Tallai Liveability Snapshot

Tallai Suburb Map

Tallai, at a glance

• Position: central Gold Coast hinterland, between Mudgeeraba, Worongary and Robina

• Distance to Brisbane: approximately 1 hour to 1 hour 25 minutes by car, traffic dependent

• Commute to Gold Coast Airport: approximately 25 to 40 minutes by car, traffic dependent

• Vibe: leafy acreage, privacy, prestige pockets, family homes with space

• Best for: buyers who want land, tranquillity, and a semi-rural lifestyle without feeling isolated

• Day-to-day: school runs and sports in nearby hubs, quick access to Robina Town Centre and Mudgeeraba Village, weekends at the beach or hinterland walks

• Walkability: low; this is a car-based suburb with properties spread out

• Transport: car first, bus services are more limited than coastal suburbs, rail access via Robina Station (drive)

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

• Hazards: property specific; bushfire and storm exposure can be higher in hinterland pockets, always check overlays and insurance early

• Population size: 4,465 people

• Median age: 44 years

• Tenure in occupied private dwellings:

  • Owned outright, 37.3%

  • Owned with a mortgage, 49.6%

  • Rented, 10.9%

  • Other, 1.1%

Overview

Tallai is one of the Gold Coast’s established hinterland acreage suburbs, known for larger lots, a greener outlook, and a more private day-to-day feel than coastal or master-planned areas. It appeals to buyers who want space for gardens, sheds, pools, and lifestyle features while staying close to Robina’s major amenities.

Who Tallai suits best

Tallai is ideal for prestige buyers and families who value privacy, desire ample land, prefer a quieter lifestyle, and are comfortable with a car-based way of living. It also works well for buyers who want a semi-rural feel while keeping schools, shopping, medical facilities, and the M1 within practical driving distance.

Why choose Tallai

Buyers choose Tallai for the combination of land size, established homes, and proximity to Robina and Mudgeeraba. You can have the “acreage feel” without being deep into the hinterland and still get to beaches, dining, and major services relatively easily.

Housing and streetscape feel

Tallai is dominated by detached houses on larger residential and acreage blocks. Expect a mix of older prestige homes, renovated family properties, and higher-end builds, often with pools, landscaped grounds, and privacy buffers. There is a small unit segment, but it is not the core of the suburb.

Pocket differences that matter

Tallai can feel very different street to street depending on elevation, vegetation, road access, and how close you are to key connectors toward Robina or Mudgeeraba. Acreage living also means practical differences matter more, like driveway access, drainage, retaining, water management, and how the home sits on the land.

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

Getting around and commute reality

Tallai is car-reliant. Most households drive for work, schools, sports, and shopping. Robina Station is the most common rail link, reached by car, and the M1 is accessible via nearby arterials depending on the pocket.

Schools and education

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

Primary schools your Tallai address may be zoned for:

• Mudgeeraba Creek State School

• Worongary State School

• Gilston State School

Secondary schools your Tallai address may be zoned for:

• Merrimac State High School

• Robina State High School

Tallai has excellent access to nearby 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:

• St Michael’s College, Merrimac

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

• Marymount Primary School, Burleigh Waters

• Marymount College, Burleigh Waters

Independent options nearby:

• Somerset College, Mudgeeraba

• All Saints Anglican School, Merrimac

• Emmanuel College, Carrara

• King’s Christian College, Reedy Creek

• St Andrew’s Lutheran College, Tallebudgera

Parks, sport and lifestyle amenities

Lifestyle in Tallai is about space and outdoors at home, but you are also close to major sport and recreation options in Robina, Mudgeeraba, Carrara, and the wider hinterland. Many buyers love that they can do quiet hinterland weekends and still be at the beach or Broadbeach dining within a manageable drive.

Convenience and day-to-day essentials

Tallai is very practical day-to-day because Robina and Mudgeeraba are so close. Robina Town Centre, medical specialists, supermarkets, gyms, and major services are all within easy driving range, with Mudgeeraba Village also offering a more local convenience option.

Dining and cafés

Tallai itself is not a café-strip suburb, but it is close to strong dining pockets nearby. Most locals dip into Robina, Mudgeeraba, Burleigh, and Broadbeach depending on the occasion.

Shopping and everyday services

Most day-to-day shopping is done via Robina Town Centre and surrounding retail, with Mudgeeraba Village and nearby neighbourhood centres filling the local gap for quick errands.

