Tumbulgum NSW 2490

Tumbulgum sits 805 km from Sydney CBD in New South Wales, around 8 hours 35 minutes by car. Census data records 454 residents with a median age of 41 and a median household income of $103,220 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the middle range nationally. The locality grew 12.1% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $350 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,975. Tumbulgum is characterised by no recorded bushfire exposure. 1 school sits within the locality boundary, and walkability is low.

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Median House Price

Public listings data

Tumbulgum's house market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $880,000, about 3% below where it sat a year earlier.

$880,000

last 3 quarters
↓ −3.3% year-on-year

Based on 18 recorded sales in the last 24 months.

Typically sold in 53 days — median across 7 sales that recorded a listing period

By bedrooms

  • 3 bed 12 sales $910K

Currently for Sale

Last 6 months

Houses in Tumbulgum are currently listed at around $1 million on average. Based on 3 houses listed in the past six months.

$1M

3 houses listed in the last 6 months.

3 of the suburb's 156 dwellings (1.9%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.

Short-Stay Rentals

4 active Airbnb listings: 4 whole homes and 0 rooms. Whole homes are about 2.4% of the locality's homes.

Airbnb only, as at Jun 2026; other platforms are not included. Active means reviewed in the past 12 months. The share is against private dwellings at the 2021 Census.

Is Tumbulgum safe? Crime statistics

2025

Crime in Tumbulgum sits in the moderate band, with 17 incidents recorded in 2025 — down roughly 10% on the prior year.

17 offences

10.5% since 2024
Drug Offences 5 (29.4%)
Theft 4 (23.5%)
Harassment & Stalking 2 (11.8%)
Arson 1 (5.9%)
Assault 1 (5.9%)
Disorderly Conduct 1 (5.9%)
Property Damage 1 (5.9%)
Weapons Offences 1 (5.9%)
Sexual Offences 1 (5.9%)

Crime Trend

Serious Road Crashes

2021–2025

6 crashes

where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 1 of them fatal

Where they happened

Tweed Valley Way 5 (83.3%)

Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the locality carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.

Council Flood Studies

Tweed Shire Council has published 8 flood studies on the NSW Flood Data Portal. The mapped flood areas are in those studies; SuburbScan does not hold them.

All 8 on the portal

Schools

One school serves Tumbulgum, but none have published comparable ratings yet.

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No rated schools
1 school in this locality
1 unrated
  • • 19 students in one school (avg 19)

Primary

Government · K-6 · 19 students
ICSEA 941 (higher than 22% of Australian schools) · 11% top-SEA students

Walkability

Tumbulgum is very car-dependent on foot — at 0/100, nearly all errands require a car.

0
out of 100
Very Car-Dependent
Bottom 9% in NSW
Public Transport within 1 km not measured
Schools within 1.5 km 0
Parks within 800 m 0
Supermarkets within 1 km 0
GPs within 1 km 0
Pharmacies within 1 km 0
Childcare within 1 km 0
Hospitals within 5 km 0

We hold no public transport timetable data for this area, so public transport is not rated here and the score is spread across the remaining components. It is not counted as zero.

Public transport

Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Tumbulgum.

30
out of 100
Bus
Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
3.8 arrivals/hr
Off-peak weekday
2.9 arrivals/hr
Saturday
2.4 arrivals/hr
Median peak wait
11.5 min
Span of service
15.4 hours

Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.

NBN connectivity

The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Tumbulgum.

30
connectivity score / 100
Most common
Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
0%
Premises covered
181
Technology mix
Fixed wireless (WIRELESS) 100%

NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.

Amenities

Supermarkets
None
Shopping Centres
None
Cafes & Restaurants
2 in locality
Parks & Reserves
2 in locality
Sport & Recreation
1 in locality
Beaches
None
Waterways
4 in locality
Childcare
None
GPs
None
Pharmacies
None
Hospitals
None
Police Stations
None
Banks & Bank@Post
1 in locality
Fuel Stations
None
EV Chargers
None
Pubs & Bars
1 in locality
Arts & Culture
None
Places of Worship
None

Tweed: council population

The whole council area, not just Tumbulgum · estimated residents
at 30 June 2025
Residents
101,044
+0.7% in a year
Change
+716
people since 2024
Density
77
people per km² across the council area
What drove the change
Natural increase
-131
births minus deaths
Net internal migration
+427
moves within Australia
Net overseas migration
+420
arrivals minus departures

The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this locality alone — this locality's own population is in the census section above.

