Hazard-safe ranking · NSW
The lowest flood risk suburbs in New South Wales.
Suburbs assessed as low flood risk or with no flood hazard record from Geoscience Australia. Filtered to New South Wales suburbs only.
About this ranking
Flood risk affects insurance premiums, resale value, and (increasingly) lending policy. Some big-four lenders now decline mortgages on properties in declared floodways. We rank by formal flood hazard classification from Geoscience Australia and state hazard mapping authorities.
New South Wales property market in 2026
New South Wales is Australia's most expensive housing market by a wide margin. Sydney's median house price sits around $1.6M to $1.7M in 2026, with a structural undersupply of well-located stock keeping the harbour-city market firm even as borrowing capacity catches up to elevated rates. Regional NSW (Newcastle, Central Coast, Wollongong) has compressed the discount to Sydney over the last five years, and the Hunter and Illawarra now trade at premiums older buyers wouldn't have predicted. Lifestyle suburbs along the coast, Byron, Kiama, Port Macquarie, have held the COVID-era gains. Investor demand is back at scale; rental vacancies in metro Sydney remain below 1.5%.
Buyer tip, NSW
If you're buying in Sydney, the gap between asking prices and clearing prices has narrowed meaningfully. A 2024-style 'discount the asking price by 10%' approach now leaves you out of contention. Pre-approval at the top of your range plus 1-2 weekends of pre-auction reconnaissance is the approach that works now.Watch out, NSW
Sydney's middle-ring suburbs (Kingsford, Marrickville, Concord) have seen significant apartment supply. Body corporate fees on newer towers can swallow yield, so always pull the strata report and the sinking fund balance before committing.Methodology
Suburbs are tagged 'low risk' when their dominant Geoscience Australia flood hazard classification is 'low', or when no flood hazard record exists for the suburb polygon. Suburbs in 'medium', 'high', or 'floodway' classifications are excluded from this ranking.Best for
Risk-averse buyers; buyers planning to insure with one of the bigger insurers; investors concerned about lender policy on flood-affected stock; long-term owner-occupiers wanting peace of mind.
Showing top 50 suburbs in New South Wales
The price beside a suburb is the median its own page publishes; a dash means none is published. Prices are medians of house sales recorded by the NSW Valuer General. A suburb needs five recorded sales in the year before a median is published.
NSW 2795
Flood risk
No data
Median price
$685K
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NSW 2285
Flood risk
No data
Median price
$850K
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NSW 2450
Flood risk
No data
Median price
$820K
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NSW 2229
Flood risk
No data
Median price
$1.9M
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NSW 2000
Flood risk
No data
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NSW 2162
Flood risk
No data
Median price
$1.4M
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NSW 2230
Flood risk
No data
Median price
$3.4M
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NSW 2799
Flood risk
No data
Median price
$600K
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NSW 2206
Flood risk
No data
Median price
$1.8M
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NSW 2707
Flood risk
No data
Median price
$463K
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NSW 2839
Flood risk
No data
Median price
$130K
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NSW 2281
Flood risk
No data
Median price
$1.4M
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NSW 2207
Flood risk
No data
Median price
$1.8M
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NSW 2190
Flood risk
No data
Median price
$1.4M
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NSW 2456
Flood risk
No data
Median price
$915K
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NSW 2265
Flood risk
No data
Median price
$940K
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NSW 2747
Flood risk
No data
Median price
$960K
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NSW 2081
Flood risk
No data
Median price
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NSW 2784
Flood risk
No data
Median price
$921K
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NSW 2230
Flood risk
No data
Median price
$3.5M
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NSW 2420
Flood risk
No data
Median price
–
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NSW 2848
Flood risk
No data
Median price
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NSW 2734
Flood risk
No data
Median price
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NSW 2447
Flood risk
No data
Median price
$510K
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NSW 2630
Flood risk
No data
Median price
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NSW 2665
Flood risk
No data
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NSW 2622
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No data
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NSW 2630
Flood risk
No data
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NSW 2632
Flood risk
No data
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NSW 2460
Flood risk
No data
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NSW 2840
Flood risk
No data
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NSW 2849
Flood risk
No data
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NSW 2422
Flood risk
No data
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NSW 2422
Flood risk
No data
Median price
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NSW 2280
Flood risk
No data
Median price
$910K
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NSW 2631
Flood risk
No data
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NSW 2712
Flood risk
No data
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NSW 2453
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No data
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NSW 2381
Flood risk
No data
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NSW 2454
Flood risk
No data
Median price
$1.6M
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NSW 2264
Flood risk
No data
Median price
$1.1M
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NSW 2556
Flood risk
No data
Median price
$3.0M
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NSW 2850
Flood risk
No data
Median price
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NSW 2626
Flood risk
No data
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NSW 2767
Flood risk
No data
Median price
$1.3M
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NSW 2850
Flood risk
No data
Median price
$713K
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NSW 2281
Flood risk
No data
Median price
$740K
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NSW 2622
Flood risk
No data
Median price
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NSW 2848
Flood risk
No data
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NSW 2469
Flood risk
No data
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Common questions
About this ranking
Does 'low flood risk' mean a property won't flood?
No, 'low risk' is a probabilistic classification, not a guarantee. Properties in low-risk zones can still flood in extreme events (1-in-500 year, freak storms). What 'low risk' does mean is that mainstream lenders and insurers will treat the property as standard rather than carrying a special premium or exclusion.
What's a 'floodway' versus a flood-prone zone?
A floodway is land that channels water during a flood event, building in a floodway is highly restricted because the water flow itself is dangerous, not just the standing water. A flood-prone zone is land that's expected to be inundated but not part of the active flow. Floodways are the highest-risk classification and many lenders will decline mortgages on stock in them.
How localised is flood risk?
Extremely localised. Two adjacent streets can be in completely different risk categories depending on elevation and creek proximity. Always pull the address-specific flood report from the council before bidding, even on suburbs that appear in this ranking.
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