PROPERTY X-RAY
Gilston · 4211 · Gold Coast

Gilston, 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, 4 in the last 12 months. More pins, more change.
Supply & demand · right now

The market reads tight, in the buyer's favour.

Buyer signal: favourable
For sale now
20
Active listings
Listings climbing. More properties chasing the same buyers.
of land parcels
0.2%
Stock on market
Below the balanced band. Little choice, low listing pressure.
to go under offer
36days
Median days on market · houses
A steady pace to sell a house, neither hot nor cold. From 2 recorded house sales.
last 90 days
1
Asking-price cuts
A few vendors trimming. Watch if the count keeps climbing.
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
Gilston in four numbers

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

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

+27%
House median
2023 to 2025
PXR sales
As at Jun 2026
$1.4M
Median pace
2026 (11 sales)
PXR sales
As at Jun 2026
Lots being subdivided
last 12 months
DA register
As at Jul 2026
3.4%
Gross yield
3BR house
RTA bonds
As at Aug 2026
What it is becoming · the development register

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

Every buyer judges Gilston as it is today. The council register shows what is already approved on these streets. 4 applications in the last 12 months.

Site works & minor 4
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 6 Jul 2026.
Flood

Does Gilston 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 Gilston safe? The crime numbers, plainly.

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

Traffic and Related Offences
22
Unlawful Entry
15
Other Property Damage
10
Other Theft (excl. Unlawful Entry)
8
Drug Offences
8
Assault
6
Unlawful Use of Motor Vehicle
3
Other Offences Against the Person
2
Good Order Offences
2
Arson
2
Miscellaneous Offences
1
Trespassing and Vagrancy
1
Handling Stolen Goods
1
Fraud
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 Gilston? 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
66%
of dwellings are lived in by their owner, not rented out.
Professionals
16%
of workers are in professional roles, the largest occupation group here.
Median income
$741/wk
per person, before tax. Not a household figure.
Median lot size
674
a typical parcel here, across 8,918 lots.

How homes are held

Share of occupied dwellings by tenure. A high owner share usually means residents stay put.
Owned outright
24%
Owned with a loan
42%
Rented
28%
Other / not stated
6%
Owner-occupier share is 66% of dwellings in Gilston. 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.
Technicians and Trades Workers
18%
Professionals
16%
Clerical and Administrative Workers
14%
Community and Personal Service Workers
13%
Labourers
12%
Managers
11%
Professionals are the largest group at 16% of workers in Gilston. 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 Gilston.
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 Gilston? And what it rents for.

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

Schools in Gilston

ICSEA index. The line is the national average of 1000.
Gilston State Schoolgovernment · 484 students

Value & yield

House sales in Gilston, and the rent it returns.
2023 median house only (44 sales)As at Jun 2026
$1.0M
2024 median house only (29 sales)As at Jun 2026
$1.2M
2025 median house only (36 sales)As at Jun 2026
$1.3M
2026 median house only (11 sales)As at Jun 2026
$1.4M
3BR house rent (RTA bonds (postcode))As at Aug 2026
$850/wk
Gross yield (latest median)As at Aug 2026
3.4%
Is Gilston a good suburb? · answered by the data

The questions buyers ask about Gilston.

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

Is Gilston a good suburb?

What catches the eye in Gilston is the yield, about 3.4% gross on a house. It reads as a quiet, low-change suburb. The typical house runs $1.3M, roughly in line with the the Gold Coast house median. Distance-wise it sits roughly 12 km south-west 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. That is the read from the data, not a verdict. The only number that truly counts is the one for the exact address, so check the lot before you fall for the suburb.

What is the median house price in Gilston?

A typical house in Gilston sits around $1.3M (2026), roughly in line with the the Gold Coast house median. That is up roughly 27% over two years.

Does Gilston flood?

Flood risk in Gilston 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 Gilston a good place to invest?

Gilston's gross yield on a 3-bedroom house is around 3.4%, 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 Gilston a safe suburb?

Across Gilston, police recorded about 82 offences over the last year, most commonly traffic and related offences. The complete mix is on the page. We do not slap a score on it, that judgment is yours.

What is being built in Gilston?

Gilston had 4 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 Gilston 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