Queenscliff flood & bushfire report
Of Queenscliff’s 2,487 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 0% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Queenscliff’s flood exposure is below the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is below the NSW average of 16.4%.
Check a specific Queenscliff address
Risk varies property by property.
Hazard exposure
Crime near Queenscliff
Queenscliff sits in the Northern Beaches council area, which recorded 7,760 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 7,760 total. Figures are for the whole Northern Beaches council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in Queenscliff
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 Queenscliff 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 Queenscliff
Queenscliff is mostly residential. The most common zones:
Low density residential — mostly detached houses on standard suburban blocks.
Zone: Low Density Residential
Medium density residential — townhouses, terraces and low-rise units (the “missing middle”).
Zone: Medium Density Residential
Open space / recreation — parks and sporting land; not for housing.
Zone: Public Recreation
School catchments in Queenscliff
Queenscliff can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Queenscliff
At the 2021 Census, 37.8% of Queenscliff’s 3,407 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 Queenscliff
Northern Beaches council approved 625 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Northern Beaches council area (not just Queenscliff). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 1/18 Aitken Avenue, Queenscliff NSW 2096
- 18 Highview Avenue, Queenscliff NSW 2096
- 24 Cavill Street, Queenscliff NSW 2096
- 25 Undercliff Road, Queenscliff NSW 2096
- 308/168 Queenscliff Road, Queenscliff NSW 2096
- 378 Pittwater Road, Queenscliff NSW 2096
- 5/1 Greycliffe Street, Queenscliff NSW 2096
- 92 Crown Road, Queenscliff NSW 2096
Nearby suburbs
Other suburbs in Northern Beaches
Compare Queenscliff 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.