Orient Point flood & bushfire risk
Of Orient Point’s 414 mapped properties, 5.8% are in a mapped flood area and 19.1% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Orient Point’s flood exposure is above the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is above the NSW average of 16.4%.
Check a specific Orient Point address
Risk varies property by property.
Hazard exposure
Where the hazards are in Orient Point
Flood and bushfire areas across Orient Point. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Orient Point
Orient Point sits in the Shoalhaven council area, which recorded 8,139 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 8,139 total. Figures are for the whole Shoalhaven council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in Orient Point
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 Orient Point 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 Orient Point
Orient Point is mostly open space. The most common zones:
Open space / recreation — parks and sporting land; not for housing.
Zone: Public Recreation
Special purpose — infrastructure or a specific institutional use.
Zone: Infrastructure
School catchments in Orient Point
Orient Point can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Orient Point
At the 2021 Census, 11.8% of Orient Point’s 629 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 Orient Point
Shoalhaven council approved 869 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Shoalhaven council area (not just Orient Point). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 16 Ormonde Crescent, Orient Point NSW 2540
- 19 Otway Street, Orient Point NSW 2540
- 1 Orsova Parade, Orient Point NSW 2540
- 1 Third Street, Orient Point NSW 2540
- 22 Otranto Avenue, Orient Point NSW 2540
- 69 Osterley Avenue, Orient Point NSW 2540
- 7 Second Street, Orient Point NSW 2540
- 9 Orient Avenue, Orient Point NSW 2540
Nearby suburbs
Other suburbs in Shoalhaven
Compare Orient Point 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.