Colo Heights flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Colo Heights
(Hawkesbury, NSW) - 524.05 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 26 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
524.05 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Colo Heights's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Colo Heights
Two different things, kept apart on purpose. The ANEF contour is the planning instrument - a forecast published per airport that planning schemes use to control noise-sensitive development. Observed overflight is what a sampled aircraft-tracking feed actually recorded over the suburb - where aircraft flew, how low and how often.
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 25 Sep 2026
typical observed square 2 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 7,000 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.
Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously, so every figure is a floor: aircraft not captured between samples are not represented. Rates are per 500 m square - the busiest square in the suburb, not a count of flights over the suburb - and a square is only rated where enough traffic was seen to measure it. Altitudes are above mean sea level. Flight paths change with runway use, weather, season and airspace design. This is a record of observed traffic; it is not a noise contour and not a planning control.
Colo Heights at a glance
How Colo Heights is zoned
Buying in Colo Heights? The zoning, flood and bushfire lines on the section 10.7 certificate attached to the contract are mapped controls - see our s10.7 certificate guide.
Across its 524.05 km², Colo Heights is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is National Parks and Nature Reserves. The median lot measures about 111,836 m² across 183 parcels.
Who lives in Colo Heights
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Colo Heights suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.
Socio-economic standing
ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.
Score 973, and decile 4 within New South Wales. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Colo Heights's 336 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Bilpin - Colo - St Albans, the wider ABS statistical area containing Colo Heights. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Colo Heights itself.
2,518 in 2001 to 2,781 in 2025, up 10%.
Source: ABS Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (Suburbs and Localities), Regional Population (SA2), CC BY 4.0. Small counts are randomly adjusted by the ABS.
Colo Heights data sources and coverage
“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.
| Dataset | Coverage | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Flood mapping | Mapped | NSW Government spatial services, NSW ePlanning and published council flood studies |
| Bushfire-prone mapping | Mapped | NSW Government spatial services, NSW ePlanning and published council flood studies |
| Zoning | Mapped | NSW Government spatial services, NSW ePlanning and published council flood studies |
| Heritage and environment | Mapped where published | NSW Government spatial services, NSW ePlanning and published council flood studies |
| Aircraft noise contours (ANEF) | Not held | NSW Government spatial services, NSW ePlanning and published council flood studies, Defence |
| Observed flight paths | Observed | adsb.lol, under the Open Database License |
| Demographics | Available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
Profile last materially updated 26 September 2026. See the methodology and full source list. Source data changes over time and critical decisions should be checked with the responsible authority.
Check a specific Colo Heights address
See exactly which overlays touch a single property - the interactive map is free. Need it on paper? A full planning PDF is just $9.
Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 4% of Colo Heights. The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.
Published flood models are held over parts of Colo Heights. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$9 with the planning report.
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and an indicative AS 2870 site class for a Colo Heights lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Colo Heights planning - frequently asked
Is Colo Heights flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Colo Heights and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 24%). Published flood models are held over parts of Colo Heights; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.
Is Colo Heights bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Colo Heights is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Hawkesbury average of 84%.
Is Colo Heights under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 4% of Colo Heights, and over about 15% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 25 Sep 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 6,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 2 aircraft a day were recorded passing over one 500 m square. Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously and flight paths change with runway use, weather and season; the ANEF contour is the planning instrument.
What is the zoning in Colo Heights?
The dominant planning zone in Colo Heights is National Parks and Nature Reserves, though the suburb also includes Primary Production and Infrastructure.
Does Colo Heights have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Colo Heights.
What is the typical lot size in Colo Heights?
Across 183 surveyed parcels in Colo Heights, the median lot size is about 111,836 m². There are also 5 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Colo Heights?
At the 2021 Census Colo Heights had 336 usual residents, with a median age of 40 and an average household size of 3.0 people. The wider Bilpin - Colo - St Albans statistical area, which contains Colo Heights, went from 2,518 people in 2001 to 2,781 in 2025, up 10%.
Is Colo Heights an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Colo Heights scores 973 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within New South Wales (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Colo Heights?
Median household income in Colo Heights was $1,607 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,160 for the typical suburb in Hawkesbury. Median rent was $250 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Womerah | 11.0 km | 0% | 100% |
| Upper Colo | 14.2 km | 0% | 100% |
| Central Colo | 16.1 km | 0% | 100% |
| Colo | 17.5 km | 0% | 100% |
| Mountain Lagoon | 17.8 km | 0% | 100% |
| Wheeny Creek | 19.8 km | 0% | 100% |
| Webbs Creek | 20.1 km | 1% | 100% |
| Mellong | 21.6 km | 0% | 100% |
| Upper Macdonald | 22.0 km | 0% | 100% |
| Higher Macdonald | 22.2 km | 0% | 100% |