Wombeyan Caves bushfire risk
Of Wombeyan Caves’s 233 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 100% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Wombeyan Caves’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 Wombeyan Caves
Flood and bushfire areas across Wombeyan Caves. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Wombeyan Caves
Wombeyan Caves sits in the Upper Lachlan council area, which recorded 297 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 297 total. Figures are for the whole Upper Lachlan council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in Wombeyan Caves
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 Wombeyan Caves 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 Wombeyan Caves
Wombeyan Caves is mostly rural. The most common zones:
Rural — farming and agricultural land; housing is limited.
Zone: Rural Landscape
Environmental management — conservation land with strong limits on development.
Zone: Environmental Management
Open space / recreation — parks and sporting land; not for housing.
Zone: National Parks and Nature Reserves
School catchments in Wombeyan Caves
Wombeyan Caves can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Wombeyan Caves
At the 2021 Census, 3.8% of Wombeyan Caves’s 53 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 Wombeyan Caves
Upper Lachlan council approved 40 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Upper Lachlan council area (not just Wombeyan Caves). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 60 Langs Road, Wombeyan Caves NSW 2580
- 308 Tallygang Mountain Road, Wombeyan Caves NSW 2580
- 305 Guineacor Road, Wombeyan Caves NSW 2580
- 5446 Taralga Road, Wombeyan Caves NSW 2580
- 1262 Mares Forest Road, Wombeyan Caves NSW 2580
- 189 Rocklilly Road, Wombeyan Caves NSW 2580
- 47 Jerrong Road, Wombeyan Caves NSW 2580
- 49 Hogans Creek Road, Wombeyan Caves NSW 2580
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.