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Tweed Heads NSW 2485

8,188 addresses · 92 streets

Richmond Electorate › Tweed LGA › Tweed Heads · 671 km from Sydney

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Living Here

Tweed Heads is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 9,176 people, with a median age of 55. The typical household earns around $1,138 a week, with median rent near $403 a week. Most homes are apartments. About 63% of households own their home and 35% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

9,176Population
55Median age
$1,138Median household income / wk
$403Median rent / wk
2.0Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Tweed Heads statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Tweed Heads itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Railway halt: Lorikeet, 6.6 km north-west · Bus interchange: Airport Transit Centre, 2.9 km north-west · Airport: Gold Coast Airport, 3.2 km west.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 4/10
Economic resources2/10
Education & jobs5/10

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: 12.5% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Tweed Heads

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Tweed Heads NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202012.5%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202114.4%

Demographics

Unemployment 5.7% · Labour-force participation 46.3%

Population by age in Tweed Heads
Population by age, Tweed Heads NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-4396
5-14615
15-19332
20-24373
25-34991
35-44970
45-54889
55-641,325
65-741,592
75-841,153
85+551
Dwelling types in Tweed Heads
Dwelling types, Tweed Heads NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House1,033
Townhouse1,252
Apartment1,835
Other5
Households by weekly income in Tweed Heads
Households by weekly income, Tweed Heads NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$650994
$650-1,4991,473
$1,500-2,999952
$3,000+430
Top ancestries in Tweed Heads
Top ancestries, Tweed Heads NSW (ABS Census 2021)
English3,946
Australian2,966
Irish1,323
Scottish1,024
Other788
Ancestry NS734
Housing tenure in Tweed Heads
Housing tenure, Tweed Heads NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned1,709
Mortgage852
Rented1,407
Other95
Cars per household in Tweed Heads
Cars per household, Tweed Heads NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0446
12,007
21,200
3258
4+140
Commute to work in Tweed Heads
Commute to work, Tweed Heads NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car2,174
Train0
Bus29
Tram/ferry0
Walked224
Bicycle59
Home478
Top countries of birth in Tweed Heads
Top countries of birth, Tweed Heads NSW (ABS Census 2021)
England460
New Zealand340
Brazil209
Philippines88
Scotland63
Germany52
Languages used at home in Tweed Heads
Languages used at home, Tweed Heads NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Portuguese229
Japanese62
Spanish42
Mandarin41
French33
Filipino31

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

77,422 bird observations recorded near Tweed Heads — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Tweed Heads

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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