Sylvania Waters flood risk
Of Sylvania Waters’s 1,263 mapped properties, 0.2% are in a mapped flood area and 0% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Sylvania Waters’s flood exposure is below the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is below the NSW average of 16.4%.
Check a specific Sylvania Waters address
Risk varies property by property.
Hazard exposure
Where the hazards are in Sylvania Waters
Flood and bushfire areas across Sylvania Waters. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Sylvania Waters
Sylvania Waters sits in the Sutherland council area, which recorded 10,806 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 10,806 total. Figures are for the whole Sutherland council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in Sylvania Waters
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 Sylvania Waters 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 Sylvania Waters
Sylvania Waters is mostly residential. The most common zones:
Low density residential — mostly detached houses on standard suburban blocks.
Zone: Low Density Residential
High density residential — apartments and higher-rise living, usually near centres or transport.
Zone: High Density Residential
General residential — standard housing; allowable density varies by precinct.
Zone: Neighbourhood Centre
School catchments in Sylvania Waters
Sylvania Waters can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Sylvania Waters
At the 2021 Census, 31.5% of Sylvania Waters’s 3,200 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 Sylvania Waters
Sutherland council approved 1,317 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Sutherland council area (not just Sylvania Waters). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 10 Nymboida Crescent, Sylvania Waters NSW 2224
- 1 Goulburn Peninsula, Sylvania Waters NSW 2224
- 1 Paroo Avenue, Sylvania Waters NSW 2224
- 1R Moruya Avenue, Sylvania Waters NSW 2224
- 3 Tumut Place, Sylvania Waters NSW 2224
- 63/1 Ramu Close, Sylvania Waters NSW 2224
- 63 Hawkesbury Esplanade, Sylvania Waters NSW 2224
- 7 Barwon Place, Sylvania Waters NSW 2224
Nearby suburbs
Other suburbs in Sutherland
Compare Sylvania Waters 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.