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4 properties secured for clients in Burleigh Heads since 2025. What we bought, what we paid where the buyer agreed to say, and who did the buying.

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purchases in Burleigh Heads

2025 to 2026

years we have bought here

$725,000 to $2,120,000

published prices (4 of 4)

Hunter Gather has bought 4 properties in Burleigh Heads for clients since 2025. Of the purchases where the property type is on record, that is 1 apartment. Burleigh Heads sits inside our Gold Coast buying area, which our agents cover street by street rather than from a desk.

Where the buyer agreed to publish the price, Burleigh Heads purchases ranged from $725,000 to $2,120,000 (4 of 4 published). The rest settled privately at the buyer's request.

The buying in Burleigh Heads was done by Chavonne Olivier and Jacob Butler. Whoever you speak to first, the search runs on the same shared database and the same weekly cadence.

Where Burleigh Heads sits

Burleigh Heads is the headland suburb of the southern Gold Coast: about eleven kilometres south of Surfers Paradise and eleven north of Gold Coast Airport, with the Coral Sea on its east, Tallebudgera Creek wrapping its south and the M1 on its western edge. Miami sits to the north, Burleigh Waters and Varsity Lakes to the west, Palm Beach across the creek. The Gold Coast Highway runs straight through the village, which is the suburb's blessing and its one real traffic problem.

Boundaries
The ocean to the east, Tallebudgera Creek and the national park headland to the south, the Pacific Motorway to the west. Burleigh Street and Bermuda Street mark the Burleigh Waters line on the inland side.
The roads
Gold Coast Highway (the village spine, the light rail and the beach). West Burleigh Road (village to Stockland and the M1). Reedy Creek Road and Burleigh Connection Road (the western run to the motorway). Tallebudgera Creek Road (West Burleigh and the creek)
Next door
MiamiBurleigh WatersVarsity LakesReedy CreekTallebudgeraPalm Beach

The pockets

The suburb street by street: who each pocket suits and what to check there.

The Village and the Esplanade

James Street, Connor Street, Park Avenue, The Esplanade and Goodwin Terrace around the headland

Cafes, the library, Woolworths Metro and the new light rail terminus in a five-street grid, with Mowbray Park and the beach at the bottom of every one of them. Almost entirely apartments now, from 1970s walk-ups to the new towers, with the 1930s Old Burleigh Theatre Arcade still on Goodwin Terrace. The trade-off is noise and holiday traffic: a Friday night on James Street sounds different from a Tuesday, and a share of the building may be short-stay.

Suits Downsizers and families who want to walk to everything and are happy in an apartment with a lock-up garage. The dearest square metres in the suburb.

Koala Park

Djerral Avenue, Bullimah Avenue, Awoonga Avenue, Tawarri Crescent and Beelyu Street, tucked between the headland and Tallebudgera Creek

A pocket of 600 to 700 square metre blocks with bush on three sides: the national park, Burleigh Ridge Park and the creek conservation park. Original 1980s houses are being replaced by architect builds, and the creek beach, the boat ramp and the Oceanview track are a walk away. Check the flood mapping on the creek-side streets and the koala habitat mapping before you plan a rebuild.

Suits Families buying for twenty years. The most tightly held houses in Burleigh Heads, and the ones that sell in a week when they come up.

Burleigh Hill

Hill Avenue, View Street, Mount Street, Tabilban Street, Ikkina Road and Ocean Parade climbing off West Burleigh Road

The ridge behind the village, with Burleigh Ridge Park on top and views north to Surfers or west to the hinterland depending on the side. Split-level 1970s to 90s houses on 600 square metre blocks, many with a studio underneath. Cooler than the flats in February, and the landslide hazard overlay touches some of the steeper lots, so ask for the geotech before you plan a pool.

Suits Buyers who want the view and a walk to James Street, and do not mind a steep driveway.

The Avenues and North Burleigh

Second Avenue to Sixth Avenue, Diana Avenue, Banksia Broadway, Elder Entrance, Hibiscus Haven and Gardenia Grove between the highway and the beach

The old beach-cottage grid north of the village, with Paddock Bakery in a Queenslander on Hibiscus Haven, Commune on the highway and the Second Avenue Burleigh light rail stop at the front. Blocks run 500 to 550 square metres and much of it sits in a medium-density zone, so the neighbour's cottage can become a duplex. North Burleigh Surf Club and the Miami Hill lookout close the pocket at the top.

