The Rocks bushfire risk
Of The Rocks’s 2,466 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 0.9% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, The Rocks’s flood exposure is below the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is below the NSW average of 16.4%.
Where the hazards are in The Rocks
Flood and bushfire areas across The Rocks. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near The Rocks
The Rocks sits in the Inner West council area, which recorded 11,721 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 11,721 total. Figures are for the whole Inner West council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in The Rocks
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 The Rocks 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 Rocks
The Rocks is mostly other. The most common zones:
Check your council’s planning scheme for what this zone allows.
Zone: Primary Production
Centre / commercial — shops, offices and mixed use; often allows apartments above.
Zone: Metropolitan Centre
Special purpose — infrastructure or a specific institutional use.
Zone: Infrastructure
School catchments in The Rocks
The Rocks can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in The Rocks
At the 2021 Census, 47.4% of The Rocks’s 629 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 The Rocks
Inner West council approved 1,160 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Inner West council area (not just The Rocks). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 3103/129 Harrington Street, The Rocks NSW 2000
- 24/12-26 Playfair Street, The Rocks NSW 2000
- 143 George Street, The Rocks NSW 2000
- 5010 Nurses Walk, The Rocks NSW 2000
- 1860 Mid Western Highway, The Rocks NSW 2795
- 3 Longs Lane, The Rocks NSW 2000
- 5A Hickson Road, The Rocks NSW 2000
- 13 Carahers Lane, The Rocks NSW 2000
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.