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Suburb by suburb guide to the Gold Coast's population boom
Gold Coast’s best-known suburbs will be home to 150,000 people within a handful of years as new data reveals how every suburb’s population will grow.
Two of the
Surfers Paradise and Southport, will be the epicentres of population growth,  new council data shows, with Surfers Paradise set to become home to one quarter of the Gold Coast’s current population.
City leaders warn that these suburbs will bear the increased weight unless the State Government ticks off updates to the City Plan, allowing the population to spread more evenly.
City planning boss Cr Cameron Caldwell said council’s proposed amendments to the City Plan were an attempt to “future proof” housing supply and affordability for decades to come.
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CAMERON CALDWELL
Stage 3 of the light rail provides other opportunities for density, living close to the beach, public transport and employment areas. We have commenced neighbourhood planning projects around four of the stations to get community input.
Real Estate Institute of Queensland's Andrew Henderson said many older suburbs had the potential for greater “in-fill” development to help the city cope with its population boom.
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ANDREW HENDERSON
Mermaid Waters, Carrara and Ashmore are these kinds of locations where presently there are houses on large single blocks which could house multiple dwellings, which is a way of spreading the population around the city.
																																								

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