Buy an Airbnb (Investment Property) in Gold Coast
We find, check and secure Gold Coast homes that can earn as short stays, then set them up for their first guest. Every property is checked against the local short-stay approval rules and real booking demand before you sign. Prefer a long-term rental? We buy those too, and test every Airbnb against its long-term rent so you always know your fallback.
**Can I buy an Airbnb on the Gold Coast?** Yes, in most cases, but it depends on the property. Queensland has no statewide Airbnb register, so the rules that matter are City of Gold Coast's planning rules for the address and, for units, the body corporate by-laws. Over the last 12 months the median 2-bedroom unit sold for $900,000 in Surfers Paradise, $1,220,000 in Burleigh Heads and $1,280,000 in Coolangatta, while a 3-bedroom house in Robina sold for $1,160,000.
What could this Gold Coast home earn?
Found a property you like? Enter its address and see what similar short-stay homes nearby are earning, so you know whether the price stacks up before you offer.
- Yearly gross estimate from homes like it nearby
- Nightly rate and occupancy across the year
- Compared with long-term rent so you see the fallback
Revenue calculator
Want to check the Airbnb revenue potential?
Open the calculator and run a quick short-term rental revenue estimate without leaving this page.
Gold Coast prices by suburb and bedrooms
Median sale prices and weekly long-term rents over the last 12 months. Pick a bedroom count, or turn on Compare and add as many as you like.
3-bedroom house in Surfers Paradise · turn on Compare to add more bedroom counts
3 bedrooms
- Sales, 12 months
- 45
- Long-term rent
- $1,200 / wk
- Rent a year
- $62,400
- Gross yield
- 4.0%
- Price growth, 5 yrs
- +9.2% a yr
See every bedroom count in one table
| Houses | Units | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedrooms | Median price | Sales | Rent / week | Median price | Sales | Rent / week |
| 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | $4,550,000 | 21 | $2,300 | — | — | — |
| 4 | $3,000,000 | 44 | $1,595 | — | — | — |
| 3 | $1,575,000 | 45 | $1,200 | $1,600,000 | 134 | $1,250 |
| 2 | $782,500 | 3 | $795 | $900,000 | 515 | $850 |
| 1 | — | — | — | $617,750 | 310 | $650 |
* Fewer than 5 sales, so treat the median as a guide only. Source: Stash Property, publicly available listing data, 12 months from 1 September 2025 (Nerang, Southport) or 1 October 2025 (all other suburbs). Figures in AUD.
Who lives here, and how the market is moving
The figures a buyer should check before choosing a suburb. The Market card follows the Houses / Units and bedroom buttons above; People and Housing cover the whole suburb.
Market · 3-bed houses
- Median price
- $1,575,000
- Sales, 12 months
- 45
- Price growth, 12 months
- +5.0%
- Price growth, 5 years
- +9.2% a yr
- Days on market
- 29 days
- Leases, 12 months
- 124
- Days to lease
- 33 days
- Rental vacancy, all houses
- 0.5%
- Houses for sale, all sizes (Sep 2026)
- 34
People · whole suburb
- Population
- 26,412+20.9% over 5 years
- Aged 65 and over
- 22%
- Median household income
- $1,323 / week
- Advantage ranking
- 56th percentileof Australian suburbs (SEIFA)
- Distance to Surfers Paradise
- 0.6 km
Housing · whole suburb
- Owner occupied
- 45%
- Rented
- 53%
- Social housing
- 0.8%
- New homes approved, 12 months
- 175425 houses · 1729 units
- Median rent, 2021 Census
- $410 / week
- Rental vacancy under 1% means a strong long-term rental fallback if you ever stop short-stay letting.
- A low owner-occupier share and lots of new approvals can mean more competing rentals. Check both.
- Days on market shows how quickly you could sell. Fewer days means an easier exit.
ABS Census 2021, ABS Estimated Resident Population, ABS Building Approvals (last 12 months) and ABS SEIFA 2021, via Stash Property
Long-term rent is your fallback
A 3-bedroom house in Gold Coast rents for $35,360 to $75,400 a year long term, depending on the suburb. A short stay only makes sense if it clears that comfortably after cleaning, platform and management costs, which is why we test both before you buy.
Follows the Houses / Units and bedroom buttons above. Turn on Compare to see several bedroom counts side by side.