Socio-economic profile

ABS SEIFA · ranked against every suburb in Australia, and within the state
2021 census
Advantage and disadvantage
6/10
5/10 within NSW
income, education, jobs and housing together
Economic resources
8/10
7/10 within NSW
income against housing cost and household size
Education and occupation
5/10
4/10 within NSW
qualifications and job type, income excluded

Tumbulgum is home to 454 residents, with a median age of 41, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $103,000 a year, with unemployment at 2.9%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

454

12.1% since 2016

Median Age

41

4.7% since 2016

Median Household Income

$103,220/yr

48.5% since 2016

Census Median Rent

$350/wk

2.9% since 2016

Census Median Mortgage

$1,975/mo

29.8% since 2016

Avg Household Size

2.6

4.0% since 2016

Median Personal Income

$42,328/yr

31.1% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

2.9%

9.4% since 2016

Unoccupied Dwellings

7.1%

4.1% since 2016

Total Dwellings

156

4.7% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

82.7%

10.6% since 2016

Houses

99.4%

4.3% since 2016

Rental Stress

17.6%

30.7% since 2016

Mortgage Stress

23.0%

12.5% since 2016

Work From Home

14.8%

72.1% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Houses 155 (99.4%)
Flats / Apartments 1 (0.6%)

Property Ownership

Mortgage 80 (49.4%)
Owned Outright 54 (33.3%)
Renting 28 (17.3%)

Demographics

Born in Australia
79.7%
English Spoken at Home
90.1%
Employment Rate
64.4%
3.0% since 2016
Completed Year 12
36.3%

Occupations

Technicians & Trades 47 (20.7%)
Community & Personal Service 38 (16.7%)
Professionals 35 (15.4%)
Labourers 30 (13.2%)
Managers 26 (11.5%)
Clerical & Administrative 25 (11.0%)
Sales 18 (7.9%)
Machinery Operators & Drivers 14 (6.2%)

Religion

Christianity 203 (44.7%)
No Religion 202 (44.5%)
Other Religions 5 (1.1%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

England 22 (4.8%)
Philippines 8 (1.8%)
New Zealand 4 (0.9%)
Netherlands 3 (0.7%)

Age Distribution

0-4 29 (6.4%)
5-14 66 (14.5%)
15-19 22 (4.8%)
20-24 18 (4.0%)
25-34 62 (13.7%)
35-44 52 (11.5%)
45-54 55 (12.1%)
55-64 90 (19.8%)
65-74 42 (9.3%)
75-84 14 (3.1%)
85+ 8 (1.8%)

Family & Household Composition

Couple Families 50 (45.9%)
Lone Person 29 (26.6%)
One Parent Families 17 (15.6%)
Group Household 10 (9.2%)
Other Families 3 (2.8%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 142 (78.0%)
Worked from Home 27 (14.8%)
Walked Only 10 (5.5%)
Car (passenger) 3 (1.6%)

Education

Certificate III & IV 104 (22.9%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 43 (9.5%)
Bachelor Degree 42 (9.3%)
Postgraduate Degree 13 (2.9%)
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 8 (1.8%)

Cars per Dwelling

0 cars 3 (1.9%)
1 car 37 (23.3%)
2 cars 67 (42.1%)
3 cars 29 (18.2%)
4+ cars 12 (7.5%)

Council Rates

Tweed
FY 2024-25

Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,745 a year through Tweed based on 2024 figures.

Avg residential rate
$1,745/yr
42% above the NSW average of $1,230 · median of 128 councils
Valuation basis
Unimproved Value
land only

How this land is zoned

Share of Tumbulgum's area by planning zone
2026-09
  • Rural and farming 93%
  • Environmental 6%
  • Zones under 1% 1%

Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the locality around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.

Building Approvals: Tweed

The whole council area, not just Tumbulgum · new residential dwellings
to 2026-08

In the year to August 2026, 331 new dwellings were approved across Tweed. That mix is 187 houses and 144 units. Approvals are down 49.7% on the same period a year earlier.

Trailing 12 months
331dwellings
-49.7% YoY
Houses
187
detached dwellings
Units
144
townhouses + apartments

Aboriginal Land Council

Aboriginal land in this area is administered by the Tweed Byron Local Aboriginal Land Council.

