PROPERTY X-RAY
Palm Beach · 4221 · Gold Coast

Palm Beach, 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, 75 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
237
Active listings
Listings climbing. More properties chasing the same buyers.
of land parcels
—
Stock on market
Too few parcels on record to read stock pressure here.
to go under offer
30days
Median days on market · houses
A steady pace to sell a house, neither hot nor cold. From 33 recorded house sales.
last 90 days
80
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
Palm Beach in four numbers

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

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

+18%
House median
2023 to 2025
PXR sales
As at Sep 2026
$1.9M
Median pace
2026 (42 sales)
PXR sales
As at Sep 2026
1
Lots being subdivided
last 12 months
DA register
As at Oct 2026
3.4%
Gross yield
3BR house
RTA bonds
As at Oct 2026
What it is becoming · the development register

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

Every buyer judges Palm Beach as it is today. The council register shows what is already approved on these streets. 75 applications in the last 12 months.

Lot subdivision 1 Site works & minor 59
Each dot is a real approved application at its actual spot · 1 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.

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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.
9 Earthworks / site prep
1 Lot subdivision
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 14 Oct 2026.
Flood

Does Palm Beach 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 Palm Beach safe? The crime numbers, plainly.

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

Other Theft (excl. Unlawful Entry)
258
Unlawful Entry
101
Other Property Damage
97
Traffic and Related Offences
82
Assault
61
Drug Offences
59
Unlawful Use of Motor Vehicle
53
Good Order Offences
35
Other Offences Against the Person
26
Trespassing and Vagrancy
19
Fraud
17
Handling Stolen Goods
14
Weapons Act Offences
10
Miscellaneous Offences
4
Robbery
3
Arson
3
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.

Schools & value

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

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

Schools in Palm Beach

ICSEA index. The line is the national average of 1000.
Palm Beach State Schoolgovernment · 894 students
Palm Beach-Currumbin State High Schoolgovernment · 2,819 students

Value & yield

House sales in Palm Beach, and the rent it returns.
2023 median house only (167 sales)As at Sep 2026
$1.5M
2024 median house only (171 sales)As at Sep 2026
$1.8M
2025 median house only (143 sales)As at Sep 2026
$1.8M
2026 median house only (42 sales)As at Sep 2026
$1.9M
3BR house rent (asking, 34 live listings)As at Oct 2026
$1200/wk
Gross yield (latest median)As at Oct 2026
3.4%
Is Palm Beach a good suburb? · answered by the data

The questions buyers ask about Palm Beach.

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

Is Palm Beach a good suburb?

There is plenty of change underway in Palm Beach, 75 applications on the register over the past year. The typical house runs $1.81M, well above the the Gold Coast house median of about $1.37M. Distance-wise it sits roughly 18 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 Palm Beach?

A typical house in Palm Beach sits around $1.81M (2026), well above the the Gold Coast house median of about $1.37M. That is up roughly 18% over two years.

Does Palm Beach flood?

Flood risk in Palm Beach 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 Palm Beach a good place to invest?

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

Across Palm Beach, police recorded about 842 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 Palm Beach?

Palm Beach had 75 development applications on the council register in the past year. That includes 1 lot subdivision, a clue to how the streetscape is slowly changing. These are approved or proposed plans from the register, not finished buildings.

Now make it about your street

Check any Palm Beach 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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