RLB CRANE INDEX®
The Gold Coast RLB Crane Index® decreased from 413 to 393 index points.
Q1 2025
Highlights
A total of 20 cranes were added across the region, and 23 were removed. As a result, the Gold Coast’s total number of cranes is now 59.
Residential cranes continue to dominate the skies, accounting for 95% of all cranes in the region. The other sectors with cranes on site include the commercial and age-care sectors.
New cranes in the Gold Coast region included:
Residential:
- Sterling (Broadbeach)
- Rochester (Broadbeach)
- Isabel (Burleigh Heads)
- 1762 Gold Coast Highway (Burleigh Heads)
- Harbour Shores (Biggera Waters)
- Andiamo Apartments (Hope Island)
- Lune (Main Beach)
- Lamer (Main Beach)
- Mantaray (Main Beach)
- Bahr (Palm Beach)
- Cote (Palm Beach)
- Griffith Uni Village (Southport)
- 29 Minnie Street (Southport)
- Quest Hotel (Southport)
- Tapestry (Surfers Paradise)
- Orama (Surfers Paradise)
- Perspective Helm (Surfers Paradise)
- Ombre 46 (Robina)
Twenty-three cranes were removed from sites in Broadbeach, Southport (three), Biggera Waters, Bilinga (three), Broadbeach, Carrara, Helensvale, Kirra (three), Burleigh Heads (two), Hope Island (two), Main Beach, Mermaid Beach (two), Mermaid Waters, Palm Beach, and Labrador.
Nineteen cranes were removed from residential sites in Burleigh Heads, Hope Island, Southport, Bilinga, Broadbeach, Carrara, Biggera Waters, Main Beach, Mermaid Beach, Palm Beach, Labrador, and Kirra. Furthermore, four cranes were removed from commercial, health, and mixed-use projects in Mermaid Waters, Helensvale, and Southport.
Q1 2025
Summary
| Region | Change | |
|---|---|---|
| GOLD COAST | -3 | |
| Sector | Change | |
|---|---|---|
| AGED CARE | 1 | |
| CIVIC | N/A | |
| CIVIL | N/A | |
| COMMERCIAL | -1 | |
| DATA CENTRES | N/A | |
| EDUCATION | N/A | |
| HEALTH | -1 | |
| HOTEL | N/A | |
| MIXED USE | -2 | |
| RECREATION | N/A | |
| RESIDENTIAL | 0 | |
| RETAIL | N/A | |
Q1 2025
Crane Activity
By Region
OPENING / CLOSING COUNT COMPARISON
| OPENING COUNT | MOVEMENT | CLOSING COUNT | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | % | NET | Q1 2025 | % | |||
| GOLD COAST | 62 | 7.2% | 20 | -23 | -3 | 59 | 7.0% |
By Sector
OPENING / CLOSING COUNT COMPARISON
| OPENING COUNT | MOVEMENT | CLOSING COUNT | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | % | NET | Q1 2025 | % | |||
| AGED CARE | 1 | 1.6% | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3.4% |
| CIVIC | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| CIVIL | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| COMMERCIAL | 2 | 3.2% | 0 | -1 | -1 | 1 | 1.7% |
| DATA CENTRES | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| EDUCATION | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| HEALTH | 1 | 1.6% | 0 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| HOTEL | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| MIXED USE | 2 | 3.2% | 0 | -2 | -2 | 0 | 0.0% |
| RECREATION | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| RESIDENTIAL | 56 | 90.3% | 19 | -19 | 0 | 56 | 94.9% |
| RETAIL | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| TOTAL | 62 | 7.2% | 20 | -23 | -3 | 59 | 7.0% |
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