Picketts Valley bushfire risk
Of Picketts Valley’s 90 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 73.3% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Picketts Valley’s flood exposure is below the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is above the NSW average of 16.4%.
Check a specific Picketts Valley address
Risk varies property by property.
Hazard exposure
Where the hazards are in Picketts Valley
Flood and bushfire areas across Picketts Valley. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Picketts Valley
Picketts Valley sits in the Central Coast council area, which recorded 28,960 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 28,960 total. Figures are for the whole Central Coast council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in Picketts Valley
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 Picketts Valley 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 Picketts Valley
Picketts Valley is mostly other. The most common zones:
Check your council’s planning scheme for what this zone allows.
Zone: Deferred Matter
Special purpose — infrastructure or a specific institutional use.
Zone: Infrastructure
Environmental management — conservation land with strong limits on development.
Zone: Environmental Management
School catchments in Picketts Valley
Picketts Valley can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Picketts Valley
At the 2021 Census, 12.7% of Picketts Valley’s 221 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 Picketts Valley
Central Coast (NSW) council approved 1,324 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Central Coast (NSW) council area (not just Picketts Valley). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
Nearby suburbs
Other suburbs in Central Coast (NSW)
Compare Picketts Valley 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.