City profile
A quick snapshot of the Tweed Shire Local Government Area, on the NSW far north coast right on the Queensland border — drawn from official ABS estimates and the NSW Government's council data. Tweed Heads sits directly across the border from the southern Gold Coast, so many residents live, work, shop and access services across both states; Kingscliff and Murwillumbah are the shire's other main centres, with the Byron Bay hinterland to the south.
New to these terms? Read them in plain English
- Local Government Area (LGA)
- The official area a council governs.
- Estimated Resident Population (ERP)
- The official population count for an area.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
- The national statistics agency behind population figures.
- Population (ABS ERP, 2023–24)
- 99,793OLG 'Your Council' time-series data. The 2021 Census counted 97,392 residents; Council's own growth strategy forecasts 107,000–119,000 by 2041.
- Area
- 1,307.8 km²OLG time-series data (Wikipedia cites a similar ~1,321 km² from a different boundary source).
- Population density
- ~76 people per km²
- Region
- Far North Coast NSW, on the Queensland/Gold Coast border (~100 km south of Brisbane)
- Council classification
- Regional Town/City
- Suburbs & localities
- Murwillumbah (council seat), Tweed Heads, Kingscliff and moreA selection is listed below.
Suburbs & postcodes
- Murwillumbah2484
- Tweed Heads2485
- Tweed Heads South2486
- Tweed Heads West2485
- Banora Point2486
- Terranora2486
- Kingscliff2487
- Casuarina2487
- Chinderah2487
- Cabarita Beach2488
- Pottsville2489
- Uki2484
On the map
The shaded area is the official Local Government Area boundary.
The suburb list and postcodes are a selection of the many localities in the Tweed LGA, from the Tweed Coast beach towns to the Murwillumbah/Tumbulgum hinterland; some postcodes are shared with neighbouring areas. The shaded area on the map is the official Local Government Area boundary (OpenStreetMap administrative boundary for Tweed Shire Council). Because Tweed Heads borders the Gold Coast, some everyday services (e.g. some retail, transport and health options) cross into Queensland — this site covers Tweed Shire Council's own services, not the Queensland side of the border.
Sources — check it yourself
Figures are current as at the dates shown and may change — always confirm with the linked source. See the notice at the bottom of the page for full details and how to report a correction.