Tenterfield bushfire risk
Of Tenterfield’s 3,712 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 42.3% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Tenterfield’s flood exposure is below the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is above the NSW average of 16.4%.
Check a specific Tenterfield address
Risk varies property by property.
Hazard exposure
Where the hazards are in Tenterfield
Flood and bushfire areas across Tenterfield. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Tenterfield
Tenterfield sits in the Tenterfield council area, which recorded 645 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 645 total. Figures are for the whole Tenterfield council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in Tenterfield
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 Tenterfield 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 Tenterfield
Tenterfield is mostly other. The most common zones:
Check your council’s planning scheme for what this zone allows.
Zone: Village
Check your council’s planning scheme for what this zone allows.
Zone: Primary Production
Special purpose — infrastructure or a specific institutional use.
Zone: Infrastructure
School catchments in Tenterfield
Tenterfield can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Tenterfield
At the 2021 Census, 7.7% of Tenterfield’s 4,067 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 Tenterfield
Tenterfield council approved 54 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Tenterfield council area (not just Tenterfield). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 100A Sunnyside Hall Road, Tenterfield NSW 2372
- 16 Traill Lane, Tenterfield NSW 2372
- 170 Bungulla Road, Tenterfield NSW 2372
- 1 Bismark Street, Tenterfield NSW 2372
- 27 Millers Lane, Tenterfield NSW 2372
- 435 Schroders Road, Tenterfield NSW 2372
- 65 Roos Road, Tenterfield NSW 2372
- 66 Boundary Road, Tenterfield NSW 2372
Nearby suburbs
Other suburbs in Tenterfield
Compare Tenterfield 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.