North Arm (postcode 2484) is a small, quiet locality in New South Wales within the Tweed local government area. It is home to about 117 residents, with an established family demographic and a median age of 42. Households earn a median income of $81K per year, with an average household size of 2.8 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, technicians & trades, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
North Arm has a median house price of $715,000, which has jumped by 41.3% year-on-year. The current median weekly rent is $662. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 4.8%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,857.
Public transport access includes 11 bus stops. The crime rate in the Tweed LGA is below average at 3,518 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, The gross rental yield works out to roughly 4.8%, which reads as moderate yield. Property prices sit below the state median ($715K/$1.5M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 8.8x is considered moderate. House prices have moved +41.3% 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.