Mount Saint Thomas bushfire risk
Of Mount Saint Thomas’s 695 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 8.2% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Mount Saint Thomas’s flood exposure is below the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is below the NSW average of 16.4%.
Where the hazards are in Mount Saint Thomas
Flood and bushfire areas across Mount Saint Thomas. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Mount Saint Thomas
Mount Saint Thomas 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 Saint Thomas
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 Saint Thomas 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 Saint Thomas
Mount Saint Thomas is mostly residential. The most common zones:
Low density residential — mostly detached houses on standard suburban blocks.
Zone: Low Density Residential
General residential — standard housing; allowable density varies by precinct.
Zone: Neighbourhood Centre
Medium density residential — townhouses, terraces and low-rise units (the “missing middle”).
Zone: Medium Density Residential
School catchments in Mount Saint Thomas
Mount Saint Thomas can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Mount Saint Thomas
At the 2021 Census, 21.8% of Mount Saint Thomas’s 1,449 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 Saint Thomas
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 Saint Thomas). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 2/2 Drummond Street, Mount Saint Thomas NSW 2500
- 8 Waldron Street, Mount Saint Thomas NSW 2500
- 13 Prospect Street, Mount Saint Thomas NSW 2500
- 11 Hill Street, Mount Saint Thomas NSW 2500
- 5 Allman Lane, Mount Saint Thomas NSW 2500
- 70 Taronga Avenue, Mount Saint Thomas NSW 2500
- 3/103 St Johns Avenue, Mount Saint Thomas NSW 2500
- 15 Vale Street, Mount Saint Thomas 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.