Region

Oceania
CONSTRUCTION COST CALCULATOR
Toggle navigation

RLB CRANE INDEX®

Q3 2026 AUSTRALIA GOLD COAST
country
city
Map View Analytics

RLB CRANE INDEX®

547
+47 (9.40%)

The Gold Coast RLB Crane Index® rose from 500 to 547 points, the highest on record. A total of 30 cranes were added, and 23 removed, bringing the region’s total to a new high of 82. Cranes on projects on the Gold Coast continue to outnumber those in Brisbane.

Q3 2026

RLB CRANE INDEX®

GOLD COAST

share

  • 1 Min read

Q3 2026

Highlights

Residential activity remains dominant, with 88% of all cranes on residential projects, alongside cranes on aged care and mixed use projects. Other sectors with operational cranes include commercial, data centres / industrial, education and mixed use.

New additions include:

  • Aged Care: Odyssey Hope Island, Hope Island (two cranes)
  • Commercial: The Base, Robina
  • Data Centres / Industrial: 21 Wrights Place, Arundel; 466 Gold Coast Highway, Arundel
  • Mixed Use / Other: Monarch Place, Southport; The Alfred Residences, Mermaid Beach
  • Residential: South Beach, Surfers Paradise (two cranes); Bilinga Residences, Bilinga; 307 Golden Four Drive, Bilinga; Affinity, Broadbeach; Ocean Place, Burleigh Heads; Vivid, Coolangatta; Radia, Coolangatta; Solace, Coolangatta; Onde, Kirra; Elle, Palm Beach; Oasis, Palm Beach; 1276 Gold Coast Highway, Palm Beach; Vela Southport, Southport; Palmera, Surfers Paradise; Aurora, Surfers Paradise; Florence Residence, Surfers Paradise.

Removals were recorded across the suburbs of Broadbeach, Burleigh Heads, Coolangatta, Hope Island, Main Beach, Mermaid Beach, Palm Beach, Reedy Creek, Robina, Southport and Surfers Paradise.

Q3 2026

Summary

Region Change
GOLD COAST 7
Sector Change
AGED CARE 2
CIVIC N/A
CIVIL N/A
COMMERCIAL 1
DATA CENTRES 1
EDUCATION -1
HEALTH N/A
HOTEL N/A
MIXED USE 2
RECREATION N/A
RESIDENTIAL 2
RETAIL N/A
Increase in number of cranes
Decrease in number of cranes
Crane numbers steady

Q3 2026

Crane Activity

By Region

OPENING / CLOSING COUNT COMPARISON

OPENING COUNT MOVEMENT CLOSING COUNT
Q1 2026 % of Aus NET Q3 2026 % of Aus
GOLD COAST 75 8.9% 30 -23 7 82 9.2%

By Sector

OPENING / CLOSING COUNT COMPARISON

OPENING COUNT MOVEMENT CLOSING COUNT
Q1 2026 % NET Q3 2026 %
AGED CARE 1 1.3% 2 0 2 3 3.7%
CIVIC 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0.0%
CIVIL 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0.0%
COMMERCIAL 0 0.0% 1 0 1 1 1.2%
DATA CENTRES 1 1.3% 2 -1 1 2 2.4%
EDUCATION 3 4.0% 0 -1 -1 2 2.4%
HEALTH 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0.0%
HOTEL 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0.0%
MIXED USE 0 0.0% 2 0 2 2 2.4%
RECREATION 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0.0%
RESIDENTIAL 70 93.3% 23 -21 2 72 87.8%
RETAIL 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0.0%
TOTAL 75 100.0% 30 -23 7 82 100.0%

RLB CRANE INDEX®

PREVIOUS EDITIONS