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Valley Heights bushfire risk

Of Valley Heights’s 611 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 89.9% are in a bushfire hazard area.

For context, Valley Heights’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
89.9%
In a bushfire area
611
Mapped properties

Where the hazards are in Valley Heights

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

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Crime near Valley Heights

Valley Heights sits in the Blue Mountains council area, which recorded 3,161 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 3,161 total. Figures are for the whole Blue Mountains council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.

Property values in Valley Heights

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

Houses
$1,050,000+5.26%
Postcode-area median · Q4 2025

Indicative postcode-area estimate — NSW medians are reported by postcode, so Valley Heights 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 Valley Heights

Valley Heights is mostly environmental. The most common zones:

Environmental79.5% of properties

Environmental management — conservation land with strong limits on development.

Zone: Environmental Living

Environmental12.3% of properties

Environmental management — conservation land with strong limits on development.

Zone: Environmental Conservation

Industrial5.2% of properties

Industrial / employment — factories, warehouses and trade uses; not intended for homes.

Zone: General Industrial

School catchments in Valley Heights

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

Who lives in Valley Heights

At the 2021 Census, 13.8% of Valley Heights’s 1,188 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

English47.9%
Australian38.2%
Irish17.9%
Scottish12.4%
German4.1%
Australian Aboriginal2.9%

Top countries of birth

England4.5%
Germany0.8%
Netherlands0.8%
New Zealand0.7%
South Africa0.6%
United States0.6%

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

Development near Valley Heights

Blue Mountains council approved 122 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.

122
Dwellings/yr
115
Houses
7
Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Blue Mountains council area (not just Valley Heights). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Risk varies property by property. Check a specific Valley Heights 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.