Merewether Heights bushfire risk
Of Merewether Heights’s 540 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 28.9% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Merewether Heights’s flood exposure is below the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is above the NSW average of 16.4%.
Check a specific Merewether Heights address
Risk varies property by property.
Hazard exposure
Where the hazards are in Merewether Heights
Flood and bushfire areas across Merewether Heights. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Merewether Heights
Merewether Heights sits in the Newcastle council area, which recorded 22,107 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 22,107 total. Figures are for the whole Newcastle council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in Merewether Heights
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 Merewether 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 Merewether Heights
Merewether Heights is mostly residential. The most common zones:
Low density residential — mostly detached houses on standard suburban blocks.
Zone: Low Density Residential
School catchments in Merewether Heights
Merewether Heights can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Merewether Heights
At the 2021 Census, 9.4% of Merewether Heights’s 1,495 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 Merewether Heights
Newcastle council approved 854 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Newcastle council area (not just Merewether Heights). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 10 View Street, Merewether Heights NSW 2291
- 1 Ashford Parade, Merewether Heights NSW 2291
- 212 Scenic Drive, Merewether Heights NSW 2291
- 21 Bershire Avenue, Merewether Heights NSW 2291
- 3 Roentgen Close, Merewether Heights NSW 2291
- 58 Rembrandt Drive, Merewether Heights NSW 2291
- 8 Peak Street, Merewether Heights NSW 2291
- 9 Perina Place, Merewether Heights NSW 2291
Nearby suburbs
Other suburbs in Newcastle
Compare Merewether Heights 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.