Considering the influence COVID is having on people's lifestyle choices, it isn't a surprise to see one of Gold Coast's suburbs ranked in the top 10 of Australia's most in-demand suburbs.
Surfers Paradise one of Australia's most sought-after suburbs
Realestate.com.au recently published a list of Australia's most sought-after suburbs based on how engaged buyers were with listings on their site across the country in the past 12 months. Surfers Paradise was ranked second, after Melbourne, when it comes to buyer interest for units, with 40,936 highly-engaged buyers looking for units in the area over the past year.
Gold Coast's most popular suburbs
When looking at a breakdown by state, the Gold Coast is clearly in high-demand with 7 of the top 10 most sought-after suburbs for house hunters located on the Gold Coast and 5 of the top 10 when looking at buyer-interest for units.
Here are the top 10 most in-demand suburbs across Queensland for houses and units:
Top 10 QLD Suburbs - Houses
based on number of highly engaged buyers in the past 12 months to end Feb'21
Buderim (Sunshine Coast) - 42,355
Camp Hill (Brisbane) - 29,439
Helensvale (Gold Coast) - 29,420
Coorparoo (Brisbane) - 28,766
Southport (Gold Coast) - 26,838
Hope Island (Gold Coast) - 26,368
Upper Coomera (Gold Coast) - 25,840
Robina (Gold Coast) - 25,544
Broadbeach Waters (Gold Coast) - 25,510
Coomera (Gold Coast) - 25,240
Top 10 QLD Suburbs - Units
based on number of highly engaged buyers in the past 12 months to end Feb'21
Surfers Paradise (Gold Coast) - 40,938
Southport (Gold Coast) - 21,326
Broadbeach (Gold Coast) - 19,332
Maroochydore (Sunshine Coast) -19,209
Palm Beach (Gold Coast) - 19,047
Brisbane City - 18,313
Burleigh Heads (Gold Coast) - 17,428
New Farm (Brisbane) - 16,792
Mooloolaba (Sunshine Coast) - 16,023
Kangaroo Point (Brisbane) - 15,448
