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What it costs to live in Gold Coast, QLD
Gold Coast council area, Queensland. About 691,230 people lived here in 2025. Here's what rent, power, fuel, the pokies and crime look like, and how each one sits against the rest of Queensland.
Rent
$800
A week. That's the median rent on new leases in the June quarter 2026.
Pokies losses
$1,021
Lost for every adult in a year. That's 1.1 times the QLD average.
See pokies losses in Gold CoastElectricity
$1,988
A year on the default offer in the Energex network area, for 4,600 kWh. That's the most a standing offer can cost. A typical plan here costs $1,907.
See electricity pricesUnleaded petrol
187c
A litre, on average, at 135 stations here over the year to August 2026. That's 3c less than the QLD average.
See when fuel is cheapestCrime police recorded
Offences against the person, 2025–26
Police recorded 8,311 of these in Gold Coast. That's 1,202 for every 100,000 people, or 80% of the QLD average. Five years before, in 2020–21, it was 943, so it has gone up 27%.
See each year
| Year | Recorded | Per 100,000 | QLD per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 8,311 | 1,202 | 1,512 |
| 2024–25 | 8,808 | 1,274 | 1,562 |
| 2023–24 | 8,405 | 1,237 | 1,550 |
| 2022–23 | 7,567 | 1,139 | 1,467 |
| 2021–22 | 6,337 | 982 | 1,273 |
| 2020–21 | 5,977 | 943 | 883 |
| 2019–20 | 5,139 | 820 | 738 |
| 2018–19 | 4,994 | 813 | 739 |
| 2017–18 | 4,388 | 728 | 737 |
| 2016–17 | 4,316 | 733 | 706 |
Offences against property, 2025–26
Police recorded 32,708 of these in Gold Coast. That's 4,732 for every 100,000 people, or about the QLD average. Five years before, in 2020–21, it was 4,807, so it's about the same.
See each year
| Year | Recorded | Per 100,000 | QLD per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 32,708 | 4,732 | 4,928 |
| 2024–25 | 32,734 | 4,736 | 4,868 |
| 2023–24 | 36,310 | 5,345 | 5,204 |
| 2022–23 | 32,757 | 4,932 | 5,290 |
| 2021–22 | 31,500 | 4,882 | 4,610 |
| 2020–21 | 30,457 | 4,807 | 4,154 |
| 2019–20 | 34,590 | 5,523 | 5,118 |
| 2018–19 | 35,724 | 5,814 | 5,075 |
| 2017–18 | 33,366 | 5,538 | 4,887 |
| 2016–17 | 31,640 | 5,371 | 4,694 |
This is crime that police recorded in the area over a year, July to June. Lots of crime is never reported, and a rise can mean police are looking harder, not just that more crime happened. Each state counts crime its own way, so only compare a council with its own state.
Suburbs in Gold Coast
Who lives in each one, their homes and how they get around.
- Advancetown
- Alberton
- Arundel
- Ashmore
- Austinville
- Benowa
- Biggera Waters
- Bilinga
- Bonogin
- Broadbeach
- Broadbeach Waters
- Bundall
- Burleigh Heads
- Burleigh Waters
- Carrara
- Cedar Creek (Logan - Qld) (part)
- Clagiraba
- Clear Island Waters
- Coolangatta
- Coombabah
- Coomera
- Currumbin
- Currumbin Valley
- Currumbin Waters
- Elanora
- Gaven
- Gilberton (Gold Coast - Qld)
- Gilston
- Guanaba
- Helensvale
- Highland Park
- Hollywell
- Hope Island
- Jacobs Well
- Kingsholme
- Labrador
- Lower Beechmont
- Luscombe
- Main Beach
- Maudsland
- Mermaid Beach
- Mermaid Waters
- Merrimac
- Miami
- Molendinar
- Mount Nathan
- Mudgeeraba
- Natural Bridge
- Nerang
- Neranwood
- Norwell
- Numinbah Valley
- Ormeau
- Ormeau Hills
- Oxenford
- Pacific Pines
- Palm Beach
- Paradise Point
- Parkwood
- Pimpama
- Reedy Creek
- Robina
- Runaway Bay
- South Stradbroke
- Southern Moreton Bay Islands
- Southport
- Springbrook
- Stapylton
- Steiglitz
- Surfers Paradise
- Tallai
- Tallebudgera
- Tallebudgera Valley
- Tugun
- Upper Coomera
- Varsity Lakes
- Willow Vale
- Wongawallan
- Woongoolba
- Worongary
- Yatala
Look further
- Rents across Australia: what tenants really pay by suburb and postcode.
- Pokies losses by council: where the most is lost, in four states.
- Fuel prices: the price cycle and the cheapest day to fill up.
- Compare Gold Coast with another area, side by side.
- Look up another area.
Sources: recorded crime, © State of Queensland (Queensland Police Service), Reported offences by LGA, CC BY 4.0; Australian Bureau of Statistics, CC BY 4.0. Population: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Regional population, CC BY 4.0. Pokies losses: the state's gambling regulator (see the pokies page for its credit). Rent: state rental bond data (see the rent pages). Electricity: Default Market Offer 2026–27: © Commonwealth of Australia (Australian Energy Regulator), CC BY 4.0; retailers' plans under the Consumer Data Right. Fuel: Queensland Government, Fuel Price Reporting, CC BY 4.0.