Tweed Heads

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 47,102 people were counted in Tweed Heads: of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Of the total population 2.9% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Tweed Heads there were 8,096 children aged 0-14 years and 18,766 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Tweed Heads, 42,660 people were Australian citizens, 7,686 were born overseas and 387 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Tweed Heads, 54.4% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 13.9% were separated or divorced, 9.7% were widowed and 22.0% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Tweed Heads, 78.6% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Tweed Heads were England 6.8%, New Zealand 3.0%, Scotland 1.2%, Germany 0.5% and Netherlands 0.5%.

Of all people counted in Tweed Heads on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 31.4%, Catholic 25.4%, No Religion 12.2%, Uniting Church 6.4% and Presbyterian & Reformed 6.0%.

On Census Night 2001 in Tweed Heads, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.3%, Italian 0.3%, Netherlandic 0.3%, Cantonese 0.2% and Tagalog (Filipino) 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 93.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 16,739 people aged 15 years and over in Tweed Heads were in the labour force. Of these 48.5% worked full-time, 36.3% worked part-time, 3.0% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 12.2% were unemployed. 20,597 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Tweed Heads, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.8%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.4%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.1%, Professionals 5.0%, Associate Professionals 4.9%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.5%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.8%, Managers and Administrators 1.9% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.4%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Tweed Heads, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 3.9%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.1%, Health Services 3.0%, Food Retailing 3.0% and Business Services 2.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Tweed Heads, 12,831 families were counted: of these, 49.8% were couple families without children, 31.9% were couple families with children, 16.9% were one parent families and 1.3% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Tweed Heads, 20,037 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Tweed Heads, 53.4% were separate houses, 20.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 15.2% were flats, units or apartments and 10.8% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Tweed Heads, 49.6% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 17.3% were being purchased and 27.0% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Tweed Heads, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 41.7% were rented from a real estate agent, 10.7% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 46.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Tweed Heads, 63.4% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 26.9% were single (or lone) person households and 3.2% were group households.