PROPERTY X-RAY
Surfers Paradise · 4217 · Gold Coast

Surfers Paradise, 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, 76 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
791
Active listings
Listings climbing. More properties chasing the same buyers.
of land parcels
31.2%
Stock on market
Above the healthy band. Buyers have more choice and leverage.
to go under offer
40days
Median days on market · houses
A steady pace to sell a house, neither hot nor cold. From 4 recorded house sales.
last 90 days
140
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
Surfers Paradise in four numbers

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

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

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House median
2023 to 2025
PXR sales
As at Jul 2026
$2.6M
Median pace
2026 (6 sales)
PXR sales
As at Jul 2026
0
Lots being subdivided
last 12 months
DA register
As at Oct 2026
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Gross yield
3BR house
RTA bonds
As at Oct 2026
What it is becoming · the development register

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

Every buyer judges Surfers Paradise as it is today. The council register shows what is already approved on these streets. 76 applications in the last 12 months, 0 refused.

Site works & minor 60
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.
9 Earthworks / site prep
1 of 76 applications approved, 100% approval rate.
Approved or proposed, not yet built. From the council development register. Checked daily; latest application 14 Oct 2026.
Flood

Does Surfers Paradise 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 Surfers Paradise safe? The crime numbers, plainly.

5,607 recorded offences across the area. Here is the breakdown. We show it and let you weigh it.

Other Theft (excl. Unlawful Entry)
1,258
Good Order Offences
1,095
Drug Offences
889
Assault
438
Other Property Damage
325
Unlawful Entry
298
Traffic and Related Offences
297
Weapons Act Offences
202
Handling Stolen Goods
167
Fraud
148
Trespassing and Vagrancy
125
Liquor (excl. Drunkenness)
121
Unlawful Use of Motor Vehicle
115
Other Offences Against the Person
61
Miscellaneous Offences
37
Robbery
28
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.

Who lives here · the demand side

Who lives in Surfers Paradise? 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
45%
of dwellings are lived in by their owner, not rented out.
Professionals
19%
of workers are in professional roles, the largest occupation group here.
Median income
$772/wk
per person, before tax. Not a household figure.
Median lot size
519m²
a typical parcel here, across 2,532 lots.

How homes are held

Share of occupied dwellings by tenure. A high owner share usually means residents stay put.
Owned outright
28%
Owned with a loan
17%
Rented
51%
Other / not stated
3%
Owner-occupier share is 45% of dwellings in Surfers Paradise. 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
19%
Managers
15%
Community and Personal Service Workers
14%
Technicians and Trades Workers
13%
Labourers
12%
Sales Workers
11%
Professionals are the largest group at 19% of workers in Surfers Paradise. 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 Surfers Paradise.
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 Surfers Paradise? And what it rents for.

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

Schools in Surfers Paradise

ICSEA index. The line is the national average of 1000.
Surfers Paradise State Schoolgovernment · 598 students

Value & yield

House sales in Surfers Paradise, and the rent it returns.
2023 median house only (26 sales)As at Jul 2026
$1.4M
2024 median house only (14 sales)As at Jul 2026
$2.3M
2025 median house only (8 sales)As at Jul 2026
$2.3M**
2026 median house only (6 sales)As at Jul 2026
$2.6M**
** Data is thin, not accurate.
3BR house rent (asking, 17 live listings)As at Oct 2026
$1200/wk
Is Surfers Paradise a good suburb? · answered by the data

The questions buyers ask about Surfers Paradise.

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

Is Surfers Paradise a good suburb?

Right now Surfers Paradise is a suburb being actively reshaped: 76 development applications landed in the last twelve months. It is about 4 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 Surfers Paradise?

The median house in Surfers Paradise is about $2.34M (2026). That figure comes from very few sales, so the data is thin, not accurate — treat it as a rough marker rather than a market rate.

Does Surfers Paradise flood?

Flood risk in Surfers Paradise 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 Surfers Paradise a safe suburb?

Over the past year there were roughly 5,607 recorded offences in Surfers Paradise, 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 Surfers Paradise?

In the last twelve months the council logged 76 applications around Surfers Paradise, 1 of them approved. These are approved or proposed plans from the register, not finished buildings.

Now make it about your street

Check any Surfers Paradise 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