Tweed Heads Property Market Update 1st Half 2025
Tweed Heads offers a unique blend of coastal beauty and urban convenience, with pristine beaches and a thriving arts scene. Its proximity to the Gold Coast and excellent amenities makes it an ideal spot for those seeking a vibrant yet laid-back lifestyle.
Property Trends
In Q4 2024, Tweed Heads recorded a median house price of $1,800,000 and a median unit price of $875,000. This represents stable price growth in the past 12 months to Q4 2024 and a softening of -7.9% for units. This creates a prime opportunity for buyers to enter the market. Comparing Q4 2023 and Q4 2024, total sales declined by -6.6% for houses (to 702 sales in Q4 2024) and -22.3% for units (to 311 sales in Q4 2024), indicating higher interest rates have impacted the market. With a limited number of new houses and townhouses in the 2025 project pipeline, this window of opportunity may be short-lived, thus buyers need to act fast.
Project Development
Tweed Heads will see approx. $828.8M of new projects commencing construction in 2025. Several residential projects planned in Tweed Heads will add new stock into the market, including 367 units and 45 townhouses, which will assist with current demand. That said there is still a very small number of new ready-to-sell houses (26 dwellings), thus an undersupply is possible. This will push up prices, stimulating a price recovery.
Rental Market & Growth
House rental yields in Tweed Heads was 3.5% as of December 2024, slightly higher than Gold Coast Main (3.4%). This is paired with a 7.9% growth in median house rental price in the past 12 months to Q4 2024, at $890 per week. During this same time, the number of houses rented decreased, by 33.3% (to 16 houses in Q4 2024). This indicates there is an undersupplied house rental market in Tweed Heads. Thus, there is still room for investors to enter the market.
Vacancy Rates & Property Investment
Tweed Heads recorded a vacancy rate of 0.4% in December 2024, lower than the Tweed Shire average of 1.0% and Gold Coast Main’s average of 1.1%. Vacancy rates fluctuated in the past 12 months, but have overall declined, indicating an even tighter the market. Further, a 0.4% vacancy rate is still well below the Real Estate Institution of Australia’s healthy benchmark of 3.0%, indicating quicker occupancy of rental properties in Tweed Heads market. This creates an ideal environment for investors, especially with a more affordable unit sales price in the past 12 months to Q4 2024.
