Riverwood flood & bushfire report

Of Riverwood’s 7,970 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 0% are in a bushfire hazard area.

For context, Riverwood’s flood exposure is below the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is below the NSW average of 16.4%.

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Risk varies property by property.

Hazard exposure

0%
Of properties in a flood area
0%
Of properties in a bushfire area
7,970
Mapped properties

Crime near Riverwood

Riverwood sits in the Canterbury-Bankstown council area, which recorded 21,749 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.

Showing all crime — tap an offence type below to plot it over time.
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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 Riverwood

Median sale price by property type, reported by postcode area — suburbs sharing a postcode show the same figure.

Houses
$1,650,000+3.94%
Postcode-area median · January - March 2026
Units & apartments
$813,000+18.61%
Postcode-area median · January - March 2026

Indicative postcode-area estimate — NSW medians are reported by postcode, so Riverwood 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 Riverwood

Riverwood is mostly residential. The most common zones:

Residential35.9% of properties

Medium density residential — townhouses, terraces and low-rise units (the “missing middle”).

Zone: Medium Density Residential

Residential32.7% of properties

High density residential — apartments and higher-rise living, usually near centres or transport.

Zone: High Density Residential

Residential20.1% of properties

Low density residential — mostly detached houses on standard suburban blocks.

Zone: Low Density Residential

Who lives in Riverwood

At the 2021 Census, 54.6% of Riverwood’s 12,793 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

Chinese32.4%
Australian10.8%
English10.5%
Lebanese5.5%
Filipino3.9%
Vietnamese3.2%

Top countries of birth

China18.3%
Philippines3%
Lebanon2.8%
Vietnam2.8%
Hong Kong2.7%
Indonesia2.5%

Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.

Development near Riverwood

Canterbury-Bankstown council approved 1,667 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.

1,667
Dwellings/yr
601
Houses
1,066
Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Canterbury-Bankstown council area (not just Riverwood). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

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.