Local Aboriginal Land Councils are statutory bodies under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983, responsible for land claims and land management for their members. Their boundaries are administrative and are not a statement of whose Country this is. NSW does not publish a register of Aboriginal parties by area — they are registered for each project.

Climate & Setting

from Murwillumbah (Bray Park), 11.3 km

High rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.

Elevation
3 m
above sea level, at the locality centre
Distance to the ocean
9.8 km
Annual rainfall
1,569 mm
108 rainy days
Summer max (Jan)
29.1°C
4 days ≥ 35°C
Winter min (Jul)
9.1°C
0 frost days ≤ 0°C

Elevation is the ground at the locality centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.

EV adoption

1.0%
of light vehicles are electric
Up from 0.00% in 2021
+0.2 points this year
Top 19% in NSW

In postcode 2490, 5 of 492 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.6% (13 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 3.7%.

Electric share, year by year
2021
0.00%
2022
0.60%
2023
0.79%
2024
0.82%
2025
1.02%

Rooftop solar

86
systems per 100 dwellings
Averaging 6.2 kW each

In postcode 2490, 212 rooftop-solar systems totalling 1.3 MW have been installed since 2001, against 248 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 6 went up in the last year.

Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.

Systems installed, year by year
2019
20
2020
21
2021
21
2022
11
2023
13
2024
7
2025
10
2026
2

2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.

First Home Owner Grant

FY2026-27

$10,000 for new homes priced up to $600,000.

Off-the-plan or contracted-build value cap is $750,000 (vs $600,000 for completed new homes). Stamp duty concessions are a separate scheme (First Home Buyers Assistance).

Verify eligibility with Revenue NSW

Mortgage repayments

I'm looking for
Deposit
$
%
Monthly repayment
$4,590
Loan amount
$704,000
Total interest over 30 years
$948,239
Deposit
$176,000
Stamp duty
$33,787
Cash needed at settlement
$209,787

Transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with Revenue NSW

The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $600,000 may qualify for $10,000 — see what qualifies with Revenue NSW.

Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-27 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.

Federal Electorate

Division of Richmond

Currently held by Justine Elliot Australian Labor Party

Year Winner 2PP ALP 2PP LNP Swing
2025 Justine Elliot 60.0% 40.0% +1.8
2022 Justine Elliot 58.2% 41.8% -4.2
2019 Justine Elliot 54.1% 45.9% -0.1

Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact locality's voters across time.

State Electorate

Tweed District

Currently held by Geoff Provest The Nationals

Next state election: 13 March 2027.

Year Winner Won with
2023 Geoff Provest NP 53.6%
2019 Geoff Provest NP 55.0%
2015 Geoff Provest NP 53.2%

Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this locality's voters. Results: © State of New South Wales through the NSW Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0, adapted.

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Common questions about Tumbulgum

Is Tumbulgum a safe place to live?

Recorded crime in Tumbulgum is moderate (40/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident).

What natural hazards affect Tumbulgum?

Tumbulgum has no recorded bushfire history. These are locality-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.

What is the population of Tumbulgum?

Tumbulgum, NSW had a population of 454 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Tumbulgum, NSW?

The postcode for Tumbulgum, NSW is 2490.

How far is Tumbulgum from Sydney?

Tumbulgum is 805 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 514 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Tumbulgum?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Tumbulgum was $103,220 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.

What is the median weekly rent in Tumbulgum?

There are too few current rental listings in Tumbulgum for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $350, across all dwelling types.

What is the median age in Tumbulgum?

The median age of residents in Tumbulgum was 41 at the 2021 ABS Census.

How are the schools in Tumbulgum?

There is 1 school inside the Tumbulgum boundary, none of which has enough NAPLAN and ICSEA data for a quality band.

What is the weather like in Tumbulgum?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Tumbulgum, Murwillumbah (Bray Park) (11.3 km away), summer days average 29.1°C, winter nights 9.1°C, 1,569 mm of rain a year over 108 rainy days, and 4 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Tumbulgum?

First-home buyers in NSW may be eligible for $10,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $600,000. The grant is administered by Revenue NSW; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.

What council does Tumbulgum belong to?

Tumbulgum sits within the Tweed local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

How much are council rates in Tumbulgum?

The average residential rates bill through Tweed is $1,745 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

How much is being built near Tumbulgum?

Across Tweed, 331 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 49.7% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.

Which federal electorate is Tumbulgum in?

Tumbulgum sits within the federal Division of Richmond, currently held by Justine Elliot (Australian Labor Party).

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