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This article is about the local government area. For the city as a whole, see [Gold Coast, Queensland](/source/Gold_Coast%2C_Queensland). For other cities, see [Gold Coast § Places](/source/Gold_Coast_(disambiguation)#Places).

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Local government area in Queensland, Australia

City of Gold Coast Local government area Coat of arms Council logo Map of the City of Gold Coast in Queensland Interactive map of City of Gold Coast Country Australia State Queensland Region South East Queensland Established 9 December 1948; 77 years ago (1948-12-09) City status 16 May 1959; 67 years ago (1959-05-16) Council seat Surfers Paradise Government • Type Mayor–council • Body Gold Coast City Council • Mayor Tom Tate (Independent LNP) Area [1] • Total 1,334 km2 (515 sq mi) Population (2021)[2] • Total 625,087 • Density 468.6/km2 (1,214/sq mi) Time zone UTC+10:00 (AEST) Website www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au

The **City of Gold Coast** is the [local government area](/source/Local_government_in_Australia) spanning the [Gold Coast](/source/Gold_Coast%2C_Queensland), [Queensland](/source/Queensland), [Australia](/source/Australia), and surrounding areas. It is on the central eastern coast of Australia adjoining the [Pacific Ocean](/source/Pacific_Ocean). With a population of 606,774,[1] it is the second most populous local government area in the state of Queensland ([Brisbane](/source/City_of_Brisbane) being the largest).[1] Its council maintains a staff of over 2,500. The council was established in 1948, and has existed in its present form since 2008. The City of Gold Coast borders [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales) and [Tweed Shire](/source/Tweed_Shire) to the south, [Scenic Rim](/source/Scenic_Rim_Region) to the west, and [Logan](/source/Logan_City) and [Redland](/source/Redland_City) to the northwest and north, respectively.[3]

## History

### Early history

[Southport Pier](/source/Southport_Pier%2C_Gold_Coast), 1910

By the late 1870s, the [Government of Queensland](/source/Government_of_Queensland) had become preoccupied with the idea of getting local residents to pay through rates for local services, which had become a massive cost to the colony and were undermaintained in many areas. The [McIlwraith](/source/Thomas_McIlwraith) government initiated the *Divisional Boards Act 1879* which created a system of elected divisional boards covering most of Queensland. It was assented by the Governor on 2 October 1879, and on 11 November 1879, the Governor gazetted a list of 74 divisions which would come into existence. Four of these — [Nerang](/source/Nerang_Division), [Coomera](/source/Coomera_Division), [Beenleigh](/source/Beenleigh_Division) and [Waterford](/source/Waterford_Division) — were in the Gold Coast region. [Southport](/source/Southport%2C_Queensland) was developed as both an administrative centre as well as a holiday destination with hotels and guesthouses to cater for visitors. Town dwellers had different needs to the rural landholders so Southport ratepayers lobbied the colonial government to create a separate Divisional Board so that rates monies raised by Southport landholders could be spent on town improvements. This resulted in the establishment of the [Southport Division](/source/Southport_Division%2C_Queensland) on 14 July 1883 by an amalgamation of part of Nerang Division and part of Coomera Division.

Beach foreshore at [Burleigh Heads](/source/Burleigh_Heads%2C_Queensland), 1932

On 31 March 1903, following the enactment of the *Local Authorities Act 1902*, the divisions became shires. On 12 June 1914, the [Town of Coolangatta](/source/Town_of_Coolangatta) was created from part of the [Shire of Nerang](/source/Shire_of_Nerang), and on 12 April 1918, [Southport](/source/Town_of_Southport) became a town.[4]

### Development and growth

Aerial view looking towards [Coolangatta](/source/Coolangatta%2C_Queensland), c. 1952

On 9 December 1948, as part of a major reorganisation of local government in [South East Queensland](/source/South_East_Queensland), an Order in Council created the [Town of South Coast](/source/Town_of_South_Coast) by amalgamating [Town of Southport](/source/Town_of_Southport), [Town of Coolangatta](/source/Town_of_Coolangatta) and coastal sections (around [Burleigh Heads](/source/Burleigh_Heads)) of the [Shire of Nerang](/source/Shire_of_Nerang), creating a narrow coastal strip. The same Order abolished all of the earlier Shires and amalgamated most of their area into the new [Shire of Albert](/source/Shire_of_Albert), with the rest becoming part of the [Shire of Beaudesert](/source/Shire_of_Beaudesert). The Order came into effect on 10 June 1949, when the first elections were held for the new councils.

