Smiths Creek is a quiet locality in New South Wales within the Tweed local government area (postcode 2484). It is home to about 345 residents, with a settled, mature resident base and a median age of 47. Households earn a median income of $62K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.7% year-on-year at the LGA level. NSW employment has moved +1.2% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NSW also had 35 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 17 underway, and 67 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are technicians & trades, professionals, managers. Employment in the area leans toward education and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
The current median weekly rent is $662. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,850.
The crime rate in the Tweed LGA is below average at 3,518 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.7% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.