Oakhampton Heights flood & bushfire risk

Of Oakhampton Heights’s 112 mapped properties, 21.4% are in a mapped flood area and 100% are in a bushfire hazard area.

For context, Oakhampton Heights’s flood exposure is above the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is above the NSW average of 16.4%.

Check a specific Oakhampton Heights address

Risk varies property by property.

Hazard exposure

21.4%
Of properties in a flood area
100%
Of properties in a bushfire area
112
Mapped properties

Where the hazards are in Oakhampton Heights

Flood and bushfire areas across Oakhampton Heights. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.

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Crime near Oakhampton Heights

Oakhampton Heights sits in the Maitland council area, which recorded 8,522 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.

Showing all crime — tap an offence type below to plot it over time.
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Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 8,522 total. Figures are for the whole Maitland council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.

Property values in Oakhampton Heights

Median sale price by property type, reported by postcode area — suburbs sharing a postcode show the same figure.

Houses
$851,000+13.85%
Postcode-area median · January - March 2026
Units & apartments
$640,000+16.42%
Postcode-area median · January - March 2026

Indicative postcode-area estimate — NSW medians are reported by postcode, so Oakhampton 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 Oakhampton Heights

Oakhampton Heights is mostly rural residential. The most common zones:

Rural residential81.3% of properties

Rural residential — acreage-style homes on large lots; semi-rural living.

Zone: Large Lot Residential

Rural16.1% of properties

Rural — farming and agricultural land; housing is limited.

Zone: Rural Landscape

Other1.8% of properties

Check your council’s planning scheme for what this zone allows.

Zone: Primary Production

School catchments in Oakhampton Heights

Oakhampton Heights can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.

Who lives in Oakhampton Heights

At the 2021 Census, 10.1% of Oakhampton Heights’s 139 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

English56.8%
Australian33.1%
Irish12.2%
Scottish7.2%
Chinese5%
Dutch4.3%

Top countries of birth

England5%
New Zealand2.9%

Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.

Development near Oakhampton Heights

Maitland council approved 1,370 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.

1,370
Dwellings/yr
705
Houses
665
Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Maitland council area (not just Oakhampton Heights). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

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.