High Wycombe bushfire risk

Of High Wycombe’s 5,917 mapped properties, 13.2% are in a mapped bushfire-prone area. Flood mapping for this area is coming soon.

For context, High Wycombe’s bushfire exposure is below the WA average of 21.7%.

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Risk varies property by property.

Hazard exposure

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Flood mapping
13.2%
Of properties in a bushfire area
5,917
Mapped properties

Where the hazards are in High Wycombe

Flood and bushfire areas across High Wycombe. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.

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Crime near High Wycombe

High Wycombe sits in the Midland police district, which recorded 22,084 reported offences in the 12 months to Jun 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 22,084 total. Figures are for the whole Midland police district (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.

Zoning in High Wycombe

High Wycombe is mostly future urban. The most common zones:

Future urban99.8% of properties

Emerging community — earmarked for future urban development; not yet fully built out.

Zone: Urban development

Other0.1% of properties

Check your council’s planning scheme for what this zone allows.

Zone: Public purposes

Other0.1% of properties

Check your council’s planning scheme for what this zone allows.

Zone: Public purposes

Who lives in High Wycombe

At the 2021 Census, 24.1% of High Wycombe’s 12,198 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

English43.9%
Australian37%
Scottish9.7%
Irish9.2%
Italian5.1%
Australian Aboriginal3.3%

Top countries of birth

England7%
New Zealand4.2%
Philippines1.8%
India1.1%
Scotland1%
South Africa0.9%

Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.

Development near High Wycombe

Kalamunda council approved 185 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.

185
Dwellings/yr
174
Houses
11
Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Kalamunda council area (not just High Wycombe). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Other suburbs in Kalamunda

Compare High Wycombe 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.