Gold Coast, QLD

Gold Coast has 58 suburbs tracked by NestLedger, with an average weekly rent of $854. A single person needs to earn at least $138,667/yr (median) to keep rent below 30% of income.

54 suburbs are in rental stress, where median rent exceeds 30% of median household income.

Across the 58 priced suburbs NestLedger tracks in Gold Coast, weekly medians run from $380 in Parkwood up to $1,350 in Bonogin, a 3.6× spread. Where you land inside that range matters more to a budget than the citywide average does.

54 of the tracked suburbs sit in rental stress, where the median rent exceeds 30% of the local median household income. Tracked rents rose an average 6.2% over the past year, so figures date quickly.

For the long-form version of how these numbers work, see the NestLedger guides.