Ocean Shores property data
Explore zoning, school catchments, local crime and property data for Ocean Shores, NSW (3,176 mapped properties). Flood and bushfire mapping for this area is coming soon.
Zoning in Ocean Shores
Ocean Shores 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
Centre / commercial — shops, offices and mixed use; often allows apartments above.
Zone: Local Centre
School catchments in Ocean Shores
Ocean Shores can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Crime near Ocean Shores
Ocean Shores sits in the Byron council area, which recorded 2,462 reported offences in the 12 months to May 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 2,462 total. Figures are for the whole Byron council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Who lives in Ocean Shores
At the 2021 Census, 19.5% of Ocean Shores’s 5,777 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 Ocean Shores
Byron council approved 222 new dwellings in the 12 months to Apr 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Byron council area (not just Ocean Shores). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 100 Balemo Drive, Ocean Shores NSW 2483
- 100 Orana Road, Ocean Shores NSW 2483
- 100 Rajah Road, Ocean Shores NSW 2483
- 100 Shara Boulevard, Ocean Shores NSW 2483
- 10/10 Balemo Drive, Ocean Shores NSW 2483
- 10-12 Kanandah Court, Ocean Shores NSW 2483
- 101 Balemo Drive, Ocean Shores NSW 2483
- 10/1 Langi Place, Ocean Shores NSW 2483
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.