Median priceⓘLast 12 months
845kk
↑ +8.3% YoY
Surfers Paradise's busiest market is unit rentals, with 1,583 leases (up 5.4%) at $745 a week (up 6.4%), renting out in about 19 days, one of the country's most in-demand unit rental markets, around half are 2-bedroom.
Unit sales are nearly as big, with 1,281 sales (up 7.2%) at around $845K (up 8.3%), taking about 36 days to sell (up from 28 days last year), more sought-after than most unit markets nationally, around half are 2-bedroom. Rounding it out, 209 house rentals at $1,200 a week and 201 house sales at around $1.736M.
Who lives hereA below-average-income, renter-majority, young-adult suburb — strongly multicultural, apartment-dominated and newcomer-heavy.
House covers houses, duplexes, semi-detached and terraces; Unit covers apartments, units, townhouses and villas.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing and Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) 2021 · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
The age structure, household make-up, and cultural fabric of the people who call this suburb home.
Share of all residents by 5-year band · hover a band for the count + split
8.9% report Irish ancestry, but only 0.4% were born in Ireland — the gap is the Australian-born and diaspora Irish community, invisible in birthplace alone.
A strongly multicultural community with deep migrant heritage.
2020–21 understated — COVID border closures.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
What it costs to live here, who owns versus rents, and the shape of the housing stock.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
Incomes, employment, and the occupation mix of the people who live here.
A typical household earns about 1.7× the typical individual here.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
How people get to work, and how car-dependent the suburb is — the clearest tell of inner-urban versus outer-suburban living.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
Education · ACARA My School 2025
1 school inside Surfers Paradise, plus the closest options around it. Distances are straight-line from the suburb centre and are not enrolment catchments — always confirm zones with the school.
ICSEA is ACARA’s official measure of a school’s socio-educational advantage — based mainly on parents’ education and occupation, plus the school’s location and student mix.
Why are some State Rank and star ratings blank? Schools can choose not to publish their results. In practice, schools that score well above their state average almost always publish theirs — so a blank rating more often reflects a school opting out than a top result being hidden. Academic results also tend to rise with ICSEA Rank, so higher-ICSEA schools more often carry a strong State Rank as well.
School profile and ICSEA data sourced from ACARA — © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (data year 2025) · State Rank & star columns are Micromarkets-compiled academic ratings from publicly available school results · Distances are straight-line from the suburb centre, not catchments.
How settled or transient the community is — and where newcomers came from.
Headline price, rent, yield and time on market for Surfers Paradise — choose a property type and size below.
Every segment this suburb tracks — sales and rentals side by side, ranked by total activity over the last twelve months.
Where each segment sits against its peers in the chosen geography — past the midline means it's outperforming the rest.
Market demandHow fast this market is moving — a velocity index built from trailing-year transaction volume and median days on market. Strong volume lifts the score; days on market drags it down, with the drag growing sharply once listings start lingering. Ranked against peers in the chosen geography.
What it costs each week to own a property versus renting the same one — positive means buying carries the premium, negative means rent covers the mortgage.
Two questions on one chart — how strong demand is right now, and which way it's heading year-on-year.
Eight diagnostic views cutting the data a different way each time — Surfers Paradise in blue, peers in colour.
How long current listings would take to clear at the recent rate of sales or leases. Critical shortage and Oversupply only fire at the genuine tails of the national distribution — sales tip in under 0.7 months, rentals far faster, under 0.3.
Out of every property transaction in this suburb, what share are sales versus leases — each point a rolling twelve-month window.
Each tape traces one metric across sixty months for the selected segment — every point a trailing twelve-month figure, matching the headline KPIs above.
Every market within reach of Surfers Paradise, ranked by distance — each compared against this suburb's Units · Total segment so divergence reads at a glance.
QLD markets whose Units · Total segment behaves most like Surfers Paradise's on the buy side — ranked by a like-for-like blend of price, yield, days on market, ownership cost and cycle phase.
Comparable sales markets to Surfers Paradise include Biggera Waters (QLD 4216), Carrara (QLD 4211), Ashmore (QLD 4214), Upper Coomera (QLD 4209), Coombabah (QLD 4216), Varsity Lakes (QLD 4227), Pacific Pines (QLD 4211) and Robina (QLD 4226). Each link opens that suburb's full market report.
23 data-driven answers about Surfers Paradise's property market — every one computed from the metrics above.
The median house price in Surfers Paradise, QLD 4217 is $1.74M as of June 2026, based on 201 sales recorded over the past 12 months. Houses there have moved +7.9% year-on-year. Prices vary by bedroom count, from compact two-bedroom homes to larger four-bedroom houses. See the bedroom-level breakdown below for 2-, 3- and 4-bedroom medians.
The median unit price in Surfers Paradise, QLD 4217 is $845k as of June 2026, based on 1,281 sales over the past 12 months. Units have moved +8.3% year-on-year and currently trade at roughly 49% of the median house price.
The median weekly house rent in Surfers Paradise is $1200 as of June 2026, drawn from 209 leases over the past 12 months. Units rent for around $745 per week. House rents have moved +8.6% year-on-year. Current vacancy pressure is shown in the supply section above.
