New Lambton Heights bushfire risk
Of New Lambton Heights’s 1,163 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 57.2% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, New Lambton Heights’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 New Lambton Heights
Flood and bushfire areas across New Lambton Heights. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near New Lambton Heights
New Lambton Heights sits in the Lake Macquarie council area, which recorded 15,313 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 15,313 total. Figures are for the whole Lake Macquarie council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in New Lambton Heights
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 New Lambton Heights 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 New Lambton Heights
New Lambton Heights is mostly residential. The most common zones:
Low density residential — mostly detached houses on standard suburban blocks.
Zone: Low Density Residential
Special purpose — infrastructure or a specific institutional use.
Zone: Infrastructure
Environmental management — conservation land with strong limits on development.
Zone: Environmental Management
School catchments in New Lambton Heights
New Lambton Heights can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in New Lambton Heights
At the 2021 Census, 14.3% of New Lambton Heights’s 2,610 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 New Lambton Heights
Lake Macquarie council approved 1,187 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Lake Macquarie council area (not just New Lambton Heights). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 12 Dunblane Close, New Lambton Heights NSW 2305
- 37 Main Road, New Lambton Heights NSW 2305
- 13 Clepham Street, New Lambton Heights NSW 2305
- 10 Victoria Crescent, New Lambton Heights NSW 2305
- 15/26 Lookout Road, New Lambton Heights NSW 2305
- 10/9 Jacaranda Drive, New Lambton Heights NSW 2305
- 5 President Place, New Lambton Heights NSW 2305
- 3 Tranmere Close, New Lambton Heights NSW 2305
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.