North Rocks bushfire risk
Of North Rocks’s 4,849 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 27% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, North Rocks’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 North Rocks
Flood and bushfire areas across North Rocks. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near North Rocks
North Rocks sits in the Parramatta council area, which recorded 21,197 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 21,197 total. Figures are for the whole Parramatta council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in North Rocks
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 North Rocks 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 North Rocks
North Rocks is mostly residential. The most common zones:
Low density residential — mostly detached houses on standard suburban blocks.
Zone: Low Density Residential
High density residential — apartments and higher-rise living, usually near centres or transport.
Zone: High Density Residential
Industrial / employment — factories, warehouses and trade uses; not intended for homes.
Zone: General Industrial
School catchments in North Rocks
North Rocks can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in North Rocks
At the 2021 Census, 41.4% of North Rocks’s 9,136 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 North Rocks
Parramatta council approved 2,689 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Parramatta council area (not just North Rocks). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 23 Woodbury Street, North Rocks NSW 2151
- 13 Tiernan Avenue, North Rocks NSW 2151
- 37 Larra Crescent, North Rocks NSW 2151
- 1 Bowral Street, North Rocks NSW 2151
- 28 Lawndale Avenue, North Rocks NSW 2151
- 6 Becky Avenue, North Rocks NSW 2151
- 2 Bokana Place, North Rocks NSW 2151
- 3 Riviera Avenue, North Rocks NSW 2151
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.