Tweed Heads West

14.4% of Tweed Heads West's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

1,590 family households lived in Tweed Heads West; 30.3% were couple families and 23.6% were one-parent families.

32.1% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Tweed Heads West had 6,176 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

41.7% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 56.5% of occupied private dwellings in Tweed Heads West.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 22.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 20.7% of occupied private dwellings.

40.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

28.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

30.9% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Tweed Heads West had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 36.4% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 36.1%, while 13.9% had four or more usual residents.

9.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

67.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.7% walked or cycled.

8.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 47.4% of the total.

43.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.7% reported a different address.

18.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

83.3% of residents used only English at home.

7.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

18.8% of Tweed Heads West's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.2% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

1.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 83.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.9% of ancestry responses in Tweed Heads West.

Australian ancestry made up 35.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

15.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 8.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.2% of workers, and education and training employed 6.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 48.7%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

23.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.8%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

50.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.8% reported asthma, 13.1% arthritis and 5.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.3%.

Median household income was $1,029 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,664.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.

Working from home was 9.2% in Tweed Heads West, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 40.9% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 30.9% in Tweed Heads West, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.