Leycester flood & bushfire risk

Of Leycester’s 74 mapped properties, 4.1% are in a mapped flood area and 100% are in a bushfire hazard area.

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

Check a specific Leycester address

Risk varies property by property.

Hazard exposure

4.1%
Of properties in a flood area
100%
Of properties in a bushfire area
74
Mapped properties

Where the hazards are in Leycester

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

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Crime near Leycester

Leycester sits in the Lismore council area, which recorded 4,785 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 4,785 total. Figures are for the whole Lismore council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.

Property values in Leycester

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

Houses
$685,000+8.21%
Postcode-area median · January - March 2026
Units & apartments
$620,000+12.73%
Postcode-area median · January - March 2026

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

Leycester is mostly other. The most common zones:

Other100% of properties

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

Zone: Primary Production

School catchments in Leycester

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

Who lives in Leycester

At the 2021 Census, 7.5% of Leycester’s 146 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

English48.6%
Australian37%
Scottish17.1%
Irish11.6%
Italian8.2%
Polish4.8%

Top countries of birth

England2.1%
South Africa2.1%

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

Development near Leycester

Lismore council approved 140 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.

140
Dwellings/yr
68
Houses
72
Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Lismore council area (not just Leycester). 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.