Orchard Hills bushfire risk
Of Orchard Hills’s 1,446 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 72.5% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Orchard Hills’s flood exposure is below the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is above the NSW average of 16.4%.
Check a specific Orchard Hills address
Risk varies property by property.
Hazard exposure
Where the hazards are in Orchard Hills
Flood and bushfire areas across Orchard Hills. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Orchard Hills
Orchard Hills sits in the Penrith council area, which recorded 20,357 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 20,357 total. Figures are for the whole Penrith council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Zoning in Orchard Hills
Orchard Hills is mostly other. The most common zones:
Check your council’s planning scheme for what this zone allows.
Zone: Primary Production Small Lots
Rural — farming and agricultural land; housing is limited.
Zone: Rural Landscape
Environmental management — conservation land with strong limits on development.
Zone: Environmental Conservation
School catchments in Orchard Hills
Orchard Hills can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Orchard Hills
At the 2021 Census, 23.2% of Orchard Hills’s 1,798 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 Orchard Hills
Penrith council approved 1,528 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Penrith council area (not just Orchard Hills). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 14 Sweetwater Grove, Orchard Hills NSW 2748
- 16 Eclipse Road, Orchard Hills NSW 2748
- 1974A The Northern Road, Orchard Hills NSW 2748
- 20 The Chase, Orchard Hills NSW 2748
- 25 The Haven, Orchard Hills NSW 2748
- 28 Ulm Road, Orchard Hills NSW 2748
- 358-364 Wentworth Road, Orchard Hills NSW 2748
- 44 Carolyn Chase, Orchard Hills NSW 2748
Nearby suburbs
Other suburbs in Penrith
Compare Orchard Hills with the rest of the council area, largest first.
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.