Future Gold Coast: Top spots where single men and women live

If you’re a single Gold Coaster you might want to have a think about where you live, work and socialise. We reveal the top suburbs where single men and women live — and why.

ALL the single ladies, all the single ladies … live in Burleigh while all of the single guys live in Ashmore.

So if you’re a single Gold Coaster you might want to have a think about where you live, work and socialise.

In his research for Future Gold Coast, leading demographer Bernard Salt found where the highest number of singles between the ages of 25 and 34 live.

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Allira Youngson, 28, loves living the single life in Burleigh. Picture: Glenn Hampson

He found Burleigh was the top spot for young single women and Ashmore was the single capital for men.

“The women are often in a lifestyle location like Burleigh which has lots of apartments and live in areas which are often near hospitals, universities and businesses,” he said.

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“A single woman might live in a single apartment and work down at Varsity Lakes, Robina or Surfers Paradise.

“Large concentrations of single men are often in industrial areas where the work is predominantly male.”

Allira Youngson, 28, lives in Burleigh and has been single for about a year and a half but isn’t making any plans to settle down.

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Drone footage of the popular Burleigh Hill. Picture: @jacgivney / Instagram

“I’m happily single,” she said.

“I don’t mind going on dates and meeting people — seeing where they’re at and up to in life.

“But it’s the commitment. I like my own freedom. I really enjoy it."

She said she worked in an office in Surfers Paradise but lives in the trendy, social suburb because she enjoys the lifestyle.

“I love the beach, the lifestyle. I think there’s a different crowd of people here,” Ms Youngson said.

“Surfers is filled with tourists. Here’s a lot more chilled.”

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Allira Youngson loves the lifestyle offered in Burleigh. Picture: Glenn Hampson

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She added she thought young men were spoiled for choice and dating apps made it easy to “hop around” between girls.

Mr Salt said it was unlikely these areas would change anytime soon.

“Generally speaking once an area has that characteristic as an age group, demographic or ethnicity and dominates an area — it can take a generation for it to change. The city is filled with tribes,” he said.

More singles needed to jump on the Gold Coast Highway — or as he calls it “The Highway of Love”.