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%.
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.
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.
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.
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:
Environmental management — conservation land with strong limits on development.
Zone: Environmental Living
Environmental management — conservation land with strong limits on development.
Zone: Environmental Conservation
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
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 Valley Heights
Blue Mountains council approved 122 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Blue Mountains council area (not just Valley Heights). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 32 Hilton Road, Valley Heights NSW 2777
- 2/2-4 Tayler Road, Valley Heights NSW 2777
- 41A-41 Waratah Road, Valley Heights NSW 2777
- 8 Cambridge Street, Valley Heights NSW 2777
- 38 Coolabah Road, Valley Heights NSW 2777
- 18A Green Parade, Valley Heights NSW 2777
- 8 Tusculum Road, Valley Heights NSW 2777
- 7-13 Angophora Place, Valley Heights NSW 2777
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.