Gold Coast City – Lifestyle:
- Fantastic year-round temperate climate
- Australia’s most bio-diverse city with stunning beaches, waterways and rainforests
- Southern hemispheres’ largest range of themed attractions
- Queensland’s largest shopping centre
- Award winning restaurants and al fresco dining experiences
- Conrad Jupiter’s Casino
- Major sporting and cultural events
- Over 40 premier golf courses
- Captivating nightlife
Gold Coast Fast Facts:
- Australia’s fastest growing large city, with a 5-year annual average population growth rate of 3.4% (compared to 1.2% for Australia).
- A population of over 500,000, within the booming South East Queensland catchment of almost three million.
- Strong interstate migration of approximately 1800 people per month.
- A strong regional economy valued at A$18.2 billion, which has doubled over the last decade.
- Australia’s leading tourist destination: approximately 10 million visitors per annum.
- A strong, established industry base of construction, tourism and retail.
- Tourist expenditure of A$12.1 million per day.
- Household expenditure of A$11.3 billion.
Tourism Statistics
The region hosted 9.6 million visitors in 2007/8 (Financial Year Ending). Domestic visitors numbered 3.4 million (15.7 million nights) and International visitors at 849,114 (8.0 million nights). There were 5.3 million daytrip visitors (YE Jun 08).
Leading international markets include Japan, New Zealand, UK, China, Europe, and the Middle East.
Interstate visitors accounted for 55% of domestic visitor numbers, 66% of domestic visitor nights.
In 2007/2008 (Financial Year Ending) domestic expenditure (including airfares and long distance transport) totalled $3.09 billion.
Australia’s Gold Coast
The region encompasses 5000 sq km with 70km of coastline.
The tourism destination spans Beenleigh and South Stradbroke Island to the north; Cabarita and Kingscliff in the south; west to Beaudesert including World Heritage Listed national parks.
Gold Coast City’s population is more than 496,000. It is Australia’s sixth largest city, and larger than two other Australian capitals