On 23 October 1958, the Town of the South Coast adopted the name of [Town of Gold Coast](/source/Town_of_Gold_Coast), and on 16 May 1959, the Town was proclaimed as the City of Gold Coast by the [Governor of Queensland](/source/Governor_of_Queensland), having met the requirements for city status. Most of what is now regarded as the Gold Coast urban area was at that time located within the [Shire of Albert](/source/Shire_of_Albert), which had its administrative offices in Nerang-Southport Road, [Nerang](/source/Nerang).

### A regional authority

On 19 March 1992, the [Electoral and Administrative Review Commission](/source/Electoral_and_Administrative_Review_Commission), created two years earlier, produced its report *External Boundaries of Local Authorities*, and recommended a number of changes to local government boundaries and the amalgamation of some local governments.[5] Although their recommendations only included boundary adjustments between the Gold Coast City and [Albert Shire](/source/Albert_Shire), the outcome following much public debate was a decision by the [Queensland Government](/source/Queensland_Government) to absorb Albert Shire into Gold Coast City. The *Local Government (Albert, Beaudesert and Gold Coast) Regulation 1994* was gazetted on 16 December 1994, resulting in the amalgamation of the [Shire of Albert](/source/Shire_of_Albert) into Gold Coast City at the 1995 local government elections.

In 2007, as part of a report recommending massive amalgamation of local government in Queensland, the [Local Government Reform Commission](/source/Local_Government_Reform_Commission) recommended that the [Beenleigh](/source/Beenleigh)-[Eagleby](/source/Eagleby) region on the Gold Coast's northern border be transferred to [Logan City](/source/Logan_City), on the basis that a common community of interest existed and that planning of the South East Queensland urban footprint would be made more efficient by the change. The area to be excised was estimated by the Commission to have an area of 49 km2 (18.9 sq mi) and a population of 40,148. The change took effect at the [local government elections on 15 March 2008](/source/2008_Queensland_local_elections).

## Heritage listings

The Gold Coast has many [heritage-listed](/source/Heritage-listed) sites, including those at:

- [Currumbin](/source/Currumbin%2C_Queensland#Heritage_listings)

- [Main Beach](/source/Main_Beach%2C_Queensland#Heritage_listings)

- [Pimpama](/source/Pimpama%2C_Queensland#Heritage_listings)

- [Numinbah Valley](/source/Numinbah_Valley#Heritage_listings)

- [South Stradbroke Island](/source/South_Stradbroke_Island#Heritage_listings)

- [Southport](/source/Southport%2C_Queensland#Heritage_listings)

- [Springbrook](/source/Springbrook%2C_Queensland#Heritage_listings)

- [Surfers Paradise](/source/Surfers_Paradise%2C_Queensland#Heritage_listings)

- [Tallebudgera](/source/Tallebudgera%2C_Queensland#Heritage_listings)

- [Willow Vale](/source/Willow_Vale%2C_Queensland#Heritage_listings)

## Suburbs and localities

Main article: [List of Gold Coast suburbs](/source/List_of_Gold_Coast_suburbs)

## Council

Gold Coast City Council Leadership Mayor Tom Tate, Independent LNP Deputy Mayor Mark Hammel, Independent Structure Seats 15 elected representatives, including a mayor and 14 councillors Political groups Independent LNP (8) Independent (7) Elections Last election 16 March 2024 Next election 25 March 2028

**Gold Coast City Council** is divided into 14 wards (known as divisions), each electing one councillor at elections held every four years. The present [mayor](/source/Mayor_of_the_Gold_Coast) is [Tom Tate](/source/Tom_Tate) who was first elected on 28 April 2012 and re-elected in 2016, 2020 and 2024.[6][7][8]