Suits Families who want a house 300 metres from the sand and will pay for the land. Also where the rebuilds and duplexes are happening.

West Burleigh and the Arbour

Tallebudgera Creek Road, Township Drive, Kortum Drive, Fleay Court, Glauca Street, Cowell Drive and the cul-de-sacs off Dulcie Drive toward the motorway

The inland half of the suburb: 1980s and 90s brick and later builds on 750 to 1,200 square metre blocks, Stockland and Burleigh Brewing at the bottom of the hill, David Fleay Wildlife Park and the creek on the southern edge. Half the price per square metre of the beach side and the family childcare centres are all here. The M1 is audible on the western streets, so inspect with the windows open.

Suits Families who want a yard, a double garage and side access for the boat, and are happy to drive five minutes to the beach.

Schools and catchments

Two state primary catchments do most of the work: Burleigh Heads State School takes the beach side, the village, Koala Park, the hill, the Avenues and the near side of West Burleigh, about half the suburb's area and three quarters of its homes, and Caningeraba State School in Burleigh Waters takes the western side of West Burleigh and the streets toward the motorway. Two smaller catchments clip the western edge. Secondary splits the same way: Miami State High for the beach side and most of the homes, Elanora State High for West Burleigh and the creek, and Varsity College for the far west. Every one of them runs an enrolment management plan, so the in-catchment address is the whole game. Check the exact lot on EdMap before you count on a school.

Primary catchment, most of the suburbBurleigh HeadsState school
Secondary catchmentMiami SHSEnrolment capped at 1,536
Catchments touching the suburb4 primary, 5 secondaryDrawn street by street. Check the lot on EdMap.

State primary

Burleigh Heads State SchoolPrep to 6

Prep to Year 6 on the Lower Gold Coast Highway since 1917, with the Saturday market on its oval. Its equidistant catchment covers about half the suburb's area and three quarters of its homes: the village, Koala Park, the hill, the Avenues and the near side of West Burleigh. The school's own enrolment management plan caps it at 699 students with Prep limited to 100 in four classrooms, but the plan is not on the department's gazetted list, so confirm with the office whether it is in force.

1750 Lower Gold Coast Highway, Burleigh Heads QLD 4220MapWebsite

Caningeraba State SchoolPrep to 6 · Cap 1,186

Prep to Year 6 on Whistler Drive in Burleigh Waters, a big school with PCYC outside-hours care. Its equidistant catchment takes about a third of Burleigh Heads by area, under a fifth of its homes: the western side of West Burleigh around Cowell Drive and Glauca Street and the streets toward the M1. Enrolment management plan gazetted 22 August 2025 with a cap of 1,186 students and Prep limited to 175.

Whistler Drive, Burleigh Waters QLD 4220MapWebsite

Varsity CollegePrep to 12 · Cap 3,619

Prep to Year 12 across two campuses in Varsity Lakes. Its primary catchment reaches into the western edge of Burleigh Heads around Ern Harley, Alex Fisher and Greg Chappell Drives. Negotiated catchment, enrolment management plan gazetted 22 August 2025, cap of 3,619 across the college with Prep limited to 200 in eight classrooms.

Varsity Parade, Varsity Lakes QLD 4227MapWebsite

Tallebudgera State SchoolPrep to 6

Prep to Year 6 on Tallebudgera Connection Road, an Independent Public School whose negotiated catchment crosses the creek to touch the far south-western edge of Burleigh Heads by the motorway, with only a handful of addresses inside it; Tallebudgera Creek Road itself is Burleigh Heads State School. Enrolment management plan gazetted 22 August 2025, cap 853, Prep limited to 150.

Tallebudgera Connection Road, Tallebudgera QLD 4228MapWebsite

State secondary

Miami State High SchoolYears 7 to 12 · Cap 1,536

Years 7 to 12 on the Gold Coast Highway at Miami, open since 1963 and the high school for the beach side of Burleigh Heads and about seven in ten of its homes: the village, Koala Park, the hill and the Avenues. Negotiated catchment with an enrolment management plan gazetted 25 July 2025, a cap of 1,536 and reserved places in academic, sports and cultural specialisation programs, so an out-of-catchment place is not something to plan on.

