Gold Coast suburbs where the most people cycle to work
Coolangatta has the highest share, at 3% of residents. Miami and Mermaid Beach follow.
This page ranks Gold Coast suburbs by the share of employed residents who travelled to work by bicycle on Census night 2021. Only suburbs with at least 2,000 residents are ranked.
The share is cyclists divided by everyone who travelled to work by any method, including those who worked from home — the ten categories the ABS publishes. It is NOT a share of all residents, which would put children and retirees in the denominator and roughly halve every figure. Percentile ranks are computed within Gold Coast's pool, so the list reflects concentration relative to other metro suburbs. THIS MEASURES WHAT PEOPLE DID, NOT HOW RIDABLE A SUBURB IS. Flat ground and a short trip to work will carry a suburb up this list without a metre of separated cycleway, and a hilly suburb with excellent paths can sit near the bottom. Census night was a single day in August, so weather and shift patterns are in the number too. Descriptive information about how people commuted, not a recommendation or a safety rating.
Gold Coast suburbs where the most people cycle to work
Ranked by the share of employed residents who travelled to work by bicycle on Census night 2021, among suburbs with at least 2,000 residents. This is what people DID, not how ridable a suburb is — a flat inner suburb with short trips can lead the list without much separated cycleway, and a hilly one with good paths can sit low on it.
Coolangatta
QLD 4225 · 6,491 residents3.0% of commuters · 79 riders
Miami
QLD 4220 · 7,445 residents2.2% of commuters · 77 riders
Mermaid Beach
QLD 4218 · 7,329 residents2.2% of commuters · 83 riders
Tweed Heads
NSW 2485 · 9,176 residents2.0% of commuters · 59 riders
Surfers Paradise
QLD 4217 · 26,412 residents1.7% of commuters · 182 riders
Burleigh Waters
QLD 4220 · 14,556 residents1.5% of commuters · 92 riders
Broadbeach Waters
QLD 4218 · 8,164 residents1.5% of commuters · 53 riders
Currumbin Waters
QLD 4223 · 9,797 residents1.5% of commuters · 58 riders
Palm Beach
QLD 4221 · 16,349 residents1.4% of commuters · 107 riders
Burleigh Heads
QLD 4220 · 10,572 residents1.4% of commuters · 64 riders
Labrador
QLD 4215 · 18,643 residents1.3% of commuters · 92 riders
Mermaid Waters
QLD 4218 · 13,088 residents1.3% of commuters · 72 riders
Southport
QLD 4215 · 36,786 residents1.3% of commuters · 185 riders
Varsity Lakes
QLD 4227 · 16,493 residents1.1% of commuters · 80 riders
Robina
QLD 4226 · 25,659 residents0.7% of commuters · 78 riders
Ranked from 15 qualifying suburbs.
100% share of employed residents who travelled to work by this method on Census night 2021 — that count divided by everyone who travelled to work by any method, work from home included, which is the universe the ABS publishes. It is NOT a share of all residents: that would put children and retirees in the denominator and roughly halve every figure. Percentile-ranked within Gold Coast's candidate pool, and only suburbs with at least 2,000 residents qualify. This records what people DID on one day, not how ridable or well-served a suburb is — flat ground and a short trip will lift a suburb here without any dedicated infrastructure. Descriptive ABS Census data, not a recommendation. See how we calculate for the full methodology.
Common questions about this ranking
What are the gold Coast suburbs where the most people cycle to work?
Coolangatta has the highest share, at 3% of residents. Miami and Mermaid Beach follow.
How is this ranking put together?
Each Gold Coast suburb is ranked by the share of its employed residents who travelled to work by bicycle on Census night 2021. The denominator is everyone who travelled to work by any method, including those who worked from home — the ten categories the ABS publishes — not the suburb's whole population. Only suburbs with at least 2,000 residents are included, and percentile ranks are computed within Gold Coast's pool.
Does a high ranking mean a suburb is good for cycling?
No, and the distinction matters. This measures what people DID, not how ridable a place is. Flat ground and a short trip to work will carry a suburb up this list without a metre of separated cycleway, and a hilly suburb with excellent paths can sit near the bottom. For infrastructure, each property page shows the distance to the nearest separated path and the nearest on-road bike lane — a different question with a different answer.
Where does the data come from?
The Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census 'method of travel to work' question — the same source as the Commute to Work breakdown on each suburb page. Nothing is estimated or inferred about any individual.
Why does one night in August decide this?
Because that is what the Census asks: how you travelled to work on that specific day, 10 August 2021. Weather, shift patterns and school terms are all inside the figure, and 2021 in particular caught pandemic-era working patterns in several cities. It is a good relative signal between suburbs measured the same way on the same day, and a weak absolute one.
Same list in other cities
- Sydney suburbs where the most people cycle to work
- Melbourne suburbs where the most people cycle to work
- Brisbane suburbs where the most people cycle to work
- Perth suburbs where the most people cycle to work
- Adelaide suburbs where the most people cycle to work
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- Darwin suburbs where the most people cycle to work
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Rankings last computed 12 October 2026. Recomputed after each ACARA schools data refresh.
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