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Saumarez Ponds bushfire risk

Of Saumarez Ponds’s 230 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 10% are in a bushfire hazard area.

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

0%
In a flood area
10%
In a bushfire area
230
Mapped properties

Where the hazards are in Saumarez Ponds

Flood and bushfire areas across Saumarez Ponds. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.

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Crime near Saumarez Ponds

Saumarez Ponds sits in the Uralla council area, which recorded 310 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 310 total. Figures are for the whole Uralla council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.

Property values in Saumarez Ponds

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

Houses
$620,000+15.35%
Postcode-area median · Q4 2025
Units & apartments
$448,000+4.92%
Postcode-area median · Q4 2025

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

Saumarez Ponds is mostly rural residential. The most common zones:

Rural residential87.8% of properties

Rural residential — acreage-style homes on large lots; semi-rural living.

Zone: Large Lot Residential

Rural6.5% of properties

Rural — farming and agricultural land; housing is limited.

Zone: Rural Landscape

Environmental2.2% of properties

Environmental management — conservation land with strong limits on development.

Zone: Environmental Management

School catchments in Saumarez Ponds

Saumarez Ponds can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.

Who lives in Saumarez Ponds

At the 2021 Census, 7.7% of Saumarez Ponds’s 416 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

Australian56.7%
English39.4%
Irish15.4%
Scottish11.5%
German3.8%
Australian Aboriginal2.2%

Top countries of birth

Scotland1.4%
Canada0.7%
England0.7%

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

Development near Saumarez Ponds

Uralla council approved 12 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.

12
Dwellings/yr
10
Houses
2
Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Uralla council area (not just Saumarez Ponds). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Risk varies property by property. Check a specific Saumarez Ponds address:

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.