Suburbs where rents are rising fastest in Gold Coast
Upper Coomera leads the 3-bedroom house list: rents agreed on new leases rose 68% since 2021, from $465 to $780 a week. Broadbeach leads the 2-bedroom unit list, up 73% ($550 to $950). These 30 suburbs came from a field of 36 eligible Gold Coast suburbs.
This ranking orders Gold Coast suburbs by how much the median rent agreed on new leases has risen since 2021, for 3-bedroom houses and 2-bedroom units separately. The figures come from rental bond records, so they are what tenants signed up to pay, not what landlords advertised.
Advertised rents would have told a different story. Checked against bond records in October 2026, they roughly doubled the rise at the top of the Sydney list (Ermington: advertised +99%, agreed +44%), because suburbs where bigger, dearer homes now make up more of the listings looked like suburbs where rents had soared. The change compares the median of the four quarters of 2021 with the latest four, and every one of those quarters needs at least 10 new bonds.
Gold Coast suburbs where 3-bedroom house rents rose most
Change in the median rent agreed on new leases of 3-bedroom houses, from 2021 to the latest four quarters.
Upper Coomera
QLD 4209 · 27,180 residents+68% since 2021 · $465 to $780 a week
Pimpama
QLD 4209 · 24,601 residents+62% since 2021 · $438 to $710 a week
Miami
QLD 4220 · 7,445 residents+61% since 2021 · $690 to $1,112 a week
Coomera
QLD 4209 · 20,225 residents+59% since 2021 · $462 to $735 a week
Varsity Lakes
QLD 4227 · 16,493 residents+58% since 2021 · $585 to $925 a week
Mermaid Waters
QLD 4218 · 13,088 residents+58% since 2021 · $750 to $1,188 a week
Mudgeeraba
QLD 4213 · 14,578 residents+56% since 2021 · $568 to $882 a week
Coombabah
QLD 4216 · 10,298 residents+56% since 2021 · $498 to $775 a week
Palm Beach
QLD 4221 · 16,349 residents+55% since 2021 · $725 to $1,125 a week
Burleigh Waters
QLD 4220 · 14,556 residents+55% since 2021 · $700 to $1,088 a week
Nerang
QLD 4211 · 17,048 residents+53% since 2021 · $515 to $790 a week
Labrador
QLD 4215 · 18,643 residents+52% since 2021 · $528 to $800 a week
Southport
QLD 4215 · 36,786 residents+50% since 2021 · $535 to $800 a week
Carrara
QLD 4211 · 13,138 residents+50% since 2021 · $580 to $870 a week
Robina
QLD 4226 · 25,659 residents+49% since 2021 · $640 to $955 a week
Ranked from 36 qualifying suburbs.
Gold Coast suburbs where 2-bedroom unit rents rose most
Change in the median rent agreed on new leases of 2-bedroom units, from 2021 to the latest four quarters.
Broadbeach
QLD 4218 · 6,786 residents+73% since 2021 · $550 to $950 a week
Palm Beach
QLD 4221 · 16,349 residents+70% since 2021 · $500 to $850 a week
Southport
QLD 4215 · 36,786 residents+67% since 2021 · $465 to $778 a week
Runaway Bay
QLD 4216 · 9,308 residents+67% since 2021 · $435 to $725 a week
Main Beach
QLD 4217 · 3,998 residents+67% since 2021 · $585 to $975 a week
Robina
QLD 4226 · 25,659 residents+65% since 2021 · $505 to $835 a week
Labrador
QLD 4215 · 18,643 residents+65% since 2021 · $425 to $700 a week
Surfers Paradise
QLD 4217 · 26,412 residents+64% since 2021 · $518 to $850 a week
Coolangatta
QLD 4225 · 6,491 residents+63% since 2021 · $512 to $838 a week
Banora Point
NSW 2486 · 16,460 residents+61% since 2021 · $451 to $728 a week · postcode 2486 figures
Mermaid Waters
QLD 4218 · 13,088 residents+61% since 2021 · $465 to $750 a week
Burleigh Waters
QLD 4220 · 14,556 residents+58% since 2021 · $502 to $792 a week
Mermaid Beach
QLD 4218 · 7,329 residents+57% since 2021 · $540 to $850 a week
Tugun
QLD 4224 · 7,175 residents+57% since 2021 · $495 to $775 a week
Paradise Point
QLD 4216 · 7,062 residents+57% since 2021 · $445 to $700 a week
Ranked from 32 qualifying suburbs.
Common questions about this ranking
What are the suburbs where rents are rising fastest in Gold Coast?
Upper Coomera leads the 3-bedroom house list: rents agreed on new leases rose 68% since 2021, from $465 to $780 a week. Broadbeach leads the 2-bedroom unit list, up 73% ($550 to $950). These 30 suburbs came from a field of 36 eligible Gold Coast suburbs.
Are these advertised rents or rents people actually pay?
Rents people agreed to pay: every new lease lodges a bond with the state, and the bond record carries the weekly rent. Advertised rents were checked and not used. In October 2026 they roughly doubled the rise at the top of the Sydney list (Ermington: advertised +99%, agreed +44%), because suburbs where dearer homes now make up more of the listings looked like suburbs where rents had soared.
How is the rise measured?
The median rent of the four quarters of 2021 against the median of the latest four, for 3-bedroom houses and 2-bedroom units separately. Every one of those quarters needs at least 10 new bonds, so one thin quarter cannot put a suburb at the top.
Why is there no list for Melbourne, Perth, Canberra or Darwin?
Victoria publishes bond rents only for groups of suburbs, and the ACT and the Northern Territory publish none we can use. Western Australia's figures start in 2023, so they cannot be compared with 2021.
Same list in other cities
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Rankings last computed 24 October 2026. Recomputed after each ACARA schools data refresh.
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