‘No peace’: Gold Coast City Council data reveals noisiest neighbourhoods

More than 4600 noise complaints were made to Gold Coast City Council over the past 12 months. SEE HOW YOUR SUBURB RATES

Southport, Pimpama and Upper Coomera have been revealed as the Glitter Strip’s noisiest neighbourhoods according to new city council data.

Gold Coast City Council fielded more than 4600 noise complaints over the past 12 months, including everything from barking dogs, hissing cats and commotion on private and public land.

This was an average of 12 complaints per day.

The reports covered all types of noise regulated by the council and did not include those made separately to Queensland Police.

Southport copped the most noise complaints with 279, followed by Pimpama with 242 and Upper Coomera with 240.

Not far behind were Labrador (209), Surfers Paradise (189), Robina (176) and Ormeau (168)

Gold Coast City Council data of noise complaints over past 12 months

ADVANCETOWN 2

ALBERTON 3

ARUNDEL 94

ASHMORE 75

AUSTINVILLE 1

BENOWA 59

BIGGERA WATERS 67

BILINGA 6

BONOGIN 23

BROADBEACH 38

BROADBEACH WATERS 73

BUNDALL 40

BURLEIGH HEADS 111

BURLEIGH WATERS 113

CARRARA 90

CLAGIRABA 2

CLEAR ISLAND WATERS 43

COOLANGATTA 45

COOMBABAH 63

COOMERA 163

CURRUMBIN 11

CURRUMBIN VALLEY 5

CURRUMBIN WATERS 51

ELANORA 73

GAVEN 5

GILBERTON 1

GILSTON 14

GUANABA 1

HELENSVALE 127

HIGHLAND PARK 42

HOLLYWELL 23

HOPE ISLAND 81

JACOBS WELL 24

KINGSHOLME 6

LABRADOR 209

LOWER BEECHMONT 2

LUSCOMBE 3

MAIN BEACH 35

MAUDSLAND 65

MERMAID BEACH 71

MERMAID WATERS 88

MERRIMAC 41

MIAMI 83

MOLENDINAR 61

MOUNT NATHAN 8

MUDGEERABA 101

NERANG 148

NUMINBAH VALLEY 1

ORMEAU 168

ORMEAU HILLS 61

OXENFORD 83

PACIFIC PINES 77

PALM BEACH 106

PARADISE POINT 44

PARKWOOD 50

PIMPAMA 242

REEDY CREEK 53

ROBINA 176

RUNAWAY BAY 72

SOUTHPORT 279

SPRINGBROOK 1

STEIGLITZ 11

SURFERS PARADISE 189

TALLAI 25

TALLEBUDGERA 16

TALLEBUDGERA VALLEY 11

TUGUN 37

UPPER COOMERA 240

VARSITY LAKES 136

WILLOW VALE 26

WONGAWALLAN 12

WORONGARY 31

YATALA 7

A Surfers Paradise woman is fed up with her noisy neighbour. Generic image

It comes as a Surfers Paradise woman revealed the reality of living in one of the city’s noisiest suburbs.

She said her neighbour’s habit of playing “loud and disrespectful” music every day for the past six months was starting to affect her mental health.

The woman posted a video snippet of her noisy neighbour to social media asking for the community’s advice on how to handle the matter.

“This has been going since 9am and happens every single day – sometimes until about 10pm or later. It’s been happening for over six months,” she said.

“It’s really getting to the point where it’s affecting my mental health badly.

“There seems to be no peace on this island anymore.”

Loud music and parties are a police matter.

Often, noisy neighbours are a minor nuisance that can easily fixed with a simple note or door knock.

But where do you turn when it becomes an unbearable problem?

The Bulletin posed this question to police and Gold Coast City Council.

Both referred our questions to online resources, including a Queensland government fact sheet.

It explained that different organisations were responsible for certain noise complaints.

Loud music and parties, hoons, burnouts or street racing are a police matter and can be reported online.

If the noise you are hearing involves domestic or other violence, you should call triple zero.

It is suggested you should speak with your neighbour if the noise problem relates to a barking or noisy dog.

Complaints about barking dogs can be made to Gold Coast City Council

If that doesn’t work, a complaint can be made to Gold Coast City Council online.

If necessary, an abatement notice can be issued to the dog’s owner.

And if they don’t comply with the notice, they can be fined.

Other noise complaints related to air-conditioning and refrigeration equipment, amplifier devices, construction, commercial boarding kennels, indoor venues, industrial activities and open-air events can also be reported to the council online.

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Originally published as ‘No peace’: Gold Coast City Council data reveals noisiest neighbourhoods