Fingal Head flood & bushfire risk
Of Fingal Head’s 551 mapped properties, 77% are in a mapped flood area and 35.2% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Fingal Head’s flood exposure is above the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is above the NSW average of 16.4%.
Check a specific Fingal Head address
Risk varies property by property.
Hazard exposure
Where the hazards are in Fingal Head
Flood and bushfire areas across Fingal Head. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Fingal Head
Fingal Head 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 Fingal Head
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 Fingal Head 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 Fingal Head
Fingal Head is mostly residential. The most common zones:
Low density residential — mostly detached houses on standard suburban blocks.
Zone: Low Density Residential
Open space / recreation — parks and sporting land; not for housing.
Zone: Public Recreation
Centre / commercial — shops, offices and mixed use; often allows apartments above.
Zone: Local Centre
School catchments in Fingal Head
Fingal Head can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Fingal Head
At the 2021 Census, 16.6% of Fingal Head’s 615 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 Fingal Head
Tweed council approved 411 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Tweed council area (not just Fingal Head). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 10 Lighthouse Parade, Fingal Head NSW 2487
- 12A Bambery Street, Fingal Head NSW 2487
- 15 Wommin Lake Crescent, Fingal Head NSW 2487
- 2/38 Lagoon Road, Fingal Head NSW 2487
- 28 Short Street, Fingal Head NSW 2487
- 46 Healy Lane, Fingal Head NSW 2487
- 6 King Street, Fingal Head NSW 2487
- 9 Letitia Road, Fingal Head NSW 2487
Nearby suburbs
Other suburbs in Tweed
Compare Fingal Head 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.