What is Gold Coast, Queensland?
{{Infobox Australian place | type = city | name = Gold Coast | state = qld | image = Gold Coast skyline.jpg | caption = Gold Coast skyline from [[Surfers Paradise, Queensland|Surfers Paradise]] beach | pop = 640,778 | pop_year = 2021 | pop_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |title=Gold Coast |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/309 |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=29 June 2022 |archive-date=29 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629063802/https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/309 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=ABSSUA>{{cite web|title=3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Significant Urban Area, 2008 to 2018|url=http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/3218.02017-18|website=Australian Bureau of Statistics|publisher=[[Australian Bureau of Statistics]]|date=27 March 2019|access-date=25 October 2019|archive-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327110730/http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/3218.02017-18|url-status=live}} Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.</ref> | poprank = 6th | density = 972 | density_footnotes = | est = | local_map = yes | zoom = 7 | coordinates = {{coord|28|01|0|S|153|24|0|E|display=inline|dim:50km}} | pushpin_label_position = left | elevation = | elevation_footnotes = | area = 1,334 km2 (515.1 sq mi)[1] | area_footnotes = | timezone = [[AEST]] | utc = +10:00 | dist1 = 66 | dir1 = SSE | location1 = Brisbane<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ga.gov.au/cocky/cgi/run/distancedraw2?rec1=126867&placename=Brisbane&placetype=0&state=0&place1=GOLD+COAST&place1long=153.334396&place1lat=-27.998400|tit