List of Gold Coast suburbs facts for kids
Quick facts for kids 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) |
| Subdivisions | Neighbourhoods |
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. There are many shopping centres on the Gold Coast.
Suburbs
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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 | — | |
| Alberton | Locality | Albert (north) |
4207 | 590 | 576 | +2.4% | 16.2 | 6.3 | Derived from Albert River, which was named after Prince Albert | — | |
| 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 | — | |
| Ashmore | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper |
4214 | 11,910 | 11,586 | +2.8% | 6.8 | 2.6 | — | — | |
| Austinville | Locality | Albert (west) |
4213 | 356 | 361 | −1.4% | 22.5 | 8.7 | — | — | |
| Benowa | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper |
4217 | 8,741 | 7,979 | +9.6% | 6.6 | 2.5 | — | — | |
| Biggera Waters | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper |
4216 | 8,534 | 6,338 | +34.6% | 3.2 | 1.2 | — | — | |
| Bilinga | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper |
4225 | 1,804 | 1,662 | +8.5% | 2.8 | 1.1 | — | — | |
| Bonogin | Locality | Albert (west) |
4213 | 4,573 | 4,182 | +9.3% | 39.4 | 15.2 | — | — | |
| Broadbeach | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper |
4218 | 5,514 | 4,614 | +19.5% | 1.5 | 0.58 | — | — | |
| Broadbeach Waters | Suburb | Albert (metro) |
4218 | 7,779 | 7,534 | +3.3% | 5.3 | 2.0 | — |
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| Bundall | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper |
4217 | 4,523 | 4,188 | +8.0% | 3.9 | 1.5 | — |
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| Burleigh Heads | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper |
4220 | 10,077 | 9,188 | +9.7% | 10.1 | 3.9 | — |
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| Burleigh Waters | Suburb | Albert (metro) |
4220 | 14,310 | 13,868 | +3.2% | 6.7 | 2.6 | — | — | |
| Carrara | Suburb | Albert (metro) |
4211 | 12,060 | 11,569 | +4.2% | 14.6 | 5.6 | The Aboriginal word Karara meaning "long flat" |
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| Cedar Creek | Locality | Albert (north) |
4207 | 838 | 832 | +0.7% | 65.4 | 25.3 | — | — | |
| Clagiraba | Locality | Albert (west) |
4211 | 601 | 561 | +7.1% | 27.7 | 10.7 | — |
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| Clear Island Waters | Suburb | Albert (metro) |
4226 | 4,120 | 3,986 | +3.4% | 4.4 | 1.7 | — |
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| Coolangatta | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper |
4225 | 5,948 | 5,192 | +14.6% | 1.9 | 0.73 | — |
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| Coombabah | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper |
4216 | 10,388 | 9,774 | +6.3% | 11.6 | 4.5 | — | — | |
| Coomera | Suburb | Albert (metro) |
4209 | 13,305 | 8,793 | +51.3% | 24.4 | 9.4 | — | — | |
| Currumbin | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper |
4223 | 2,920 | 2,785 | +4.8% | 2.1 | 0.81 | — | — | |
| Currumbin Valley | Locality | Albert (west) |
4223 | 1,849 | 1,711 | +8.1% | 35.1 | 13.6 | — |
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| Currumbin Waters | Suburb | Albert (metro) |
4223 | 9,121 | 8,883 | +2.7% | 9.9 | 3.8 | — | — | |
| 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.". | — | |
| Gaven | Locality | Albert (metro) |
4211 | 1,558 | 1,583 | −1.6% | 7.2 | 2.8 | — | — | |
| Gilberton | Locality | Albert (north) |
