Mount Ousley bushfire risk
Of Mount Ousley’s 630 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 14.6% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Mount Ousley’s flood exposure is below the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is in line with the NSW average of 16.4%.
Check a specific Mount Ousley address
Risk varies property by property.
Hazard exposure
Where the hazards are in Mount Ousley
Flood and bushfire areas across Mount Ousley. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Mount Ousley
Mount Ousley 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 Ousley
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 Ousley 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 Ousley
Mount Ousley is mostly residential. The most common zones:
Low density residential — mostly detached houses on standard suburban blocks.
Zone: Low Density Residential
Open space / recreation — parks and sporting land; not for housing.
Zone: Public Recreation
Special purpose — infrastructure or a specific institutional use.
Zone: Infrastructure
School catchments in Mount Ousley
Mount Ousley can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Mount Ousley
At the 2021 Census, 18.4% of Mount Ousley’s 1,611 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 Ousley
Wollongong council approved 1,605 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Wollongong council area (not just Mount Ousley). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 12 Ocean View Parade, Mount Ousley NSW 2519
- 22 Macarthur Avenue, Mount Ousley NSW 2519
- 27 Greenslopes Avenue, Mount Ousley NSW 2519
- 3-5 President Place, Mount Ousley NSW 2519
- 4A Highbank Place, Mount Ousley NSW 2519
- 7 Bass Street, Mount Ousley NSW 2519
- 8 Gowan Brae Avenue, Mount Ousley NSW 2519
- 9 Aristo Crescent, Mount Ousley NSW 2519
Nearby suburbs
Other suburbs in Wollongong
Compare Mount Ousley 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.