Gold Coast Highway, Miami QLD 4220MapWebsite

Elanora State High SchoolYears 7 to 12 · Cap 1,237

Years 7 to 12 at Elanora, ten minutes south, the high school for West Burleigh and the creek side of the suburb. Negotiated catchment, enrolment management plan gazetted 7 June 2019 with a cap of 1,237 and programs of excellence including the COOEE surf program.

261 Nineteenth Avenue, Elanora QLD 4221MapWebsite

Varsity College (secondary campus)Years 7 to 12

Years 7 to 12 at Varsity Lakes. Its secondary catchment takes the far western quarter of Burleigh Heads by area, about a tenth of its homes, toward the motorway, a bigger slice than its primary catchment. Same enrolment management plan as the primary: gazetted 22 August 2025, college cap 3,619, with academic, cultural and sports programs of excellence.

Varsity Parade, Varsity Lakes QLD 4227MapWebsite

Robina State High SchoolYears 7 to 12

Years 7 to 12 on Investigator Drive at Robina. Its negotiated catchment clips a sliver of the western edge of Burleigh Heads on the motorway side. Enrolment management plan gazetted 22 August 2025, cap 1,577.

Investigator Drive, Robina QLD 4226MapWebsite

Palm Beach Currumbin State High SchoolYears 7 to 12

Years 7 to 12 on Thrower Drive at Palm Beach, across the creek. On the catchment layer it touches only the mouth of Tallebudgera Creek on the Koala Park side, with no address points inside the line. Negotiated catchment, enrolment management plan gazetted 30 August 2024, cap 2,659, with selective academic, sports and creative arts programs.

Thrower Drive, Palm Beach QLD 4221MapWebsite

Catholic and independent

Marymount Primary SchoolPrep to 6

Co-educational Catholic primary, Prep to Year 6, on the shared Marymount campus at Reedy Creek Road in Burleigh Waters, a five-minute drive from the village.

261-283 Reedy Creek Road, Burleigh Waters QLD 4220MapWebsite

Marymount CollegeYears 7 to 12

Co-educational Catholic college, Years 7 to 12, on the same Reedy Creek Road campus as the primary. Places are limited: the college asks Year 5 families to apply for Year 7 two years ahead.

261-283 Reedy Creek Road, Burleigh Waters QLD 4220MapWebsite

St Andrews Lutheran CollegePrep to 12

Co-educational Lutheran school from Prep to Year 12 with its own early learning centre from age two and a half, on Tallebudgera Creek Road ten minutes south-west. Runs the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme.

175 Tallebudgera Creek Road, Tallebudgera QLD 4228MapWebsite

Somerset CollegePrep to 12

Independent co-educational IB school, Pre-Prep to Year 12, at Mudgeeraba, about fifteen minutes west via Reedy Creek Road and the motorway.

Somerset Drive, Mudgeeraba QLD 4213MapWebsite

Early learning

Little Scholars Burleigh

Long day care from six weeks to five years, 6am to 6pm weekdays, on Tallebudgera Creek Road in West Burleigh.

23 Tallebudgera Creek Road, Burleigh Heads QLD 4220MapWebsite

Gumleaf Gully Childcare Centre

Six weeks to school age, 6.30am to 6.30pm weekdays, with an approved kindergarten program, on Fleay Court in West Burleigh next to the wildlife park bush.

Fleay Court, Burleigh Heads QLD 4220MapWebsite

Burleigh Heads Community Kindergarten and Preschool

The community kindy behind the library on Ocean Street. Sessional kindergarten hours rather than long day care, so plan the pickup.

Ocean Street, Burleigh Heads QLD 4220Map

The Burleigh Heads State School and Miami State High lines are the ones that move prices, and they run through West Burleigh: Kortum Drive changes primary school near its western end, and West Burleigh Road changes from Miami to Elanora State High at the motorway end. We pull the EdMap for the exact lot before every inspection and ring the school before you make an offer.

Check the exact address on the Queensland EdMap. Early learning ratings on StartingBlocks.

