Oak Flats bushfire risk
Of Oak Flats’s 4,170 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 6.1% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Oak Flats’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 Oak Flats
Flood and bushfire areas across Oak Flats. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Oak Flats
Oak Flats sits in the Shellharbour council area, which recorded 5,187 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 5,187 total. Figures are for the whole Shellharbour council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in Oak Flats
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 Oak Flats 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 Oak Flats
Oak Flats is mostly residential. The most common zones:
Low density residential — mostly detached houses on standard suburban blocks.
Zone: Low Density Residential
Medium density residential — townhouses, terraces and low-rise units (the “missing middle”).
Zone: Medium Density Residential
Industrial / employment — factories, warehouses and trade uses; not intended for homes.
Zone: Light Industrial
School catchments in Oak Flats
Oak Flats can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Oak Flats
At the 2021 Census, 17.1% of Oak Flats’s 6,840 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 Oak Flats
Shellharbour council approved 657 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Shellharbour council area (not just Oak Flats). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
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.