New South Wales council

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)

Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.

PopulationABS estimated resident population at 30 June, 2001–2025
Council-wide median sale pricesABS Data by Region: median transfer price across the whole council by financial year, 2018-19–2023-24. Not any one suburb's price.
Dwelling approvalsABS Building Approvals, monthly, 2021-07–2026-07
Federal Financial Assistance GrantsTotal grant by financial year, 2017-18–2025-26 (Dept of Infrastructure)

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.

SuburbPopulationIn this councilMedian house (VG)Flood / bushfireIRSAD
Banora Point16,460All$1.2MDec 2025 / 21%4
Tweed Heads9,176All$1.6MDec 2025 / 4%4
Kingscliff8,355All$1.9MDec 2025 / 41%8
Tweed Heads South7,941All$1.1MDec 2025 / 45%2
Murwillumbah7,616All$940kDec 2025 / 61%2
Pottsville7,238All$1.4MDec 2025 / 83%7
Tweed Heads West6,176All$1.1MDec 2025 / 50%2
Bilambil Heights3,491All$1.1MDec 2025 / 86%6
Terranora3,365All$1.3MDec 2025 / 69%8
Bogangar3,313All$1.6MDec 2025 / 73%6
Casuarina (NSW)3,256All$2.3MDec 2025 / 54%10
Chinderah1,639All$1.2MDec 2025 / 67%1
South Murwillumbah1,064All$753kDec 2025 / 82%2
Cudgen952All$1.2MDec 2025 / 53%6
Burringbar878All$1.1MDec 2025 / 99%4
Bray Park (NSW)822All$805kDec 2025 / 69%1
Nunderi696All$1.4MDec 2025 / 93%7
Stokers Siding692All$1.3MDec 2025 / 100%5
Uki685All$1.1MDec 2025 / 100%5
Hastings Point661All$2.0MDec 2025 / 64%2
Fingal Head615All$1.6MDec 2025 / 57%8
Tyalgum521All$885kDec 2025 / 100%3
Tumbulgum454All$905kDec 2025 / 94%6
Bilambil441All$1.6MDec 2025 / 97%5
Dunbible380All$1.5MDec 2025 / 99%6
Eungella (NSW)350All$1.9MDec 2025 / 100%4
Smiths Creek (Tweed - NSW)345All$1.1MDec 2024 / 100%4
Crabbes Creek343All$1.4MDec 2025 / 100%5
Cudgera Creek339All$2.2MDec 2025 / 100%7
Piggabeen333All$1.7MDec 2025 / 100%5
Condong314All$1.1MDec 2025 / 87%5
Nobbys Creek306All$1.7MDec 2025 / 100%7
Clothiers Creek293All$2.0MDec 2023 / 98%8
Upper Burringbar289All$1.2MDec 2025 / 99%3
Mount Burrell276All$945kDec 2025 / 100%3
Crystal Creek (NSW)263All$1.4MDec 2025 / 100%5
Fernvale (NSW)261All$1.3MDec 2025 / 99%5
Kielvale251All$930kDec 2023 / 99%5
Pumpenbil247All$1.3MDec 2025 / 100%3
North Tumbulgum238All$1.9MDec 2024 / 93%7
Limpinwood234All$1.4MDec 2025 / 99%5
Eviron229All$1.2MDec 2023 / 100%6
Chillingham228All$1.3MDec 2025 / 100%2
Duranbah226All$2.3MDec 2025 / 92%7
Dungay225All$1.6MDec 2025 / 100%5
Upper Crystal Creek212All / 100%4
Carool204All$2.0MDec 2025 / 100%5
Cobaki203All / 100%8
Reserve Creek201All$1.6MDec 2025 / 100%4
Mooball193All$713kDec 2024 / 99%4
Urliup193All$1.8MDec 2025 / 100%6
Byangum153All / 99%5
Mount Warning148All / 100%5
Round Mountain148All / 99%7
Dulguigan143All / 98%7
Hopkins Creek139All / 99%4
Wooyung13976%$1.6MDec 2025 / 97%5
Kunghur133All$910kDec 2025 / 100%3
Farrants Hill131All$1.6MDec 2025 / 98%8
Tyalgum Creek129All / 100%3
Byrrill Creek125All / 100%3
Dum Dum125All / 100%5
Sleepy Hollow123All$1.5MDec 2025 / 100%4
Brays Creek119All / 100%3
Upper Duroby118All / 96%5
North Arm (NSW)117All / 100%5
Tygalgah116All / 96%7
Kynnumboon109All / 100%5
Tanglewood104All / 100%7
Glengarrie102All / 97%5
Cabarita Beach101All / 67%6
Terragon98All / 99%3
Tomewin98All$1.1MDec 2023 / 100%5
Palmvale95All / 100%4
Doon Doon92All$980kDec 2025 / 98%2
Numinbah89All$1.2MDec 2025 / 98%4
Zara87All / 100%2
Midginbil84All / 100%3
Rowlands Creek84All / 100%2
Wardrop Valley80All / 100%5
Duroby74All / 97%5
Bungalora73All$2.5MDec 2025 / 99%7
Chowan Creek57All / 100%2
Kunghur Creek54All / 100%3
Cobaki Lakes42All / 99%5
Kings Forest40All / 98%7
Commissioners Creek38All / 100%2
Back Creek (Tweed - NSW)27All / 100%3
Cedar Creek (Tweed - NSW)12All / 100%3
Stotts Creek10All / 93%6
MebbinAll / 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.

Bushfire-prone land

54%

Over 91 of 91 member suburbs

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Observed surface water (1986–present)

5%

Over 91 of 91 member suburbs

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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.

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.