Community profile

Tallai tends to feel established and owner-occupier leaning, with larger homes and longer holding patterns than high-turnover coastal unit markets. It is popular with families who prioritize space and privacy, as well as with buyers who want a prestige hinterland setting without giving up convenience. Tenure data reflects that, with a high share of owner-occupiers and a relatively low rental proportion.

Crime and safety, relative to the Gold Coast

Tallai generally presents as a lower-crime suburb by Gold Coast standards, reflecting its lower density, car-based layout, and fewer high-activity commercial zones. Based on 2024 data, Tallai records low overall offences per capita, with property crime the main contributor, as is typical in most suburbs.

Headline figures (2024)

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

• Total offences, 105

• Crimes per 1,000 residents, 23.52
  Queensland, higher
  Australia, higher

• Violent crimes, 8 total

• Violent crime rate: 1.79 per 1,000 residents
  Queensland: 8 per 1,000
  Australia: 11 per 1,000

• Property crimes, 69 total

• Property crime rate, 15.45 per 1,000 residents
  Queensland – 44.75 per 1,000
  Australia – 38.29 per 1,000

Tallai’s top reported categories in 2024 are primarily property and lifestyle-related offences rather than nighttime economy or transport hub patterns.

Top reported offence categories in 2024:

• Theft: 28 offences

• Burglary or break and enter: 23 offences

• Drug dealing and trafficking: 15 offences

Likelihood of being affected:

• Chance of being a victim of violent crime: 1 in 558
  Queensland, 1 in 123
  Australia, 1 in 89

• Chance of being a victim of property crime: 1 in 65
  Queensland: 1 in 22
  Australia: 1 in 26

Trend direction

• Crime in Tallai decreased by 24.46% from 2023 to 2024

• Long-term trends show low offence volumes overall, with year-to-year movement more likely to reflect small-number variation than a fundamental shift in liveability.

Bottom line: Tallai is generally a low-crime, low-activity suburb by Gold Coast standards. The practical takeaway is still to validate the immediate pocket and property security, but crime is rarely the deciding factor here compared with land attributes, access, and hazard exposure.

Data source: RedSuburbs, 2024. Based on Queensland Police Service offence data and ABS Census population figures.

Socioeconomic context, SEIFA

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

For Tallai, the relevant small area commonly used in local profiling is Worongary - Tallai. The Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage (IRSD) score for this SA2 is 1,054, placing it in decile 8 out of 10 nationally (a higher decile indicates less disadvantage).

Plain English takeaway: this part of the hinterland trends towards relative advantage overall, which aligns with the larger-home, owner-occupier feel, but street and property experience still varies based on pocket, land type, and exposure.

Price and rental context

Tallai is a prestige-leaning market, with medians influenced by acreage size, build quality, and the smaller number of comparable sales.

• Median house price: $1,685,000

• Median unit price: $715,500

• Median house rent: $1,400 per week

• Median unit rent: $740 per week

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

Plain English takeaway: Tallai pricing is driven less by a neat “median” and more by land characteristics, privacy, elevation, and home quality. Two properties can sit a long way on either side of the median depending on those fundamentals.

Flood, bushfire and natural hazard considerations

Hazards are specific to each property, and in hinterland or semi-rural suburbs like Tallai, there can be greater variability in risks from one property to another compared to flat coastal suburbs.

Key Tallai considerations to check early:

• Bushfire overlays: parts of Tallai can sit near bushland interfaces, with higher bushfire exposure and ember risk in dry seasons.

• Storm and wind exposure: elevated or ridge pockets can be more exposed in severe weather events.

• Overland flow and drainage: larger blocks and sloping sites can have complex drainage paths, creek lines, and runoff concentration.

• Slope and retaining: hillside properties can require retaining walls, engineered driveways, and careful water management; maintenance matters.

• Access and driveway practicality: check gradients, turning circles, and whether access is suitable for trailers, visitors, and emergency services.

• Insurance reality check: get an insurance quote early; acreage homes can attract different premiums due to building replacement cost, vegetation, and exposure.

Quick take: pros and trade-offs

Pros: acreage and privacy, prestige hinterland feel, strong owner-occupier profile, close to Robina and Mudgeeraba amenities, and access to top independent and Catholic schools nearby.

Trade-offs: car dependence, fewer “walk to café” options, property-by-property hazard and maintenance variability, and medians can be less useful than a tailored comparable sales view.

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

Tallai is one of those suburbs where a suburb-level snapshot is only step one. The real decision is almost always about the block and the build, slope, drainage, exposure, access, and replacement cost.

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