PROPERTY X-RAY
Coolangatta · 4225 · Gold Coast

Coolangatta, X‑rayed.

What the suburb is, and what it is becoming. The prices, what is being approved, the crime mix, the schools. By the numbers, then check any address on the street.

Each pin is a real development application near these streets, 18 in the last 12 months. More pins, more change.
Supply & demand · right now

The market reads soft, worth caution.

Buyer signal: caution
For sale now
123
Active listings
Listings climbing. More properties chasing the same buyers.
of land parcels
7.5%
Stock on market
Above the healthy band. Buyers have more choice and leverage.
to go under offer
52days
Median days on market · houses
A steady pace to sell a house, neither hot nor cold. From 4 recorded house sales.
last 90 days
39
Asking-price cuts
Vendors discounting to shift stock. A classic softening signal.
Source: PXR listings & council parcel records · as at Oct 2026
The counts (listings, stock, cuts) include every property type: houses, townhouses, units, land. Days on market is houses only. Active = listed and not yet delisted. Stock on market = active listings divided by all land parcels in the suburb (parcels are lots, not dwellings, so read it as a proxy).
Buyer-favourable Caution: softening / oversupply
Coolangatta in four numbers

What is the median house price in Coolangatta? By our own numbers.

Three years of house sales, the development pipeline, and the rent it returns.

+32%
House median
2023 to 2025
PXR sales
As at Oct 2026
$1.6M
Median pace
2026 (8 sales)
PXR sales
As at Oct 2026
0
Lots being subdivided
last 12 months
DA register
As at Oct 2026
2.3%
Gross yield
3BR house
RTA bonds
As at Oct 2026
What it is becoming · the development register

What is being built in Coolangatta? You can inspect the house, not the street's future.

Every buyer judges Coolangatta as it is today. The council register shows what is already approved on these streets. 18 applications in the last 12 months.

Site works & minor 18
Each dot is a real approved application at its actual spot · 0 lots being subdivided · 0 townhouse / multi‑dwelling · hover a dot for the type.

This is the suburb, not your lot. The map shows that change is approved, and roughly where. Which one sits next to the house you are buying, and what it actually means, is in the per‑address report.

Check a specific address →

The use fingerprint

What kind of change is being approved (last 12 months).
Density Industrial Amenity
A densifying suburb. Light on lifestyle amenity.

What's arriving

Recent applications near these streets.
1 Earthworks / site prep
No decisions have been published for these applications yet, so we show what has been lodged and do not guess the outcome.
Approved or proposed, not yet built. From the council development register. Checked daily; latest application 7 Oct 2026.
Flood

Does Coolangatta flood? It's a street-by-street question.

A suburb-wide flood figure hides the only answer that matters: whether the specific lot you are looking at sits inside a mapped overlay.

Where we're straight with you
We hold the parcel-level flood overlay here.

Flood overlays for Gold Coast are in our map. The per-lot answer (in or out of the overlay) is on the address report, not a suburb average.

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Crime · the full mix

Is Coolangatta safe? The crime numbers, plainly.

1,034 recorded offences across the area. Here is the breakdown. We show it and let you weigh it.

Other Theft (excl. Unlawful Entry)
323
Drug Offences
120
Unlawful Entry
109
Good Order Offences
103
Other Property Damage
69
Assault
65
Traffic and Related Offences
61
Handling Stolen Goods
44
Unlawful Use of Motor Vehicle
43
Fraud
36
Weapons Act Offences
21
Other Offences Against the Person
13
Trespassing and Vagrancy
12
Miscellaneous Offences
5
Robbery
4
Liquor (excl. Drunkenness)
3
Arson
2
Homicide (Murder)
1
For context, not a verdict

These are recorded offences for the area, grouped by type. We don't grade the suburb. You read the numbers and decide what matters for your street.

QPS crime data current to 21 Sep 2026.

Who lives here · the demand side

Who lives in Coolangatta? The people behind the price.

Who owns, who rents, what they earn, and how much land sits under a typical home. The demand signals a suburb average can answer honestly, drawn from the census we hold.

