Lake Bathurst bushfire risk
Of Lake Bathurst’s 228 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 89% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Lake Bathurst’s flood exposure is below the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is above the NSW average of 16.4%.
Check a specific Lake Bathurst address
Risk varies property by property.
Hazard exposure
Where the hazards are in Lake Bathurst
Flood and bushfire areas across Lake Bathurst. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Lake Bathurst
Lake Bathurst sits in the Goulburn Mulwaree council area, which recorded 3,030 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 3,030 total. Figures are for the whole Goulburn Mulwaree council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in Lake Bathurst
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 Lake Bathurst 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 Lake Bathurst
Lake Bathurst is mostly rural. The most common zones:
Rural — farming and agricultural land; housing is limited.
Zone: Rural Landscape
Check your council’s planning scheme for what this zone allows.
Zone: Village
Environmental management — conservation land with strong limits on development.
Zone: Environmental Management
School catchments in Lake Bathurst
Lake Bathurst can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Lake Bathurst
At the 2021 Census, 16.5% of Lake Bathurst’s 218 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 Lake Bathurst
Goulburn Mulwaree council approved 333 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Goulburn Mulwaree council area (not just Lake Bathurst). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 118 Leahys Lane, Lake Bathurst NSW 2580
- 244 Glenoval Road, Lake Bathurst NSW 2580
- 2705 Braidwood Road, Lake Bathurst NSW 2580
- 276 St Clair Road, Lake Bathurst NSW 2580
- 279 Covan Creek Road, Lake Bathurst NSW 2580
- 49 Rotherwood Road, Lake Bathurst NSW 2580
- 74 Illowra Lane, Lake Bathurst NSW 2580
- 761 Browns Road, Lake Bathurst NSW 2580
Nearby suburbs
Other suburbs in Goulburn Mulwaree
Compare Lake Bathurst with the rest of the council area, largest first.
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.