Tweed Heads

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 7,525 people in Tweed Heads of these 47.2% were male and 52.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Tweed Heads was 54 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 11.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 33.5% of the population.

Of people in Tweed Heads aged 15 years and over, 43.2% were married and 16.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tweed Heads was 63 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Tweed Heads, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tweed Heads was 62 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Tweed Heads 24.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 19.1% were in primary school, 14.6% in secondary school and 20.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tweed Heads were English 31.0%, Australian 26.7%, Irish 9.9%, Scottish 8.3% and German 3.0%.

In Tweed Heads, 71.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.0%, New Zealand 4.5%, Scotland 1.1%, Philippines 0.9% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.8%.

In Tweed Heads, 63.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tweed Heads were Catholic 26.9%, Anglican 24.4%, No Religion 17.9%, Presbyterian and Reformed 5.4% and Uniting Church 4.7%.

In Tweed Heads 87.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 0.7%, Portuguese 0.6%, Tagalog 0.5%, Italian 0.3% and Spanish 0.3%.

Employment

There were 2,805 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tweed Heads. Of these 48.2% were employed full time, 36.4% were employed part-time and 10.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tweed Heads, 14.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tweed Heads was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Tweed Heads included Professionals 16.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.9%, Labourers 12.7%, Sales Workers 11.1%, Managers 10.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.2%.

Of the employed people in Tweed Heads, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.1%, Hospitals 5.1%, School Education 4.0%, Residential Care Services 3.8% and Accommodation 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tweed Heads was $433.

In Tweed Heads, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.7%, Walked only 6.3%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Bus 2.3% and Bicycle 1.5%. On the day, 3.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tweed Heads, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 17.6% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.2% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Tweed Heads, 22.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tweed Heads, 25.8% were couple families with children, 55.2% were couple families without children and 17.3% were one parent families.

In Tweed Heads 17.1% of single parents were male and 82.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tweed Heads, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,975 and those without children was $1,700.

Employment status of couple families

In Tweed Heads, of couple families with children, 9.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.4% had both employed part-time and 14.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tweed Heads, 84.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tweed Heads, 29.4% were separate houses, 19.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 50.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Tweed Heads, of occupied private dwellings 6.2% had 1 bedroom, 42.7% had 2 bedrooms and 37.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tweed Heads, 39.8% were owned outright, 17.7% were owned with a mortgage and 37.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Tweed Heads, of all households, 55.5% were family households, 39.3% were single person households and 5.2% were group households.

In Tweed Heads, 39.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.0% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Tweed Heads, 49.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 22.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 7.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tweed Heads, there were 165 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 79 (or 47.9%) were male and 86 (or 52.1%) were female. The median age was 31 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Tweed Heads, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $713.

In Tweed Heads, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $320 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,510.