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Killcare Heights bushfire risk

Of Killcare Heights’s 611 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 80.2% are in a bushfire hazard area.

For context, Killcare 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
80.2%
In a bushfire area
611
Mapped properties

Where the hazards are in Killcare Heights

Flood and bushfire areas across Killcare Heights. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.

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Crime near Killcare Heights

Killcare Heights sits in the Central Coast council area, which recorded 28,960 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 28,960 total. Figures are for the whole Central Coast council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.

Property values in Killcare Heights

Median sale price by property type, reported by postcode area — suburbs sharing a postcode show the same figure.

Houses
$1,340,000+9.39%
Postcode-area median · Q4 2025
Units & apartments
$1,065,000+13.3%
Postcode-area median · Q4 2025

Indicative postcode-area estimate — NSW medians are reported by postcode, so Killcare 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 Killcare Heights

Killcare Heights is mostly residential. The most common zones:

Residential74.5% of properties

Low density residential — mostly detached houses on standard suburban blocks.

Zone: Low Density Residential

Other12.4% of properties

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

Zone: Deferred Matter

Environmental11.3% of properties

Environmental management — conservation land with strong limits on development.

Zone: Environmental Living

School catchments in Killcare Heights

Killcare Heights can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.

Who lives in Killcare Heights

At the 2021 Census, 18.7% of Killcare Heights’s 812 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

English45.9%
Australian36.8%
Irish18%
Scottish14.5%
German5.7%
Chinese2.7%

Top countries of birth

England7.5%
New Zealand1.7%
United States1.2%
Germany1%
China0.9%
Poland0.7%

Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.

Development near Killcare Heights

Central Coast (NSW) council approved 1,217 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.

1,217
Dwellings/yr
760
Houses
457
Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Central Coast (NSW) council area (not just Killcare Heights). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Risk varies property by property. Check a specific Killcare 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.