Pennant Hills bushfire risk
Of Pennant Hills’s 3,767 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 19% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Pennant 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 Pennant Hills address
Risk varies property by property.
Hazard exposure
Where the hazards are in Pennant Hills
Flood and bushfire areas across Pennant Hills. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Pennant Hills
Pennant Hills sits in the Hornsby council area, which recorded 5,312 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 5,312 total. Figures are for the whole Hornsby council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in Pennant Hills
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 Pennant Hills 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 Pennant Hills
Pennant Hills is mostly residential. The most common zones:
Low density residential — mostly detached houses on standard suburban blocks.
Zone: Low Density Residential
High density residential — apartments and higher-rise living, usually near centres or transport.
Zone: High Density Residential
Centre / commercial — shops, offices and mixed use; often allows apartments above.
Zone: Local Centre
School catchments in Pennant Hills
Pennant Hills can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Pennant Hills
At the 2021 Census, 40.6% of Pennant Hills’s 7,588 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 Pennant Hills
Hornsby council approved 421 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Hornsby council area (not just Pennant Hills). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 1/5 City View Road, Pennant Hills NSW 2120
- 16/23 Thompson Close, Pennant Hills NSW 2120
- 16 Greenhaven Drive, Pennant Hills NSW 2120
- 3/98 Yarrara Road, Pennant Hills NSW 2120
- 3 Harold Avenue, Pennant Hills NSW 2120
- 49 Ramsay Road, Pennant Hills NSW 2120
- 5 Weemala Road, Pennant Hills NSW 2120
- 8 Kurrajong Street, Pennant Hills NSW 2120
Nearby suburbs
Other suburbs in Hornsby
Compare Pennant 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.