Tweed Heads
New South Wales · Tweed Valley · Richmond - Tweed
This profile uses the ABS Tweed Heads statistical area (SA2) — the level Australian government data is published at. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.
Tweed Heads is a locality in the Tweed Valley area of New South Wales. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Tweed Heads SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Tweed Heads SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings, police-recorded incidents.
Tweed Hds SPS
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Tweed Heads.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Tweed Heads (NSW catchment data).
See the catchment on the mapFee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone — they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.
We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Primary catchment zone shown where matched to official government data. School pins are approximate (ACARA geocoded location).
Schools in Tweed Heads
- Primary · Government · Years K-6Enrolment394ICSEA984
- Primary · Government · Years K-6Enrolment314ICSEA997
- Primary · Catholic · Years K-6Enrolment302ICSEA1069
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All NSW schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Exceeding NQSTabatinga - Tweed HeadsCentre-Based Care · 90 places · Tweed Heads West
- Exceeding NQSTabatinga - St Joseph'sCentre-Based Care · 60 places · Tweed Heads
- Exceeding NQSLindisfarne Early Learning CentreCentre-Based Care · 60 places · Tweed Heads South
- Exceeding NQSErlibyrdsCentre-Based Care · 50 places · Tweed Heads South
- Exceeding NQSCooloon Children's CentreCentre-Based Care · 45 places · Tweed Heads
- Meeting NQSKids Club Tweed HeadsCentre-Based Care · 132 places · Tweed Heads South
- Meeting NQSLITTLE GROMMETS EARLY LEARNING CENTRECentre-Based Care · 114 places · Tweed Heads South
- Meeting NQSTwin Towns Early Learning CentreCentre-Based Care · 84 places · Tweed Heads
- Meeting NQSTerranora Preschool & Early LearningCentre-Based Care · 82 places · Terranora
- Meeting NQSGoodstart Early Learning Tweed HeadsCentre-Based Care · 79 places · Tweed Heads
- Meeting NQSLittle Angels World Of LearningCentre-Based Care · 76 places · Banora Point
- Meeting NQSActive OOSH Banora PointCentre-Based Care · 75 places · Banora Point
+ 14 more services in this area's postcodes.
NQS = National Quality Standard, rated by ACECQA. Services matched by postcode — verify locations before visiting.
Safety — recorded incidents
- Incidents, latest year
- 2,068
- vs previous year
- +9%
- vs 2021
- 1,724
- Theft 585
- Against justice procedures 553
- Other offences 279
- Drug offences 166
- Assault 134
Police-recorded incident counts (Calendar years; latest = Jan-Dec 2025). These are not population-adjusted and are not a judgement about the suburb — larger, busier areas record more incidents. More on safety →
Amenities
- GPs / clinics
- 2
- Supermarkets
- 2
- Parks
- 25
- Train stations
- 0
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Tweed Heads SA2 polygon. OpenStreetMap coverage varies — verify with local directories before relying on these counts.
Climate & hazards
- Bushfire overlay
- Within the designated Bush Fire Prone Land
This shows whether the Tweed Heads SA2 intersects an official New South Wales government hazard overlay. It is the published overlay extent — not a risk rating, hazard score, or insurance assessment, and we compute none. A single property inside the SA2 may or may not be affected. Not financial or insurance advice — check the current planning scheme and your insurer for any specific address.
Property & rent
- Median house price
- $1,326,000
- House price YoY
- +14.3%
- Median 3BR house rent
- $883/wk
Where did the gain come from?
+167Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force — more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.
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