West Pennant Hills bushfire risk
Of West Pennant Hills’s 6,684 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 18.3% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, West Pennant Hills’s flood exposure is below the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is in line with the NSW average of 16.4%.
Check a specific West Pennant Hills address
Risk varies property by property.
Hazard exposure
Where the hazards are in West Pennant Hills
Flood and bushfire areas across West Pennant Hills. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near West Pennant Hills
West Pennant Hills sits in the The Hills council area, which recorded 5,406 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 5,406 total. Figures are for the whole The Hills council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in West Pennant Hills
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 West Pennant Hills 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 West Pennant Hills
West Pennant Hills is mostly residential. The most common zones:
Low density residential — mostly detached houses on standard suburban blocks.
Zone: Low Density Residential
Environmental management — conservation land with strong limits on development.
Zone: Environmental Living
Medium density residential — townhouses, terraces and low-rise units (the “missing middle”).
Zone: Medium Density Residential
School catchments in West Pennant Hills
West Pennant Hills can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in West Pennant Hills
At the 2021 Census, 40.9% of West Pennant Hills’s 16,620 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 West Pennant Hills
The Hills council approved 2,696 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole The Hills council area (not just West Pennant Hills). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 110 Oratava Avenue, West Pennant Hills NSW 2125
- 14 Lee Road, West Pennant Hills NSW 2125
- 18 Riley Avenue, West Pennant Hills NSW 2125
- 2 Dylan Place, West Pennant Hills NSW 2125
- 3 Rodney Place, West Pennant Hills NSW 2125
- 50 Penderlea Drive, West Pennant Hills NSW 2125
- 6 Plumtree Court, West Pennant Hills NSW 2125
- 73A Cardinal Avenue, West Pennant Hills NSW 2125
Nearby suburbs
Other suburbs in The Hills
Compare West Pennant Hills 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.