Property management in Carrara, Gold Coast
Gold Coast property management
If you own a property in Carrara, in the City of Gold Coast, you are letting it in a suburb bounded by the Nerang River on the east and mostly by the Pacific Motorway on the west. It is home to People First Stadium, the Gold Coast Suns' ground, and to Carrara Markets. This guide covers what Carrara rents for, what it is like to live in and how we would manage your property here, with neighbouring Worongary.
Your property in Carrara
Nearly half of Carrara's rented homes are townhouses
Of Carrara’s 1,424 rented homes, 656 are townhouses, and more than eight in ten of the suburb’s townhouses are two storeys or more. Every extra room and staircase is one more thing to compare when a tenant moves out. Every entry condition report has hundreds of photos and a 360° walkthrough of the whole property.
More than half of Carrara’s rented homes are let through an agent, so the question is less whether to use one than what you get. Every maintenance request is acknowledged straight away and reviewed by your property manager within one business day. No money spent on repairs or maintenance without your approval, except emergency repairs the law allows. Grant Drennan, our founder and Director, is an investor himself and the constant behind every property we manage. Start with a free Investor Portfolio Review: a look at your whole portfolio, not just the one property. Rental appraisals are free, with no obligation.
What Carrara QLD rents for
What new Carrara tenancies were signed at last quarter
You want to know what Carrara rents for before you decide anything. Here are the RTA’s median weekly rents for new tenancies in Carrara, for the homes with figures steady enough to rely on.
| Type and bedrooms | Median weekly rent | Quarter |
|---|---|---|
| All homes | $850 | September 2026 |
| Townhouse, 3 bedrooms | $850 | September 2026 |
House medians are left out this quarter: the three-bedroom figure moved $60 and the four-bedroom figure $100 in one quarter, the second on 12 leases. 25 of 99 new bonds were in the RTA’s ‘other’ group, which has no published median.
Source: Residential Tenancies Authority (Queensland), median weekly rents for new bonds, September quarter 2026, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
A median is the middle of every new lease across the suburb, not a figure for your home. A free rental appraisal tells you what yours would rent for.
Living in Carrara
Carrara has been a cotton farm, a raceway and a golf estate
Carrara’s name comes from the Aboriginal word Karara, meaning "long flat". The Manchester Cotton Company grew cotton here from the early 1860s. The Surfers Paradise Ski Gardens opened in 1958 and the Surfers Paradise International Raceway in 1966; the raceway closed in 1987 and was demolished in 2003 for the Emerald Lakes canal development. Palm Meadows golf course was built from 1987, and the plain under the suburb was officially named the Guragunbah Plain in 2000.
People First Stadium, Carrara Stadium by its own name, opened in 1987, was redeveloped in 2010 and 2011, and hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2018 Commonwealth Games. It has carried its sponsor’s name, People First, since 2024. Carrara Indoor Sports Stadium, Emerald Lakes Golf Club, Palm Meadows Golf Course and Carrara Markets are all in the suburb, and the Carrara Water Ski School is on the Nerang River. Carrara Health Centre, on Chisholm Road, is part of Robina Hospital.
Next door to Carrara
Worongary
Worongary lies south-west of Carrara and shares a border with it, and most of its eastern boundary follows the Pacific Motorway. About half its land is zoned rural residential, and nearly all its homes are separate houses. The Mudgeeraba Showgrounds are in Worongary. For primary school it is split between the Worongary, Mudgeeraba and Gilston State School catchments, and for Years 7 to 12 between Nerang’s and Robina’s State High Schools. The council’s Bushfire hazards page has its Bushfire potential area map. Worongary is in the City of Gold Coast. We manage properties in Worongary too.
Carrara at the 2021 Census
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 Census.
Schools
Carrara has no state school, and three catchments cover most of it
State primary schools: there is no state school inside Carrara. The suburb is split between the Merrimac, Worongary and Ashmore State School catchments, with smaller parts in the Nerang State School and William Duncan State School catchments.
State secondary schools: for Years 7 to 12, Carrara is split between the Nerang, Merrimac and Benowa State High School catchments.
Non-state schools in Carrara: Emmanuel College (Prep to Year 12, opened in 1983), the Australian International Islamic College (Prep to Year 12) and Josiah College (a special school, opened in 2018). Nearby: All Saints Anglican School, St Michael’s College and Star of the Sea in Merrimac, Aquinas College and Trinity Lutheran College in Ashmore, St Kevin’s in Benowa, St Vincent’s in Clear Island Waters, and The Southport School.
Catchments change, and the boundary follows streets, not suburbs. Check any address on the Queensland Government’s school catchment map before you rely on it.
Getting around
Carrara is on the motorway, with the nearest train next door at Nerang
Carrara has no railway station; the nearest is Nerang station, in the next suburb. The Pacific Motorway runs along most of Carrara’s western boundary, and Nerang Broadbeach Road runs through the suburb. By road and without traffic, Robina Town Centre is about 10 minutes away (9.2 km), Surfers Paradise about 13 minutes (10.2 km), Gold Coast Airport about 26 minutes (26.9 km) and Brisbane’s CBD about 58 minutes (74.8 km).
Worth knowing
Three things a Carrara owner can look up
- Flood levels: the City of Gold Coast’s Flood level search gives the designated flood level for a property. The council notes it covers riverine flooding only, not local flash flooding. The council’s Flood hazards page has more.
- Zoning: nearly half of Carrara’s land is zoned Limited development (constrained land) in the council’s City Plan. The zone of any address is on the council’s City Plan mapping.
- The new planning scheme: on 10 March 2026 the council endorsed nine directions for growth, and residents are to be able to make formal submissions in 2027.
How much rent can I get in Carrara?
The RTA's medians in the table above are for new tenancies across the whole suburb, and this quarter's house figures moved too much to quote. What yours would rent for depends on the property, and a free rental appraisal tells you. Rental appraisals are free, with no obligation.
Do you manage properties in Carrara?
Yes. Your Property Team manages investment properties across the Gold Coast, Brisbane and Logan.
How do I switch property managers?
When you appoint us, we give your current agent 30 days' notice for you, and the handover happens during those 30 days. Your tenant's lease carries on unchanged.
How do you choose a tenant?
Every rental application is reviewed in detail and checked for accuracy: identity, references and tenancy databases, following Queensland's legislation. If we wouldn't put them in our own home, we won't put them in yours.
Where we work
The Gold Coast, Brisbane and Logan.
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Not sure where to start? A free Investor Portfolio Review looks at your whole portfolio, not just the one property. Or, if you only want to know what a property could rent for, ask for a free rental appraisal, with no obligation.
