Padstow Heights bushfire risk
Of Padstow Heights’s 1,810 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 27.7% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Padstow Heights’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 Padstow Heights
Flood and bushfire areas across Padstow Heights. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Padstow Heights
Padstow Heights sits in the Canterbury-Bankstown council area, which recorded 21,749 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 21,749 total. Figures are for the whole Canterbury-Bankstown council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in Padstow Heights
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 Padstow 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 Padstow Heights
Padstow Heights is mostly residential. The most common zones:
Low density residential — mostly detached houses on standard suburban blocks.
Zone: Low Density Residential
Special purpose — infrastructure or a specific institutional use.
Zone: Infrastructure
Open space / recreation — parks and sporting land; not for housing.
Zone: Public Recreation
School catchments in Padstow Heights
Padstow Heights can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Padstow Heights
At the 2021 Census, 23.4% of Padstow Heights’s 3,594 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 Padstow Heights
Canterbury-Bankstown council approved 1,650 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Canterbury-Bankstown council area (not just Padstow Heights). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 2 Playford Road, Padstow Heights NSW 2211
- 56A Valley Road, Padstow Heights NSW 2211
- 3 Jasmine Avenue, Padstow Heights NSW 2211
- 5 Nambucca Place, Padstow Heights NSW 2211
- 19 Richmond Avenue, Padstow Heights NSW 2211
- 998A Henry Lawson Drive, Padstow Heights NSW 2211
- 116A Alfords Point Road, Padstow Heights NSW 2211
- 5 Braye Place, Padstow Heights NSW 2211
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.