4208 | 25 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | — | — | |
| Gilston | Locality | Albert (west) |
4211 | 2,459 | 1,449 | +69.7% | 10.5 | 4.1 | — |
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| Guanaba | Locality | Albert (north) |
4210 | 793 | 798 | −0.6% | 22.4 | 8.6 | — | — | |
| 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. |
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| Highland Park | Suburb | Albert (metro) |
4211 | 6,574 | 6,561 | +0.2% | 3.7 | 1.4 | — | — | |
| Hope Island | Suburb | Albert (metro) |
4212 | 11,186 | 8,483 | +31.9% | 13.8 | 5.3 | — |
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| Hollywell | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper |
4216 | 2,865 | 2,679 | +6.9% | 1.9 | 0.73 | — | — | |
| Jacobs Well | Suburb | Albert (north) |
4208 | 1,839 | 1,546 | +19.0% | 6.4 | 2.5 | — |
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| Kingsholme | Locality | Albert (north) |
4208 | 286 | 281 | +1.8% | 19.5 | 7.5 | — | — | |
| Labrador | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper |
4215 | 18,261 | 16,402 | +11.3% | 5.0 | 1.9 | — |
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| Lower Beechmont | Locality | Albert (west) |
4211 | 1,046 | 1,003 | +4.3% | 16.3 | 6.3 | — | — | |
| Luscombe | Locality | Albert (north) |
4207 | 307 | 448 | −31.5% | 25.0 | 9.7 | — | — | |
| Main Beach | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper |
4217 | 3,883 | 3,496 | +11.1% | 3.2 | 1.2 | — |
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| Maudsland | Locality | Albert (north) |
4210 | 5,568 | 3,215 | +73.2% | 12.9 | 5.0 | — | — | |
| Mermaid Beach | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper |
4218 | 6,533 | 5,722 | +14.2% | 1.5 | 0.58 | — | ||
| Mermaid Waters | Suburb | Albert (metro) |
4218 | 12,045 | 11,789 | +2.2% | 7.1 | 2.7 | — | — | |
| Merrimac | Suburb | Albert (metro) |
4226 | 7,071 | 6,321 | +11.9% | 8.3 | 3.2 | — | — | |
| Miami | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper |
4220 | 6,843 | 6,364 | +7.5% | 3.0 | 1.2 | — | — | |
| Molendinar | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper |
4214 | 6,375 | 6,213 | +2.6% | 7.7 | 3.0 | — | — | |
| Mount Nathan | Locality | Albert (west) |
4211 | 1,214 | 1,124 | +8.0% | 15.9 | 6.1 | — | — | |
| 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", an Aboriginal word meaning "tell lies", or the Yugambeh words Mu'dherri and ba together meaning "place of sticky soil" | — | |
| Natural Bridge | Locality | Albert (west) |
4211 | 108 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | — |
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| Nerang | Suburb | Albert (West) |
4211 | 16,864 | 16,256 | +3.7% | 34.9 | 13.5 | — | — | |
| Neranwood | Suburb | Albert (west) |
4213 | 67 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | — | — | |
| Norwell | Locality | Albert (north) |
4208 | 200 | 282 | −29.1% | 40.4 | 15.6 | — | — | |
| Numinbah Valley | Locality | Albert (west) |
4211 | 218 | 294 | −25.9% | 100.6 | 38.8 | — | — | |
| Ormeau | Suburb | Albert (north) |
4208 | 14,460 | 12,439 | +16.2% | 17.6 | 6.8 | — |
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| Ormeau Hills | Locality | Albert (north) |
4208 | 3,148 | 1,212 | +159.7% | 0.7 | 0.27 | — | — | |
| Oxenford | Suburb | Albert (metro) |
4210 | 11,842 | 11,156 | +6.1% | 14.0 | 5.4 | — |
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| Pacific Pines | Suburb | Albert (metro) |
4211 | 16,757 | 14,788 | +13.3% | 9.2 | 3.6 | — | — | |
