,560 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Wollongong council area (not just Kembla Heights). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 1 Farmborough Road, Kembla Heights NSW 2526
- 17 High Street, Kembla Heights NSW 2526
- 340 Harry Graham Drive, Kembla Heights NSW 2526
- 129 Cordeaux Road, Kembla Heights NSW 2526
- 9 Central Avenue, Kembla Heights NSW 2526
- 6 Church Lane, Kembla Heights NSW 2526
- 1 Morans Road, Kembla Heights NSW 2526
- 5 Mount Street, Kembla Heights NSW 2526
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.