PROPERTY X-RAY
Elanora · 4221 · Gold Coast

Elanora, 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, 8 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
50
Active listings
Listings climbing. More properties chasing the same buyers.
of land parcels
1.0%
Stock on market
Below the balanced band. Little choice, low listing pressure.
to go under offer
32days
Median days on market · houses
A steady pace to sell a house, neither hot nor cold. From 18 recorded house sales.
last 90 days
17
Asking-price cuts
Vendors discounting to shift stock. A classic softening signal.
Source: PXR listings & council parcel records · as at Aug 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
Elanora in four numbers

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

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

+17%
House median
2023 to 2025
PXR sales
As at Jul 2026
$1.6M
Median pace
2026 (50 sales)
PXR sales
As at Jul 2026
Lots being subdivided
last 12 months
DA register
As at Jul 2026
4.4%
Gross yield
3BR house
RTA bonds
As at Aug 2026
What it is becoming · the development register

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

Every buyer judges Elanora as it is today. The council register shows what is already approved on these streets. 8 applications in the last 12 months.

Site works & minor 8
Each dot is a real approved application at its actual spot · 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 →

What's arriving

Recent applications near these streets.
No recent change-of-use applications.
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 21 Jul 2026.
Flood

Does Elanora 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 Elanora safe? The crime numbers, plainly.

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

Other Theft (excl. Unlawful Entry)
216
Unlawful Entry
34
Other Property Damage
29
Assault
26
Unlawful Use of Motor Vehicle
21
Drug Offences
20
Fraud
17
Traffic and Related Offences
15
Good Order Offences
13
Trespassing and Vagrancy
9
Handling Stolen Goods
8
Weapons Act Offences
5
Other Offences Against the Person
5
Miscellaneous Offences
4
Robbery
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 3 Aug 2026.

Who lives here · the demand side

Who lives in Elanora? 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
81%
of dwellings are lived in by their owner, not rented out.
Owner-held suburb
Professionals
22%
of workers are in professional roles, the largest occupation group here.
Median income
$738/wk
per person, before tax. Not a household figure.
Median lot size
668
a typical parcel here, across 4,950 lots.

How homes are held

Share of occupied dwellings by tenure. A high owner share usually means residents stay put.
Owned outright
38%
Owned with a loan
43%
Rented
17%
Other / not stated
3%
Owner-occupier share is 81% of dwellings in Elanora. Owner-held pocket, 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
22%
Technicians and Trades Workers
16%
Clerical and Administrative Workers
13%
Community and Personal Service Workers
13%
Managers
11%
Sales Workers
11%
Professionals are the largest group at 22% of workers in Elanora. Professional demographic, a resident base read as resilient.
Source: ABS Census 2021 (tenure, occupation, income) · Lot size from the QLD cadastre ·As at Aug 2026 · Census figures borrowed from the SA2 covering Elanora.
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 Elanora? And what it rents for.

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

Schools in Elanora

ICSEA index. The line is the national average of 1000.
Elanora State Schoolgovernment · 924 students
Elanora State High Schoolgovernment · 949 students

Value & yield

House sales in Elanora, and the rent it returns.
2023 median house only (174 sales)As at Jul 2026
$1.2M
2024 median house only (187 sales)As at Jul 2026
$1.3M
2025 median house only (126 sales)As at Jul 2026
$1.4M
2026 median house only (50 sales)As at Jul 2026
$1.6M
3BR house rent (asking, 9 live listings)As at Aug 2026
$1200/wk
Gross yield (latest median)As at Aug 2026
4.4%
Is Elanora a good suburb? · answered by the data

The questions buyers ask about Elanora.

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

Is Elanora a good suburb?

Elanora reads as a steady, settled suburb: house values up about 17% in two years. Median house sits at $1.41M, roughly in line with the the Gold Coast house median. It is about 19 km south 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. We lay out the numbers and leave the call to you, because the suburb average is never the whole picture. Check the exact address.

What is the median house price in Elanora?

The median house in Elanora is about $1.41M (2026), roughly in line with the the Gold Coast house median. Over two years that is a rise of about 17%.

Does Elanora flood?

Flood risk in Elanora 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 Elanora a good place to invest?

For a 3-bedroom house, gross rental yield runs about 4.4% in Elanora, right around the the Gold Coast house average of about 3.6%. We lay out the numbers and leave the call to you; this is information, not investment advice.

Is Elanora a safe suburb?

Over the past year there were roughly 423 recorded offences in Elanora, most commonly other theft. We show the full breakdown and do not grade the suburb; you read it and decide what matters for your street.

What is being built in Elanora?

In the last twelve months the council logged 8 applications around Elanora. These are approved or proposed plans from the register, not finished buildings.

Now make it about your street

Check any Elanora address.

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

Houses across Queensland · informational, not advice