### Current composition

The current council, elected in [2024](/source/2024_Gold_Coast_City_Council_election), is:

Ward Councillor Party Mayor Tom Tate Independent LNP Division 1 Mark Hammel Independent Division 2 Naomi Fowler Independent LNP Division 3 Donna Gates Independent Division 4 Shelley Curtis Independent LNP Division 5 Peter Young Independent Division 6 Brooke Patterson Independent LNP Division 7 Joe Wilkinson Independent LNP Division 8 Bob La Castra Independent LNP Division 9 Glenn Tozer Independent Division 10 Darren Taylor Independent LNP Division 11 Dan Doran Independent LNP Division 12 Nick Marshall Independent Division 13 Josh Martin Independent Division 14 Gail O’Neill Independent

## Past councillors

### 2016−present

Year Div 1 Div 2 Div 3 Div 4 Div 5 Div 6 Div 7 Div 8 Div 9 Div 10 Div 11 Div 12 Div 13 Div 14 Councillor Councillor Councillor Councillor Councillor Councillor Councillor Councillor Councillor Councillor Councillor Councillor Councillor Councillor 2016 Donna Gates (Ind.) William Owen Jones (Ind. LNP) Cameron Caldwell (Ind. LNP) Kristyn Boulton (Ind.) Peter Young (Ind.) Dawn Crichlow (Ind.) Gary Baildon (Ind.) Bob La Castra (Ind. LNP) Glenn Tozer (Ind. LNP/Ind.) Paul Taylor (Ind. LNP) Hermann Vorster (Ind. LNP) Pauline Young (Ind.) Daphne McDonald (Ind.) Gail O'Neill (Ind.) 2020 Mark Hammel (Ind.) Donna Gates (Ind.) Cameron Caldwell (Ind. LNP) Brooke Patterson (Ind. LNP) Ryan Bayldon-Lumsden (Ind. LNP) Darren Taylor (Ind. LNP) 2020 2024 Naomi Fowler (Ind. LNP) Shelley Curtis (Ind. LNP) Joe Wilkinson (Ind. LNP) Dan Doran (Ind. LNP) Nick Marshall (Ind.) Josh Martin (Ind.)

## Election results

### 2024

This section is an excerpt from [Results of the 2024 Queensland local elections § Gold Coast](/source/Results_of_the_2024_Queensland_local_elections#Gold_Coast).[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Results_of_the_2024_Queensland_local_elections&action=edit)]

2024 Queensland local elections: Gold Coast Party Votes % Swing Seats Change Independent 202,972 66.98 7 Independent LNP 89,919 29.67 7 Animal Justice 7,942 2.62 0 Independent UAP 2,222 0.73 0

### 2020

This section is an excerpt from [Results of the 2020 Queensland local elections § Gold Coast](/source/Results_of_the_2020_Queensland_local_elections#Gold_Coast).[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Results_of_the_2020_Queensland_local_elections&action=edit)]

## Population

Beach foreshore at [Steiglitz](/source/Steiglitz%2C_Queensland), 2014

Highrises at [Broadbeach](/source/Broadbeach%2C_Queensland), 2008

Populations are provided below for the Gold Coast (Southport/Coolangatta, South Coast, Gold Coast) and Albert entities. As Albert included the entire [Logan City](/source/Logan_City) area prior to 1978, figures are only provided from the 1976 census.

