Bonogin suburb profile
Bonogin sits in the Gold Coast hinterland, a semi-rural pocket shaped by rolling hills, paddocks and stands of eucalypt. Bonogin Creek runs through the area and patches of bushland frame many properties, creating a quiet, country lifestyle while remaining within reach of the Gold Coast and its coastal amenities.
Housing is a mix of acreage blocks, timber cottages and low-density suburban lots, with gardens and occasional equestrian properties. A small village atmosphere provides basic shops and community facilities, and local roads and bus services link the suburb to major road corridors and nearby hinterland attractions.
Bonogin property market performance
Bonogin recorded 10 house sales over the last 3 months. No reliable median price is published for houses or units because too few properties of either type have sold recently, so the suburb is primarily a house market.
In Bonogin the average house rent is $1,300 a week and rose moderately, up 3.2% over 12 months.
| Houses | Units | |
|---|---|---|
Median price Past 3 months | N/A | N/A |
Change in value Past 12 months | 7.5% | N/A |
Sold Past 3 months | 10 | N/A |
Median days on market Past 12 months | 30 | N/A |
Average rent Past 12 months | $1300 | N/A |
Change in rent Past 12 months | 3.2% | N/A |
Bonogin demographics
Bonogin is a community with incomes above the median for Queensland, characterised by many households buying their homes and families with children.
Couples with children make up 61.0% of families and 64.1% of homes are owned with a mortgage. At the 2021 Census 4,896 people lived in Bonogin.
| Suburb | QLD | |
|---|---|---|
Median age years | 40 | 38 |
Median household income weekly | $2,680 | $1,675 |
Couples with children share of families | 61.0% | 41.2% |
Couples without children share of families | 31.2% | 40.3% |
One-parent families share of families | 7.8% | 16.8% |
Homes owned outright share of homes | 29.2% | 30.1% |
Homes with a mortgage share of homes | 64.1% | 35.6% |
Homes rented share of homes | 6.6% | 34.3% |
Bonogin infrastructure, key developments and investment opportunities
Bonogin is linked to the Austinville Conservation Area Trailhead project, whose landscape concept plan was finalised after community consultation in 2026 and proposes a formalised car park to support the Austinville-Bonogin trail network. Separately, a Commonwealth-funded Bonogin Road black-spot upgrade was announced in 2016, with construction scheduled to begin in early 2017 and works to widen the sealed shoulder planned as part of the upgrade.
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