Property management in Miami QLD
Gold Coast property management
If you own a unit in Miami QLD, you are letting the home most Miami tenants rent: 650 of the suburb's 1,207 rented homes are units. Miami is a beachside suburb of the City of Gold Coast, between Mermaid Beach and Burleigh Heads. Since August 2026 the light rail has stopped here on its way to Burleigh Heads. This guide covers what Miami rents for, what it is like to live in, and how we would manage your property here.
Your property in Miami
Miami's homes are split almost evenly three ways
Of Miami’s 3,075 occupied homes, 966 are houses, 969 are townhouses and 1,125 are units, so no one kind of home sets the pattern. Two in five have two bedrooms, and almost three in ten households are one person living alone. 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.
The record made on the first day is what the home is measured against at the end. Every entry condition report has hundreds of photos and a 360° walkthrough of the whole property. 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.
Nearby guides: Mermaid Beach, Burleigh Heads, Burleigh Waters.
You want to know what Miami rents for before you decide anything. Here are the RTA’s median weekly rents for new tenancies in Miami, by type and bedroom.
| Type and bedrooms | Median weekly rent | Quarter |
|---|---|---|
| All homes | $900 | September 2026 |
| Unit, 2 bedrooms | $800 | September 2026 |
| House, 2 bedrooms | $800 | September 2026 |
| House, 4 bedrooms | $1,800 | September 2026 |
| Townhouse, 2 bedrooms | $800 | September 2026 |
| Townhouse, 3 bedrooms | $1,150 | September 2026 |
Apart from all homes and two-bedroom units, each figure rests on only 10 to 13 new leases, so read them as a guide. Three-bedroom houses and one-bedroom units are left out: their medians are too unsteady to rely on. Too few three-bedroom units were leased for a 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 Miami
Miami took its name from Florida a century ago
Miami’s name goes back to the early 1920s, when a real-estate development at North Burleigh was planned as Miami Shore, after Miami Shores in Florida. Hotel Miami opened in 1925. Miami State High School opened in 1963 as Burleigh State High School, and its sign on the Gold Coast Highway is on the Gold Coast Local Heritage Register.
Pizzey Park, a sporting complex that opened in 1969 on a 60-hectare site, sits on Miami’s border with Mermaid Waters, and the Gold Coast Burleigh Golf Club has an 18-hole course in the suburb. Miami Marketta is on Hillcrest Parade. The beach has two surf clubs, Miami Beach and North Burleigh, and Nobby Beach sits on the border with Mermaid Beach.
Miami at the 2021 Census
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 Census.
Schools
All of Miami is in the Miami State High School catchment
State primary schools: most of Miami is in the Miami State School catchment, although the school itself is in Mermaid Waters. A smaller part is in the Burleigh Heads State School catchment, and a sliver in Caningeraba State School’s. There is no primary school inside Miami.
State secondary schools: the whole suburb is in the catchment of Miami State High School, which is in Miami, for Years 7 to 12.
Non-state schools: none are in Miami, and the only one within about 2 km is Mastery Schools Australia in Varsity Lakes (Years 4 to 10). Further out: Marymount College and Marymount Primary in Burleigh Waters, St Andrews Lutheran College in Tallebudgera, St Vincent’s Primary in Clear Island Waters and Somerset College in Mudgeeraba.
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
Miami has light rail now, but no train
Since 9 August 2026, Gold Coast light rail has run through to Burleigh Heads, with new stations named Miami North, Miami and Christine Avenue. There is no train station: the Gold Coast line ends at Varsity Lakes. The Gold Coast Highway runs through Miami from north to south, and Pacific Avenue and Christine Avenue lead west. By road and without traffic, Surfers Paradise is about 13 minutes away (8.2 km), Gold Coast Airport about 20 minutes (14.1 km) and Brisbane’s CBD about 71 minutes (85.7 km).
Worth knowing
Three things a Miami 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.
- Units in Miami: two in three are in blocks of three storeys or fewer, and 39 are in blocks of nine storeys or more.
- Planning: the council’s City Plan interactive mapping is where to look up the planning information for any Miami address.
How much rent can I get in Miami QLD?
The RTA's medians in the table above are for new tenancies across Miami, and several rest on only a handful of leases. 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 Miami on the Gold Coast?
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.
What happens if my tenant falls behind on rent?
If rent falls behind, your tenant hears from us every day from day 1, and on day 8 we issue the breach notice the legislation allows.
Where we work
The Gold Coast, Brisbane and Logan.
We manage properties in every suburb of the Gold Coast, Brisbane and Logan, not only those listed here. These are the suburbs we've written guides for.
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What could your property rent for?
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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.
