List of Gold Coast suburbs
Suburbs

List of Gold Coast suburbs

Section Title: Suburbs
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Name	Type	Postcode	Population	Area	Etymology	Neighbourhood(s)	References

2016 census	2011 census	Change	km2	sq mi

Advancetown	Locality	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	4207	590	576	+2.4%	16.2	6.3	Derived from Albert River, which was named after Prince Albert	—

Arundel	Suburb	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	4214	11,910	11,586	+2.8%	6.8	2.6	—	—

Austinville	Locality	4213	356	361	−1.4%	22.5	8.7	—	—

Benowa	Suburb	4217	8,741	7,979	+9.6%	6.6	2.5	—	—

Biggera Waters	Suburb	4216	8,534	6,338	+34.6%	3.2	1.2	—	—

Bilinga	Suburb	4225	1,804	1,662	+8.5%	2.8	1.1	—	—

Bonogin	Locality	4213	4,573	4,182	+9.3%	39.4	15.2	—	—

Broadbeach	Suburb	4218	5,514	4,614	+19.5%	1.5	0.58	—	—

Broadbeach Waters	Suburb	4218	7,779	7,534	+3.3%	5.3	2.0	—	Rio Vista Florida Gardens Miami Keys Rialto Cypress Gardens Casino Island Moana

Bundall	Suburb	4217	4,523	4,188	+8.0%	3.9	1.5	—	Sorrento

Burleigh Heads	Suburb	4220	10,077	9,188	+9.7%	10.1	3.9	—	North Burleigh Koala Park West Burleigh

Burleigh Waters	Suburb	4220	14,310	13,868	+3.2%	6.7	2.6	—	—

Carrara	Suburb	4211	12,060	11,569	+4.2%	14.6	5.6	The Aboriginal word Karara meaning "long flat"	Goodings Corner Emerald Lakes Palm Meadows Lakelands

Cedar Creek	Locality	4207	838	832	+0.7%	65.4	25.3	—	—

Clagiraba	Locality	4211	601	561	+7.1%	27.7	10.7	—	Kulboombin

Clear Island Waters	Suburb	4226	4,120	3,986	+3.4%	4.4	1.7	—	Cypress Gardens

Coolangatta	Suburb	4225	5,948	5,192	+14.6%	1.9	0.73	—	Rainbow Bay Snapper Rocks Greenmount Kirra Point Danger

Coombabah	Suburb	4216	10,388	9,774	+6.3%	11.6	4.5	—	—

Coomera	Suburb	4209	13,305	8,793	+51.3%	24.4	9.4	—	—

Currumbin	Suburb	4223	2,920	2,785	+4.8%	2.1	0.81	—	—

Currumbin Waters	Suburb	4223	9,121	8,883	+2.7%	9.9	3.8	—	—

Currumbin Valley	Locality	4223	1,849	1,711	+8.1%	35.1	13.6	—	Garden Of Eden Hanging Rock Piggabeen Crossing Place Ridgetop The Gap

Elanora	Suburb	4221	12,145	11,645	+4.3%	8.9	3.4	—	—

Gaven	Locality	4221	1,558	1,583	−1.6%	7.2	2.8	—	—

Gilberton	Locality	4208	25	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	—	—

Gilston	Locality	4211	2,459	1,449	+69.7%	10.5	4.1	—	Latimers Crossing

Guanaba	Locality	4210	793	798	−0.6%	22.4	8.6	—	—

Helensvale	Suburb	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.	River Links Oyster Cove Monterey Keys Coombabah Lake

Highland Park	Suburb	4211	6,574	6,561	+0.2%	3.7	1.4	—	—

Hope Island	Suburb	4212	11,186	8,483	+31.9%	13.8	5.3	—	Sanctuary Cove Hope Harbour Boykambil Santa Barbara

Hollywell	Suburb	4216	2,865	2,679	+6.9%	1.9	0.73	—	—

Jacobs Well	Suburb	4208	1,839	1,546	+19.0%	6.4	2.5	—	Calypso Bay

Kingsholme	Locality	4208	286	281	+1.8%	19.5	7.5	—	—

Labrador	Suburb	4215	18,261	16,402	+11.3%	5.0	1.9	—	Heydon Heights

Lower Beechmont	Locality	4211	1,046	1,003	+4.3%	16.3	6.3	—	—

Luscombe	Locality	4207	307	448	−31.5%	25.0	9.7	—	—

Main Beach	Suburb	4217	3,883	3,496	+11.1%	3.2	1.2	—	The Spit Marine Stadium Paradise Waters MacIntosh Island Jariparilla Cove Narrowneck

