Suburbs in the City of Gold Coast | |
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Location | City of Gold Coast |
Number | 81 suburbs |
Populations | 0 (Southern Moreton Bay Islands) – 31,908 (Southport) |
Areas | 0.6 square kilometres (0.23 sq mi) (Steiglitz) – 100.6 square kilometres (38.8 sq mi) (Numinbah Valley) |
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There are eighty-one suburbs in the City of Gold Coast , a local government area in Queensland, Australia. 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.
Name | Type | Former LGA | Postcode | Population | Area | Etymology | Neighbourhood(s) | References | |||
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2016 census | 2011 census | Change | km2 | sq mi | |||||||
Advancetown | Locality | Albert (west) | 4211 | 482 | 352 | +36.9% | 61.7 | 23.8 | From the district named by sawmiller Ernest Belliss who renamed Beechmont Hotel to Advancetown Hotel and donated land for the Advancetown primary school; named Latimer from 1979 to 1985 | — | [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] |
Alberton | Locality | Albert (north) | 4207 | 590 | 576 | +2.4% | 16.2 | 6.3 | Derived from Albert River, which was named after Prince Albert | — | [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] |
Arundel | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper | 4214 | 10,246 | 9,575 | +7.0% | 9.7 | 3.7 | Named after a property named Arundel on Brisbane Road, which was named after its owner Dr Wallace Arthur Arundel Mackey | — | [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] |
Ashmore | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper | 4214 | 11,910 | 11,586 | +2.8% | 6.8 | 2.6 | — | — | [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] |
Austinville | Locality | Albert (west) | 4213 | 356 | 361 | −1.4% | 22.5 | 8.7 | — | — | [5] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] |
Benowa | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper | 4217 | 8,741 | 7,979 | +9.6% | 6.6 | 2.5 | — | — | [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] |
Biggera Waters | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper | 4216 | 8,534 | 6,338 | +34.6% | 3.2 | 1.2 | — | — | [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] |
Bilinga | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper | 4225 | 1,804 | 1,662 | +8.5% | 2.8 | 1.1 | — | — | [46] [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] |
Bonogin | Locality | Albert (west) | 4213 | 4,573 | 4,182 | +9.3% | 39.4 | 15.2 | — | — | [52] [53] [54] [55] [56] [57] [58] |
Broadbeach | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper | 4218 | 5,514 | 4,614 | +19.5% | 1.5 | 0.58 | — | — | [59] [60] [61] [62] [63] [64] [65] |
Broadbeach Waters | Suburb | Albert (metro) | 4218 | 7,779 | 7,534 | +3.3% | 5.3 | 2.0 | — | [72] [73] [74] [75] [76] [77] [78] | |
Bundall | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper | 4217 | 4,523 | 4,188 | +8.0% | 3.9 | 1.5 | — |
| [80] [81] [82] [83] [84] [85] [86] |
Burleigh Heads | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper | 4220 [lower-alpha 1] | 10,077 | 9,188 | +9.7% | 10.1 | 3.9 | — |
| [91] [92] [93] [94] [95] [96] [97] |
Burleigh Waters | Suburb | Albert (metro) | 4220 | 14,310 | 13,868 | +3.2% | 6.7 | 2.6 | — | — | [95] [98] [99] [100] [101] [102] [103] |
Carrara | Suburb | Albert (metro) | 4211 | 12,060 | 11,569 | +4.2% | 14.6 | 5.6 | The Aboriginal word Karara meaning "long flat" [104] [105] |
| [107] [108] [109] [110] [111] [112] [113] |
Cedar Creek | Locality | Albert (north) | 4207 | 838 | 832 | +0.7% | 65.4 | 25.3 | — | — | [114] [115] [116] [117] [118] [119] |
Clagiraba | Locality | Albert (west) | 4211 | 601 | 561 | +7.1% | 27.7 | 10.7 | — |
| [5] [121] [122] [123] [124] [125] |
Clear Island Waters | Suburb | Albert (metro) | 4226 | 4,120 | 3,986 | +3.4% | 4.4 | 1.7 | — |
| [126] [127] [128] [129] [130] [131] |
Coolangatta | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper | 4225 | 5,948 | 5,192 | +14.6% | 1.9 | 0.73 | — | [137] [138] [139] [140] [141] [142] [143] | |
Coombabah | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper | 4216 | 10,388 | 9,774 | +6.3% | 11.6 | 4.5 | — | — | [144] [145] [146] [147] [148] [149] [150] |
