Tweed
101,044 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 1,308 km², 91 suburbs. Council website: tweed.nsw.gov.au/home.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
101,044
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.7% in a year
Density
77/km²
1,308 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$1.1M
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$137
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
4.1 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
7 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
91
Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)
Trends
Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.
People and housing
Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).
- Median age
- 47
- Median household income
- $1,296/week
- Median rent
- $400/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,872/month
- Households renting
- 24.2%
- Average household
- 2.4 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 7 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 6 of 10
Suburbs
91 suburbs where Tweed holds most residents. Population is Census 2021 for the whole suburb. A median here is the suburb’s own Valuer-General median — suburbs without one are blank, never filled with the council figure.
| Suburb | Population | In this council | Median house (VG) | Flood / bushfire | IRSAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banora Point | 16,460 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 21% | 4 |
| Tweed Heads | 9,176 | All | $1.6MDec 2025 | – / 4% | 4 |
| Kingscliff | 8,355 | All | $1.9MDec 2025 | – / 41% | 8 |
| Tweed Heads South | 7,941 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 45% | 2 |
| Murwillumbah | 7,616 | All | $940kDec 2025 | – / 61% | 2 |
| Pottsville | 7,238 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / 83% | 7 |
| Tweed Heads West | 6,176 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 50% | 2 |
| Bilambil Heights | 3,491 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 86% | 6 |
| Terranora | 3,365 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 69% | 8 |
| Bogangar | 3,313 | All | $1.6MDec 2025 | – / 73% | 6 |
| Casuarina (NSW) | 3,256 | All | $2.3MDec 2025 | – / 54% | 10 |
| Chinderah | 1,639 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 67% | 1 |
| South Murwillumbah | 1,064 | All | $753kDec 2025 | – / 82% | 2 |
| Cudgen | 952 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 53% | 6 |
| Burringbar | 878 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 99% | 4 |
| Bray Park (NSW) | 822 | All | $805kDec 2025 | – / 69% | 1 |
| Nunderi | 696 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / 93% | 7 |
| Stokers Siding | 692 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 5 |
| Uki | 685 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 5 |
| Hastings Point | 661 | All | $2.0MDec 2025 | – / 64% | 2 |
| Fingal Head | 615 | All | $1.6MDec 2025 | – / 57% | 8 |
| Tyalgum | 521 | All | $885kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 3 |
| Tumbulgum | 454 | All | $905kDec 2025 | – / 94% | 6 |
| Bilambil | 441 | All | $1.6MDec 2025 | – / 97% | 5 |
| Dunbible | 380 | All | $1.5MDec 2025 | – / 99% | 6 |
| Eungella (NSW) | 350 | All | $1.9MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 4 |
| Smiths Creek (Tweed - NSW) | 345 | All | $1.1MDec 2024 | – / 100% | 4 |
| Crabbes Creek | 343 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 5 |
| Cudgera Creek | 339 | All | $2.2MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 7 |
| Piggabeen | 333 | All | $1.7MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 5 |
| Condong | 314 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 87% | 5 |
| Nobbys Creek | 306 | All | $1.7MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 7 |
| Clothiers Creek | 293 | All | $2.0MDec 2023 | – / 98% | 8 |
| Upper Burringbar | 289 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 99% | 3 |
| Mount Burrell | 276 | All | $945kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 3 |
| Crystal Creek (NSW) | 263 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 5 |
| Fernvale (NSW) | 261 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 99% | 5 |
| Kielvale | 251 | All | $930kDec 2023 | – / 99% | 5 |
| Pumpenbil | 247 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 3 |
| North Tumbulgum | 238 | All | $1.9MDec 2024 | – / 93% | 7 |
| Limpinwood | 234 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / 99% | 5 |
| Eviron | 229 | All | $1.2MDec 2023 | – / 100% | 6 |
| Chillingham | 228 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 2 |
| Duranbah | 226 | All | $2.3MDec 2025 | – / 92% | 7 |
| Dungay | 225 | All | $1.6MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 5 |
| Upper Crystal Creek | 212 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Carool | 204 | All | $2.0MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 5 |
