The Complete Guide to Buying Property from Broadbeach to Cabarita

The stretch of coastline from Broadbeach to Cabarita Beach is one of the more unusual property corridors in the country. It crosses a state border, it contains some of Australia's best-known beaches, and it has changed character completely in under a decade.

What was once a cyclical holiday market has become a region driven by high-wealth interstate migration, permanent lifestyle relocation and a chronic shortage of new homes.^[1]

Price ranges below are indicative and were current as at July 2026. Suburb medians move quickly and the sources are listed at the foot of this article. Check current figures before making any decision.

Burleigh Heads

Burleigh has gone from a much-loved family beach town to one of the most sought-after addresses in the country. The headland, the national park and the James Street dining precinct combine into something no other part of the coast quite replicates.

There is very little developable land left, and that structural shortage is the main support under established house prices here.^[2]

• Houses: roughly $1.8M to $2.6M and above ^[2]
• Units: roughly $900K to $1.6M and above ^[2]
• Who buys here: interstate relocators, local upgraders, and downsizers moving into low-maintenance apartments

Palm Beach

Palm Beach is more understated than its northern neighbours and more family-oriented, but it has closed the price gap quickly. The numbered avenue layout, the beach itself and the proximity to Tallebudgera Creek do a lot of the work.

• Houses: around $1.99M ^[3]
• Units: around $1.2M ^[3]
• Who buys here: families, interstate buyers, and investors targeting the growing luxury apartment market

Coolangatta

Coolangatta sits at the southern tip of the Gold Coast, right on the border. It is home to the Superbank, running from Snapper Rocks through Kirra, and it has held on to a village feel that the central Gold Coast lost some time ago.

The airport is about five minutes away, which matters more than people expect for buyers splitting time between here and another city.

• Houses: roughly $1.6M to $1.9M ^[4]
• Units: roughly $900K to $1.1M ^[4]
• Who buys here: surfers, families and retirees after a walkable, community-focused base

The Tweed Coast: Kingscliff and Cabarita Beach

Cross into New South Wales and the character shifts again. Kingscliff, Salt Village and Cabarita Beach are no longer the cheaper alternative to the Gold Coast, and have not been for several years.

The defining feature here is supply. There is very little new residential development scheduled across 2026 and 2027, and that shortage is holding prices firm even as the national market softens.^[5]

• Houses (Tweed Coast): around $1.7M ^[5]
• Units (Tweed Coast): around $1.09M ^[5]
• Kingscliff and Salt: master-planned living, bike paths, Cudgen Creek, and a busy esplanade
• Cabarita: a small coastal village built around the headland, with a deliberately unhurried pace

Buying across the border

One practical point that catches interstate buyers out. Queensland and New South Wales have different rules on contracts, cooling-off periods and seller disclosure, and an agent licensed in only one state cannot legally represent you in the other.

If you are looking across the whole corridor, that limitation quietly shapes what you get shown. It is worth asking about early.