Suburbs and localities in the City of Gold Coast | |
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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) |
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The City of Gold Coast is a local government area (LGA) in Queensland, Australia, that is divided into 81 suburbs and localities.
According to a 2024 estimate by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), the City of Gold Coast had a population of 681,389 people. It is the second-largest LGA in Australia by population, behind only the City of Brisbane, which had 1,355,640 people. The ABS-defined Gold Coast–Tweed Heads significant urban area (SUA) had a population of 750,997 people, it is the sixth-largest SUA in Australia behind Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. It is also the largest SUA in the country that is not a state or territory capital. [1] The Gold Coast has a diverse economy with key strengths in tourism, health, construction, and manufacturing. [2] In 2024, its gross regional product was estimated at $49.46 billion, accounting for 9.5% of Queensland’s economy. [3]
The LGA was established in 1948 as the Town of South Coast, following the amalgamation of several local government areas: the Town of Southport, the Town of Coolangatta, and part of the Shire of Nerang. Immediately to the north, the remainder of the Shire of Nerang, along with the Coomera and Beenleigh Shires and parts of the Tingalpa and Waterford Shires, were combined to form the Shire of Albert. [4] The LGA was renamed the Town of Gold Coast in 1958, [5] and the following year, it became known as City of Gold Coast. Following a recommendation by the Electoral and Administrative Review Commission, the Shire of Albert was absorbed into the City of Gold Coast in 1995, partially to resolve water supply rights disputes between the two councils. [6] [7] In 2008, a section centered on the suburb of Beenleigh was transferred to Logan City to unify the area north of the Albert River. [8]
The LGA's divisions are gazetted into 52 suburbs (urban areas) and 29 localities (rural areas); [9] they stretch from the Queensland state border to the south, the Coral Sea to the east, the Albert River to the north and the Gold Coast hinterland and Scenic Rim to the west. [10] The largest division is the Southern Moreton Bay Islands locality (83.9 km2); it is also the only unpopulated division. The smallest division is the suburb of Broadbeach (1.4 km2) and the largest division by population is Southport (36,786 people).
Name | Type | Postcode [11] | Census population [12] | Area [13] | |||
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2016 | 2021 | Change | km2 | sq mi | |||