Gross rental yield in Surfers Paradise is 3.70% for houses and 4.60% for units as of June 2026, compared with the QLD unit median of 4.35%. Gross yield is annual rent divided by purchase price — it doesn't account for ownership costs like council rates, strata, maintenance or vacancy.
As of June 2026, Surfers Paradise medians by bedroom count:
| Property | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houses | — | $802k | $2.25M | $3.05M | $1.74M |
| Units | $595k | $884k | $1.41M | — | $845k |
Figures cover only segments with enough recent transactions to be statistically meaningful; sparse segments are excluded.
At the median Surfers Paradise unit ($845k purchase, $745/week rent), weekly mortgage repayments sit at roughly $935 — about $190 more per week than renting. That gap is the ownership premium. Figures assume 80% LVR, a 6.0% interest rate and a 30-year principal-and-interest loan.
Surfers Paradise's property market trends to June 2026: house prices rose +7.9% year-on-year and units +8.3%; weekly house rents moved +8.6%; homes now sell in a median 59 days — slower than a year ago by 4; sales supply sits at 1.3 months (severe). Read together — price, rent, selling speed and supply — they show which way the Surfers Paradise market is leaning. The 5-year tape and demand cycle charts above plot the full trajectory.
As of June 2026 in Surfers Paradise, house prices rose +7.9% over the year, gross rental yield is 3.70% against a QLD median of 3.71%, houses take a median 59 days to sell, sales supply is 1.3 months (severe). Capital growth, rental yield, selling speed and supply are the signals investors weigh — but these figures describe the market, not a recommendation. This is data, not financial advice; always do your own research and consider a licensed adviser.
Houses in Surfers Paradise sell in a median 59 days on market as of June 2026, with units clearing slightly faster at 36 days. Days on market have lengthened by 4 days versus a year ago. Faster clearance typically coincides with stronger buyer demand and lower supply.
Surfers Paradise's sales market sits at 1.3 months of supply for houses as of June 2026 — classified as Severe (extreme shortage) against the Australian distribution. Under 1.7 months is Severe (extreme shortage); over 4.5 months is Loose. The rental side is tighter still at 1.1 months of supply.
House prices in Surfers Paradise moved +7.9% over the 12 months to June 2026, while units moved +8.3%. The 5-year tape above plots the full monthly trajectory — showing where the market changed character rather than just crossing round numbers.
Surfers Paradise's house rental market sits at 1.1 months of supply as of June 2026 — classified as Severe (extreme shortage), with 209 houses leased over the past 12 months. Units sit at 1.8 months. Tighter supply typically corresponds to faster letting and upward pressure on rents.
Surfers Paradise's house market is currently in the 'softer_weakening' phase as of June 2026 — combining low sales velocity (bottom quartile nationally) with year-on-year loosening in days on market. The demand cycle chart above plots all eight segments on the same demand-versus-direction axes.
Surfers Paradise's median house price ($1.74M) is 81% above the QLD median ($960k) as of June 2026. On selling speed, houses clear in 59 days vs 26 days state median. On gross yield, Surfers Paradise sits at 3.70% vs 3.71% state median.
Surfers Paradise's most-similar nearby market is Hope Island (16.0 km away) with a median house price of $1.7M — about 2% cheaper. The Nearby and Similar markets sections above rank every peer within radius and by composite similarity across price, days on market, yield, ownership cost and cycle phase.
The most-transacted segment in Surfers Paradise over the 12 months to June 2026 is 2 bed units with 615 sales. 1 bed units come second at 340 sales. The 'Most popular' panel above breaks down the top segments with weekly mortgage, rent and ownership-cost detail.
Surfers Paradise recorded 201 house sales and 1,281 unit sales over the 12 months to June 2026 — a combined 1,482 transactions. On the rental side, 209 houses and 1,583 units were leased. Segments with statistically thin samples are excluded from displayed figures.
Surfers Paradise, QLD 4217 is home to 26,412 residents (ABS Census 2021). The median resident age is 42, and the average household holds 1.9 people. The "Who lives here" section above breaks the community down by age, life stage and tenure.
The median household in Surfers Paradise earns $1k per week — roughly $69k a year (ABS Census 2021). Median personal income runs $775/week. Income, rent-to-income and mortgage-to-income context sits in the "Who lives here" section above.
Surfers Paradise tilts towards renters: about 46% of households are owner-occupiers and 52% rent (ABS Census 2021). Of owners, 27% own outright and 19% are paying off a mortgage.
Surfers Paradise has 60 schools within reach, 1 of them inside the suburb itself — including Surfers Paradise State School. The Schools section above maps each one with sector, year range, enrolment, Micromarkets-compiled academic ratings and ICSEA (ACARA).
Surfers Paradise, QLD 4217 has a population of 26,412, a median age of 42, a median household income around $1k/week, 52% of households renting (ABS Census 2021). There are 60 schools within reach. Whether it's the right fit depends on your priorities — these figures describe the community, housing mix and amenity rather than offer a verdict.
This Surfers Paradise market data was last updated June 2026. Figures are computed monthly from 12-month rolling windows of recorded sales and leases, with five years of monthly history behind the trend charts. Methodology, glossary and data sources are linked in the footer.
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