Nambucca Heads property data
Explore zoning, school catchments, local crime and property data for Nambucca Heads, NSW (5,593 mapped properties). Flood and bushfire mapping for this area is coming soon.
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.
Crime near Nambucca Heads
Nambucca Heads sits in the Nambucca Valley council area, which recorded 1,514 reported offences in the 12 months to May 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 1,514 total. Figures are for the whole Nambucca Valley council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
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 137 new dwellings in the 12 months to Apr 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Nambucca Valley council area (not just Nambucca Heads). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 0/52 Wellington Drive, Nambucca Heads NSW 2448
- 100/1 Faringdon Close, Nambucca Heads NSW 2448
- 100/26 Swimming Creek Road, Nambucca Heads NSW 2448
- 100/52 Wellington Drive, Nambucca Heads NSW 2448
- 100 Florence Wilmont Drive, Nambucca Heads NSW 2448
- 100 Janggal Janggal Road, Nambucca Heads NSW 2448
- 10/10 John Avenue, Nambucca Heads NSW 2448
- 10/10 Woodbell Street, Nambucca Heads NSW 2448
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.