Mount Riverview bushfire risk
Of Mount Riverview’s 1,201 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 73.2% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Mount Riverview’s flood exposure is below the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is above the NSW average of 16.4%.
Check a specific Mount Riverview address
Risk varies property by property.
Hazard exposure
Where the hazards are in Mount Riverview
Flood and bushfire areas across Mount Riverview. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Mount Riverview
Mount Riverview sits in the Blue Mountains council area, which recorded 3,161 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 3,161 total. Figures are for the whole Blue Mountains council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in Mount Riverview
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 Riverview 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 Riverview
Mount Riverview is mostly environmental. The most common zones:
Environmental management — conservation land with strong limits on development.
Zone: Environmental Living
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 Conservation
School catchments in Mount Riverview
Mount Riverview can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Mount Riverview
At the 2021 Census, 15.3% of Mount Riverview’s 3,074 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 Riverview
Blue Mountains council approved 124 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Blue Mountains council area (not just Mount Riverview). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 14 Sunland Crescent, Mount Riverview NSW 2774
- 15 Plains View Crescent, Mount Riverview NSW 2774
- 162 Rusden Road, Mount Riverview NSW 2774
- 1 Riverview Crescent, Mount Riverview NSW 2774
- 40 Bunbinla Avenue, Mount Riverview NSW 2774
- 4 Manna Court, Mount Riverview NSW 2774
- 5 Roger Crescent, Mount Riverview NSW 2774
- 6 Vogan Street, Mount Riverview NSW 2774
Nearby suburbs
Other suburbs in Blue Mountains
Compare Mount Riverview 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.