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mermaid waters
Queensland · Census 2021
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Mermaid Waters is an inner-city suburb of Gold Coast.
Median house price
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People
Population
13,088
Median age
40 yrs
Income / person / wk
$816
Household income / wk
$1,766
Housing
Median rent / wk
$450
Mortgage / month
$2,167
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 43%
- Top language at home
- Mandarin · 1%
- No religion
- 43%
- Born overseas
- 30%
- English only at home
- 84%
Local amenities
Amenity score
100/100
Schools
2
Supermarkets
4
Pubs & bars
1
Parks
63
Libraries
1
GP clinics
1
Pharmacies
1
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
1.3 km
Nearest train
1.8 km
Nearest hospital
5.1 km
Distance to coast
2.1 km
NBN
Fixed Line
Grocery mix: 1 Coles · 1 Woolworths · 1 Aldi · 1 IGA. Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Schools by sector
Government
2
Catholic
0
Independent
0
Primary
1
Secondary
1
Nearest secondary
1.2 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Gold Coast
- Council population
- 625,491
- Council area
- 1,333 km²
- Density
- 469/km²
- Federal grants
- $21.78M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $35/yr
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Moncrieff
- Federal MP
- Angie Bell (LNP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Coalition 59% 2PP
- State electorate
- Mermaid Beach
- State MP
- Ray Stevens (LNP)
Similar suburbs
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