Tweed Heads West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,823 people in Tweed Heads West of these 47.0% were male and 53.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Tweed Heads West was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 29.1% of the population.

Of people in Tweed Heads West aged 15 years and over, 40.3% were married and 17.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tweed Heads West was 62 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Tweed Heads West, of people aged 15 years and over, 40.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tweed Heads West was 62 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Tweed Heads West 25.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.5% were in primary school, 19.9% in secondary school and 17.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tweed Heads West were English 33.5%, Australian 28.5%, Irish 8.6%, Scottish 8.2% and German 3.3%.

In Tweed Heads West, 74.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.6%, New Zealand 3.5%, Scotland 1.0%, Germany 0.7% and Philippines 0.5%.

In Tweed Heads West, 65.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tweed Heads West were Anglican 26.5%, Catholic 24.3%, No Religion 18.7%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.9% and Uniting Church 4.5%.

In Tweed Heads West 91.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.4%, Tagalog 0.4%, Thai 0.3%, French 0.3% and Spanish 0.2%.

Employment

There were 2,287 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tweed Heads West. Of these 48.7% were employed full time, 34.1% were employed part-time and 10.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tweed Heads West, 12.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tweed Heads West was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Tweed Heads West included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.6%, Labourers 15.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.2%, Sales Workers 13.3%, Professionals 11.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.1%, Managers 8.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.5%.

Of the employed people in Tweed Heads West, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.9%, Residential Care Services 4.2%, Hospitals 4.0%, Clubs (Hospitality) 3.8% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tweed Heads West was $399.

In Tweed Heads West, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.2%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Walked only 1.8%, Bus 1.8% and Truck 1.4%. On the day, 2.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tweed Heads West, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 19.9% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.7% 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 West, 23.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tweed Heads West, 27.3% were couple families with children, 47.8% were couple families without children and 23.2% were one parent families.

In Tweed Heads West 12.5% of single parents were male and 87.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tweed Heads West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,681 and those without children was $1,556.

Employment status of couple families

In Tweed Heads West, of couple families with children, 11.6% had both partners employed full-time, 4.4% had both employed part-time and 15.4% 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 West, 91.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tweed Heads West, 51.8% were separate houses, 29.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 14.2% were flats, units or apartments and 4.1% were other dwellings.

In Tweed Heads West, of occupied private dwellings 3.6% had 1 bedroom, 42.4% had 2 bedrooms and 37.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tweed Heads West, 39.8% were owned outright, 24.8% were owned with a mortgage and 31.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Tweed Heads West, of all households, 58.1% were family households, 36.7% were single person households and 5.3% were group households.

In Tweed Heads West, 41.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.9% 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 West, 49.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 26.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tweed Heads West, there were 277 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 142 (or 51.3%) were male and 135 (or 48.7%) were female. The median age was 23 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 West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $743.

In Tweed Heads West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $280 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,400.