Most in-demand suburbs of the Gold Coast right now

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

1. Buderim (Sunshine Coast) - 42,355

2. Camp Hill (Brisbane) - 29,439

3. Helensvale (Gold Coast) - 29,420

4. Coorparoo (Brisbane) - 28,766

5. Southport (Gold Coast) - 26,838

6. Hope Island (Gold Coast) - 26,368

7. Upper Coomera (Gold Coast) - 25,840

8. Robina (Gold Coast) - 25,544

9. Broadbeach Waters (Gold Coast) - 25,510

10. 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

1. Surfers Paradise (Gold Coast) - 40,938

2. Southport (Gold Coast) - 21,326

3. Broadbeach (Gold Coast) - 19,332

4. Maroochydore (Sunshine Coast) -19,209

5. Palm Beach (Gold Coast) - 19,047

6. Brisbane City - 18,313

7. Burleigh Heads (Gold Coast) - 17,428

8. New Farm (Brisbane) - 16,792

9. Mooloolaba (Sunshine Coast) - 16,023

10. Kangaroo Point (Brisbane) - 15,448