Located in New South Wales within the Tweed local government area, Tanglewood is a sparsely populated locality (postcode 2488). With a population of 104, the suburb has an established family demographic with a median age of 43. Households earn a median income of $98K per year, with an average household size of 2.2 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 professionals, managers, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward construction and education. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
Tanglewood has a median house price of $1.2 million, which has jumped by 65.5% year-on-year. Units have a median price of $715,000. The current median weekly rent is $795. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 3.5%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,345.
Public transport access includes 3 bus stops. The crime rate in the Tweed LGA is below average at 3,518 incidents per 100,000 population.
On the investment side, Tanglewood shows a gross rental yield of approximately 3.5%, rated as moderate yield. Property prices are near the state median ($1.2M/$1.5M). The price-to-income ratio of 12.2x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +65.5% year-on-year. 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.