Owner-occupied
56%
of dwellings are lived in by their owner, not rented out.
Professionals
24%
of workers are in professional roles, the largest occupation group here.
Median income
$785/wk
per person, before tax. Not a household figure.
Median lot size
594m²
a typical parcel here, across 1,646 lots.

How homes are held

Share of occupied dwellings by tenure. A high owner share usually means residents stay put.
Owned outright
37%
Owned with a loan
19%
Rented
41%
Other / not stated
3%
Owner-occupier share is 56% of dwellings in Coolangatta. A more tenanted mix, the kind of read buyer's agents weigh for stability.

What people do

Top occupation groups of working residents. A professional weight tends to track stable demand.
Professionals
24%
Community and Personal Service Workers
15%
Managers
14%
Technicians and Trades Workers
14%
Clerical and Administrative Workers
11%
Labourers
9%
Professionals are the largest group at 24% of workers in Coolangatta. Professional demographic, a resident base read as resilient.
Source: ABS Census 2021 (tenure, occupation, income) · Lot size from the QLD cadastre ·As at Oct 2026 · Census figures borrowed from the SA2 covering Coolangatta.
What this tells you, and what it doesn't

A high owner-occupier share, paired with a professional resident base, is a demand signal: people buy here to live, not to flip. It says nothing about the specific street or block. The per-address report puts these residents next to the exact lot, its zoning and what is being built nearby.

Schools & value

What are the schools like in Coolangatta? And what it rents for.

Both pictures side by side, from the latest data we hold.

Schools in Coolangatta

ICSEA index. The line is the national average of 1000.
The Village School Gold Coastindependent · 88 students
Coolangatta State Schoolgovernment · 285 students

Value & yield

House sales in Coolangatta, and the rent it returns.
2023 median house only (13 sales)As at Oct 2026
$1.6M
2025 median house only (18 sales)As at Oct 2026
$2.0M
2026 median house only (8 sales)As at Oct 2026
$1.6M**
** Data is thin, not accurate.
3BR house rent (RTA bonds (postcode))As at Oct 2026
$920/wk
Gross yield (latest median)As at Oct 2026
2.3%
Is Coolangatta a good suburb? · answered by the data

The questions buyers ask about Coolangatta.

Straight answers, built from the numbers on this page. We show the data and let you decide. Information only, not advice.

Is Coolangatta a good suburb?

At about $2.05M for the median house, Coolangatta reads as a prestige, big-ticket enclave. Just know the yield is slim at about 2.3%, so the appeal is capital growth, not the rent cheque. Distance-wise it sits roughly 26 km south-east of the Gold Coast CBD. Flood is a per-lot question here and we hold the parcel overlay, so check the exact address rather than a suburb average. None of this is a rating. Every street tells its own story, so run the specific address before you commit.

What is the median house price in Coolangatta?

A typical house in Coolangatta sits around $2.05M (2026), well above the the Gold Coast house median of about $1.37M. That is up roughly 32% over two years.

Does Coolangatta flood?

Flood risk in Coolangatta is a street-by-street question. We hold the parcel-level flood overlay for this council, so the honest answer is at the exact address, not a suburb average. Run an address to see whether a specific lot sits inside a mapped overlay.

Is Coolangatta a good place to invest?

Coolangatta's gross yield on a 3-bedroom house is around 2.3%, below the the Gold Coast house average of about 3.5%. With prices climbing, the play here is capital growth rather than cashflow. You would probably top up the holding costs from your own pocket. We lay out the numbers and leave the call to you; this is information, not investment advice.

Is Coolangatta a safe suburb?

Across Coolangatta, police recorded about 1,034 offences over the last year, most commonly other theft. The complete mix is on the page. We do not slap a score on it, that judgment is yours.

What is being built in Coolangatta?

Coolangatta had 18 development applications on the council register in the past year. These are approved or proposed plans from the register, not finished buildings.

Now make it about your street

Check any Coolangatta address.

Free, no signup, about 10 seconds. Crime, DAs, zoning and the data we hold for the exact lot, not the suburb average.

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