Kinvara flood & bushfire risk

Of Kinvara’s 89 mapped properties, 19.1% are in a mapped flood area and 66.3% are in a bushfire hazard area.

For context, Kinvara’s flood exposure is above the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is above the NSW average of 16.4%.

Check a specific Kinvara address

Risk varies property by property.

Hazard exposure

19.1%
Of properties in a flood area
66.3%
Of properties in a bushfire area
89
Mapped properties

Where the hazards are in Kinvara

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

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Crime near Kinvara

Kinvara sits in the Ballina council area, which recorded 3,605 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 3,605 total. Figures are for the whole Ballina council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.

Property values in Kinvara

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

Houses
$1,203,000-1.23%
Postcode-area median · January - March 2026
Units & apartments
$880,000-2.22%
Postcode-area median · January - March 2026

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

Kinvara is mostly other. The most common zones:

Other43.8% of properties

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

Zone: Primary Production

Rural31.5% of properties

Rural — farming and agricultural land; housing is limited.

Zone: Rural Landscape

Residential18% of properties

Medium density residential — townhouses, terraces and low-rise units (the “missing middle”).

Zone: Medium Density Residential

School catchments in Kinvara

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

Who lives in Kinvara

At the 2021 Census, 12.4% of Kinvara’s 193 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

English45.6%
Australian34.2%
Irish15%
Scottish9.8%
German4.7%
Dutch3.6%

Top countries of birth

England3.1%
New Zealand1.6%

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

Development near Kinvara

Ballina council approved 198 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.

198
Dwellings/yr
140
Houses
58
Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Ballina council area (not just Kinvara). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

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.