Mermaid Beach
Mermaid Beach is a coastal suburb of the City of Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia.

Mermaid Beach is a coastal suburb of the City of Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Mermaid Beach had a population of 7,329 people.
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Worth seeing in and around Mermaid Beach
5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Bond University
Bond University is Australia's first private not-for-profit university and is located in Robina on the Gold Coast, Queensland. Since its opening on 15 May 1989, Bond University has primarily been a teaching-focused higher education institution featuring a trimester timetable.
3.5 km · private university in Australia · Wikipedia - 02The Wave
The Wave is a residential skyscraper with an unusual appearance on the Gold Coast, Australia. It rises to a height of 111 m and has 34 floors.
2.2 km · residential skyscraper on the Gold Coast, Australia · Wikipedia - 03The Oracle
The Oracle is a $850 million two-tower luxury apartment development at Broadbeach on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. When completed it held the record for tallest building and highest apartment sale in Broadbeach.
2 km · two-tower luxury apartment development in Australia · Wikipedia - 04Oasis Shopping Centre
The Oasis Shopping Centre is located on the Broadbeach Mall in Broadbeach, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It was purchased by Brookfield Asset Management in 2012 from Thakral Holdings.
2.1 km · shopping mall in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia - 05Pacific Fair Shopping Centre
Pacific Fair is a major shopping centre in Broadbeach Waters on the Gold Coast.
1.6 km · shopping mall in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Mermaid Beach
- Airports
- Gold Coast (OOL), 15 km · Brisbane (BNE), 80 km · Sunshine Coast (MCY), 166 km
- Stations
- Broadbeach South bus station, 1.5 km · Pacific Fair bus station, 1.8 km
- Brisbane → Mermaid Beach76 km · quickest by road, 1h 39m · A$10–13
- Maroochydore → Mermaid Beach158 km · quickest by road, 2h 59m · A$22–30
- Toowoomba → Mermaid Beach155 km · quickest by road, 3h 5m · A$22–30
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Mermaid Beach
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Mermaid Beach. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundTranslink is responsible for all trains, buses, ferries and trams in South East Queensland and regional urban buses.
- Get aroundBuses and ferries have validators to touch as you board and alight.
From Wikivoyage: Gold Coast, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Mermaid Beach
Mermaid Beach is 5 km from Gold Coast, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Broadbeachsuburb of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia2 km
- Clear Island Waterssuburb of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia3.9 km
- Miamisuburb of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia2.1 km
- Broadbeach Waterssuburb of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia3.2 km
- Burleighstate electoral district of Queensland, Australia3.9 km
- Mermaid Waterssuburb of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia1.5 km