Tea Gardens flood & bushfire risk
Of Tea Gardens’s 3,137 mapped properties, 47.1% are in a mapped flood area and 25% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Tea Gardens’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 Tea Gardens
Flood and bushfire areas across Tea Gardens. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Tea Gardens
Tea Gardens sits in the Mid-Coast council area, which recorded 8,378 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 8,378 total. Figures are for the whole Mid-Coast council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in Tea Gardens
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 Tea Gardens 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 Tea Gardens
Tea Gardens is mostly residential. The most common zones:
Low density residential — mostly detached houses on standard suburban blocks.
Zone: Low Density Residential
Rural — farming and agricultural land; housing is limited.
Zone: Rural Landscape
Medium density residential — townhouses, terraces and low-rise units (the “missing middle”).
Zone: Medium Density Residential
School catchments in Tea Gardens
Tea Gardens can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Tea Gardens
At the 2021 Census, 16.4% of Tea Gardens’s 3,288 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 Tea Gardens
Mid-Coast council approved 508 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Mid-Coast council area (not just Tea Gardens). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 6/14 Winta Road, Tea Gardens NSW 2324
- 7 Sundew Court, Tea Gardens NSW 2324
- 15 Iluka Street, Tea Gardens NSW 2324
- 3 Carripool Close, Tea Gardens NSW 2324
- 8/2 Port Stephens Street, Tea Gardens NSW 2324
- 157 Casuarina Court, Tea Gardens NSW 2324
- 11 Petrel Place, Tea Gardens NSW 2324
- 71 Wattle Court, Tea Gardens NSW 2324
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.