| Cobaki | 203 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Reserve Creek | 201 | All | $1.6MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 4 |
| Mooball | 193 | All | $713kDec 2024 | – / 99% | 4 |
| Urliup | 193 | All | $1.8MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 6 |
| Byangum | 153 | All | – / 99% | 5 | |
| Mount Warning | 148 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Round Mountain | 148 | All | – / 99% | 7 | |
| Dulguigan | 143 | All | – / 98% | 7 | |
| Hopkins Creek | 139 | All | – / 99% | 4 | |
| Wooyung | 139 | 76% | $1.6MDec 2025 | – / 97% | 5 |
| Kunghur | 133 | All | $910kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 3 |
| Farrants Hill | 131 | All | $1.6MDec 2025 | – / 98% | 8 |
| Tyalgum Creek | 129 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Byrrill Creek | 125 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Dum Dum | 125 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Sleepy Hollow | 123 | All | $1.5MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 4 |
| Brays Creek | 119 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Upper Duroby | 118 | All | – / 96% | 5 | |
| North Arm (NSW) | 117 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Tygalgah | 116 | All | – / 96% | 7 | |
| Kynnumboon | 109 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Tanglewood | 104 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Glengarrie | 102 | All | – / 97% | 5 | |
| Cabarita Beach | 101 | All | – / 67% | 6 | |
| Terragon | 98 | All | – / 99% | 3 | |
| Tomewin | 98 | All | $1.1MDec 2023 | – / 100% | 5 |
| Palmvale | 95 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Doon Doon | 92 | All | $980kDec 2025 | – / 98% | 2 |
| Numinbah | 89 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 98% | 4 |
| Zara | 87 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Midginbil | 84 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Rowlands Creek | 84 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Wardrop Valley | 80 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Duroby | 74 | All | – / 97% | 5 | |
| Bungalora | 73 | All | $2.5MDec 2025 | – / 99% | 7 |
| Chowan Creek | 57 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Kunghur Creek | 54 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Cobaki Lakes | 42 | All | – / 99% | 5 | |
| Kings Forest | 40 | All | – / 98% | 7 | |
| Commissioners Creek | 38 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Back Creek (Tweed - NSW) | 27 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Cedar Creek (Tweed - NSW) | 12 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Stotts Creek | 10 | All | – / 93% | 6 | |
| Mebbin | All | – / 100% |
Hazards
Share of each member suburb's land inside the mapped layer, averaged across the council weighted by the residents each suburb contributes. Only suburbs a source covers count; the rest are left out, not counted as zero.
Suburb prices
Across the 57 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2023 to Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $713k
- Median of suburb medians
- $1.3M
- Highest suburb median
- $2.5M
Recorded crime
Offences per 100,000 residents over the 11 member suburbs the source covers, financial year ending 2025. Small suburbs and unreliable rates are excluded.
- Break and enter
- 523
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 262
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 1,240
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 1,971
- per 100k · NSW 2025
Representation
Federal electorates and state districts covering the council, by share of the residents its suburbs contribute (each suburb counts once, for the seat containing a representative interior point).
Federal electorates
- Richmond · Justine ELLIOT (ALP)100%
State districts
- Tweed · Geoff Provest (NAT)83%
- Lismore · Janelle Saffin (ALP)17%
Neighbouring councils
Councils whose suburbs share a boundary with this one's, councils it splits a suburb with, and councils across the state or territory border whose boundaries meet it.
Across the border
Compare it with every New South Wales council on the council map or the New South Wales council list.
Boundaries: ABS ASGS Edition 3, LGA 2024 boundaries; suburbs allocated by 2021 mesh block, weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS estimated resident population 2025. Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021: ABS. Council-wide medians: ABS Data by Region. Approvals: ABS Building Approvals. Grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Suburb prices: state Valuer-General. Flood and bushfire: state planning layers. Observed water: Geoscience Australia DEA Water Observations. Crime: state police statistics. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-09-24.