Is Tweed Heads safe? Australia travel risk
Is Tweed Heads safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Tweed Heads scores 24/100 on our travel risk index (Low). The US State Department rates Australia Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 18 Aug 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Tweed Heads scores 24/100 (Low). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Australia (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Tweed Heads: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (44/100) and security (23/100).
A score of 24 is higher than the scores of 12% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Territorial & Position Context
Positioned at 28.1833° S, 153.5500° E in New South Wales, Tweed Heads features an altitude of 11 m. The settlement is located 894.1 km SSW from Canberra.
New South Wales
28.1833° S, 153.5500° E
11 m
Australia/Sydney
8,176
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Australia
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Tweed Heads happened in January, February, May, November and December (5 of 5 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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