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Gold Coast, Queensland

<p>The <b>Gold Coast</b> is a coastal city in the <a href="/en/States_and_territories_of_Australia" title="States and territories of Australia" class="wl">state</a> of <a href="/en/Queensland" title="Queensland" class="wl">Queensland</a>, Australia, approximately <span>66 kilometres (41</span><span>&nbsp;</span><span>mi)</span> south-southeast of the centre of the <a href="/en/List_of_Australian_capital_cities" title="List of Australian capital cities" class="wl">state capital</a> <a href="/en/Brisbane" title="Brisbane" class="wl">Brisbane</a>. With a population over 600,000,<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="#cite_note-4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[4]</span></a></span> the Gold Coast is the <a href="/en/List_of_cities_in_Australia_by_population" title="List of cities in Australia by population" class="wl">sixth-largest city</a> in Australia, the nation's largest non-capital city, and Queensland's <a href="/en/List_of_places_in_Queensland_by_population" title="List of places in Queensland by population" class="wl">second-largest city</a> after Brisbane.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-5"><a href="#cite_note-5" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[5]</span></a></span> The city's Central Business District is located roughly in the centre of the Gold Coast in the suburb of <a href="/en/Southport,_Queensland" title="Southport, Queensland" class="wl">Southport</a>,<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-6"><a href="#cite_note-6" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 6;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[6]</span></a></span> with the suburb holding more corporate office space than anywhere else in the city. The urban area of the Gold Coast is concentrated along the coast sprawling almost 60 kilometers, joining up with the Greater Brisbane Metropolitan Area to the north and to the state border with <a href="/en/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales" class="wl">New South Wales</a> to the south.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-7"><a href="#cite_note-7" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 7;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[7]</span></a></span></p> 

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<div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none" about="#mwt11">City in Queensland, Australia</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn"><b>Quick facts: Gold Coast Queensland, Coordinates, Populatio...</b> <span class='arrow'>▼</span></header> <table class="infobox vcard mobile-collapse-element"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above adr notheme" style="font-size: 125%; line-height: 1.3em; background-color:#f9f6d2;"><span class="fn org locality">Gold Coast</span><br><span style="font-weight:normal; font-size:88%" class="region"><a href="/en/Queensland" title="Queensland" class="wl">Queensland</a></span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size"><a href="/en/File:Gold_Coast_skyline.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Gold_Coast_skyline.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Gold_Coast_skyline.jpg/270px-Gold_Coast_skyline.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="5598" data-file-height="3318" data-file-type="bitmap" height="160" width="270" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Gold_Coast_skyline.jpg/405px-Gold_Coast_skyline.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Gold_Coast_skyline.jpg/540px-Gold_Coast_skyline.jpg 2x" alt="Gold_Coast_skyline.jpg"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Gold Coast skyline from <a href="/en/Surfers_Paradise,_Queensland" title="Surfers Paradise, Queensland" class="wl">Surfers Paradise</a> beach</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r997900035" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:270px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:270px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:270px"><span class="notpageimage"><a href="/en/File:Australia_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" title="Gold Coast is located in Australia" data-hash="File:Australia_location_map.svg"><img loading="lazy"alt="Gold Coast is located in Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Australia_location_map.svg/270px-Australia_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="2055" data-file-height="1846" data-file-type="drawing" height="243" width="270" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Australia_location_map.svg/405px-Australia_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Australia_location_map.svg/540px-Australia_location_map.svg.png 2x"></a></span><div class="od" style="top:53.568%;left:96.322%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage"><span><img loading="lazy"alt="Gold Coast" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" data-file-type="drawing" height="6" width="6" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x"></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="font-size:91%;width:6em;right:4px"><div>Gold Coast</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em"></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label notheme" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9f6d2;"><a href="/en/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system" class="wl">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1073938472" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="//geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Gold_Coast,_Queensland&amp;params=28_01_0_S_153_24_0_E_dim:50km_type:city_region:AU-QLD" class="external text" target="_blank"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms"><span class="latitude">28°01′0″S</span> <span class="longitude">153°24′0″E</span></span></span></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label notheme" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9f6d2;">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">640,778<span>&nbsp;</span>(2021)<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="#cite_note-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-ABSSUA_2-0"><a href="#cite_note-ABSSUA-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span><span>&nbsp;</span>(<a href="/en/List_of_cities_in_Australia_by_population" title="List of cities in Australia by population" class="wl">6th</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label notheme" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9f6d2;"><span>&nbsp;</span>• Density</th><td class="infobox-data">972/km<sup>2</sup><span>&nbsp;</span>(2,520/sq<span>&nbsp;</span>mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label notheme" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9f6d2;">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">1,334 km2 (515.1 sq mi)[1]</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label notheme" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9f6d2;"><a href="/en/Time_in_Australia" title="Time in Australia" class="wl">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/AEST" title="AEST" class="mw-redirect wl">AEST</a> (<a href="/en/UTC+10:00" title="UTC+10:00" class="wl">UTC+10:00</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label notheme" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9f6d2;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data">66<span>&nbsp;</span>km (41<span>&nbsp;</span>mi) SSE of Brisbane<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="#cite_note-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[3]</span></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label notheme" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9f6d2;"><a href="/en/Local_government_areas_of_Queensland" title="Local government areas of Queensland" class="wl">LGA(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/City_of_Gold_Coast" title="City of Gold Coast" class="wl">City of Gold Coast</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label notheme" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9f6d2;"><a href="/en/Electorates_of_the_Australian_states_and_territories" title="Electorates of the Australian states and territories" class="wl">State electorate(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist ">
<ul><li><a href="/en/Electoral_district_of_Bonney" title="Electoral district of Bonney" class="wl">Bonney</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Electoral_district_of_Broadwater" title="Electoral district of Broadwater" class="wl">Broadwater</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Electoral_district_of_Burleigh" title="Electoral district of Burleigh" class="wl">Burleigh</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Electoral_district_of_Coomera" title="Electoral district of Coomera" class="wl">Coomera</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Electoral_district_of_Currumbin" title="Electoral district of Currumbin" class="wl">Currumbin</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Electoral_district_of_Gaven" title="Electoral district of Gaven" class="wl">Gaven</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Electoral_district_of_Mermaid_Beach" title="Electoral district of Mermaid Beach" class="wl">Mermaid Beach</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Electoral_district_of_Mudgeeraba" title="Electoral district of Mudgeeraba" class="wl">Mudgeeraba</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Electoral_district_of_Southport" title="Electoral district of Southport" class="wl">Southport</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Electoral_district_of_Surfers_Paradise" title="Electoral district of Surfers Paradise" class="wl">Surfers Paradise</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Electoral_district_of_Theodore" title="Electoral district of Theodore" class="wl">Theodore</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label notheme" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9f6d2;"><a href="/en/Divisions_of_the_Australian_House_of_Representatives" title="Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives" class="wl">Federal division(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="plainlist ">
<ul><li><a href="/en/Division_of_Fadden" title="Division of Fadden" class="wl">Fadden</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Division_of_Forde" title="Division of Forde" class="wl">Forde</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Division_of_McPherson" title="Division of McPherson" class="wl">McPherson</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Division_of_Moncrieff" title="Division of Moncrieff" class="wl">Moncrieff</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Division_of_Wright" title="Division of Wright" class="wl">Wright</a></li></ul>