Maudsland	Locality	4210	5,568	3,215	+73.2%	12.9	5.0	—	—

Mermaid Beach	Suburb	4218	6,533	5,722	+14.2%	1.5	0.58	—	Nobby Beach

Mermaid Waters	Suburb	4218	12,045	11,789	+2.2%	7.1	2.7	—	—

Merrimac	Suburb	4226	7,071	6,321	+11.9%	8.3	3.2	—	—

Miami	Suburb	4220	6,843	6,364	+7.5%	3.0	1.2	—	—

Molendinar	Suburb	4214	6,375	6,213	+2.6%	7.7	3.0	—	—

Mount Nathan	Locality	4211	1,214	1,124	+8.0%	15.9	6.1	—	—

Mudgeeraba	Suburb	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	4211	108	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	—	Mallawa

Nerang	Suburb	4211	16,864	16,256	+3.7%	34.9	13.5	—	—

Neranwood	Suburb	4213	67	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	—	—

Norwell	Locality	4208	200	282	−29.1%	40.4	15.6	—	—

Numinbah Valley	Locality	4211	218	294	−25.9%	100.6	38.8	—	—

Ormeau	Suburb	4208	14,460	12,439	+16.2%	17.6	6.8	—	Cupania

Ormeau Hills	Locality	4208	3,148	1,212	+159.7%	0.7	0.27	—	—

Oxenford	Suburb	4210	11,842	11,156	+6.1%	14.0	5.4	—	Studio Village

Pacific Pines	Suburb	4211	16,757	14,788	+13.3%	9.2	3.6	—	—

Palm Beach	Suburb	4221	14,654	13,956	+5.0%	6.3	2.4	—	—

Paradise Point	Suburb	4216	6,536	5,930	+10.2%	3.7	1.4	—	Ephraim Island Sovereign Islands

Parkwood	Suburb	4214	8,702	8,436	+3.2%	6.2	2.4	—	—

Pimpama	Suburb	4209	9,396	3,211	+192.6%	40.5	15.6	—	Green Meadows Mccoys Pocket

Reedy Creek	Suburb	4227	6,659	5,712	+16.6%	6.4	2.5	—	Anglers Paradise

Robina	Suburb	4226	23,106	20,522	+12.6%	15.0	5.8	—	Robina Town Centre

Runaway Bay	Suburb	4216	9,068	8,912	+1.8%	5.5	2.1	—	—

South Stradbroke	Locality	4216	41	101	−59.4%	21	8.1	—	Couran Currigee

Southern Moreton Bay Islands	Locality	0	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	—	—

Southport	Suburb	4215	31,908	28,315	+12.7%	14.3	5.5	—	Chirn Park Musgrave Hill Parklands Keebra Park

Springbrook	Locality	4213	659	624	+5.6%	52.6	20.3	—	—

Stapylton	Locality	4207	444	445	−0.2%	15.0	5.8	—	—

Steiglitz	Locality	4207	705	441	+59.9%	0.6	0.23	—	Cabbage Tree Point

Surfers Paradise	Suburb	4217	23,689	19,668	+20.4%	5.8	2.2	—	Isle of Capri Chevron Island Evandale Paradise Island Bundall Waters Northcliffe Budds Beach Cronin Island Surfers Central Surfers South

Tallai	Suburb	4213	4,150	3,765	+10.2%	13.2	5.1	—	—

Tallebudgera	Suburb	4228	3,667	3,551	+3.3%	19.3	7.5	—	—

Tallebudgera Valley	Locality	4228	1,624	1,557	+4.3%	60.2	23.2	—	Ingleside

Tugun	Suburb	4224	6,588	5,976	+10.2%	3.1	1.2	—	Tugun Heights

Upper Coomera	Suburb	4209	25,276	21,136	+19.6%	25.8	10.0	—	—

Varsity Lakes	Suburb	4227	15,026	14,366	+4.6%	6.0	2.3	—	—

Willow Vale	Locality	4209	2,096	1,015	+106.5%	21.3	8.2	—	—

Wongawallan	Locality	4210	1,273	1,103	+15.4%	32.8	12.7	—	—

Woongoolba	Locality	4207	280	460	−39.1%	41.3	15.9	—	Pimpama Island

Worongary	Suburb	4213	5,613	5,574	+0.7%	14.0	5.4	—	—

Yatala	Suburb	4207	1,312	1,346	−2.5%	13.8	5.3	—	—

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