| Palm Beach | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper |
4221 | 14,654 | 13,956 | +5.0% | 6.3 | 2.4 | — | — | |
| Paradise Point | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper |
4216 | 6,536 | 5,930 | +10.2% | 3.7 | 1.4 | — | ||
| Parkwood | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper |
4214 | 8,702 | 8,436 | +3.2% | 6.2 | 2.4 | — | — | |
| Pimpama | Suburb | Albert (north) |
4209 | 9,396 | 3,211 | +192.6% | 40.5 | 15.6 | — |
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| Reedy Creek | Suburb | Albert (west) |
4227 | 6,659 | 5,712 | +16.6% | 6.4 | 2.5 | — |
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| Robina | Suburb | Albert (metro) |
4226 | 23,106 | 20,522 | +12.6% | 15.0 | 5.8 | — | ||
| Runaway Bay | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper |
4216 | 9,068 | 8,912 | +1.8% | 5.5 | 2.1 | — | — | |
| South Stradbroke | Locality | Albert (north) |
4216 | 41 | 101 | −59.4% | 21 | 8.1 | — |
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| Southern Moreton Bay Islands | Locality | Albert (north) |
0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | — | — | |
| Southport | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper |
4215 | 31,908 | 28,315 | +12.7% | 14.3 | 5.5 | — |
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| Springbrook | Locality | Albert (west) |
4213 | 659 | 624 | +5.6% | 52.6 | 20.3 | — | — | |
| Stapylton | Locality | Albert (north) |
4207 | 444 | 445 | −0.2% | 15.0 | 5.8 | — | — | |
| Steiglitz | Locality | Albert (north) |
4207 | 705 | 441 | +59.9% | 0.6 | 0.23 | — |
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| Surfers Paradise | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper |
4217 | 23,689 | 19,668 | +20.4% | 5.8 | 2.2 | — |
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| Tallai | Suburb | Albert (west) |
4213 | 4,150 | 3,765 | +10.2% | 13.2 | 5.1 | — | — | |
| Tallebudgera | Suburb | Albert (west) |
4228 | 3,667 | 3,551 | +3.3% | 19.3 | 7.5 | — | — | |
| Tallebudgera Valley | Locality | Albert (west) |
4228 | 1,624 | 1,557 | +4.3% | 60.2 | 23.2 | — | ||
| Tugun | Suburb | Gold Coast Proper |
4224 | 6,588 | 5,976 | +10.2% | 3.1 | 1.2 | — |
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| Upper Coomera | Suburb | Albert (metro) |
4209 | 25,276 | 21,136 | +19.6% | 25.8 | 10.0 | — | — | |
| Varsity Lakes | Suburb | Albert (metro) |
4227 | 15,026 | 14,366 | +4.6% | 6.0 | 2.3 | — | — | |
| Willow Vale | Locality | Albert (north) |
4209 | 2,096 | 1,015 | +106.5% | 21.3 | 8.2 | — | — | |
| Wongawallan | Locality | Albert (north) |
4210 | 1,273 | 1,103 | +15.4% | 32.8 | 12.7 | — | — | |
| Woongoolba | Locality | Albert (north) |
4207 | 280 | 460 | −39.1% | 41.3 | 15.9 | — |
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| Worongary | Suburb | Albert (west) |
4213 | 5,613 | 5,574 | +0.7% | 14.0 | 5.4 | — | — | |
| Yatala | Suburb | Albert (north) |
4207 | 1,312 | 1,346 | −2.5% | 13.8 | 5.3 | — | — | |
Former suburbs
| Name | Type | Fate | Reference(s) |
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| Andrews | Suburb | Abolished – its territory was absorbed into Varsity Lakes and Burleigh Heads in 2002 | |
| Stephens | Suburb | Abolished – its territory was absorbed into Varsity Lakes and Burleigh Heads in 2002 | |
| Kerrydale | Suburb | Abolished – its territory was absorbed into Robina in 1995 | |
| Moondewara | Located on South Stradbroke Island but lost into the sea with the northern migration of the Nerang River estuary |
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