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The Oaks bushfire risk

Of The Oaks’s 1,431 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 35.5% are in a bushfire hazard area.

For context, The Oaks’s flood exposure is below the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is above the NSW average of 16.4%.

0%
In a flood area
35.5%
In a bushfire area
1,431
Mapped properties

Where the hazards are in The Oaks

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

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Crime near The Oaks

The Oaks sits in the Wollondilly council area, which recorded 2,093 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 2,093 total. Figures are for the whole Wollondilly council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.

Property values in The Oaks

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

Houses
$1,196,000+8.68%
Postcode-area median · Q4 2025
Units & apartments
$750,000-2.6%
Postcode-area median · Q4 2025

Indicative postcode-area estimate — NSW medians are reported by postcode, so The Oaks 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 The Oaks

The Oaks is mostly residential. The most common zones:

Residential58.1% of properties

Low density residential — mostly detached houses on standard suburban blocks.

Zone: Low Density Residential

Rural16.1% of properties

Rural — farming and agricultural land; housing is limited.

Zone: Rural Landscape

Other13% of properties

Check your council’s planning scheme for what this zone allows.

Zone: Primary Production

School catchments in The Oaks

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

Who lives in The Oaks

At the 2021 Census, 10% of The Oaks’s 2,982 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

Australian47.8%
English39.7%
Irish11.7%
Scottish8.6%
Italian5.8%
German3.3%

Top countries of birth

England3.4%
New Zealand0.8%
Scotland0.5%
South Africa0.4%
United States0.4%
China0.3%

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

Development near The Oaks

Wollondilly council approved 1,175 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.

1,175
Dwellings/yr
836
Houses
339
Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Wollondilly council area (not just The Oaks). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Risk varies property by property. Check a specific The Oaks 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.