Suburb guides

What it is like to rent there, what to check on the inspection, and how you would actually get around. Median rents stay on the RTA site, where they are updated from bond lodgements.

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  Southport

  Broadwater and the CBDShops, the hospital, the university, and the tram. The surf beach is a ride south.Read the guide
• Photo: Chris Olszewski · CC BY-SA 4.0 on Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
  02 · 4217

  Main Beach

  Between the Broadwater and the seaQuieter than Surfers, thinner on everyday shops. One tram stop.Read the guide
• Photo: Jack Bain · CC BY 4.0 on Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
  03 · 4217

  Surfers Paradise

  High-rise beach stripThe beach, the tram, and a lot of short-stay neighbours. Check the building, not the suburb name.Read the guide
• Photo: Kgbo · CC BY-SA 4.0 on Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
  04 · 4218

  Broadbeach

  Beach, mall, and the tram interchangePacific Fair on one side, the beach on the other. Weekends are busy on purpose.Read the guide
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  05 · 4220

  Burleigh Heads

  Headland, village, end of the tramJames Street, the national park, and a tram that now terminates here.Read the guide
• Photo: John Robert McPherson · CC BY-SA 4.0 on Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
  06 · 4221

  Palm Beach

  Long residential beachA beach suburb between Burleigh and Currumbin. The tram stops short of it.Read the guide
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  07 · 4225

  Coolangatta

  Airport, point, and the NSW borderRainbow Bay and the airport. Queensland tenancy law still applies on the Queensland side of the border.Read the guide
• Photo: TravellerQLD · CC BY-SA 3.0 on Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
  08 · 4226

  Robina

  Inland: train, town centre, universityA railway station and a big centre. The beach is a separate trip.Read the guide