Property reports · NSW · VIC · TAS · ACT · QLD (5 councils) · WA (free, address point only)
Flood, bushfire and planning checks for an Australian address
Three answers, not two: in a mapped area, checked and clear, or no register here.
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What each answer means
Which answer you get depends first on whether a government register covers the land. We check that separately from the hazard itself. Where mapped land only touches the edge of the lot the report says Check, and where it cannot settle the point, Unresolved.
- Applies
In or partly in a mapped area
A register places all or part of this land in a mapped area. You get the register's own words, the control that applies, the council, and the date the register gives.
- Clear
Covered, and outside it
A register covers this land and does not place it in a mapped area. Clear describes the register's map, not whether the land is safe.
- No register here
No register covers it
No register here: none of the registers we read covers this land for this hazard. That is not the same as clear, and the council may hold its own information. Where the gap is ours, because we have not loaded it, the report says so.
Not loaded by us: we have not loaded this State, or have not looked for this hazard there. Not licensed to us: the register exists but its terms do not let us use it. Either way the report cannot answer this hazard.
Why it matters: flood planning maps in New South Wales
- 9 mapped for nine in ten addresses or more
- 4 partly mapped: no share
- 115 not mapped: under one in ten
What the report contains
Zone, hazard overlays and the controls that apply, in each register's own words.
- Incl GST, paid once
- $9.90
- States with reports
- 6
- QLD: 5 councils · WA: free, address point only
- Addresses prepared
- 8,991,080
- Hazard map features
- 1,735,744
- Every gap listed, with who to ask
- Questions for the agent and council
- Where to find sale history: Domain and realestate.com.au
- A PDF for your conveyancer
Any address in New South Wales, plus almost every address in Victoria, plus most addresses in the Australian Capital Territory and Tasmania, plus Brisbane, Gold Coast, Moreton Bay, Noosa and Toowoomba in Queensland, plus Western Australia, free and read at the address point only. Everywhere else we say so rather than guess.
Building a product? Ask about the Property API
Hazard answers at the address point and, in New South Wales, the Valuer General's land value (land only, not market value) for a whole lot since 2012, as JSON for one address at a time. Its coverage is uneven across Australia, so it is available by arrangement rather than sold here. A sample answer is free.
- Query by address, or by latitude and longitude.
- Every hazard answer names its register, its date and how confident it is. A screening estimate is never returned as a confirmed finding.
- Unmapped is its own answer, so your systems can tell a real negative from a gap.
- Hosted in Australia.
Where reports work
Uneven, because the registers are.
- Reports statewide
- Reports in named councils, or free at the address point only
- Hazard data, no reports
- Not loaded
Hazard layers by State
| State | Hazards | Map features | Dated by the register |
|---|---|---|---|
| NSW | Bushfire, flood and landslide | 248,051 | 6 December 2019 to 21 September 2026 |
| VIC | Bushfire, flood and landslide | 54,994 | 17 December 2025 to 16 October 2026 |
| QLD | Flood | 118 | 17 October 2013 |
| WA | Bushfire | 148 | 13 December 2025 |
| TAS | Bushfire, coastal, flood and landslide | 1,427,553 | 22 October 2025 |
| ACT | Bushfire and flood | 4,880 | Not stated |
Council pages for New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania and Australian Capital Territory.
What bush fire prone land, flood planning areas and heritage listings mean.
What we will not tell you
What the property is worth
NSW sale prices are licensed for non commercial use only. Until that licence is signed we publish no sale price and no estimate built from one. Domain and realestate.com.au show recent sales for free, and the report names them.
That land value is market value
Land value is the Valuer General's figure for the land alone, excluding the house and other structures. It is often well below what the property would sell for. Where we show it, we say exactly that.
That clear means safe
It means the registers we hold do not place it in a mapped hazard area. Registers are incomplete, dates vary, and a boundary drawn at council scale is not a survey of your lot.
What a council search would
A section 10.7 certificate, building approvals, orders and notices come from the council, at a fee set by regulation or by the council. The report names the ones to ask for at your address, and who sets each fee.
Questions
What does a WattleAddr Property report cost?
A report for one address costs from $9.90 including GST. It is paid once, with no subscription and no account. The price belongs to the jurisdiction the address is in, and every jurisdiction we sell in is $9.90 including GST today: any address in New South Wales, plus almost every address in Victoria, plus most addresses in the Australian Capital Territory and Tasmania, plus Brisbane, Gold Coast, Moreton Bay, Noosa and Toowoomba in Queensland. The free address check shows the exact total for your address before you are asked for a card. In Western Australia the report is free and read at the address point only. The Property API, for developers, is available by arrangement while its coverage grows: https://wattleaddr.com.au/docs/property.
Which parts of Australia are covered?
A report is available for any address in New South Wales, plus almost every address in Victoria, plus most addresses in the Australian Capital Territory and Tasmania, plus Brisbane, Gold Coast, Moreton Bay, Noosa and Toowoomba in Queensland, plus Western Australia, free and read at the address point only. Hazard data is live for New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia and the ACT, 1,735,744 map features in total. 223,340 ACT, 4,250,962 New South Wales, 287,501 Tasmanian and 4,229,277 Victorian addresses are prepared in advance from the state and territory address registers. A Tasmanian address the state register lists but the national address file (G-NAF) does not yet hold, such as a lot or unit of a very recent subdivision, cannot be found here yet. In the ACT it is the other way round: an address the ACT address register does not hold is refused before payment, even when the search finds it, as is one whose block or zone cannot be identified. In Tasmania, an address whose land or zone cannot be identified is refused before payment. An address the register lacks is built when you ask. Where the register gives that land another address, we refuse before any charge rather than sell you a report on that other property. South Australia and the Northern Territory are not loaded yet and every hazard there returns unmapped.
What does unmapped mean in a property report?
Unmapped means no register we read covers that land. The report therefore cannot say whether the hazard applies. It is not the same as the property being unaffected, and the council may hold its own information. A fuller explanation, with what it means for flood, bush fire and land value, is at /learn/unmapped.
Does the report include the sale price or a property valuation?
No sale price and no market valuation; a New South Wales report shows the Valuer General's land value, which is not market value. That figure values the land alone, excluding the house. Domain and realestate.com.au publish sale history free, and the report names both.
Does the report tell me what my insurance will cost?
No, the report does not estimate what your insurance will cost. We hold no pricing from any insurer. Insurers price on construction, sum insured, excess and claims history, none of which we can see.
Where does the data come from?
The data comes from published government registers, and the report names the register behind every answer. They are published under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 or, for Tasmania, 3.0 Australia: the Victorian planning scheme overlays, the Queensland Floodplain Assessment Overlay, the Tasmanian Planning Scheme code overlays, the Australian Capital Territory’s bushfire and flood layers from ACTmapi, New South Wales planning, bush fire prone land and the Valuer General’s land values, the New South Wales and Victorian crime publishers, and Australian Bureau of Statistics boundaries.
Is the data hosted in Australia?
The service and its data are hosted in Australia. It runs on Australian infrastructure and nothing in a request leaves the country.
Check before you pay
From $9.90 incl GST. Paid once. No account.