PROPERTY X-RAY
Molendinar · 4214 · Gold Coast

Molendinar, 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, 14 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
37
Active listings
Listings climbing. More properties chasing the same buyers.
of land parcels
1.1%
Stock on market
Below the balanced band. Little choice, low listing pressure.
to go under offer
40days
Median days on market · houses
A steady pace to sell a house, neither hot nor cold. From 20 recorded house sales.
last 90 days
18
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
Molendinar in four numbers

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

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

+24%
House median
2023 to 2025
PXR sales
As at Oct 2026
$1.2M
Median pace
2026 (21 sales)
PXR sales
As at Oct 2026
0
Lots being subdivided
last 12 months
DA register
As at Oct 2026
3.5%
Gross yield
3BR house
RTA bonds
As at Oct 2026
What it is becoming · the development register

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

Every buyer judges Molendinar as it is today. The council register shows what is already approved on these streets. 14 applications in the last 12 months.

Shops, services & community 1 Industry 1 Site works & minor 12
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
An amenity-led suburb with an industrial edge.

What's arriving

Recent applications near these streets.
1 Warehouse / logistics
1 Park / recreation
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 12 Oct 2026.
Flood

Does Molendinar 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 Molendinar safe? The crime numbers, plainly.

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

Other Theft (excl. Unlawful Entry)
237
Drug Offences
71
Other Property Damage
46
Traffic and Related Offences
42
Assault
42
Unlawful Use of Motor Vehicle
29
Unlawful Entry
22
Good Order Offences
20
Fraud
15
Weapons Act Offences
15
Other Offences Against the Person
12
Handling Stolen Goods
8
Trespassing and Vagrancy
7
Miscellaneous Offences
5
Arson
4
Other Homicide
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 Molendinar? 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
63%
of dwellings are lived in by their owner, not rented out.
Professionals
21%
of workers are in professional roles, the largest occupation group here.
Median income
$703/wk
per person, before tax. Not a household figure.
Median lot size
640m²
a typical parcel here, across 3,435 lots.

How homes are held

Share of occupied dwellings by tenure. A high owner share usually means residents stay put.
Owned outright
23%
Owned with a loan
40%
Rented
35%
Other / not stated
2%
Owner-occupier share is 63% of dwellings in Molendinar. 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
21%
Technicians and Trades Workers
15%
Community and Personal Service Workers
13%
Labourers
12%
Clerical and Administrative Workers
12%
Managers
11%
Professionals are the largest group at 21% of workers in Molendinar. 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 Molendinar.
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 Molendinar? And what it rents for.

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

Schools in Molendinar

ICSEA index. The line is the national average of 1000.
Trinity Lutheran Collegeindependent · 1,322 students

Value & yield

House sales in Molendinar, and the rent it returns.
2023 median house only (74 sales)As at Oct 2026
$939K
2024 median house only (69 sales)As at Oct 2026
$1.1M
2025 median house only (45 sales)As at Oct 2026
$1.2M
2026 median house only (21 sales)As at Oct 2026
$1.2M
3BR house rent (asking, 16 live listings)As at Oct 2026
$790/wk
Gross yield (latest median)As at Oct 2026
3.5%
Is Molendinar a good suburb? · answered by the data

The questions buyers ask about Molendinar.

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

Is Molendinar a good suburb?

Molendinar has quietly run up about 24% over two years, a steady, settled suburb. The typical house runs $1.17M, below the the Gold Coast house median. Distance-wise it sits roughly 4 km 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 Molendinar?

A typical house in Molendinar sits around $1.17M (2026), below the the Gold Coast house median. That is up roughly 24% over two years.

Does Molendinar flood?

Flood risk in Molendinar 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 Molendinar a good place to invest?

Molendinar's gross yield on a 3-bedroom house is around 3.5%, right around the the Gold Coast house average of about 3.5%. We lay out the numbers and leave the call to you; this is information, not investment advice.

Is Molendinar a safe suburb?

Across Molendinar, police recorded about 576 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 Molendinar?

Molendinar had 14 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 Molendinar 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