Advancetown | Locality | 4211 | 482 | 528 | +9.5% | 63.6 | 24.6 |
Alberton | Locality | 4207 | 590 | 547 | −7.3% | 17.0 | 6.6 |
Arundel | Suburb | 4214 | 10,246 | 11,171 | +9.0% | 10.3 | 4.0 |
Ashmore | Suburb | 4214 | 11,910 | 12,415 | +4.2% | 6.8 | 2.6 |
Austinville | Locality | 4213 | 356 | 403 | +13.2% | 21.3 | 8.2 |
Benowa | Suburb | 4217 | 8,741 | 9,889 | +13.1% | 6.6 | 2.5 |
Biggera Waters | Suburb | 4216 | 8,534 | 9,973 | +16.9% | 3.7 | 1.4 |
Bilinga | Suburb | 4225 | 1,804 | 1,883 | +4.4% | 2.6 | 1.0 |
Bonogin | Locality | 4213 | 4,573 | 4,896 | +7.1% | 38.7 | 14.9 |
Broadbeach | Suburb | 4218 | 5,514 | 6,786 | +23.1% | 1.4 | 0.54 |
Broadbeach Waters | Suburb | 4218 | 7,779 | 8,164 | +4.9% | 5.3 | 2.0 |
Bundall | Suburb | 4217 | 4,523 | 4,895 | +8.2% | 3.9 | 1.5 |
Burleigh Heads | Suburb | 4220 [note 1] | 9,188 | 10,077 | +9.7% | 10.2 | 3.9 |
Burleigh Waters | Suburb | 4220 | 14,310 | 14,556 | +1.7% | 6.7 | 2.6 |
Carrara | Suburb | 4211 | 12,060 | 13,138 | +8.9% | 13.9 | 5.4 |
Cedar Creek [note 2] | Locality | 4207 | 838 | 861 | +2.7% | 25.9 | 10.0 |
Clagiraba | Locality | 4211 | 601 | 651 | +8.3% | 27.8 | 10.7 |
Clear Island Waters | Suburb | 4226 | 4,120 | 4,395 | +6.7% | 4.3 | 1.7 |
Coolangatta | Suburb | 4225 | 5,948 | 6,491 | +9.1% | 1.8 | 0.69 |
Coombabah | Suburb | 4216 | 10,388 | 10,298 | −0.9% | 13.2 | 5.1 |
Coomera | Suburb | 4209 | 13,305 | 20,225 | +52.0% | 24.6 | 9.5 |
Currumbin | Suburb | 4223 | 2,920 | 3,278 | +12.3% | 2.0 | 0.77 |
Currumbin Valley | Locality | 4223 | 1,849 | 2,084 | +12.7% | 35.0 | 13.5 |
Currumbin Waters | Suburb | 4223 | 9,121 | 9,797 | +7.4% | 9.9 | 3.8 |
Elanora | Suburb | 4221 | 12,145 | 12,539 | +3.2% | 8.9 | 3.4 |
Gaven | Locality | 4211 | 1,558 | 1,638 | +5.1% | 6.7 | 2.6 |
Gilberton | Locality | 4208 | 25 | 31 | +24.0% | 8.0 | 3.1 |
Gilston | Locality | 4211 | 2,459 | 2,669 | +8.5% | 9.4 | 3.6 |
Guanaba | Locality | 4210 | 793 | 852 | +7.4% | 22.1 | 8.5 |
Helensvale | Suburb | 4212 | 16,862 | 18,949 | +12.4% | 21.6 | 8.3 |
Highland Park | Suburb | 4211 | 6,574 | 6,576 | 0.0% | 3.9 | 1.5 |
Hollywell | Suburb | 4216 | 2,865 | 2,930 | +2.3% | 2.9 | 1.1 |
Hope Island | Suburb | 4212 | 11,186 | 14,522 | +29.8% | 14.2 | 5.5 |
Jacobs Well | Suburb | 4208 | 1,839 | 2,882 | +56.7% | 14.2 | 5.5 |
Kingsholme | Locality | 4208 | 286 | 782 | +173.4% | 20.1 | 7.8 |
Labrador | Suburb | 4215 | 18,261 | 18,643 | +2.1% | 5.7 | 2.2 |
Lower Beechmont | Locality | 4211 | 1,046 | 1,067 | +2.0% | 16.5 | 6.4 |
Luscombe | Locality | 4207 | 307 | 265 | −13.7% | 17.0 | 6.6 |
Main Beach | Suburb | 4217 | 3,883 | 3,998 | +3.0% | 7.0 | 2.7 |
Maudsland | Locality | 4210 | 5,568 | 8,073 | +45.0% | 14.5 | 5.6 |
