Bonogin Liveability Snapshot

Bonogin Suburb Map

Bonogin, at a glance

• Position: Gold Coast hinterland, tucked behind Mudgeeraba and Reedy Creek, with acreage and semi-rural pockets

• Distance to Brisbane: around 1 hour 20 minutes drive, traffic dependent

• Commute to Gold Coast Airport: around 25 to 35 minutes drive, traffic dependent

• Vibe: quiet hinterland acreage, bush outlooks, privacy, space and a strong home-based lifestyle

• Best for: lifestyle buyers wanting land, treed views and a rural feel without losing access to schools and services

• Day-to-day: school runs and sports in Mudgeeraba, Robina Town Centre for major shopping, beaches in around 20 to 30 minutes
  Walkability low; most errands are car-based.

• Transport: car first, rail access via Robina station, reached by car

• Schools: catchment dependent; address must be checked via EdMap

• Hazards: property specific; always check overlays and insurance early

• Population size: 4,896 people

• Median age: 40 years

• Tenure in occupied private dwellings

  • Owned outright, 28.9%

  • Owned with a mortgage, 63.3%

  • Rented, 6.5%

  • Other, 0.6%

If you want the investor view as well, including how the house, unit and duplex market behaves and what drives price movement in different pockets, email me and I can give you a quick, plain-English summary tailored to your budget and property type.

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Overview

Bonogin is one of the Gold Coast’s tightly held lifestyle pockets, known for acreage, bushland outlooks, and a calm, private feel. It sits close to Mudgeeraba and Robina, so you can live “country” day-to-day without being remote. Most properties are larger blocks with established homes, sheds, gardens, and a strong focus on space and privacy rather than walk-to-anywhere convenience.

Who Bonogin suits best

Bonogin suits buyers who want land, separation from neighbours, and a hinterland setting but still need practical access to schools, sports, shops, and the M1 for commuting. It is a strong match for families wanting room for kids, pets, workshops, and storage, as well as buyers seeking a quieter lifestyle while remaining close to the Coast’s employment and amenity hubs.

Why choose Bonogin

Buyers choose Bonogin for the blend of acreage living and convenience. You are close to Mudgeeraba Village and Robina Town Centre for shopping and services, and you can reach the beach or airport without the longer drive time that comes with deeper hinterland locations.

Housing and streetscape feel

Bonogin is dominated by separate houses on larger blocks, often with long driveways, established trees, and a bush or valley outlook. The feel is semi-rural rather than suburban. Expect more variability in driveway access, slope, drainage, and infrastructure like water supply, fencing, and outbuildings, compared with standard suburban homes.

Pocket differences that matter

Bonogin varies street by street and property by property. Some pockets feel more “bush retreat,” others feel more like acreage adjoining suburban edges. The practical differences usually come down to slope, access roads, mobile reception, tree cover, bushfire exposure, and how quickly you can get to Mudgeeraba, Robina, or the motorway.

Takeaway: shortlist by micro-pocket first, then validate slope, access, hazards, and insurance at the exact address.

Getting around and commute reality

Bonogin is a car-based suburb. Most residents drive for school, sports, shopping, and commuting. Robina station is the most common rail connection, reached by car. If you commute, the key is understanding your peak hour route to the M1 and how local roads flow at school times.

Schools and education

School zoning in Queensland is address-based, not suburb-based. Eligibility depends on the exact property address and enrolment year, and EdMap should always be checked.

Primary schools your Bonogin address may be zoned for can include:

• Mudgeeraba Creek State School

• Clover Hill State School

• Tallebudgera State School

Secondary schools your Bonogin address may be zoned for can include:

• Robina State High School

• Miami State High School

• Merrimac State High School

Nearby non-state schooling options: Bonogin has access to a wide range of independent and Catholic schools across the central and southern Gold Coast. Enrolment is typically based on application, year-level intake, and school policies rather than state catchment zoning.

Catholic options nearby include:

• Marymount Primary School, Burleigh Waters

• Marymount College, Burleigh Waters

• St Michael’s College, Merrimac

• St Vincent’s Catholic Parish Primary School, Clear Island Waters area

Independent options nearby include:

• Somerset College, Mudgeeraba

• All Saints Anglican School, Merrimac

• St Andrew’s Lutheran College, Tallebudgera

• Hillcrest Christian College, Reedy Creek

• The Southport School, Southport

• St Hilda’s School, Southport

When researching schools online, you will often see mixed reviews. That is common in larger or centrally located catchments with diverse student populations. Online commentary usually reflects individual experiences rather than the overall day-to-day environment. Visiting the school, understanding the enrollment criteria, and considering your child’s specific needs will give you far more useful insight than reviewing sites alone.

If you are relocating with kids and want help shortlisting schools and aligning catchments with your housing search, I offer a Family Relocation Concierge option; details are on my services page.

Parks, sport and lifestyle amenities

Lifestyle in Bonogin is largely property-led, with outdoor space at home, gardens, sheds, hobby farming, and privacy. For organised sport, many families use facilities in Mudgeeraba, Robina, Reedy Creek, Burleigh, and broader southern Gold Coast clubs.

Convenience and day-to-day essentials

Bonogin is well positioned for day-to-day living, with Mudgeeraba Village nearby for essentials and cafés and Robina Town Centre for major retail, medical, and services. You are also within practical reach of Varsity, Burleigh, and the southern beachside suburbs for wider amenity.

Dining and cafés

Bonogin itself is not a café strip, but it sits close to strong café pockets in Mudgeeraba, Robina, and the broader southern Gold Coast. Many residents build their routine around Mudgeeraba Village and then use Robina, Burleigh, and the beachside dining precincts for variety.

