List of Gold Coast suburbs

Suburbs and localities in the City of Gold Coast
Location	City of Gold Coast
Number	52 suburbs 29 localities
Populations	0 (Southern Moreton Bay Islands) – 36,786 (Southport)
Areas	1.4 km2 (Broadbeach) – 83.9 km2 (Southern Moreton Bay Islands)
Subdivisions	Neighbourhoods

The City of Gold Coast is a local government area in Queensland, Australia that is divided into 81 suburbs and localities.

The local government area has been amended several times since its creation in 1948, most dramatically by its amalgamation in 1994 with the Shire of Albert, and losing a section centred on Beenleigh north of the Albert River to Logan City in March 2008.

Fifty-two are gazetted as suburbs and twenty-nine as localities. Many suburbs have been established on reclaimed land including saltmarshes, mangroves and tidal flats. Some of these suburbs have developed extensive canal waterways. ^[1] There are many shopping centres on the Gold Coast.

Suburbs and localities

Southport is the largest suburb by population

Surfers Paradise is the third largest suburb by population

Broadbeach is the smallest suburb by area

List of suburbs and localities in the City of Gold Coast ^[2]

Name	Type	Postcode [3]	Census population [4]			Area (km2) [5]
			2021	2016	Change
Advancetown	Locality	4211	528	482	+9.5%	63.6
Alberton	Locality	4207	547	590	−7.3%	17.0
Arundel	Suburb	4214	11,171	10,246	+9.0%	10.3
Ashmore	Suburb	4214	12,415	11,910	+4.2%	6.8
Austinville	Locality	4213	403	356	+13.2%	21.3
Benowa	Suburb	4217	9,889	8,741	+13.1%	6.6
Biggera Waters	Suburb	4216	9,973	8,534	+16.9%	3.7
Bilinga	Suburb	4225	1,883	1,804	+4.4%	2.6
Bonogin	Locality	4213	4,896	4,573	+7.1%	38.7
Broadbeach	Suburb	4218	6,786	5,514	+23.1%	1.4
Broadbeach Waters	Suburb	4218	8,164	7,779	+4.9%	5.3
Bundall	Suburb	4217	4,895	4,523	+8.2%	3.9
Burleigh Heads	Suburb	4220 [note 1]	10,077	9,188	+9.7%	10.2
Burleigh Waters	Suburb	4220	14,556	14,310	+1.7%	6.7
Carrara	Suburb	4211	13,138	12,060	+8.9%	13.9
Cedar Creek [note 2]	Locality	4207	861	838	+2.7%	25.9
Clagiraba	Locality	4211	651	601	+8.3%	27.8
Clear Island Waters	Suburb	4226	4,395	4,120	+6.7%	4.3
Coolangatta	Suburb	4225	6,491	5,948	+9.1%	1.8
Coombabah	Suburb	4216	10,298	10,388	−0.9%	13.2
Coomera	Suburb	4209	20,225	13,305	+52.0%	24.6
Currumbin	Suburb	4223	3,278	2,920	+12.3%	2.0
Currumbin Valley	Locality	4223	2,084	1,849	+12.7%	35.0
Currumbin Waters	Suburb	4223	9,797	9,121	+7.4%	9.9
Elanora	Suburb	4221	12,539	12,145	+3.2%	8.9
Gaven	Locality	4211	1,638	1,558	+5.1%	6.7
Gilberton	Locality	4208	31	25	+24.0%	8.0
Gilston	Locality	4211	2,669	2,459	+8.5%	9.4
Guanaba	Locality	4210	852	793	+7.4%	22.1
Helensvale	Suburb	4212	18,949	16,862	+12.4%	21.6
Highland Park	Suburb	4211	6,576	6,574	0.0%	3.9
Hollywell	Suburb	4216	2,930	2,865	+2.3%	2.9
Hope Island	Suburb	4212	14,522	11,186	+29.8%	14.2
Jacobs Well	Suburb	4208	2,882	1,839	+56.7%	14.2
Kingsholme	Locality	4208	782	286	+173.4%	20.1
Labrador	Suburb	4215	18,643	18,261	+2.1%	5.7
Lower Beechmont	Locality	4211	1,067	1,046	+2.0%	16.5
Luscombe	Locality	4207	265	307	−13.7%	17.0
Main Beach	Suburb	4217	3,998	3,883	+3.0%	7.0
Maudsland	Locality	4210	8,073	5,568	+45.0%	14.5
Mermaid Beach	Suburb	4218	7,329	6,533	+12.2%	1.5
Mermaid Waters	Suburb	4218	13,088	12,045	+8.7%	7.1
Merrimac	Suburb	4226	7,212	7,071	+2.0%	9.0
Miami	Suburb	4220	7,445	6,843	+8.8%	3.0
Molendinar	Suburb	4214	6,450	6,375	+1.2%	7.7
Mount Nathan	Locality	4211	1,375	1,214	+13.3%	14.6
Mudgeeraba	Suburb	4213	14,578	13,624	+7.0%	25.8
Natural Bridge	Locality	4211	90	108	−16.7%	42.1
Nerang	Suburb	4211	17,048	16,864	+1.1%	35.9
Neranwood	Suburb	4213	79	67	+17.9%	3.2
Norwell	Locality	4208	189	200	−5.5%	26.1
Numinbah Valley	Locality	4211	212	218	−2.8%	58.3
Ormeau	Suburb	4208	15,938	14,460	+10.2%	16.4
Ormeau Hills	Locality	4208	4,521	3,148	+43.6%	8.5
Oxenford	Suburb	4210	12,273	11,842	+3.6%	13.9
Pacific Pines	Suburb	4211	16,664	16,757	−0.6%	9.2
Palm Beach	Suburb	4221	16,349	14,654	+11.6%	6.3
Paradise Point	Suburb	4216	7,062	6,536	+8.0%	6.4
Parkwood	Suburb	4214	8,837	8,702	+1.6%	5.6
Pimpama	Suburb	4209	24,601	9,396	+161.8%	41.4
Reedy Creek	Suburb	4227	7,412	6,659	+11.3%	6.4
Robina	Suburb	4226	25,659	23,106	+11.0%	15.0
Runaway Bay	Suburb	4216	9,308	9,068	+2.6%	7.4
South Stradbroke	Locality	4216	142	41	+246.3%	31.3
Southern Moreton Bay Islands	Locality	—	0	0	—	83.9
Southport	Suburb	4215	36,786	31,908	+15.3%	15.6
Springbrook	Locality	4213	705	659	+7.0%	52.7
Stapylton	Locality	4207	430	444	−3.2%	15.0
Steiglitz	Locality	4207	682	705	−3.3%	11.4
Surfers Paradise	Suburb	4217	26,412	23,689	+11.5%	6.2
Tallai	Suburb	4213	4,465	4,150	+7.6%	13.0
Tallebudgera	Suburb	4228	3,826	3,667	+4.3%	19.3
Tallebudgera Valley	Locality	4228	1,762	1,624	+8.5%	60.1
Tugun	Suburb	4224	7,175	6,588	+8.9%	3.0
Upper Coomera	Suburb	4209	27,180	25,276	+7.5%	23.8
Varsity Lakes	Suburb	4227	16,493	15,026	+9.8%	5.9
Willow Vale	Locality	4209	2,279	2,096	+8.7%	21.5
Wongawallan	Locality	4210	1,415	1,273	+11.2%	32.9
Woongoolba	Locality	4207	282	280	+0.7%	32.5
Worongary	Suburb	4213	6,021	5,613	+7.3%	14.1
Yatala	Suburb	4207	1,405	1,312	+7.1%	14.0

