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Lake Innes flood & bushfire risk

Of Lake Innes’s 221 mapped properties, 2.3% are in a mapped flood area and 99.1% are in a bushfire hazard area.

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

2.3%
In a flood area
99.1%
In a bushfire area
221
Mapped properties

Where the hazards are in Lake Innes

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

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Crime near Lake Innes

Lake Innes sits in the Port Macquarie-Hastings council area, which recorded 6,592 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 6,592 total. Figures are for the whole Port Macquarie-Hastings council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.

Property values in Lake Innes

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

Houses
$800,000+23.55%
Postcode-area median · Q4 2025

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

Lake Innes is mostly other. The most common zones:

Other56.6% of properties

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

Zone: Primary Production

Rural residential41.6% of properties

Rural residential — acreage-style homes on large lots; semi-rural living.

Zone: Large Lot Residential

Other1.4% of properties

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

Zone: Forestry

School catchments in Lake Innes

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

Who lives in Lake Innes

At the 2021 Census, 9.5% of Lake Innes’s 495 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

Australian46.5%
English45.9%
Irish14.7%
Scottish11.5%
German5.3%
Australian Aboriginal3.6%

Top countries of birth

England4.2%
New Zealand1.2%
Thailand1.2%
Ireland0.8%
United States0.6%

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

Development near Lake Innes

Port Macquarie-Hastings council approved 528 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.

528
Dwellings/yr
355
Houses
173
Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Port Macquarie-Hastings council area (not just Lake Innes). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Risk varies property by property. Check a specific Lake Innes 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.