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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%.

0%
In a flood area
96.1%
In a bushfire area
532
Mapped properties

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.

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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.

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 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.

Houses
$793,000+8.64%
Postcode-area median · Q4 2025
Units & apartments
$495,000-1.98%
Postcode-area median · Q4 2025

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:

Environmental92.3% of properties

Environmental management — conservation land with strong limits on development.

Zone: Environmental Living

Other7.7% of properties

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

Australian51.6%
English46.9%
Irish10.9%
Scottish10.3%
Australian Aboriginal7.1%
German4.4%

Top countries of birth

New Zealand2.6%
England2.3%
United States0.5%
South Africa0.3%
Taiwan0.3%
Germany0.3%

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.

110
Dwellings/yr
92
Houses
18
Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Singleton council area (not just Wattle Ponds). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Risk varies property by property. Check a specific Wattle Ponds 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.