Wanaaring bushfire risk
Of Wanaaring’s 169 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 53.3% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Wanaaring’s flood exposure is below the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is above the NSW average of 16.4%.
Check a specific Wanaaring address
Risk varies property by property.
Hazard exposure
Where the hazards are in Wanaaring
Flood and bushfire areas across Wanaaring. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Wanaaring
Wanaaring sits in the Bourke council area, which recorded 1,307 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 1,307 total. Figures are for the whole Bourke council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in Wanaaring
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 Wanaaring 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 Wanaaring
Wanaaring 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
School catchments in Wanaaring
Wanaaring can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Wanaaring
At the 2021 Census, 4.9% of Wanaaring’s 81 residents were born overseas.
Top ancestries
Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.
Development near Wanaaring
Bourke council approved 4 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Bourke council area (not just Wanaaring). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 102 York Street, Wanaaring NSW 2840
- 10 Church Street, Wanaaring NSW 2840
- 1848 Hamilton Gate Road, Wanaaring NSW 2840
- 23938 Wilcannia Wanaaring Road, Wanaaring NSW 2840
- 4372 Glen Hope Road, Wanaaring NSW 2840
- 61 Raleigh Street, Wanaaring NSW 2840
- 740 Dungarvan Road, Wanaaring NSW 2840
- 75 Vicary Street, Wanaaring NSW 2840
Nearby suburbs
Other suburbs in Bourke
Compare Wanaaring 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.