Daily life in Burleigh Heads

The places the week runs on: coffee and the school run, the evening out, the big shop, the pool and the GP.

Mornings

Paddock BakeryIn the suburb

Sourdough, pastries and brunch in an old Queenslander with a garden on Hibiscus Haven, the North Burleigh institution. Expect a queue on Saturday.

20 Hibiscus Haven, Burleigh Heads QLD 4220MapWebsite

CommuneIn the suburb

The Gold Coast Highway cafe on the North Burleigh strip, breakfast through lunch, and the place the Avenues run into for coffee.

1844 Gold Coast Highway, Burleigh Heads QLD 4220MapWebsite

Magnolia LaneIn the suburb

Breakfast and brunch on the highway near the village, from 6am on weekdays. The early school-run stop.

Shop 6, 1863 Gold Coast Highway, Burleigh Heads QLD 4220MapWebsite

Borough BaristaIn the suburb

The coffee window on the Esplanade at the beach end of the village, taken across the road to Justins Park.

16 The Esplanade, Burleigh Heads QLD 4220Map

Burleigh MarketIn the suburb

The Saturday farmers market on the Burleigh Heads State School grounds, 7am to noon, rain or shine: produce, bread, flowers and the weekly shop for half the suburb. Parking on the school oval.

1750 Lower Gold Coast Highway, Burleigh Heads QLD 4220MapWebsite

Evenings

Rick ShoresIn the suburb

Pan-Asian on the sand at the headland end of Goodwin Terrace, the suburb's occasion dinner. Book ahead.

3/43 Goodwin Terrace, Burleigh Heads QLD 4220MapWebsite

Burleigh Pavilion and The TropicIn the suburb

The beach pavilion on Goodwin Terrace: The Tropic restaurant at the northern end for lunch with the kids, the terrace bar for the sunset. Weekend afternoons fill early.

43 Goodwin Terrace, Burleigh Heads QLD 4220MapWebsite

Justin LaneIn the suburb

Sourdough pizza and pasta over several levels on the highway in the village, with a rooftop bar. The easy Friday night.

1708-1710 Gold Coast Highway, Burleigh Heads QLD 4220MapWebsite

Burleigh Heads HotelIn the suburb

The pub on the Esplanade with a bistro, a kids menu and an ocean-view terrace. Open from 10am daily.

4 The Esplanade, Burleigh Heads QLD 4220MapWebsite

Burleigh BrewingIn the suburb

The West Burleigh taphouse on Ern Harley Drive, Friday afternoon to Sunday evening, no bookings. Ten minutes from the beach side and the family Sunday lunch for the inland pocket.

2 Ern Harley Drive, Burleigh Heads QLD 4220MapWebsite

Burleigh Heads Bowls ClubIn the suburb

Three greens on Connor Street in the village, bowling since 1937, with barefoot bowls from 5pm Tuesday to Saturday and from noon Sunday, and the Fusion 88 bistro seven days.

Connor Street, Burleigh Heads QLD 4220MapWebsite

The big shop

Woolworths Metro Burleigh HeadsIn the suburb

The village supermarket on Park Avenue, a walk from the beach side and the apartments.

15-17 Park Avenue, Burleigh Heads QLD 4220MapWebsite

Stockland Burleigh HeadsIn the suburb

The full shop on West Burleigh Road, five minutes inland: supermarkets, chemist, services and 1,400 car parks. Open to 9pm Thursday. Four bus routes stop at the door, including the 700 and the 777 to the airport.

149 West Burleigh Road, Burleigh Heads QLD 4220MapWebsite

Health and fitness

Miami Aquatic Centre5 min drive

The council pool at Pizzey Park, five minutes north: two ten-lane 50-metre outdoor pools heated to 27.5 degrees all year, an indoor programs pool, a splash pad, learn-to-swim and squads.

80 Pacific Avenue, Miami QLD 4220MapWebsite

Rackley Swimming Burleigh Waters10 min drive

Indoor 25-metre learn-to-swim pool inside the Goodlife club on Santa Maria Court, from Baby Splash at three months to squads.

Santa Maria Court, Burleigh Waters QLD 4220MapWebsite

Burleigh Heads Medical CentreIn the suburb

The general practice on West Burleigh Road since 1988, with a podiatrist and skin checks on site and children under 16 bulk billed for standard appointments.

