Mount Keira bushfire risk
Of Mount Keira’s 657 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 28.5% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Mount Keira’s flood exposure is below the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is above the NSW average of 16.4%.
Where the hazards are in Mount Keira
Flood and bushfire areas across Mount Keira. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Mount Keira
Mount Keira sits in the Wollongong council area, which recorded 18,971 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 18,971 total. Figures are for the whole Wollongong council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in Mount Keira
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 Mount Keira 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 Mount Keira
Mount Keira is mostly residential. The most common zones:
Low density residential — mostly detached houses on standard suburban blocks.
Zone: Low Density Residential
Environmental management — conservation land with strong limits on development.
Zone: Environmental Living
Open space / recreation — parks and sporting land; not for housing.
Zone: National Parks and Nature Reserves
School catchments in Mount Keira
Mount Keira can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Mount Keira
At the 2021 Census, 19.8% of Mount Keira’s 1,691 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 Mount Keira
Wollongong council approved 1,560 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Wollongong council area (not just Mount Keira). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 4 Lara Place, Mount Keira NSW 2500
- 24 Shauna Crescent, Mount Keira NSW 2500
- 6 Keira Street, Mount Keira NSW 2500
- 2 Queen Elizabeth Drive, Mount Keira NSW 2500
- 33 Yates Avenue, Mount Keira NSW 2500
- 4 Retford Place, Mount Keira NSW 2500
- 2 Woodbury Place, Mount Keira NSW 2500
- 119 Koloona Avenue, Mount Keira NSW 2500
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.