Former suburbs

Name	Type	Fate	Reference(s)
Andrews	Suburb	Abolished – its territory was absorbed into Varsity Lakes and Burleigh Heads in 2002	[6] [7] [8]
Stephens	Suburb	Abolished – its territory was absorbed into Varsity Lakes and Burleigh Heads in 2002	[7] [9]
Kerrydale	Suburb	Abolished – its territory was absorbed into Robina in 1995	[10]
Moondarewa	Township	Located on South Stradbroke Island but lost into the sea in 1938 to erosion	[11]

Notes

1. The neighbourhood of West Burleigh, located within the suburb of Burleigh Heads, uses the postcode 4219 for PO boxes
2. Cedar Creek is split between both the City of Gold Coast and the City of Logan; population statistics include both government areas, whereas the area data only includes the Gold Coast section

References

1. McPhee, D. (2015). "Marine environments on the Gold Coast: out with the old, in with the new". In Hundloe, Tor; McDougall, Bridgette; Page, Craig (eds.). The Gold Coast Transformed: From Wilderness to Urban Ecosystem. Csiro Publishing. ISBN   978-1-4863-0330-4 . Retrieved 7 March 2016.
2. "Place names gazetteer - Queensland". data.qld.gov.au. Queensland Government. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
3. "Standard Postcode File (PC001)". Australia Post. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
4. "Census data (search by location and year)". abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
5. "Suburbs, City of Gold Coast dataset". Council of the City of Gold Coast. 17 May 2025. Retrieved 23 May 2025. Area data obtained with QGIS
6. "Reedy Creek - Andrews". profile.id community profile. Council of City of Gold Coast. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
7. "Andrews". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
8. "Andrews history". City of Gold Coast. Council of City of Gold Coast. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
9. "Stephens history". City of Gold Coast. Council of City of Gold Coast. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
10. "Robina (entry 46082)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 17 June 2016.
11. "Moondarewa - Historic Site". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 21 May 2025.

Further reading

• Hanlon, W. E. (November 1935). "The Early Settlement of the Logan and Albert Districts" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland . 2 (5). Brisbane, Australia: 208–262.
• Rix, Dawn Hasemann (2002). Labrador: The early pioneers. Main Beach, Australia: DHR Publishing. ISBN   978-0-9581-7210-3.
• Gresty, J. A. (1947). "The Numinbah Valley: Its Geography, History and Aboriginal associations". Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia. 51. Brisbane, Australia: 57–72.

External links

• Media related to Gold Coast suburbs at Wikimedia Commons