Chinderah flood & bushfire risk
Of Chinderah’s 2,337 mapped properties, 99.6% are in a mapped flood area and 16.9% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Chinderah’s flood exposure is above the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is in line with the NSW average of 16.4%.
Check a specific Chinderah address
Risk varies property by property.
Hazard exposure
Where the hazards are in Chinderah
Flood and bushfire areas across Chinderah. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Chinderah
Chinderah sits in the Tweed council area, which recorded 7,431 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 7,431 total. Figures are for the whole Tweed council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in Chinderah
Median sale price by property type, reported by postcode area — suburbs sharing a postcode show the same figure.
Indicative postcode-area estimate — NSW medians are reported by postcode, so Chinderah shares this figure with nearby suburbs in the same postcode. Not a valuation of any specific property. Source: NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report — sales tables (postcode).
Zoning in Chinderah
Chinderah is mostly open space. The most common zones:
Open space / recreation — parks and sporting land; not for housing.
Zone: Private Recreation
Low density residential — mostly detached houses on standard suburban blocks.
Zone: Low Density Residential
Centre / commercial — shops, offices and mixed use; often allows apartments above.
Zone: Mixed Use
School catchments in Chinderah
Chinderah can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Chinderah
At the 2021 Census, 16.5% of Chinderah’s 1,639 residents were born overseas.
Top ancestries
Top countries of birth
Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.
Development near Chinderah
Tweed council approved 411 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Tweed council area (not just Chinderah). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 152/25 Chinderah Bay Drive, Chinderah NSW 2487
- 2/1 Terrace Street, Chinderah NSW 2487
- 2/20 Ozone Street, Chinderah NSW 2487
- 271 Pacific Motorway, Chinderah NSW 2487
- 2 Altona Road, Chinderah NSW 2487
- 80 Pacific Highway, Chinderah NSW 2487
- 9394 Tweed Valley Way, Chinderah NSW 2487
- 9 Walsh Street, Chinderah NSW 2487
Nearby suburbs
Other suburbs in Tweed
Compare Chinderah with the rest of the council area, largest first.
Figures are indicative only — verify any specific property with the relevant council. Sources: council/state planning schemes & flood mapping, Geoscape G-NAF, state police crime statistics, ABS.