Tweed Heads West is a suburb of
Tweed Heads
Tweed Heads is a town in New South Wales. It is located on the Tweed River in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia, in Tweed Shire, next to the border with Queensland and adjacent to its "twin town" of Coolangatta, which is a suburb of the ...
, located on the
Tweed River in north-eastern
New South Wales
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, Australia, in
Tweed Shire
Tweed Shire is a local government area located in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. It is adjacent to the border with Queensland, where that meets the Tasman Sea. Administered from the town of Murwillumbah, Tweed Shire ...
along the
Queensland
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and New South Wales border.
History
Tweed Heads West is situated in the
Bundjalung traditional
Aboriginal country.
Amenities
Boyd Family Park is situated on Piggabeen Road, adjacent to Cobaki Creek, with barbecue facility, drinking fountain, picnic setting and shelter.
Demographics
In the , 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.
References
Suburbs of Tweed Heads, New South Wales
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