Year Population (Gold Coast) Annual growth (%) Population (Albert) Annual growth (%) 1933 6,046 N/A 1947 13,888 6.12 1954 19,807 5.20 1961 33,716 7.90 1966 49,481 7.97 6,437 N/A 1971 66,697 6.15 10,165 9.57 1976 87,510 5.58 24,268 19.01 1981 117,824 6.13 54,870 17.72 1986 130,304 2.03 92,766 11.07 1991 157,857 3.91 143,697 9.15

Year Population Annual growth (%) 1991 301,554 6.21 1996 375,175 4.47 2001 441,736 3.32 2006 507,876 2.83 2011 494,501 Beenleigh left in deamalgamation 2016 551,721 2.49

## Demographics

Selected historical census data for City of Gold Coast local government area Census year 2001[9] 2006[10] 2011[11] 2016[12] Population Estimated residents on census night 426,661 472,279 494,501 555,721 LGA rank in terms of size within Queensland 2nd 2nd 2nd % of Queensland population 11.9% 12.1% 11.41% 11.82% % of Australian population 2.27% 2.38% 2.3% 2.38% Dwelling structure Dwelling type Separate house 58.5% 58.9% 60.4% 58.3% Semi-detached, terrace or townhouse 16.0% 16.6% 18.8% 20.6% Flat or apartment 22.1% 22.6% 19.6% 19.9%

## Libraries

Palm Beach Community Lounge

The first municipal library on the Gold Coast opened in the [Southport Town Hall](/source/Southport_Town_Hall%2C_Queensland) on 30 April 1958. Prior to this, a series of [School of arts](/source/Mechanics'_Institutes) and private [circulating libraries](/source/Circulating_library) had supported the communities' and visitors' recreational and educational reading needs.[13]

The City of Gold Coast has 12 libraries at [Broadbeach](/source/Broadbeach%2C_Queensland), [Burleigh Heads](/source/Burleigh_Heads%2C_Queensland), [Burleigh Waters](/source/Burleigh_Waters%2C_Queensland), [Coolangatta](/source/Coolangatta), [Elanora](/source/Elanora%2C_Queensland), [Helensvale](/source/Helensvale%2C_Queensland), [Mermaid Waters](/source/Mermaid_Waters%2C_Queensland), [Nerang](/source/Nerang%2C_Queensland), [Palm Beach](/source/Palm_Beach%2C_Queensland), [Robina](/source/Robina%2C_Queensland), [Runaway Bay](/source/Runaway_Bay%2C_Queensland), [Southport](/source/Southport%2C_Queensland) and [Upper Coomera](/source/Upper_Coomera%2C_Queensland).[14] There is a special needs library within Nerang Library[15] and a Local Studies Library (on the first floor of Southport Library).[16] The council also operate a mobile library service.[14]

In 2018, the mobile library provides a fortnight service to [Alberton](/source/Alberton%2C_Queensland), [Ashmore](/source/Ashmore%2C_Queensland), [Benowa](/source/Benowa%2C_Queensland), [Bonogin](/source/Bonogin%2C_Queensland), [Cedar Creek](/source/Cedar_Creek%2C_Queensland_(Logan_%26_Gold_Coast)), [Coomera](/source/Coomera%2C_Queensland), [Currumbin Valley](/source/Currumbin_Valley%2C_Queensland), [Gilston](/source/Gilston%2C_Queensland), [Jacobs Well](/source/Jacobs_Well%2C_Queensland), [Mudgeeraba](/source/Mudgeeraba%2C_Queensland), [Ormeau](/source/Ormeau%2C_Queensland) (4 visits), [Paradise Point](/source/Paradise_Point%2C_Queensland), [Pimpama](/source/Pimpama%2C_Queensland) (3 visits), [Tugun](/source/Tugun%2C_Queensland), [Steiglitz](/source/Steiglitz%2C_Queensland), [Tallebudgera Valley](/source/Tallebudgera_Valley%2C_Queensland), and [Woongoolba](/source/Woongoolba%2C_Queensland).[17] The Gold Coast City Library is a member of the [Queensland Public Libraries Association](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Queensland_Public_Libraries_Association&action=edit&redlink=1).[18]

## Key projects

[Hinze Dam](/source/Hinze_Dam) was upgraded in 2011

- [Gold Coast University Hospital](/source/Gold_Coast_University_Hospital)

- [Gold Coast Desalination Plant](/source/Gold_Coast_Desalination_Plant)

- Raising of [Hinze Dam](/source/Hinze_Dam)

