Ocean Shores bushfire risk
Of Ocean Shores’s 3,176 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 36.2% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Ocean Shores’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 Ocean Shores
Flood and bushfire areas across Ocean Shores. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Ocean Shores
Ocean Shores sits in the Byron council area, which recorded 2,939 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 2,939 total. Figures are for the whole Byron council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in Ocean Shores
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 Ocean Shores 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 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.
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 206 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Byron council area (not just Ocean Shores). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 2429 Coolamon Scenic Drive, Ocean Shores NSW 2483
- 1 Oola Place, Ocean Shores NSW 2483
- 7 Eloura Court, Ocean Shores NSW 2483
- 1/1 Miram Place, Ocean Shores NSW 2483
- 7 Kanandah Court, Ocean Shores NSW 2483
- 6A Kooringa Court, Ocean Shores NSW 2483
- 4 Barkala Court, Ocean Shores NSW 2483
- 29 Goondooloo Drive, Ocean Shores NSW 2483
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.