Tweed Heads flood & bushfire risk
Of Tweed Heads’s 8,917 mapped properties, 78.5% are in a mapped flood area and 2.5% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Tweed Heads’s flood exposure is above the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is below the NSW average of 16.4%.
Where the hazards are in Tweed Heads
Flood and bushfire areas across Tweed Heads. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Tweed Heads
Tweed Heads 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 Tweed Heads
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 Tweed Heads 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 Tweed Heads
Tweed Heads is mostly residential. The most common zones:
Medium density residential — townhouses, terraces and low-rise units (the “missing middle”).
Zone: Medium Density Residential
Centre / commercial — shops, offices and mixed use; often allows apartments above.
Zone: Commercial Core
Low density residential — mostly detached houses on standard suburban blocks.
Zone: Low Density Residential
School catchments in Tweed Heads
Tweed Heads can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Tweed Heads
At the 2021 Census, 20.5% of Tweed Heads’s 9,176 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 Tweed Heads
Tweed council approved 324 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Tweed council area (not just Tweed Heads). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 6 Brett Street, Tweed Heads NSW 2485
- 23 Caloola Drive, Tweed Heads NSW 2485
- 4/3-9 Eden Street, Tweed Heads NSW 2485
- 9 Second Avenue, Tweed Heads NSW 2485
- 7 Martel Place, Tweed Heads NSW 2485
- 12/24-26 Boundary Street, Tweed Heads NSW 2485
- 93 Companion Way, Tweed Heads NSW 2485
- 6 Diamond Place, Tweed Heads NSW 2485
Nearby suburbs
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.