Mermaid Beach | Suburb | 4218 | 6,533 | 7,329 | +12.2% | 1.5 | 0.58 |
Mermaid Waters | Suburb | 4218 | 12,045 | 13,088 | +8.7% | 7.1 | 2.7 |
Merrimac | Suburb | 4226 | 7,071 | 7,212 | +2.0% | 9.0 | 3.5 |
Miami | Suburb | 4220 | 6,843 | 7,445 | +8.8% | 3.0 | 1.2 |
Molendinar | Suburb | 4214 | 6,375 | 6,450 | +1.2% | 7.7 | 3.0 |
Mount Nathan | Locality | 4211 | 1,214 | 1,375 | +13.3% | 14.6 | 5.6 |
Mudgeeraba | Suburb | 4213 | 13,624 | 14,578 | +7.0% | 25.8 | 10.0 |
Natural Bridge | Locality | 4211 | 108 | 90 | −16.7% | 42.1 | 16.3 |
Nerang | Suburb | 4211 | 16,864 | 17,048 | +1.1% | 35.9 | 13.9 |
Neranwood | Suburb | 4213 | 67 | 79 | +17.9% | 3.2 | 1.2 |
Norwell | Locality | 4208 | 200 | 189 | −5.5% | 26.1 | 10.1 |
Numinbah Valley | Locality | 4211 | 218 | 212 | −2.8% | 58.3 | 22.5 |
Ormeau | Suburb | 4208 | 14,460 | 15,938 | +10.2% | 16.4 | 6.3 |
Ormeau Hills | Locality | 4208 | 3,148 | 4,521 | +43.6% | 8.5 | 3.3 |
Oxenford | Suburb | 4210 | 11,842 | 12,273 | +3.6% | 13.9 | 5.4 |
Pacific Pines | Suburb | 4211 | 16,757 | 16,664 | −0.6% | 9.2 | 3.6 |
Palm Beach | Suburb | 4221 | 14,654 | 16,349 | +11.6% | 6.3 | 2.4 |
Paradise Point | Suburb | 4216 | 6,536 | 7,062 | +8.0% | 6.4 | 2.5 |
Parkwood | Suburb | 4214 | 8,702 | 8,837 | +1.6% | 5.6 | 2.2 |
Pimpama | Suburb | 4209 | 9,396 | 24,601 | +161.8% | 41.4 | 16.0 |
Reedy Creek | Suburb | 4227 | 6,659 | 7,412 | +11.3% | 6.4 | 2.5 |
Robina | Suburb | 4226 | 23,106 | 25,659 | +11.0% | 15.0 | 5.8 |
Runaway Bay | Suburb | 4216 | 9,068 | 9,308 | +2.6% | 7.4 | 2.9 |
South Stradbroke | Locality | 4216 | 41 | 142 | +246.3% | 31.3 | 12.1 |
Southern Moreton Bay Islands | Locality | — | 0 | 0 | — | 83.9 | 32.4 |
Southport | Suburb | 4215 | 31,908 | 36,786 | +15.3% | 15.6 | 6.0 |
Springbrook | Locality | 4213 | 659 | 705 | +7.0% | 52.7 | 20.3 |
Stapylton | Locality | 4207 | 444 | 430 | −3.2% | 15.0 | 5.8 |
Steiglitz | Locality | 4207 | 705 | 682 | −3.3% | 11.4 | 4.4 |
Surfers Paradise | Suburb | 4217 | 23,689 | 26,412 | +11.5% | 6.2 | 2.4 |
Tallai | Suburb | 4213 | 4,150 | 4,465 | +7.6% | 13.0 | 5.0 |
Tallebudgera | Suburb | 4228 | 3,667 | 3,826 | +4.3% | 19.3 | 7.5 |
Tallebudgera Valley | Locality | 4228 | 1,624 | 1,762 | +8.5% | 60.1 | 23.2 |
Tugun | Suburb | 4224 | 6,588 | 7,175 | +8.9% | 3.0 | 1.2 |
Upper Coomera | Suburb | 4209 | 25,276 | 27,180 | +7.5% | 23.8 | 9.2 |
Varsity Lakes | Suburb | 4227 | 15,026 | 16,493 | +9.8% | 5.9 | 2.3 |
Willow Vale | Locality | 4209 | 2,096 | 2,279 | +8.7% | 21.5 | 8.3 |
Wongawallan | Locality | 4210 | 1,273 | 1,415 | +11.2% | 32.9 | 12.7 |
Woongoolba | Locality | 4207 | 280 | 282 | +0.7% | 32.5 | 12.5 |
Worongary | Suburb | 4213 | 5,613 | 6,021 | +7.3% | 14.1 | 5.4 |
Yatala | Suburb | 4207 | 1,312 | 1,405 | +7.1% | 14.0 | 5.4 |