47 West Burleigh Road, Burleigh Heads QLD 4220MapWebsite

John Flynn Private Hospital12 min drive

The Ramsay private hospital at Tugun, twelve minutes south: a 24-hour emergency department, maternity with a special care nursery and a paediatric service. Gold Coast University Hospital, the public tertiary hospital, is half an hour north.

42 Inland Drive, Tugun QLD 4224MapWebsite

Getting around

Surfers Paradise by tram26 minFrom the Burleigh Heads terminus
Gold Coast Airport by car15 minDown the highway, outside the peak
Brisbane CBD by car70 min89 kilometres up the M1 on a clear run

Train

The G:link light rail reached Burleigh Heads on 9 August 2026. The terminus sits in the middle of the Gold Coast Highway at the village, with a second stop at Second Avenue Burleigh for the Avenues. Broadbeach South is 17 minutes, Surfers Paradise 26, Southport 41 and Helensvale 62, where the heavy rail line continues to Brisbane. Trams run every seven to eight minutes in the weekday peak and every fifteen off-peak and late. There is no park-and-ride at Burleigh; the nearest heavy rail station is Varsity Lakes, an eight-minute drive west.

Train timetable

Bus

Route 700 runs the Gold Coast Highway from Stockland Burleigh Heads through the village to Palm Beach, Coolangatta and Tweed Heads, roughly every ten minutes in the morning. Route 777 links Gold Coast Airport to Burleigh Heads station and Stockland every fifteen minutes. The 756 runs Broadbeach to West Burleigh via Miami about hourly, and the 765 runs Christine Avenue to Robina station for the Burleigh Waters schools.

Route 700 timetableRoute 777 timetable

Road

Fifteen minutes to Surfers Paradise up the highway outside the peak, fifteen to Gold Coast Airport at Coolangatta, twelve to Robina Town Centre and Robina Hospital, and six minutes to the M1 at the West Burleigh interchange. Brisbane's CBD is 89 kilometres and about seventy minutes on a clear run, closer to two hours in the Friday afternoon peak. Gold Coast University Hospital at Southport is half an hour.

Bus routes

700777756765

Route numbers named in the bus notes above. Timetables on Translink.

Pinch points The Gold Coast Highway through the village crawls on summer weekends and public holidays, and James Street and Esplanade parking is gone by 9am on a Saturday. West Burleigh Road backs up toward the M1 from 7.30am. The creek bridge is the only southern exit, so anything on the highway at Palm Beach reaches Burleigh within minutes. Inspect a highway or James Street apartment on a Friday night before you decide the noise does not bother you.

Weekends

Burleigh Beach and Mowbray ParkIn the suburbThe beach in front of the village, sheltered by the headland when the rest of the coast is rough. Lifeguards at Tower 18 from 8am to 5pm every day of the year, showers, barbecues, a playground and the surf club kiosk. The point is a World Surfing Reserve and for experienced surfers only; the open beach breaks suit the kids.

  • Burleigh Head National ParkIn the suburb

    The headland: the Oceanview track around the rocks from Goodwin Terrace to Tallebudgera Creek, the Rainforest circuit up to the 88-metre summit, and Tumgun lookout for the whales from June to October. The Oceanview track closes after rockfalls, so check before you promise the kids.

    Goodwin Terrace, Burleigh Heads QLD 4220MapWebsite

  • Tallebudgera CreekIn the suburb

    The estuary on the southern edge of the suburb: calm, clear and shallow at the sand bar, the beach most Burleigh families use with toddlers. Kayaks and paddleboards go upstream, the boat ramp is on the Koala Park side, and the walk along the creek joins the national park track.

    Tallebudgera Creek, Burleigh Heads QLD 4220Map

  • Nippers at Burleigh and North BurleighIn the suburb

    Burleigh Heads Mowbray Park SLSC runs nippers for five to thirteen year olds on the village beach, and North Burleigh SLSC at the top of the Avenues runs Sundays at 8.15am from October to March with a pool evaluation first. Both clubs have a restaurant upstairs for the parents.

