Warners Bay flood & bushfire risk
Of Warners Bay’s 5,377 mapped properties, 22.4% are in a mapped flood area and 20.3% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Warners Bay’s flood exposure is above the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is above the NSW average of 16.4%.
Check a specific Warners Bay address
Risk varies property by property.
Hazard exposure
Where the hazards are in Warners Bay
Flood and bushfire areas across Warners Bay. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Warners Bay
Warners Bay sits in the Lake Macquarie council area, which recorded 15,313 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 15,313 total. Figures are for the whole Lake Macquarie council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in Warners Bay
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 Warners Bay 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 Warners Bay
Warners Bay is mostly residential. The most common zones:
Low density residential — mostly detached houses on standard suburban blocks.
Zone: Low Density Residential
Medium density residential — townhouses, terraces and low-rise units (the “missing middle”).
Zone: Medium Density Residential
Centre / commercial — shops, offices and mixed use; often allows apartments above.
Zone: Local Centre
School catchments in Warners Bay
Warners Bay can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Warners Bay
At the 2021 Census, 12.1% of Warners Bay’s 8,237 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 Warners Bay
Lake Macquarie council approved 1,214 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Lake Macquarie council area (not just Warners Bay). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 1/10 Holt Street, Warners Bay NSW 2282
- 13 Ruswell Avenue, Warners Bay NSW 2282
- 17 Wellings Street, Warners Bay NSW 2282
- 1 Delma Parade, Warners Bay NSW 2282
- 20 New Road, Warners Bay NSW 2282
- 3/2B Lake Street, Warners Bay NSW 2282
- 4 Spencer Street, Warners Bay NSW 2282
- 7 Taylor Crescent, Warners Bay NSW 2282
Nearby suburbs
Other suburbs in Lake Macquarie
Compare Warners Bay 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.