Gold Coast City Council Market Update
PROPERTY MARKET SNAPSHOT
• In the past5yearsto 2025#,Gold CoastCity Council saw44.7%growthin medianhouseprice, withan averagegrowthof 8.9% perannum.
• Q22025sawthe marketreachits peak,with median houseprice at $1,247,500.Since Q3 2023,house salesremainedstrong,at 1,900–2,000perquarter. That said,this is muchless thanin 2020-2021,when housesaleswere approx.2,500 – 3,000per quarter. Apersistentundersupplycreateda bufferagainst higherinterestrates,which resultedin price growth. The samepatterncan be seen in the unitmarket, with a similar pace of price growthto houses.
• Gold CoastCityCouncilplans to see approx.$7.6B of residential projectsin 2025,adding4,758units, 553 townhouses,33 dwellingsand558vacantlots.
• In Q22025,4+bedroomhousesand3+ bedroom unitsprovidedthe highestannualrental growth,of 31.1% and25.0%respectively;at amedian rental price of $1,180and$1,000per week.
Tweed Shire Council Market Update
2nd Half 2025
Tweed Shire Council
• In the past5yearsto 2025#,TweedShire Council recordeda30.4% growthin median houseprice, or an averageannualgrowthof 6.1%.AlthoughTweed Shire recordeda slightly slowerprice growthrate thanGold CoastCouncil, it continuesto offerstrong growthpotential andamore affordable entryprice.
• Median unitpricesin TweedShire sawa stabilization in the first halfof 2025,mostlikely due to the surge in the numberof sales(to almostpost-COVID-19level). However,capital growthperannumis 7.0%,like Gold Coast(7.5%);thus,attractive for first homebuyers.
• TweedShire LGA will see approx.$381.4Mresidential projectsplanned in 2025pipeline;adding357 units, 42 townhouses,11 dwellingsand30 landlots.This is notenoughhouses,pushingup priceseven higher.
• 4+bedroomhousesand3+bedroomunitsrecorded the highestannualrentalprice growth,of 22.2%and 13.3% respectively;at$1,100and$850perweek.