Gold Coast rent vs Brisbane
The median weekly rent across Gold Coast was $800 in 2026-Q2, $144 more than Greater Brisbane's $656 — about 22% more. This is a rent comparison, not a full cost-of-living index — the ABS publishes its Consumer Price Index for the eight state and territory capital cities only, and Gold Coast isn’t one of them.
Brisbane cost of livingMedian rent over time
Median weekly rent in Gold Coast went from $700 in 2024-Q1 to $800 in 2026-Q2, up 14%, against $656 for Greater Brisbane now.
Show the data table
| Year | Gold Coast | Greater Brisbane |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | $700 | $562 |
| 2024-Q2 | $720 | $590 |
| 2024-Q3 | $720 | $574 |
| 2024-Q4 | $730 | $594 |
| 2025-Q1 | $750 | $585 |
| 2025-Q2 | $750 | $624 |
| 2025-Q3 | $760 | $612 |
| 2025-Q4 | $780 | $633 |
| 2026-Q1 | $800 | $625 |
| 2026-Q2 | $800 | $656 |
Brisbane against other cities
A side-by-side read, category by category, for every mainland and island capital — plus a rent-only read against Queensland's other two big population centres.
Methodology
- Geography: the Gold Coast (C) local government area, exactly as the RTA publishes it in its own LGA-level rent table — not a boundary we defined ourselves. Greater Brisbane is the same five-LGA blend used everywhere else on the site.
- No CPI / cost-of-living index: the ABS publishes its Consumer Price Index for the eight state and territory capital cities plus a national average — Gold Coast isn’t a capital city and has no directly comparable ABS series, so this page compares rent only, not a full cost of living.
- Metric: median weekly rent for new tenancies, bond-weighted across the LGA, by dwelling type and bedroom count.
- Reporting period: quarterly, to 2026-Q2, from the Residential Tenancies Authority.
Median rents © The State of Queensland (Residential Tenancies Authority), used under CC BY 4.0.
The full Brisbane picture
Brisbane cost of living has the full CPI category drill-down and every capital-city overlay.