City of Gold Coast

QUEENSLAND

ranks

17

25

for green cover compared to similar places across Australia

City of Gold Coast is

Suburban, spacious and average-high rainfall

<50% urban

Low density

Ave to high rainfall

vital statistics

620,518

population

LOW
HIGH

2.8%

population growth (ave annual % change over past 20 years)

LOW
HIGH

465

population density
(people per sq km)

LOW
HIGH

44%

proportion of LGA that is urban

LOW
HIGH

17.8%

proportion apartments

LOW
HIGH

1,009

measure of advantage and disadvantage
(SEIFA-IRSAD)

LOW
HIGH

30%

parents born overseas

LOW
HIGH

1,422.7

rainfall
(annual ave mm)

LOW
HIGH

2.5%

bushfire affected
(% of LGA area burnt last 5 years)

LOW
HIGH

Gold Coast has

51.9%

canopy
(typically over 3m)

Up 4.3% since 2016

4.2%

shrub
(typically below 3m)

Down -4.9% since 2016

24.4%

grass
and bare ground

Down 0% since 2016

Your green cover
Your green space

19.5%

grey
(hard surface, e.g. pavement, roads and roofs)

Up 0.6% since 2016

51.9%

canopy
(over 3m)

Up 4.3% since 2016

4.2%

shrub
(over 3m)

Down -4.9% since 2016

24.4%

grass
(over 3m)

Down 0% since 2016

19.5%

grey
(hard surface, e.g. pavement, roads and roofs)

Up 0.6% since 2016

Your green cover
Your green space

SHADE & COOLING

PLACES TO RIDE & RUN

WILDLIFE HABITAT

AESTHETICS & VALUE

green cover is important

While grass is great for recreation, green cover is what creates many of the other big benefits, like keeping suburbs and homes cool and giving shade for walking, running and active transport.

It also brings wildlife into suburbs and makes them more appealing to the eye which, in turn, can make them more valuable.

When it comes to green cover

Gold Coast

ranks

17

25

for green cover compared to similar places across Australia

with

with

56.1%

green cover

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Gold Coast's

GREEN COVER

has

DECREASED

-0.6%

since 2016

is

moderately below

comparable places

This means there is a

High

challenge rating for Gold Coast in maintaining and growing future green cover

This information is based in its entirety on: Hurley, J., Amati, M., Deilami, K., Caffin, M., Stanford, H., Azizmohammad, S. (2020) Where will all the trees be? - an assessment of urban forest cover and management for Australian cities, prepared for Hort Innovation by the Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University, Melbourne and Greener Spaces Better Places.

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