Gold Coast real estate market — prices, rental yield and trend

• Average price: $9,367 / m²
• Gross rental yield: 6.09%
• Net rental yield: 4.26%
• Transaction cost: 7.3%
• Price basis: local-market average

Residential property in Gold Coast averages $9,367 per square metre. That makes it the 14th most expensive of the 236 markets in the set.

What a buyer pays in Gold Coast

The $9,367 figure is a local-market average across all residential property types: a flat in a prime district sits well above it, an older unit on the edge of the market well below. Buying costs — transfer tax or stamp duty, notary, registration and agency — come to about 7.3% of the price here. On a 100 m² apartment at the average price that is roughly $68,375 on top of the $936,650 purchase price. That is below the 10.3% median across the set, which shortens the time it takes for a purchase to break even.

What it earns

A square metre lets for about $47.5 a month. Against a purchase price of $9,367 per square metre that is 6.1% gross, before tax. Both figures come from the same source and the same period, so you can check the arithmetic yourself. It ranks 71st of 269 markets by gross yield. Rental income is taxed at 30%, which takes the yield down to 4.3% net. The 1.8-point difference between the gross and net figure is the part most listing sites leave out.

How the tax works. Flat 30% in practice: a foreign resident pays 30 cents per dollar on the first AUD 135,000 with no tax-free threshold and no Medicare levy, and the 37% bracket only begins at roughly USD 95,000 of annual rent. The 32.5% figure still quoted in places relates to tax years up to 2023-24. Source: ato.gov.au.

Who can buy in Gold Coast

New-build only; established homes banned (2025-2027). That is the rule a foreign buyer meets first, not legal advice — check the current position locally before you commit.

How this figure is built

The price figure for Gold Coast is built from asking prices from listings. It was last refreshed on 2026-10-17. We rate our confidence in this market’s data low — treat the figures as indicative and check them before acting. We recompute every market the same way, which is what lets Gold Coast be compared with a country average or another city.

Sources: Numbeo city page · numbeo.com. Snapshot: 2026-10-17.