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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%.

0%
In a flood area
100%
In a bushfire area
233
Mapped properties

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.

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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.

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 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.

Houses
$700,000+6.87%
Postcode-area median · Q4 2025
Units & apartments
$529,000-8.4%
Postcode-area median · Q4 2025

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:

Rural72.5% of properties

Rural — farming and agricultural land; housing is limited.

Zone: Rural Landscape

Environmental17.6% of properties

Environmental management — conservation land with strong limits on development.

Zone: Environmental Management

Open space9.9% of properties

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

English47.2%
Australian34%
Scottish18.9%
German15.1%
Filipino9.4%
Irish5.7%

Top countries of birth

Germany15.1%

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.

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Dwellings/yr
38
Houses
2
Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Upper Lachlan council area (not just Wombeyan Caves). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Risk varies property by property. Check a specific Wombeyan Caves 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.