Moparrabah bushfire risk

Of Moparrabah’s 90 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 100% are in a bushfire hazard area.

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

Check a specific Moparrabah address

Risk varies property by property.

Hazard exposure

0%
Of properties in a flood area
100%
Of properties in a bushfire area
90
Mapped properties

Where the hazards are in Moparrabah

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

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Crime near Moparrabah

Moparrabah sits in the Kempsey council area, which recorded 4,835 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 4,835 total. Figures are for the whole Kempsey council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.

Property values in Moparrabah

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

Houses
$550,000-10.93%
Postcode-area median · January - March 2026

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

Moparrabah is mostly rural. The most common zones:

Rural72.2% of properties

Rural — farming and agricultural land; housing is limited.

Zone: Rural Landscape

Other24.4% of properties

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

Zone: Primary Production

Environmental2.2% of properties

Environmental management — conservation land with strong limits on development.

Zone: Environmental Management

School catchments in Moparrabah

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

Who lives in Moparrabah

At the 2021 Census, 17.1% of Moparrabah’s 123 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

Australian43.9%
English42.3%
Australian Aboriginal9.8%
Irish9.8%
German5.7%
Dutch3.3%

Top countries of birth

Thailand4.1%
South Africa3.3%
England2.4%
New Zealand2.4%

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

Development near Moparrabah

Kempsey council approved 106 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.

106
Dwellings/yr
77
Houses
29
Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Kempsey council area (not just Moparrabah). 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.