Shopping and everyday services

Most shopping is done in Mudgeeraba Village and Robina Town Centre, with additional options at local neighbourhood centres across Reedy Creek, Varsity Lakes, Burleigh, and Merrimac depending on your route. The suburb’s strength is having a rural feel while remaining close to major retail and services.

Community profile

Bonogin is family-heavy and owner-occupied, with a high mortgage ownership share and a low rental share. The community feel is quiet and private, with less street-level activity than suburban estates. Many households are drawn by the space and the ability to live a more self-contained lifestyle.

Crime and safety, relative to the Gold Coast

Bonogin is a low-crime suburb by Gold Coast standards, with low offence volume and low crimes per capita.

Headline figures, 2024

• Crime rank, 10/100
  Higher score indicates higher overall crime relative to population

• Total offences, 66

• Crimes per 1,000 residents, 13.48
  Queensland, higher
  Australia, higher

• Violent crimes, 10 total

• Violent crime rate, 2.04 per 1,000 residents
  Queensland, higher
  Australia, higher

• Property crimes, 34 total

• Property crime rate, 6.94 per 1,000 residents
  Queensland, higher
  Australia, higher

Most reported offence groups, with low volumes, the leading categories in 2024 included burglary or break-and-enter, assault and related offences, and theft.

Likelihood of being affected:

• Chance of being a victim of violent crime, 1 in 490
  Queensland, 1 in 123
  Australia, 1 in 89

• Chance of being a victim of property crime, 1 in 144
  Queensland, 1 in 22
  Australia, 1 in 26

Trend direction:

• Total crime in Bonogin increased by 13.79% from 2023 to 2024.

• Long-term trends show consistently low offence volumes, so year-to-year percentage changes can look large even when the underlying numbers remain small.

Bottom line, Bonogin is low crime relative to Queensland and Australia, but buyers should still do the basics: good lighting, secure sheds and garages, and sensible driveway and gate security on acreage properties.

Data source, RedSuburbs, 2024. Based on Queensland Police Service offence data and ABS Census population figures. For street-level detail by offence type and time period, the Queensland Police Online Crime Map allows address-specific filtering.

Socioeconomic context, SEIFA

SEIFA is area-level context, not a judgement on individual households, but it is useful for understanding whether a suburb is broadly more advantaged or more disadvantaged compared with other places.

• Bonogin sits within the SA2 Mudgeeraba - Bonogin. For this SA2, the Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage, IRSD score is 1036, placing it in decile 7 out of 10 nationally, (a higher decile indicates less disadvantage).

Plain English takeaway: this area trends towards relative advantage overall, which often aligns with the owner-occupied acreage profile, but lived experience still varies by pocket, property type, and accessibility.

Price and rental context

Bonogin is a house-dominant lifestyle market, and medians can move based on a relatively small number of sales in a given year.

• Median house price, around $1.68m

• Median unit price – not applicable, as Bonogin has very limited unit stock and sales data is not meaningful

• Median house rent, around $1,100 per week

• Median unit rent – not applicable, as Bonogin is a house-dominant suburb with negligible unit rental stock.

Medians sourced from realestate.com.au, for January 2025 to December 2025.

As a broad guide only, and subject to market conditions at the time, premium outcomes in Bonogin are usually driven by usable land, access, views, privacy, and the quality of the home and infrastructure, sheds, water, fencing, and drainage.

Plain English takeaway: Bonogin values are less about “suburb average” and more about the property fundamentals, access, land usability, outlook, and build quality.

Flood, bushfire and natural hazard considerations

Hazards are property-specific in Bonogin, and this is one of the key due diligence areas for acreage buyers.

Bushfire: Parts of Bonogin have meaningful vegetation cover and can carry bushfire overlay considerations depending on the exact address, access, and defendable space. Insurance pricing can vary materially across acreage pockets, especially where there is dense vegetation, limited water supply, or narrow access.

Flood and overland flow: while Bonogin is not a typical broad floodplain suburb, properties near creeks, drainage lines, gullies, or low points can have overland flow or localised flooding risk. Driveway crossings and culverts are worth checking carefully.

Slope and drainage: many blocks are sloping or undulating, which can affect building envelopes, retaining, driveway construction, and stormwater management.

Practical due diligence steps:

• Check City of Gold Coast flood planning mapping for the exact address

• Check FloodCheck Queensland

• Check City of Gold Coast bushfire overlay mapping

• Get an insurance quote early, before you get emotionally attached

• On acreage, also confirm access, easements, water supply, septic where relevant, and any vegetation management constraints

Quick take: pros and trade-offs

Pros: acreage lifestyle close to major shopping and schools, quiet and private, low crime profile, strong owner-occupier base, good access to Mudgeeraba and Robina.

Trade-offs: car dependent, property-by-property due diligence is heavier than suburban homes, and hazards and insurance can vary a lot by address, slope, and vegetation.

Helpful links

These tools are address-specific, so always check the exact property before relying on suburb-wide assumptions.

School catchments, EdMap
Queensland Police crime map RedSuburb crime statistics Median sale and rental pricing realestate.com.au ABS SEIFA index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage at SA2 level City of Gold Coast flood planning map
FloodCheck Queensland
City of Gold Coast bushfire overlay mapping

Helpful note

Bonogin is a suburb where access and land usability matter more than postcode. Before shortlisting properties, be clear on whether you need flat, usable land, easy driveway access in wet weather, or separation from neighbours, many blocks look generous on paper but function very differently day to day.

Always check slope, driveway gradients, turning circles, and where water flows during heavy rain, and confirm insurance costs early, as these factors can materially affect both liveability and long-term ownership costs. A property that works well in Bonogin will feel calm and effortless; one that doesn’t can quickly become inconvenient.

If you want, I am happy to sanity-check a specific street, school catchment, or property against how you want to live day to day - Lets Talk