Coomera | Suburb | Albert (metro) | 4209 | 13,305 | 8,793 | +51.3% | 24.4 | 9.4 | — | — | [151] [152] [153] [154] [155] [156] [157] |
Currumbin | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper | 4223 | 2,920 | 2,785 | +4.8% | 2.1 | 0.81 | — | — | [158] [159] [160] [161] [162] [163] [164] |
Currumbin Valley | Locality | Albert (west) | 4223 | 1,849 | 1,711 | +8.1% | 35.1 | 13.6 | — | [162] [170] [171] [172] [173] [174] [175] | |
Currumbin Waters | Suburb | Albert (metro) | 4223 | 9,121 | 8,883 | +2.7% | 9.9 | 3.8 | — | — | [162] [176] [177] [178] [179] [180] [181] |
Elanora | Suburb | Albert (metro) | 4221 | 12,145 | 11,645 | +4.3% | 8.9 | 3.4 | The name Elanora is an Aboriginal word for "home by the sea.". | — | [182] [183] [184] [185] [186] [187] [188] |
Gaven | Locality | Albert (metro) | 4211 | 1,558 | 1,583 | −1.6% | 7.2 | 2.8 | — | — | [189] [190] [191] [192] [193] [194] [195] |
Gilberton | Locality | Albert (north) | 4208 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | [196] [197] [198] |
Gilston | Locality | Albert (west) | 4211 | 2,459 | 1,449 | +69.7% | 10.5 | 4.1 | — |
| [5] [200] [201] [202] [203] [204] |
Guanaba | Locality | Albert (north) | 4210 | 793 | 798 | −0.6% | 22.4 | 8.6 | — | — | [5] [205] [206] [207] [208] [209] [210] |
Helensvale | Suburb | Albert (metro) | 4212 | 16,862 | 15,987 | +5.5% | 19.9 | 7.7 | Derived from the name of a local sugar plantation established in the area around 1870 by Arthur Robinson and Ernest White. Helena was the name of White's youngest sister. [211] |
| [211] [213] [214] [215] [216] [217] [218] |
Highland Park | Suburb | Albert (metro) | 4211 | 6,574 | 6,561 | +0.2% | 3.7 | 1.4 | — | — | [219] [220] [221] [222] [223] [224] |
Hope Island | Suburb | Albert (metro) | 4212 | 11,186 | 8,483 | +31.9% | 13.8 | 5.3 | — |
| [229] [230] [231] [232] [233] [234] [235] |
Hollywell | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper | 4216 | 2,865 | 2,679 | +6.9% | 1.9 | 0.73 | — | — | [236] [237] [238] [239] [240] [241] |
Jacobs Well | Suburb | Albert (north) | 4208 | 1,839 | 1,546 | +19.0% | 6.4 | 2.5 | — |
| [12] [242] [243] [244] [245] [246] [247] |
Kingsholme | Locality | Albert (north) | 4208 | 286 | 281 | +1.8% | 19.5 | 7.5 | — | — | [5] [248] [249] [250] [251] [252] |
Labrador | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper | 4215 | 18,261 | 16,402 | +11.3% | 5.0 | 1.9 | — |
| [254] [255] [256] [257] [258] [259] [260] |
Lower Beechmont | Locality | Albert (west) | 4211 | 1,046 | 1,003 | +4.3% | 16.3 | 6.3 | — | — | [261] [262] [263] [264] [265] [266] |
Luscombe | Locality | Albert (north) | 4207 | 307 | 448 | −31.5% | 25.0 | 9.7 | — | — | [5] [267] [268] [269] [270] [271] |
Main Beach | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper | 4217 | 3,883 | 3,496 | +11.1% | 3.2 | 1.2 | — |
| [276] [277] [278] [279] [280] [281] [282] |
Maudsland | Locality | Albert (north) | 4210 | 5,568 | 3,215 | +73.2% | 12.9 | 5.0 | — | — | [5] [283] [284] [285] [286] [287] |
Mermaid Beach | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper | 4218 | 6,533 | 5,722 | +14.2% | 1.5 | 0.58 | — | [64] [289] [290] [291] [292] [293] [294] | |
Mermaid Waters | Suburb | Albert (metro) | 4218 | 12,045 | 11,789 | +2.2% | 7.1 | 2.7 | — | — | [293] [295] [296] [297] [298] [299] [300] |
Merrimac | Suburb | Albert (metro) | 4226 | 7,071 | 6,321 | +11.9% | 8.3 | 3.2 | — | — | [110] [301] [302] [303] [304] [305] [306] |
Miami | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper | 4220 | 6,843 | 6,364 | +7.5% | 3.0 | 1.2 | — | — | [307] [308] [309] [310] [311] [312] [313] |
Molendinar | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper | 4214 | 6,375 | 6,213 | +2.6% | 7.7 | 3.0 | — | — | [310] [314] [315] [316] [317] [318] [319] |
Mount Nathan | Locality | Albert (west) | 4211 | 1,214 | 1,124 | +8.0% | 15.9 | 6.1 | — | — | [5] [320] [321] [322] [323] [324] |
Mudgeeraba | Suburb | Albert (west) | 4213 | 13,624 | 13,204 | +3.2% | 27.3 | 10.5 | Disputed origin; possibly the Aboriginal word Mudgeriba meaning "place of infant's excrement", [325] an Aboriginal word meaning "tell lies", [326] or the Yugambeh words Mu'dherri and ba together meaning "place of sticky soil" [327] | — | [57] [328] [329] [330] [331] [332] [333] |
