Palmvale bushfire risk
Of Palmvale’s 53 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 100% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Palmvale’s flood exposure is below the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is above the NSW average of 16.4%.
Check a specific Palmvale address
Risk varies property by property.
Hazard exposure
Where the hazards are in Palmvale
Flood and bushfire areas across Palmvale. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Palmvale
Palmvale 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 Palmvale
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 Palmvale 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 Palmvale
Palmvale is mostly rural. The most common zones:
Rural — farming and agricultural land; housing is limited.
Zone: Rural Landscape
School catchments in Palmvale
Palmvale can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Palmvale
At the 2021 Census, 12.6% of Palmvale’s 95 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 Palmvale
Tweed council approved 411 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Tweed council area (not just Palmvale). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
Nearby suburbs
Other suburbs in Tweed
Compare Palmvale 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.