Fingal Head NSW 2487
535 addresses · 17 streets
Richmond Electorate › Tweed LGA › Fingal Head · 669 km from Sydney
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Living Here
Fingal Head is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 615 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $1,614 a week, with median rent near $400 a week. Most homes are houses. About 66% of households own their home and 32% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Kingscliff - Fingal Head statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Fingal Head itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
3 supermarkets
1 beach
2 Catholic churches
4 doctors & medical clinics
2 physiotherapists
1 optometrist
1 vet
2 post offices
4 hardware stores
1 hairdresser
1 electrician
Getting around. Bus interchange: Airport Transit Centre, 6.6 km north-west · Airport: Gold Coast Airport, 6.7 km north-west.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 59.3% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 59.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 70.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.5% · Labour-force participation 59.5%
Population by age in Fingal Head
| 0-4 | 20 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 76 |
| 15-19 | 37 |
| 20-24 | 30 |
| 25-34 | 49 |
| 35-44 | 74 |
| 45-54 | 94 |
| 55-64 | 116 |
| 65-74 | 77 |
| 75-84 | 25 |
| 85+ | 13 |
Dwelling types in Fingal Head
| House | 177 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 17 |
| Apartment | 18 |
| Other | 4 |
Households by weekly income in Fingal Head
| <$650 | 31 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 60 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 55 |
| $3,000+ | 50 |
Top ancestries in Fingal Head
| English | 268 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 197 |
| Irish | 94 |
| Scottish | 80 |
| Aboriginal | 65 |
| Other | 43 |
Housing tenure in Fingal Head
| Owned | 95 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 52 |
| Rented | 70 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Fingal Head
| 0 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 67 |
| 2 | 94 |
| 3 | 38 |
| 4+ | 18 |
Commute to work in Fingal Head
| Car | 185 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 3 |
| Home | 58 |
Top countries of birth in Fingal Head
| England | 39 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 21 |
| China | 3 |
| France | 3 |
| Netherlands | 3 |
| Sri Lanka | 3 |
Languages used at home in Fingal Head
| Australian Indigenous | 8 |
|---|---|
| French | 6 |
| Thai | 5 |
| Japanese | 3 |
| Indonesian | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
63,937 bird observations recorded near Fingal Head — most often seen:
- Australian White Ibis (4,323)
- Crested Tern (3,680)
- Giinbaywarraymal (3,323)
- Australian Pelican (2,824)
- Silver Gull (2,822)
- Little Black Cormorant (2,796)
- Pied Cormorant (2,547)
- Little Pied Cormorant (2,307)
- Australian Torresian Crow (2,267)
- Eastern Pied Currawong (2,237)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (2,215)
- Pacific Black Duck (2,076)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (2,068)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Fingal Head
- White-faced Heron (2,045)
- Noisy Miner (2,018)
- Southern Magpie-lark (1,957)
- Australasian Darter (1,843)
- Australian Wood Duck (1,763)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (1,740)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (1,731)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (1,711)
- Great Egret (1,658)
- Eastern Brown Honeyeater (1,604)
- Green Figbird (1,574)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (1,535)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (1,501)
- Australian Brush-turkey (1,498)
- Eastern Pied Butcherbird (1,476)
- Eastern Osprey (1,420)
- Brahminy Kite (1,378)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Fingal Head:
- Tweed Heads South (3.1 km)
- Banora Point (3.4 km)
- Tweed Heads (3.8 km)
- Chinderah (4 km)
- Tweed Heads West (5.5 km)
- Kingscliff (6.7 km)
- Terranora (6.8 km)
- Cudgen (7.1 km)
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Streets
- Bambery Street (36)
- Chitticks Lane (11)
- Crown Street (2)
- Dune Street (17)
- Elizabeth Street (26)
- Fingal Road (80)
- Healy Lane (10)
- King Street (7)
- Lagoon Road (32)
- Letitia Road (37)
- Lighthouse Parade (5)
- Main Road (37)
- Marine Parade (11)
- Prince Street (131)
- Queen Street (80)
- Short Street (2)
- Wommin Lake Crescent (11)
