Worrowing Heights flood & bushfire risk
Of Worrowing Heights’s 786 mapped properties, 0.4% are in a mapped flood area and 39.3% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Worrowing Heights’s flood exposure is below the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is above the NSW average of 16.4%.
Check a specific Worrowing Heights address
Risk varies property by property.
Hazard exposure
Where the hazards are in Worrowing Heights
Flood and bushfire areas across Worrowing Heights. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Worrowing Heights
Worrowing Heights sits in the Shoalhaven council area, which recorded 8,139 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 8,139 total. Figures are for the whole Shoalhaven council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in Worrowing 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 Worrowing 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 Worrowing Heights
Worrowing Heights is mostly rural. The most common zones:
Rural — farming and agricultural land; housing is limited.
Zone: Rural Landscape
Rural residential — acreage-style homes on large lots; semi-rural living.
Zone: Large Lot Residential
Environmental management — conservation land with strong limits on development.
Zone: Environmental Conservation
School catchments in Worrowing Heights
Worrowing Heights can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Worrowing Heights
At the 2021 Census, 22.9% of Worrowing Heights’s 713 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 Worrowing Heights
Shoalhaven council approved 869 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Shoalhaven council area (not just Worrowing Heights). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 12 Wirrilliko Way, Worrowing Heights NSW 2540
- 13 Agnes Place, Worrowing Heights NSW 2540
- 15 Eden Place, Worrowing Heights NSW 2540
- 23 Rose Of Australia Way, Worrowing Heights NSW 2540
- 267/110 The Wool Road, Worrowing Heights NSW 2540
- 293 Wanawong Boulevard, Worrowing Heights NSW 2540
- 3 Wandera Place, Worrowing Heights NSW 2540
- 4 Birriga Avenue, Worrowing Heights NSW 2540
Nearby suburbs
Other suburbs in Shoalhaven
Compare Worrowing Heights 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.