- [Southport Broadwater Parklands](/source/Southport_Broadwater_Parklands)

- [Gold Coast Rapid Transit System](/source/Gold_Coast_Rapid_Transit_System)

- [Gold Coast Ferry Service](/source/Transport_on_the_Gold_Coast%2C_Queensland#Ferry)

- [Gold Coast Regional Botanic Gardens](/source/Gold_Coast_Regional_Botanic_Gardens)

- Evandale Cultural Precinct including the [Home of The Arts](/source/Home_of_the_Arts%2C_Gold_Coast) cultural centre and a [greenbridge](/source/Pedestrian_separation_structure) from Evandale Parklands to [Chevron Island](/source/Chevron_Island)[19]

- Mermaid Waters Library

- [Gold Coast Shoreline Management Plan](/source/Gold_Coast_Shoreline_Management_Plan)

## Notable personnel

Notable people who work for or who have worked for the City of Gold Coast include:

- [Guillermo Capati](/source/Guillermo_Capati) [PSM](/source/Public_Service_Medal_(Australia)), (1994–2017), managed the city's water and wastewater needs, long-term water planning and recycled water.[20][21] Capati was awarded a [Public Service Medal (PSM)](/source/Public_Service_Medal_(Australia)) during the [2013 Australia Day Honours](/source/2013_Australia_Day_Honours) for outstanding public service to the sustainable water future of the Gold Coast and broader [South East Queensland](/source/South_East_Queensland) region.[22]

- [Ryan Bayldon-Lumsden](/source/Ryan_Bayldon-Lumsden), (born 23 September 1992), was elected as Division 7 Councillor in the [2020 Gold Coast City Council election](/source/2020_Gold_Coast_City_Council_election) at the age of 27, making him the youngest person elected to the role in the city's history. Before entering politics, Bayldon-Lumsden was awarded a Queensland Young Volunteer Award for 2009, for his involvement in community programs run through Family Support Group Australia and was also a secondary school teacher at [The Southport School](/source/The_Southport_School).[23] On 23 August 2023, Bayldon-Lumsden was charged by [Queensland Police](/source/Queensland_Police_Service) with the murder of his stepfather, 58-year-old Robert Lumsden, following the charge he was suspended as Councillor pending the verdict of the charge and unsuccessfully ran for re-election in the [2024 Gold Coast City Council election](/source/2024_Gold_Coast_City_Council_election).[24][25]

## International relations

See also: [List of twin towns and sister cities in Australia](/source/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_Australia)

The City of Gold Coast has relationships with the following cities and regions:[26]

- [Beihai](/source/Beihai), China

- [Chengdu](/source/Chengdu), China

- [Da Nang](/source/Da_Nang), Vietnam

- [Dubai](/source/Dubai), United Arab Emirates

- [Fort Lauderdale](/source/Fort_Lauderdale%2C_Florida), United States

- [Jining](/source/Jining), China

- [Kanagawa Prefecture](/source/Kanagawa_Prefecture), Japan

- [Netanya](/source/Netanya), Israel

- [Nouméa](/source/Noum%C3%A9a), New Caledonia

- [Saint-Denis](/source/Saint-Denis%2C_Seine-Saint-Denis), France

- [Tainan](/source/Tainan), Taiwan

- [Taipei](/source/Taipei), Taiwan

- [Takasu](/source/Takasu%2C_Hokkaido), Japan

- [Wuhan](/source/Wuhan), China

- [Zhuhai](/source/Zhuhai), China

## See also

- [Queensland portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Queensland)

- [Gold Coast Art Centre](/source/Gold_Coast_Art_Centre)

- [Gold Coast City Art Gallery](/source/Gold_Coast_City_Art_Gallery)

- [List of Gold Coast suburbs](/source/List_of_Gold_Coast_suburbs)

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## External links

- [City of Gold Coast](http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/)

- [History of Gold Coast Council](https://web.archive.org/web/20091028044120/http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/t_standard2.aspx?pid=1442)

- [Gold Coast Internet Exchange - OOL-IX](https://ool.internet-exchange.site/)

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