    Goodwin Terrace, Burleigh Heads QLD 4220MapWebsite

  • Jellurgal Aboriginal Cultural CentreIn the suburb

    The Kombumerri-run centre at the foot of the headland on the highway, with the two-hour Jellurgal Walkabout tour of the mountain and a Little Explorers program for children. The story of the headland before it was Burleigh.

    1711 Gold Coast Highway, Burleigh Heads QLD 4220MapWebsite

  • David Fleay Wildlife ParkIn the suburb

    The Queensland Parks wildlife park on Tallebudgera Creek Road in West Burleigh: platypus, crocodiles, koalas and a nocturnal house on boardwalks through 7 hectares of creek bush. The birthday-party default for the inland pocket.

    West Burleigh Road, Burleigh Heads QLD 4220MapWebsite

  • The Oceanway and Burleigh Heads LibraryIn the suburb

    The 36-kilometre coastal path runs through both Burleigh beaches on a wide shared path, lit through Burleigh, and north to Miami Hill for the lookout. Back in the village, the library on Park Avenue with Fradgley Hall upstairs runs the children's programs.

    Park Avenue, Burleigh Heads QLD 4220MapWebsite

The houses

What is here
Beach cottages and 1970s to 90s brick and split-level houses in the Avenues, Koala Park and on the hill, with architect rebuilds replacing them one at a time. Apartments dominate the village and the headland, from 1970s three-storey walk-ups to the new towers on the Esplanade. West Burleigh is 1980s to 2000s family brick on the bigger blocks, plus an over-50s village on Township Drive. Most Burleigh Heads houses were built between 1978 and 2000; a pre-war house is rare.
Block sizes
500 to 550 square metres in the Avenues and near the beach, 600 to 700 in Koala Park and on the hill, 750 to 1,200 in West Burleigh and the cul-de-sacs toward the motorway.
Character overlays
There is no Brisbane-style pre-1947 character overlay here. The constraints that matter are zoning and hazards: much of the beach side sits in a medium-density zone where a cottage can become a duplex or a small block of units, while Koala Park and the hill are low-density. Local heritage places are a short list (the Old Burleigh Theatre Arcade, the Norfolk pines on the foreshore, the tourist park on Goodwin Terrace). Check the zone and the coastal erosion, flood and landslide overlays on City Plan before you plan a rebuild.
How it was built
  1. 1930sThe Old Burleigh Theatre Arcade is built on Goodwin Terrace and still stands in the village.
  2. 1970sThree-storey walk-up apartments go up through the village and on the headland, and split-level houses start on Burleigh Hill.
  3. 1978 to 2000Most of the suburb's houses are built: brick and split-levels in the Avenues, Koala Park and on the hill.
  4. 1980s to 2000sWest Burleigh fills with family brick and later builds on 750 to 1,200 square metre blocks.
  5. NowArchitect rebuilds replace original houses one at a time, and new towers rise on the Esplanade.

What the money buys

Around $1m

A two-bedroom apartment in the village or the Avenues, or an older three or four-bedroom brick house in West Burleigh that needs work. Our published Burleigh Heads purchases start at $725,000 for an apartment.

$1.5m to $2.5m

Most of the house buying: a renovated family home in West Burleigh on 800 square metres, an original Koala Park house, or a split-level on the hill with the view. Our published purchases run to $2,120,000.

$2.5m and above

A house within 300 metres of the sand in the Avenues, a rebuilt Koala Park home, or a headland apartment with the ocean in front of it. Original cottages on the beach-side streets have sold above $2.4m on land value alone in 2026.

4 purchases since 2025, all 4 with published prices from $725,000 to $2,120,000. Live grid on the page.

See the homes we have secured here

What to check before you buy in Burleigh Heads

Flood

Tallebudgera Creek is the flood story here: the low streets of Koala Park on the creek side, the flats along Tallebudgera Creek Road in West Burleigh and anything near the creek bridge carry flood and storm-tide mapping. The City of Gold Coast's Flood Risk Awareness Map shows the lot; the Flood Insurance Map and Flood Depth Map sit beside it, and a flood level report can be bought for the exact property. Get the insurance quote before the building and pest.

