Nambucca Heads bushfire risk
Of Nambucca Heads’s 5,593 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 27.7% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Nambucca Heads’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 Nambucca Heads
Flood and bushfire areas across Nambucca Heads. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Nambucca Heads
Nambucca Heads sits in the Nambucca Valley council area, which recorded 1,773 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 1,773 total. Figures are for the whole Nambucca Valley council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in Nambucca Heads
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 Nambucca Heads 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 Nambucca Heads
Nambucca Heads is mostly residential. The most common zones:
General residential — standard housing; allowable density varies by precinct.
Zone: General Residential
Medium density residential — townhouses, terraces and low-rise units (the “missing middle”).
Zone: Medium Density Residential
Open space / recreation — parks and sporting land; not for housing.
Zone: Private Recreation
School catchments in Nambucca Heads
Nambucca Heads can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Nambucca Heads
At the 2021 Census, 11.3% of Nambucca Heads’s 6,675 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 Nambucca Heads
Nambucca Valley council approved 144 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Nambucca Valley council area (not just Nambucca Heads). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 34 Alexandra Drive, Nambucca Heads NSW 2448
- 6A Tiger Buchanan Close, Nambucca Heads NSW 2448
- 2/8 Lower Parkes Street, Nambucca Heads NSW 2448
- 2 Brahminy Street, Nambucca Heads NSW 2448
- 2 Headland Drive, Nambucca Heads NSW 2448
- 7/6 Bowra Street, Nambucca Heads NSW 2448
- 1/38 Salamanda Parade, Nambucca Heads NSW 2448
- 2/1 Whaites Street, Nambucca Heads NSW 2448
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.