Wattle Ponds bushfire risk
Of Wattle Ponds’s 532 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 96.1% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Wattle Ponds’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 Wattle Ponds
Flood and bushfire areas across Wattle Ponds. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Wattle Ponds
Wattle Ponds sits in the Singleton council area, which recorded 1,655 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 1,655 total. Figures are for the whole Singleton council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in Wattle Ponds
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 Wattle Ponds 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 Wattle Ponds
Wattle Ponds is mostly environmental. The most common zones:
Environmental management — conservation land with strong limits on development.
Zone: Environmental Living
Check your council’s planning scheme for what this zone allows.
Zone: Primary Production
School catchments in Wattle Ponds
Wattle Ponds can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Wattle Ponds
At the 2021 Census, 7.9% of Wattle Ponds’s 1,193 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 Wattle Ponds
Singleton council approved 110 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Singleton council area (not just Wattle Ponds). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 4 Bluegum Close, Wattle Ponds NSW 2330
- 2/22 Pioneer Road, Wattle Ponds NSW 2330
- 13 Lester Close, Wattle Ponds NSW 2330
- 30 Mountain View Road, Wattle Ponds NSW 2330
- 6 Governor Martin Close, Wattle Ponds NSW 2330
- 5 Spinks Close, Wattle Ponds NSW 2330
- 6 Nawaday Way, Wattle Ponds NSW 2330
- 378 Bridgman Road, Wattle Ponds NSW 2330
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.