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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%.

0%
In a flood area
100%
In a bushfire area
86
Mapped properties

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.

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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.

Showing all crime — tap an offence type below to plot it over time.
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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.

Houses
$1,060,000+7.12%
Postcode-area median · Q4 2025

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:

Environmental45.3% of properties

Environmental management — conservation land with strong limits on development.

Zone: Environmental Living

Other19.8% of properties

Check your council’s planning scheme for what this zone allows.

Zone: Primary Production

Open space16.3% of properties

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

English42%
Australian31.8%
Irish20.5%
Scottish11.4%
German8%
Dutch3.4%

Top countries of birth

England4.5%

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.

1,560
Dwellings/yr
402
Houses
1,158
Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Wollongong council area (not just Kembla Heights). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Risk varies property by property. Check a specific Kembla Heights address:

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.