LOCATED 80 KILOMETRES SOUTH OF BRISBANE, THE GOLD COAST IS RECOGNISED AS ONE OF THE MOST DESIRABLE PLACES TO LIVE IN THE WORLD1.
The Gold Coast has been the fastest growing region in Australia for the past five years with an annual growth rate of 15,000 people2. Population growth figures for 2006 show that Robina averaged 2.3% growth, which is higher than the Brisbane statistical division average of 1.5%3. The Robina central area is an emerging key regional centre. It encompasses a business community which will increasingly become a future international business precinct4.
Robina is also under consideration for the new Gold Coast City Council headquarters5. Robina Town Centre sits at the heart of this strategically planned region and integrates into the local community on many levels, providing the nucleus for various residential, business and community facilities.
Varsity Lakes, an ongoing development and one of the fastest growing communities near Robina, is due for completion in 2010. It is estimated that Varsity Lakes will become home to 7,800 residents and over 4,500 employees when complete. Research has shown that the ongoing development in both Robina and Varsity Lakes will see the area become the second largest commercial precinct on the Gold Coast6.
Robina is renowned for being a family friendly community with more than 100 parks linked by walkways and jogging tracks. All levels of education are catered for, with the world leading Bond University, the second largest public school in Queensland, and some of the best private schools in Australia7. Add to this a public hospital, modern community centre and auditorium, art gallery and library, and you have a completely integrated community.
Source:
1 www.goldcoasttourism.com.au
2 www.bond.edu.au and Gold Coast City Council – Social Profile (based on 2001 census)
3 Marketing Assessment Study 2006, Urbec Consultants Pty Ltd
4 www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au
5 Weekend Gold Coast Bulletin, 19 May 2007
6 www.varsitylakes.com.au
7 www.robina.com.au
8 ABS National Regional Profile, Robina 2006
9 www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au (Social Profile – An Overview)
10 ABS 3218.0 Regional Population Growth 2005/06