| Suburb | Vacancyall houses | 3-bed rent a year | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashmore | 1.3% | $46,280$890/wk | 4.3% |
| Benowa | 1.8% | $52,000$1,000/wk | 3.7% |
| Biggera Waters | 0.7% | $41,600$800/wk | 4.0% |
| Broadbeach | 0.1% | $57,200$1,100/wk | — |
| Broadbeach Waters | 2.6% | $57,200$1,100/wk | 3.1% |
| Burleigh Heads | 1.1% | $59,800$1,150/wk | 3.8% |
| Burleigh Waters | 1.9% | $56,264$1,082/wk | 4.2% |
| Carrara | 1.3% | $46,280$890/wk | 4.4% |
| Coolangatta | 0.3% | $65,000$1,250/wk | 3.8% |
| Coomera | 1.1% | $37,440$720/wk | 4.5% |
| Currumbin Waters | 1.2% | $52,000$1,000/wk | 4.3% |
| Elanora | 1.2% | $50,960$980/wk | 4.0% |
| Helensvale | 2.5% | $41,600$800/wk | 4.2% |
| Hope Island | 2.7% | $46,800$900/wk | 4.1% |
| Labrador | 0.7% | $41,600$800/wk | 4.5% |
| Main Beach | 0.5% | $75,400$1,450/wk | 2.6% |
| Mermaid Beach | 1.0% | $72,800$1,400/wk | 2.8% |
| Mermaid Waters | 1.8% | $59,800$1,150/wk | 3.7% |
| Mudgeeraba | 0.8% | $45,084$867/wk | 3.9% |
| Nerang | 0.8% | $40,560$780/wk | 4.3% |
| Ormeau | 0.8% | $35,360$680/wk | 4.2% |
| Oxenford | 1.3% | $39,260$755/wk | 4.2% |
| Palm Beach | 1.1% | $63,700$1,225/wk | 3.8% |
| Paradise Point | 1.9% | $51,480$990/wk | 3.6% |
| Pimpama | 0.7% | $36,400$700/wk | 4.2% |
| Robina | 0.7% | $48,880$940/wk | 4.2% |
| Runaway Bay | 1.4% | $48,100$925/wk | 3.9% |
| Southport | 0.7% | $44,200$850/wk | 4.1% |
| Surfers Paradise | 0.5% | $62,400$1,200/wk | 4.0% |
| Varsity Lakes | 0.6% | $47,840$920/wk | 4.2% |
Gold Coast short-stay rules for buyers
Taken from the same verified council audit as our Gold Coast management page. Open a question for the detail and the official source.
NOIs there a Queensland Airbnb register?
No. In answer to a parliamentary question in October 2025, the Queensland Government said its focus is on supporting local decision-making rather than a statewide short-term rental registration scheme, so the rules that matter are your council's and your body corporate's. WTP checks the council's planning scheme and rates rules for the exact address before you buy.
CHECKDo I need City of Gold Coast approval to run an Airbnb?
It depends on the property and how it is used. City of Gold Coast treats short-term accommodation (stays of less than three consecutive months for tourists or travellers, as defined in the Planning Regulation 2017) as different from a bed and breakfast run as a home-based business and from a party house, and it takes complaints about party houses through its development compliance team. It publishes a fact sheet on short-term accommodation in dwellings. WTP checks the zoning and City Plan rules for the exact address, and whether the home suits quiet holiday stays rather than party-house use, before you buy.
CHECKCan a Queensland body corporate restrict Airbnb?
Check before you buy. Each body corporate makes its own by-laws to regulate the use of lots and common property and how owners and occupiers behave, and these are usually registered with Titles Queensland. WTP reads the registered by-laws, the body corporate minutes and any letting arrangements in the scheme before you make an offer on a unit or townhouse.
From brief to first booking
Brief
Budget, suburbs, bedrooms, and how much you will use it yourself.
Shortlist
On-market and off-market homes, each with a short-stay revenue check.
Rules check
Planning, council approval category, by-laws, pool and fire compliance.
Negotiate
Price, conditions and settlement terms, with approval risk built in.
Launch
Setup, listing and pricing so it can take bookings soon after settlement.
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Buying an Airbnb or investment property in Gold Coast FAQs
Can I run an Airbnb on the Gold Coast?
Yes, in most cases. Queensland does not have a statewide short-term rental register; the government has said it prefers local decision-making. What applies is City of Gold Coast's planning scheme for the address (short-term accommodation is treated differently from a B&B or a party house) and, for a unit or townhouse, the body corporate by-laws. We check both before you buy.
Which Gold Coast suburbs suit an Airbnb investor?
It depends on your budget, the guests you want and whether you want a house or a unit. Of the 30 suburbs with the most sales, 1-bedroom units in Biggera Waters ($580,000 median, 5.6% gross yield), Broadbeach ($708,000) and Surfers Paradise ($617,750) had the highest long-term rental yields with at least 20 sales. For houses, Pimpama, Coomera, Robina and Hope Island had the most sales. We test short-stay demand street by street.
What does an Airbnb earn on the Gold Coast?
It depends on the exact home, its size, how close it is to the beach and how it is run. Use the earnings estimate on this page for a property you are looking at, and we will check it against comparable short-stay homes nearby before you offer.
Does a buyer's agent need a licence in Queensland?
Yes. A buyer's agent must be licensed in the state where they act. Wealth Through Property is licensed for buyer's agent work in NSW and Queensland, so we act for you directly here. In other states we work through licensed local partners.
What does WTP charge as a buyer's agent?
Our buyer's agent fees are set out on our buyer's agent page and confirmed in writing before you sign anything. Start a buying brief and we will send the fee and the scope for your purchase.
What if the Airbnb plan does not work out?
You can lease it long-term. Median rents on homes leased over the last 12 months were $850 a week for a 2-bedroom unit in Surfers Paradise (unit vacancy 1.4%) and $940 for a 3-bedroom house in Robina (house vacancy 0.7%). We show you this fallback for every property before you buy.
Find a home that can earn before you buy it.
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