Worrigee, NSW

Official crime, growth and development data for Worrigee from BOCSAR, the ABS, the NSW Planning Portal and NSW infrastructure agencies. Suburb-wide figures, not any one street.

5,384Population (2021 Census)
2540Postcode
0 of 5crime categories above the NSW average
15development applications, last 12 months

Property crime in Worrigee

Rates per 100,000 residents, Apr 2025 to Mar 2026

  • Lower than NSW
  • Similar to NSW
  • Higher than NSW
  • Break-ins to homes130212.339% below the NSW rate · higher than 43% of NSW suburbs
  • Car theft74.3171.257% below the NSW rate · higher than 27% of NSW suburbs
  • Theft from cars204.3295.431% below the NSW rate · higher than 43% of NSW suburbs
  • Theft from homes37.1196.281% below the NSW rate · higher than 11% of NSW suburbs
  • Malicious property damage501.5553.89% below the NSW rate · higher than 59% of NSW suburbs

Property offences only, per 100,000 residents, latest 12 months (Apr 2025 to Mar 2026). Population 5,384 (2021 Census). Percentile computed across the 945 NSW suburbs with 2,000 or more residents. Violent crime categories are deliberately not shown. Source: NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR), © State of New South Wales (Department of Communities and Justice), CC BY 4.0, and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (CC BY 4.0), snapshot 24 Jul 2026.

Planning & development

Development applications lodged for Worrigee addresses, 26 Aug 2025 to 26 Aug 2026

15development applications (12 months)
$6.1 millioncombined stated cost
10new dwellings proposed

Largest by stated cost

118 WORRIGEE ROAD WORRIGEE 2540$2,322,591.7 · Demolition, Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure · Determined · lodged 1 Sep 2025
6 ELLISON CLOSE WORRIGEE 2540$1,567,035.5 · Dwelling house, Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure · Under Assessment · lodged 3 Aug 2026
140A WORRIGEE ROAD WORRIGEE 2540$885,644.17 · Dwelling house, Erection of a new structure · Determined · lodged 25 May 2026

Source: NSW Planning Portal Online DA data (public record), applications by lodgement date, snapshot 26 Aug 2026. Costs are applicant-stated estimates. The paid address report checks applications around a specific address, not just this suburb-wide list.

Growth & what’s coming

Population projections and public building projects

No population projection matches Worrigee exactly in the DPHI dataset we carry, so we do not print one.

School building projects

New primary school and public preschool in WorrigeeNew school,New public preschool · In progress
New public preschool in Worrigee 100 new public preschools,New public preschool · In progress

Population figures are projections (DPHI 2024 NSW Population Projections) for the ABS statistical area, not a guarantee. Project lists: School Infrastructure NSW and Health Infrastructure / Homes NSW public project pages (snapshot 26 Jul 2026); a “Planning” status is not a commitment.

Hazards & controls: checked at the address

Suburb pages cannot say whether one property is affected. These are read lot by lot.

FloodNSW flood planning layer and council mapping, for the lot itself.
BushfireRFS bushfire prone land map, for the lot itself.
Zoning & heightZone, height and floor space controls, plus proposed changes.
Contamination & defectsEPA records and serious defect orders near the address.

The full report also reads development applications within 500 m, aircraft, rail and road noise, school catchments and winter sun, each finding named with the government register it came from.

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Common questions about Worrigee

Answered from the data on this page

Is Worrigee safe?

There is no single answer to that for any suburb, but the official numbers say this: across 5 property crime categories, Worrigee sits above the NSW average in 0, below it in 5, on BOCSAR figures for Apr 2025 to Mar 2026. These are rates for the whole suburb, not any one street, and safety also depends on things no crime table shows. The table above lists each category against the NSW rate.

Is Worrigee flood prone?

A suburb page cannot honestly answer that: flood planning areas are mapped lot by lot, and two houses on the same street can differ. The free PropertyFlags check looks up the actual address against the NSW flood planning layer, along with bushfire, contamination and other hazard maps.

Is Worrigee growing?

No population projection matches Worrigee exactly in the DPHI dataset we carry, so we do not print one. The paid address report checks growth area boundaries and the development pipeline around the specific address.

What does a property report for Worrigee include?

For one address: flood and bushfire mapping, zoning and height controls, EPA contamination records, serious defect orders, development applications within 500 m, aircraft, rail and road noise, school catchments, winter sun and more, each finding named with the government register it came from, as red, yellow and green flags.

Nearby suburbs

Suburbs sharing or adjoining postcode 2540

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