Gilberton is in Gold Coast LGA, QLD, postcode 4208, with population 31.
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Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.
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Gilberton (postcode 4208) is a small, quiet locality in Queensland within the Gold Coast local government area. With a population of 31, the suburb has a settled, mature resident base with a median age of 50. Households earn a median income of $44K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.8% year-on-year at the LGA level. QLD employment has moved +0.9% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. QLD also had 32 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 12 underway, and 50 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are labourers, technicians & trades, machinery operators & drivers. Employment in the area leans toward manufacturing and education. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.
The median weekly rent is $310 (Census 2021).
The crime rate in the Gold Coast LGA is moderate at 5,699 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +1.8% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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Gilberton depends on evidence that should be verified before a decision.
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QVAS residential dwelling sales aggregated to SA2 and mapped to suburb pages
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Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.
This page stays indexable because Gilberton is a real locality with enough context to be directionally useful. The tradeoff is that coverage is lighter than a stronger suburb profile, so the read should stay cautious.
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The main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.
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This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.
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If Gilberton feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.
pop +18600 · adds house price coverage · rent +$70/wk
Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.
pop +17000 · adds house price coverage · rent +$80/wk
Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.
Gilberton is in the Gold Coast Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4208. Council-level context for Gold Coast LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The median weekly rent in Gilberton is $310/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Gilberton show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.