Tweed Heads West Tweed Heads, New South Wales
Tweed Regional Museum, 2023
Tweed Heads West
Coordinates	28°11′13″S 153°30′14″E / 28.1869576°S 153.5038948°E / -28.1869576; 153.5038948
Population	6,176 (2021 census)[1]
Postcode(s)	2485
Elevation	8 m (26 ft)
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10)
• Summer (DST)	AEDT (UTC+11)
Location	819 km (509 mi) NNE of Sydney City 104 km (65 mi) SSE of Brisbane City 31 km (19 mi) SSE of Surfers Paradise 65 km (40 mi) N of Byron Bay
LGA(s)	Tweed Shire
State electorate(s)	Tweed
Federal division(s)	Richmond
Suburbs around Tweed Heads West: Cobaki Lakes Bilinga (QLD) Tweed Heads Cobaki Lakes Tweed Heads West Tweed Heads Bilambil Heights Tweed Heads South Tweed Heads South

Tweed Heads West is a suburb of Tweed Heads, located on the Tweed River in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia, in Tweed Shire along the Queensland and New South Wales border.

History

Tweed Heads West is situated in the Bundjalung traditional Aboriginal country.^[2][3]

Amenities

Boyd Family Park is situated on Piggabeen Road, adjacent to Cobaki Creek, with barbecue facility, drinking fountain, picnic setting and shelter.^[4]

Demographics

In the 2016 census, Tweed Heads West recorded a population of 6,196 people, 53% female and 47% male.

The median age of the Tweed Heads West population was 48 years, 11 years above the national median of 37.

74.4% of people living in Tweed Heads West were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 7.6%, New Zealand 3.5%, Scotland 1%, Germany 0.7%, Philippines 0.5%.

91% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.4% Tagalog, 0.4% German, 0.3% French, 0.3% Thai, 0.2% Spanish.