Which district in Gold Coast is cheapest to stay in?
In Gold Coast, the cheapest district to stay in is Hope Island, at a median asking price of $152 a night, and the priciest is Broadbeach at $267 (latest scan 25 October 2026). The ranking covers 9 districts, each priced by at least 5 places on the same 39 of the 71 nights from 13 November 2026 to 22 January 2027, read on 25 October 2026.
Measured by Bed&Market (bedandmarket.com) from 208 places checked, read 25 October 2026 01:02 UTC.
Updated
Districts ranked by median asking price
In Gold Coast, Broadbeach asks a median $267 a night, +75% against $152 in Hope Island, the cheapest of 9 districts compared on the same 39 nights.
| District | Median a night | Middle half | Nights | Places | Guest score | 4–5★ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hope Island | $152 | $134–$176 | 39 | 8 | 8.6 (8) | 75% of 8 |
| Southport | $179 | $114–$218 | 39 | 23 | 8.7 (18) | 67% of 21 |
| Labrador | $183 | $141–$253 | 39 | 14 | 8.2 (13) | 50% of 14 |
| Palm Beach | $193 | $190–$266 | 39 | 9 | 8.9 (9) | 43% of 7 |
| Bilinga | $209 | $166–$236 | 39 | 9 | 8.7 (9) | 44% of 9 |
| Tamborine Mountain | $216 | $175–$278 | 39 | 55 | 9.2 (52) | 64% of 53 |
| Springbrook | $245 | $177–$274 | 39 | 20 | 9.4 (19) | 47% of 19 |
| Surfers Paradise | $262 | $178–$364 | 39 | 166 | 8.3 (144) | 61% of 160 |
| Broadbeach | $267 | $210–$358 | 39 | 71 | 8.8 (66) | 71% of 69 |
- A district is the area name Agoda gives a place (the first part of its address line), not an official boundary; names are printed as Agoda writes them, without a leading district number.
- A night counts for a district when at least 5 of its places showed a price.
- Every district is compared on the same 39 nights, the ones on which all of them counted: districts join in order of nights counted, and one that would leave fewer than 36 shared nights is left out rather than compared on other nights. A district's figure is the median of its nightly medians over those nights, and the middle half is the median of the nightly 25th and 75th percentiles.
- Places: every place in the district priced on those nights. Guest score: the median Agoda review score (out of 10) of those places, places scored in brackets. 4–5★: the share of the places with a star rating that hold 4 stars or more.
A dash means fewer than 5 of the district's places carry a score or a star rating. Many-star hotels cluster in a few districts, so a district's median also says which kind of places stand there.
Cheapest district with a guest score of 8 or more
The cheapest district in Gold Coast whose places hold a median guest score of 8 or more is Hope Island: a median $152 a night, score 8.6 across 8 scored places.
| District | Median a night | Guest score | Places scored |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hope Island | $152 | 8.6 | 8 |
| Southport | $179 | 8.7 | 18 |
| Labrador | $183 | 8.2 | 13 |
| Palm Beach | $193 | 8.9 | 9 |
| Bilinga | $209 | 8.7 | 9 |
| Tamborine Mountain | $216 | 9.2 | 52 |
| Springbrook | $245 | 9.4 | 19 |
| Surfers Paradise | $262 | 8.3 | 144 |
| Broadbeach | $267 | 8.8 | 66 |
Guest scores are Agoda's review scores out of 10; a score says nothing about the price.
Friday and Saturday against Monday to Thursday, by district
The biggest weekend difference in Gold Coast is in Broadbeach: Friday and Saturday nights ask a median $413 against $253 Monday to Thursday (+64%), over 8 and 25 nights.
| District | Fri + Sat | Mon – Thu | Difference | Nights (Fri + Sat / Mon – Thu) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadbeach | $413 | $253 | +64% | 8 / 25 |
| Labrador | $296 | $182 | +63% | 8 / 25 |
| Surfers Paradise | $344 | $234 | +47% | 8 / 25 |
| Hope Island | $194 | $144 | +35% | 8 / 25 |
| Bilinga | $279 | $209 | +33% | 8 / 25 |
| Springbrook | $296 | $227 | +30% | 8 / 25 |
| Southport | $222 | $174 | +28% | 8 / 25 |
| Tamborine Mountain | $246 | $211 | +16% | 8 / 25 |
| Palm Beach | $195 | $193 | +1% | 8 / 25 |
The town page's weekend rule, district by district, over the ranking's 39 shared nights: Sunday nights sit in neither group, and a district needs at least 3 nights on each side.
Apartments and B&Bs by district
Among the places Agoda lists as not a hotel in Gold Coast, the cheapest district is Southport at a median $244 a night and the priciest Surfers Paradise at $514, across 4 districts compared on the same 57 nights.
| District | Median a night | Middle half | Nights | Places |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southport | $244 | $158–$320 | 57 | 17 |
| Tamborine Mountain | $255 | $214–$355 | 57 | 43 |
| Broadbeach | $422 | $362–$553 | 57 | 61 |
| Surfers Paradise | $514 | $328–$680 | 57 | 127 |
Apartments, B&Bs, holiday lets and private rooms: only the places Agoda itself lists as not a hotel, priced in the same search. Homes read from other sites carry no district name, so none of them is in this table.
What was measured
Nights measured in Gold Coast: 71, from 13 November 2026 to 22 January 2027; each with at least 30 places showing a price.
- Up to 208 places checked per night; a place with no price that night (sold out or closed) is counted but carries no price.
- Places with an Agoda area name: 618 of the 618 priced on these nights; only those are placed in a district.
- Prices in USD, as shown on the day each night was read, on 25 October 2026.
- Asking prices seen while searching for one night: not prices paid, and not a forecast.
Source: asking prices for one night, read from public search results on the scan date; not prices paid, and not a forecast. How we measure →