Population growth of 19.8% between June 2001 and June 2006 has already exceeded previous growth predictions. South-east Queensland is the fastest growing municipality in Australia. With over 1500 people moving to the Gold Coast every week, the demand for quality inner city living is in high demand.
Strong Annual Median Price Growth:
Broadbeach median unit prices have achieved an average of 12.7% growth per annum since January 2003. This is slightly higher than the general Gold Coast average of 11.86% for the same period.
(Source RP Data 07/08/07).
Broadbeach in Top 10 Australian postcodes Income Growth List
AFFORDABLE one day, property hotspot the next.
That's Broadbeach, 4218, the only Queensland address in the Top 10 Australian postcodes income growth list, which, according to demographer Bernard Salt, is a pointer to the next boom suburbs.
Book-cased between southern Surfers Paradise and millionaires' mile Hedges Avenue, the Gold Coast's Broadbeach comes in seventh, with a 45 per cent rise in average incomes in the latest data published by the Australian Taxation Office.
Fact: The Gold Coast is Australia's largest regional city nestled in a resort location bordered by 70km of internationally acclaimed beaches and World Heritage Listed subtropical rainforests. Combining business with pleasure like no other destination, the Gold Coast offers diversity and opportunities for both holiday makers and business tourists alike.
The Gold Coast embodies all that Australians are passionate about - the great outdoors, sports, a relaxed lifestyle, the beach and the idyllic subtropical climate.
The City boasts well-developed tourism services and infrastructure, and experienced industry operators, As well as cutting-edge industry development and thriving business centres in areas such as Broadbeach. These assets, combined with the City's location, sub-tropical climate and quality lifestyle, have attracted large numbers of visitors to the Gold Coast since the 1980s.
Gold Coast Statistics at a glance:
Population:
470,000 and growing
(expected to top 700,000 by 2021)
Area:
Spans across 1,402 square kilometres
(approx. 541 square miles)
Coastline:
80km from South Stradbroke Island to Kingscliffe
Ethnicity:
Multicultural
Language:
English
Currency:
Australian dollars and cents
International visitors per year:
752,900 (as at 03/04 figures)
Domestic visitors per year:
3.5million (as at 03/04 figures)
Transport:
Serviced by 2 international airports:
Gold Coast Airport - 20 minutes
drive south from Broadbeach
Brisbane Airport - 1 hour
drive north from Broadbeach
Connected to Brisbane
(Queensland's capital city)
by rail and Pacific Motorway
Broadbeach is the location of the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, with an international reputation as a fast moving, dynamic and vibrant place to do business and live. Its success is partly due to its central location to two international airports, the largest shopping centre in the southern hemisphere (Pacific Fair), over 100+ world class restaurants, Jupiters Casino, CBD monorail link and state-of-the-art business facilities.
"A dynamic mix of business and tourism"
In just five years, Broadbeach has gone from a popular holiday destination to twenty-first century city centre. With crystal clear beaches, a booming tourism industry, a superb year round climate, it is rapidly becoming one of Australia's great trading centres. A unique set of circumstances make Broadbeach the property investment hotspot of the nation.
