Why consider it
The Gold Coast offers what Brisbane cannot: Category 2 regional status, with its points and second 485, an hour from a major city. The trade-off is rent: the median for a one-bedroom flat was ₹41,200 (A$615) a week in the September quarter of 2026, against A$590 in Brisbane, because the city's tourism market competes for housing.
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- Courses your marks and degree qualify for
- Tuition and the visa living funds, counted in rupees
- GS answers, visa timing and your 485 plan
Study options
Griffith University teaches health, engineering, IT and business on its Gold Coast campus; it has no page on this site. Bond University is private, with fees above most public universities. Queensland universities with full fee tables on this site are the University of Queensland in Brisbane and James Cook in Townsville and Cairns.
The Indian community
The Gold Coast–Tweed Heads area had 7,324 India-born residents and 9,365 people of Indian ancestry in 2021; Brisbane's larger community is an hour away.
Around the city
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