Natural Bridge | Locality | Albert (west) | 4211 | 108 | — | — | — | — | — |
| [335] [336] [337] [338] |
Nerang | Suburb | Albert (West) | 4211 | 16,864 | 16,256 | +3.7% | 34.9 | 13.5 | — | — | [323] [339] [340] [341] [342] [343] [344] |
Neranwood | Suburb | Albert (west) | 4213 | 67 | — | — | — | — | — | — | [345] [346] [347] |
Norwell | Locality | Albert (north) | 4208 | 200 | 282 | −29.1% | 40.4 | 15.6 | — | — | [348] [349] [350] [351] [352] [353] |
Numinbah Valley | Locality | Albert (west) | 4211 | 218 | 294 | −25.9% | 100.6 | 38.8 | — | — | [5] [354] [355] [356] [357] [358] |
Ormeau | Suburb | Albert (north) | 4208 | 14,460 | 12,439 | +16.2% | 17.6 | 6.8 | — |
| [360] [361] [362] [363] [364] [365] [366] |
Ormeau Hills | Locality | Albert (north) | 4208 | 3,148 | 1,212 | +159.7% | 0.7 | 0.27 | — | — | [364] [367] [368] [369] [370] [371] |
Oxenford | Suburb | Albert (metro) | 4210 | 11,842 | 11,156 | +6.1% | 14.0 | 5.4 | — |
| [286] [373] [374] [375] [376] [377] [378] |
Pacific Pines | Suburb | Albert (metro) | 4211 | 16,757 | 14,788 | +13.3% | 9.2 | 3.6 | — | — | [194] [379] [380] [381] [382] [383] [384] |
Palm Beach | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper | 4221 | 14,654 | 13,956 | +5.0% | 6.3 | 2.4 | — | — | [385] [386] [387] [388] [389] [390] [391] |
Paradise Point | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper | 4216 | 6,536 | 5,930 | +10.2% | 3.7 | 1.4 | — | [394] [395] [396] [397] [240] [398] | |
Parkwood | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper | 4214 | 8,702 | 8,436 | +3.2% | 6.2 | 2.4 | — | — | [399] [400] [401] [402] [403] [404] |
Pimpama | Suburb | Albert (north) | 4209 | 9,396 | 3,211 | +192.6% | 40.5 | 15.6 | — | [407] [408] [409] [410] [411] [412] [413] | |
Reedy Creek | Suburb | Albert (west) | 4227 | 6,659 | 5,712 | +16.6% | 6.4 | 2.5 | — |
| [415] [416] [417] [418] [419] [420] |
Robina | Suburb | Albert (metro) | 4226 | 23,106 | 20,522 | +12.6% | 15.0 | 5.8 | — | [421] [422] [423] [424] [425] [426] [427] | |
Runaway Bay | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper | 4216 | 9,068 | 8,912 | +1.8% | 5.5 | 2.1 | — | — | [428] [429] [430] [431] [432] [433] [434] |
South Stradbroke | Locality | Albert (north) | 4216 | 41 | 101 | −59.4% | 21 | 8.1 | — | [437] [438] [439] [440] [441] [442] | |
Southern Moreton Bay Islands | Locality | Albert (north) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | [443] [444] [445] [446] |
Southport | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper | 4215 | 31,908 | 28,315 | +12.7% | 14.3 | 5.5 | — |
| [449] [450] [451] [452] [453] [454] [455] |
Springbrook | Locality | Albert (west) | 4213 | 659 | 624 | +5.6% | 52.6 | 20.3 | — | — | [209] [456] [457] [458] [459] [460] [461] |
Stapylton | Locality | Albert (north) | 4207 | 444 | 445 | −0.2% | 15.0 | 5.8 | — | — | [462] [463] [464] [465] [466] [467] |
Steiglitz | Locality | Albert (north) | 4207 | 705 | 441 | +59.9% | 0.6 | 0.23 | — |
| [469] [470] [471] [472] [473] |
Surfers Paradise | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper | 4217 | 23,689 | 19,668 | +20.4% | 5.8 | 2.2 | — |
| [481] [482] [483] [484] [485] [486] [487] |
Tallai | Suburb | Albert (west) | 4213 | 4,150 | 3,765 | +10.2% | 13.2 | 5.1 | — | — | [488] [489] [490] [491] [492] [493] |
Tallebudgera | Suburb | Albert (west) | 4228 | 3,667 | 3,551 | +3.3% | 19.3 | 7.5 | — | — | [174] [494] [495] [496] [497] [498] [499] |
Tallebudgera Valley | Locality | Albert (west) | 4228 | 1,624 | 1,557 | +4.3% | 60.2 | 23.2 | — | [497] [498] [501] [502] [503] [504] | |
Tugun | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper | 4224 | 6,588 | 5,976 | +10.2% | 3.1 | 1.2 | — |
| [163] [506] [507] [508] [509] [510] [511] |
Upper Coomera | Suburb | Albert (metro) | 4209 | 25,276 | 21,136 | +19.6% | 25.8 | 10.0 | — | — | [155] [512] [513] [514] [515] [516] [517] |
Varsity Lakes | Suburb | Albert (metro) | 4227 | 15,026 | 14,366 | +4.6% | 6.0 | 2.3 | — | — | [518] [519] [520] [521] [522] [523] |
Willow Vale | Locality | Albert (north) | 4209 | 2,096 | 1,015 | +106.5% | 21.3 | 8.2 | — | — | [5] [524] [525] [526] [516] [527] |
