Wheeler Heights bushfire risk
Of Wheeler Heights’s 1,153 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 5.8% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Wheeler Heights’s flood exposure is below the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is below the NSW average of 16.4%.
Where the hazards are in Wheeler Heights
Flood and bushfire areas across Wheeler Heights. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Wheeler Heights
Wheeler Heights sits in the Northern Beaches council area, which recorded 7,760 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 7,760 total. Figures are for the whole Northern Beaches council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in Wheeler Heights
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 Wheeler Heights 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 Wheeler Heights
Wheeler Heights is mostly residential. The most common zones:
Low density residential — mostly detached houses on standard suburban blocks.
Zone: Low Density Residential
General residential — standard housing; allowable density varies by precinct.
Zone: Neighbourhood Centre
Open space / recreation — parks and sporting land; not for housing.
Zone: Public Recreation
School catchments in Wheeler Heights
Wheeler Heights can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Wheeler Heights
At the 2021 Census, 22.7% of Wheeler Heights’s 3,232 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 Wheeler Heights
Northern Beaches council approved 560 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Northern Beaches council area (not just Wheeler Heights). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 8 Rydal Place, Wheeler Heights NSW 2097
- 206 South Creek Road, Wheeler Heights NSW 2097
- 5 Wasdale Street, Wheeler Heights NSW 2097
- 23 Kirkstone Road, Wheeler Heights NSW 2097
- 6 Alice Close, Wheeler Heights NSW 2097
- 10 Crummock Street, Wheeler Heights NSW 2097
- 20 Ettalong Street, Wheeler Heights NSW 2097
- 5 Kendal Crescent, Wheeler Heights NSW 2097
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.