In short

Fingal Head is a suburb of New South Wales, postcode 2487, home to 615 residents with a settled, mature community. Located in the Tweed local government area (Inner Regional Australia).

Snapshot

Median house—

Median rent$400 /wk

Population615

Area— km²

To CBD— km

LGATweed

Demographics

Population: 615
Median age: 46 years
Median household income: $1,614 /week
Median personal income: $794 /week
Median family income: $1,978 /week
Average household size: 2.6
Persons per bedroom: 0.9
Local government area: Tweed
Statistical region (SA4): Richmond - Tweed
Remoteness classification: Inner Regional Australia
Federal electorate: Richmond

Source: ABS QuickStats

Property & cost of living

Median rent: $400 /week
Median monthly mortgage: $2,350
Rent share of household income: 25%

Schools

Cudgen Public School Primary · Government
Kingscliff High School Secondary · Government
Duranbah Public School Primary · Government
Kingscliff Public School Primary · Government

Transport

Within 800 m walk: 5 bus stops
Within 1.6 km: 15 bus stops

Closest stops:

Reardons Rd After Plantation Rd bus · 503 m
Plantation Rd Before Cudgen Rd bus · 646 m
Plantation Rd After Reardons Rd bus · 651 m
Plantation Rd After Cudgen Rd bus · 677 m
Cudgen Rd Opp Plantation Rd bus · 786 m

Lifestyle & amenities

Amenity data refreshes quarterly from OpenStreetMap.

Climate

Climate normals from the Bureau of Meteorology.

NBN & connectivity

NBN coverage data refreshes monthly from NBN Co.

Safety

Recorded offences: 812 across postcode 2487 in the year to Dec 2025 (stable on the prior year).
Most common categories: 192 violent offences, 189 theft, 118 other offences.

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Frequently asked questions

Sources & methodology

Demographics from ABS Census. Property data from SQM Research. Climate from Bureau of Meteorology. Schools from ACARA. NBN from NBN Co. Amenities from OpenStreetMap. See full methodology.

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