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  <td style="padding: 2px 0px; text-align:center; width:33%;"> 25.4 °C <br>78 °F</td>
  <td style="padding: 2px 0px; text-align:center; width:34%;">17.3 °C <br>63 °F</td>
  <td style="padding: 2px 0px; text-align:center; width:33%;">1,252.9 mm <br>49.3 in</td>
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<p>Prior to European settlement the area was occupied by the <a href="/en/Yugambeh_people" title="Yugambeh people" class="wl">Yugambeh people</a>. The demonym for the Gold Coast is Gold Coaster. </p>

<p>The Gold Coast is a major <a href="/en/Tourist_destination" title="Tourist destination" class="mw-redirect wl">tourist destination</a> with a sunny, <a href="/en/Subtropical_climate" title="Subtropical climate" class="mw-redirect wl">subtropical climate</a> and has become widely known for its world-class <a href="/en/Surfing" title="Surfing" class="wl">surfing</a> <a href="/en/Surfers_Paradise,_Queensland" title="Surfers Paradise, Queensland" class="wl">beaches</a>, high-rise dominated skyline, <a href="/en/Theme_parks" title="Theme parks" class="mw-redirect wl">theme parks</a>, <a href="/en/Nightlife" title="Nightlife" class="wl">nightlife</a>, and <a href="/en/Rainforest" title="Rainforest" class="wl">rainforest</a> <a href="/en/Gold_Coast_hinterland" title="Gold Coast hinterland" class="wl">hinterland</a>. The city is part of the nation's entertainment industry with television productions and a major film industry.</p>



The Gold Coast is a coastal city in the state of Queensland, Australia, approximately 66 kilometres south-southeast of the centre of the state capital Brisbane. With a population over 600,000, Prior to European settlement the area was occupied by the Yugambeh people. The demonym for the Gold Coast is Gold Coaster.  