Gold Coast Suburb Intelligence
Why Locatalyze says VERIFY for Coolangatta
VERIFY first — Café category score 6.6/10. Location composite 65/100.
Coolangatta insights are suburb-level. Your free score checks a specific address — competitors, rent pressure, and a Proceed / Verify / Avoid recommendation.
Location score
Recommendation
VERIFY
Potentially viable — important checks remain
What the model is seeing
Café 66, restaurant 64 and retail 64 sit within 2 points. The model is not choosing a format. The suburb verdict is VERIFY at 65/100.
No factor is in a tight band. Demand is 6/10, rent pressure 4/10, competition 3/10, and seasonality 5/10. The verdict comes from the weighted blend, not from one red flag.
This is a reading of the five factors and three format scores on this page. It is not a rent quote, a competitor count, or a reason to sign a lease.
Coolangatta in 30 seconds
Coolangatta is VERIFY at 65/100 (café 66, restaurant 64, retail 64). That is a shortlist, not a yes. Prove the named street and daypart before you sign.
Café 66/100 · Restaurant 64/100 · Retail 64/100 — pick the branch that matches your concept before you sign rent.
Café-led food on Griffith Street if a quiet weekday still works — Café 66 is strongest and still VERIFY. Rent 4 and competition 3 help. The investigation is Griffith versus Marine Parade versus the highway, plus a quiet weekday.
MODEL: PROCEED needs 69. Café 66 is strongest and still VERIFY.
The lease only works on suburb-average foot traffic, weekend trade is unproven at the door, or your concept cannot name a clear reason customers switch from incumbents.
Do not annualise this window
VERIFY Coolangatta: café 66 is strongest, household income sat well below Queensland. Do not import airport fame or Gold Coast LGA population.
Recommendation
VERIFY first
Café category score
6.6/10
Structural risk
Moderate
Competition
Accessible (3/10) — Griffith Street, Marine Parade and the Gold Coast Highway are not empty
Differentiation required
Required
Location composite 65/100 measures overall suburb fit across all factors. Café category score is the format this page recommends. Scores screen the suburb, not the individual lease; the address report checks nearest competitors, rent-to-revenue, and break-even for the exact tenancy.
Should I open a café or restaurant in Coolangatta?
Maybe — café 66 is strongest; household income sat well below Queensland. Best-fit café scores 66/100 with composite 65 — VERIFY. Demand is 6/10. Rent pressure is 4/10. Competition is 3/10. Tourism is 5/10. Census 2021 counted 6,491 usual residents in Coolangatta (Qld) (SAL30680) — not the Gold Coast LGA.
What surprised me
Griffith Street feels like a border yes. The gazetted suburb counted 6,491 people in 2021, and household income sat well below Queensland. The useful investigation is café-led food on griffith street if a quiet weekday still works.
How to read these scores
Composite 65/100; Café 66/100. Use this as an early location verdict before lease diligence.
Source
Locatalyze engine plus suburb-level evidence
Freshness
Engine scores current; no competitor cache for this suburb
Confidence
Medium - suburb-level scoring only
Limitation
Coolangatta scores screen the suburb, not the lease. The paid report tests frontage, rent, nearest competitors, and break-even at your exact address.
Evidence freshness
Scores
Engine-scored suburb model
Competition
No cached competitor snapshot — walk the block
Rent
No sourced asking-rent series — obtain current listings
Demographics
ABS Census 2021 is cited only where this page states a count. A score is not a census figure.
Precinct map
Griffith Street versus Marine Parade versus the Gold Coast Highway — pick the P&L first
Griffith Street
Griffith Street class — verify listings
Village mix · weekday walk
Best for: Café that converts a walk — café 66 is strongest, still VERIFY
Marine Parade
Beach-edge class — verify listings
Foreshore-adjacent mix
Best for: Food with conversion — do not infer from Griffith Street
Gold Coast Highway
Highway class — verify listings
Through-traffic
Best for: Convenience food — household income sat well below Queensland
Engine VERIFY is suburb-level. These streets are different P&Ls. Confirm asking rent; this map does not invent a band. No competitor snapshot is cached for this suburb.
Operator fit warning
Who should not open in Coolangatta
Anyone treating 65 as PROCEED — café 66 is still VERIFY
Anyone modelling Gold Coast LGA population or unsourced airport-worker counts as this SAL
Concepts that need NSW catchment folklore to make the lease
Decision path
What are you opening?
Pick your format — the guide shows only the branch that applies to your concept.
No dedicated section for this format in the suburb guide — run an address-level analysis for restaurant, retail, or bar economics.
Why do successful venues survive here?
They name the street and they can staff a quieter weekday. No cached competitor snapshot for Coolangatta. Where I would still look: café-led food on griffith street if a quiet weekday still works.
What mistakes do new operators make?
SAL30680 is 6,491. Before I sign: shortlist food on Griffith Street if a quiet weekday still works. If you need invented airport-worker counts or Gold Coast LGA population to make a café lease, stop.
Here's what would stop me signing a lease
Anyone treating 65 as PROCEED — café 66 is still VERIFY
Would I personally invest here?
I would only recommend this with moderate confidence — café 66/100 is VERIFY. Café 66 is strongest. Household income sat well below Queensland. Do not treat airport fame as a first-café yes.
I would back Griffith Street food that still works on a quiet weekday. I would not back a first café on airport fame, and I would not model Gold Coast LGA as this door. VERIFY Coolangatta: café 66 is strongest, household income sat well below Queensland. Do not import airport fame or Gold Coast LGA population.
Best-fit café 66/100 · composite 65/100 VERIFY (café 66, restaurant 64, retail 64). Household income sat well below Queensland — the resident floor is 6,491 people.
Suburb VERIFY means café 66 is strongest and still VERIFY. Analyse the exact shopfront next.
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