Flood Awareness MapFloodWise Property Report

Noise

Three sources. The Gold Coast Highway and the light rail through the village and the Avenues; James Street and the Pavilion on a Friday and Saturday night for the headland apartments; and the M1 for the western streets of West Burleigh. Gold Coast Airport is eleven kilometres south and its aircraft track the coast, so type the address into WebTrak, then stand on the balcony at 7am and again at 9pm.

Brisbane Airport flight path tool

Overlays and approvals

City Plan's interactive mapping shows the zone and every overlay on the lot: coastal erosion hazard on the beachfront, flood on the creek side, landslide hazard on the hill, bushfire beside the national park and the wildlife park. Development.i shows what the neighbours have been approved to build, which in the medium-density streets is the whole question.

City Plan mappingDevelopment.i

Catchments

Four primary and five secondary catchments touch the suburb, every one with an enrolment management plan. The Burleigh Heads State School and Miami State High boundaries run through West Burleigh. Check the lot on EdMap, then ring the school.

Queensland EdMap

Red flags

  • A creek-side block in Koala Park or West Burleigh with no flood level report and no recent insurance quote.
  • An apartment in a building where half the lots are short-stay: check the body corporate minutes and the by-laws for holiday letting before you fall for the view.
  • A beach-side cottage bought as a forever home on a medium-density street with a duplex approved next door. Pull the Development.i history for the neighbours, not just the lot.

Where the value sits

  • An original 1980s house in Koala Park or on the hill that has not been touched. They come up rarely and the land is the value.
  • West Burleigh, where the block is bigger, the price is lower and the beach is still five minutes by car.
  • A village apartment in a building that has banned holiday letting, now that the tram stops at the door.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: G:link light rail, Burleigh Heads, Nottashaa432, CC0; Brisbane Transport bus, BrisbaneBuzSpotter, CC BY-SA 4.0; Pacific Motorway, Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Burleigh Heads purchases we can show

Every card is a real settlement for a Hunter Gather client. Prices appear where the buyer agreed to publish them.

Burleigh Heads

2 bed1 bath1 car
$2,120,000 Chavonne Olivier
9 Jun 2026

Burleigh Heads

Apartment

2 bed1 bath1 car 1008m²
$2,100,000 Chavonne Olivier
15 May 2026

Burleigh Heads

2 bed1 bath1 car
$1,830,000 Chavonne Olivier
13 Mar 2025

Burleigh Heads

2 bed2 bath2 car
$725,000 Jacob Butler

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Buying in Burleigh Heads: the questions we get

It depends on the side of the suburb. The beach side, the village, Koala Park, the hill and the Avenues sit in Burleigh Heads State School and Miami State High. The western side of West Burleigh and the streets toward the motorway sit in Caningeraba State School, most of West Burleigh is Elanora State High, and Varsity College takes the far west. The lines run through West Burleigh, so check the exact address on EdMap and ask us which side of the line a house sits on.

The creek side does. Low streets in Koala Park, the West Burleigh flats along Tallebudgera Creek Road and anything close to the creek bridge carry flood and storm-tide mapping; the village, the hill and the Avenues sit above it. Every Burleigh Heads purchase we make starts with the council's Flood Risk Awareness Map and an insurance quote.

Yes. Stage 3 opened on 9 August 2026 and Burleigh Heads is the southern terminus, with a second stop at Second Avenue Burleigh. Broadbeach South is about 17 minutes, Surfers Paradise about 26. The planned extension to the airport was cancelled in September 2025, so the 777 bus stays the airport link.

About 89 kilometres by road and seventy minutes on a clear run up the M1 from the West Burleigh interchange. In the Friday afternoon peak allow closer to two hours. By public transport it is the tram to Helensvale, about an hour, then the train.

In 2026, a renovated family house in West Burleigh on a big block, an original house in Koala Park, or a split-level on the hill with the view. It does not buy a house within a few streets of the sand: original cottages there have sold above $2.4 million on land value alone. Our published Burleigh Heads purchases run from $725,000 to $2,120,000.

Burleigh has the headland, the village, the tram and the national park, and pays for them. Palm Beach across the creek is flatter, quieter and has more houses for the money, with the same beach and Palm Beach Currumbin State High. Families who want to walk to everything land in Burleigh; families who want the yard first often end up across the bridge.

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