Households paying off a home in the Gold Coast council area had a median repayment of $1,950 a month at the 2021 Census, against $1,733 across Queensland.
Owned outright 28
Being paid off 35
Rented 34
Other or not stated 3
The Gold Coast council area's households as 100 homes, from the 2021 Census count of households by tenure and landlord. Each kind is rounded so the 100 add up, so a share in the tiles below can differ from the drawing by one.
Owned outright28%QLD 29%
Being paid off35%QLD 34%
Median mortgage repayment$1,950 a monthQLD $1,733
Income and staying put
One 2021 question asked each person where they had lived five years before, in 2016. In the Gold Coast council area, 44% of people aged five and over gave the same address, against 48% across Queensland. Households there had a median income of $1,691 a week at the 2021 Census.
Fewer three-bedroom homes than the state
Homes with three bedrooms were less common in the Gold Coast council area than the 37% across Queensland, and homes with four or more bedrooms were less common too. The people living there had a median age of 39 years at the 2021 Census, and an average household held 2.5 people, the same as across the state.