Wongawallan | Locality | Albert (north) | 4210 | 1,273 | 1,103 | +15.4% | 32.8 | 12.7 | — | — | [5] [528] [529] [530] [531] [532] |
Woongoolba | Locality | Albert (north) | 4207 | 280 | 460 | −39.1% | 41.3 | 15.9 | — |
| [351] [534] [535] [536] [537] [538] |
Worongary | Suburb | Albert (west) | 4213 | 5,613 | 5,574 | +0.7% | 14.0 | 5.4 | — | — | [491] [492] [539] [540] [541] [542] [543] |
Yatala | Suburb | Albert (north) | 4207 | 1,312 | 1,346 | −2.5% | 13.8 | 5.3 | — | — | [365] [544] [545] [546] [547] [548] [549] |
Name | Type | Fate | Reference(s) |
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Andrews | Suburb | Abolished – its territory was absorbed into Varsity Lakes and Burleigh Heads in 2002 | [419] [550] [551] |
Stephens | Suburb | Abolished – its territory was absorbed into Varsity Lakes and Burleigh Heads in 2002 | [550] [552] |
Kerrydale | Suburb | Abolished – its territory was absorbed into Robina in 1995 | [421] |
Moondewara | Located on South Stradbroke Island but lost into the sea with the northern migration of the Nerang River estuary | [ citation needed ] | |
Hay Point is a coastal locality in Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. It contains two towns, Hector on its north coast and Half Tide on its south coast. In the 2021 census, the locality of Hay Point had a population of 1,306 people.
Currumbin is a coastal suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Currumbin had a population of 3,278 people.
Helensvale is a northern suburb of the City of Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Helensvale had a population of 18,949 people.
Strathpine is a suburb in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. It is home to the Pine Rivers District offices of the City of Moreton Bay, as well as many businesses, administrative, and local, state and federal government offices. The area is home to Strathpine Centre, a medium-sized urban shopping centre, built by Westfield.
Labrador is a coastal suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Labrador had a population of 18,643 people.
Carole Park is an industrial suburb in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Carole Park had a population of 8 people.
Shelly Beach is a coastal suburb of Caloundra in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Shelly Beach had a population of 925 people.
Eerwah Vale is a locality split between the Sunshine Coast Region and Shire of Noosa, both in Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Eerwah Vale had a population of 671 people.
Mermaid Waters is a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Mermaid Waters had a population of 13,088 people.
Elanora is a suburb of the City of Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Elanora had a population of 12,539 people.
Camira is a suburb in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. At the 2021 census, Camira had a population of 7,415 people.
Depot Hill is a suburb of Rockhampton in the Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Depot Hill had a population of 995 people.
The Range is a suburb in the Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, The Range had a population of 5,231 people.
Bluewater is a town and coastal suburb in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the suburb of Bluewater had a population of 1,085 people.
Paradise Point is a coastal suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Paradise Point had a population of 7,062 people.
Redwood is a rural locality on the outskirts of Toowoomba in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Redwood had a population of 159 people.
Gilston is a rural residential locality in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Gilston had a population of 2,669 people.
Bonogin is a rural hinterland locality in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Bonogin had a population of 4,896 people.
Luscombe is a rural locality in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Luscombe had a population of 265 people.
Southern Moreton Bay Islands is an island group locality in the north-east of the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Southern Moreton Bay Islands had "no people or a very low population".
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