Rental reviews in Tweed Heads South, NSW 2486

Tweed Heads South is a NSW suburb in Tweed LGA, matched to postcode 2486 — also covering Banora Point, Bilambil, Bilambil Heights and nearby localities. New rental bonds in that postcode had a median weekly rent of $780 in 2025, up 4.0% from $750 in 2024. That is about 12% above the NSW median of $695. Bond medians describe new lodgements with Fair Trading, not every current lease in the suburb. Tweed Heads South recorded 1,482 criminal incidents in the 12 months to March 2026, up 10.1% from 1,346 a year earlier. These are police-recorded incidents, not convictions, and they are not adjusted for how many people live or visit here. House bonds typically leased at $900 a week and flats/units at $600. Townhouse bonds sat at $745 a week. Two-bedroom bonds had a median of $655; three-bedroom bonds $810. One-bedroom bonds sat at $500 a week. Four-bedroom bonds sat at $995 a week. Half of new bonds sat between $650 and $950 a week. Fair Trading recorded 553 new bonds in the postcode in 2025. Over 2021–2025 the postcode median moved from $580 to $780 a week. Because several suburbs share the postcode, the rent charts are a postcode picture, not a street-level one. Property offences totalled 744 and violent-related offences 251. Theft made up the largest published share (623 incidents, 42%). Next was Assault (157). The crime series is coded to this suburb name; the rent series, where shown, is the whole postcode. Sources: NSW Fair Trading rental bond lodgements, calendar 2025; NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Apr 2025 – Mar 2026.