Shoalhaven Heads flood & bushfire risk
Of Shoalhaven Heads’s 2,932 mapped properties, 48.7% are in a mapped flood area and 29.8% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Shoalhaven Heads’s flood exposure is above the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is above the NSW average of 16.4%.
Where the hazards are in Shoalhaven Heads
Flood and bushfire areas across Shoalhaven Heads. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Shoalhaven Heads
Shoalhaven Heads sits in the Shoalhaven council area, which recorded 8,139 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 8,139 total. Figures are for the whole Shoalhaven council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in Shoalhaven Heads
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 Shoalhaven Heads 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 Shoalhaven Heads
Shoalhaven Heads is mostly residential. The most common zones:
Low density residential — mostly detached houses on standard suburban blocks.
Zone: Low Density Residential
Check your council’s planning scheme for what this zone allows.
Zone: Primary Production
Medium density residential — townhouses, terraces and low-rise units (the “missing middle”).
Zone: Medium Density Residential
School catchments in Shoalhaven Heads
Shoalhaven Heads can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Shoalhaven Heads
At the 2021 Census, 13.1% of Shoalhaven Heads’s 3,248 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 Shoalhaven Heads
Shoalhaven council approved 863 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Shoalhaven council area (not just Shoalhaven Heads). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 50 Bream Street, Shoalhaven Heads NSW 2535
- 4 Bramall Road, Shoalhaven Heads NSW 2535
- 36 Wagin Street, Shoalhaven Heads NSW 2535
- 94 Salmon Street, Shoalhaven Heads NSW 2535
- 6 Trentham Road, Shoalhaven Heads NSW 2535
- 5 Towers Road, Shoalhaven Heads NSW 2535
- 31A Aspinall Street, Shoalhaven Heads NSW 2535
- 4 Cheltenham Drive, Shoalhaven Heads NSW 2535
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.