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Queensland pool statistics

How many pools Queensland has, which suburbs have the most, where shared pools cluster, and how many inspectors there are per pool in each council.

Queensland had 451,973 registered pools at 448,470 properties on QBCC's pool safety register in August 2024. They were served by 467 licensed pool safety inspectors with Queensland business addresses, about one inspector for every 968 pools.

Key findings

  • Buderim has more registered pools than any other Queensland suburb: 4,938.
  • The Gold Coast holds 6 of the 10 suburbs with the most pools.
  • Logan has about 2,074 pools for each locally based inspector, roughly double the state average.
  • Surfers Paradise has the most properties with a shared pool: 579. Shared pool certificates must be renewed every year.
  • Certificates are issued most often in regional areas. In Livingstone, 6.9% of pools got a new certificate in a year, against about 2% in Brisbane and the Gold Coast.

Suburbs with the most pools

#SuburbCouncilRegistered pools
1BuderimSunshine Coast Regional4,938
2HelensvaleGold Coast City4,022
3RobinaGold Coast City3,263
4Hope IslandGold Coast City2,782
5KirwanTownsville City2,713
6Burleigh WatersGold Coast City2,686
7Mermaid WatersGold Coast City2,676
8Upper CoomeraGold Coast City2,465
9The GapBrisbane City2,441
10NarangbaMoreton Bay City2,435
11ThornlandsRedland City2,423
12Broadbeach WatersGold Coast City2,400
13CarindaleBrisbane City2,390
14Albany CreekMoreton Bay City2,282
15Surfers ParadiseGold Coast City2,267

Shared pool hotspots

Shared pools are in unit blocks, complexes and holiday apartments. The body corporate usually holds the certificate, which lasts one year instead of two. How shared pool rules work.

SuburbCouncilProperties with a shared pool
Surfers ParadiseGold Coast City579
Port DouglasDouglas Shire253
MaroochydoreSunshine Coast Regional226
SouthportGold Coast City225
Cairns NorthCairns Regional221
Noosa HeadsNoosa Shire189
BroadbeachGold Coast City188
Mermaid BeachGold Coast City158
Kings BeachSunshine Coast Regional157
NoosavilleNoosa Shire155

Pools and inspectors by council

Inspectors are counted where their business is based, and many travel across council boundaries, so treat pools per inspector as a guide to local supply rather than an exact workload.

CouncilRegistered poolsInspectors based therePools per inspectorCertificates in a yearCertificates as a % of pools
Brisbane96,832651,4902,1722.2%
Gold Coast76,751761,0101,5502%
Sunshine Coast46,000509201,6753.6%
Moreton Bay43,523431,0121,2122.8%
Logan29,040142,0745772%
Cairns21,392268233511.6%
Townsville20,844258343431.6%
Redland19,138161,1963772%
Ipswich12,305167694253.5%
Mackay9,85591,0952092.1%
Fraser Coast9,077136983844.2%
Noosa8,224126853324%
Bundaberg6,58161,0972393.6%
Rockhampton5,58386981102%
Gladstone5,434114941322.4%
Toowoomba4,74841,1872375%
Gympie4,12341,0311954.7%
Whitsunday3,16293511304.1%
Scenic Rim2,80612,8061164.1%
Livingstone2,35473361626.9%
Lockyer Valley2,34921,1741114.7%
Douglas2,2425448442%
Cassowary Coast2,1745435432%
Mount Isa1,9595392110.6%
Central Highlands1,6394410150.9%
Somerset1,3484337755.6%
South Burnett1,0293343242.3%

Home sales, new leases and inspectors by council

A pool safety certificate is generally only needed when a home with a pool is sold or leased, so sales and new leases are the main trigger for new certificates. Most homes sold or leased have no pool, so these are the number of transactions in each council, not the number of certificates owed. Inspectors are counted where their business is based, and many travel across council boundaries.

CouncilHouses sold in a yearNew house leases in a yearInspectors based thereSales and new leases per inspector
Toowoomba3,3043,65541,740
Logan6,4739,891141,169
Ipswich5,3857,90516831
Lockyer Valley8726312752
Gympie1,3309844579
Brisbane14,96417,53965500
Moreton Bay8,45210,20843434
Fraser Coast2,7662,43113400
Redland3,1712,68516366
Townsville4,3954,65725362
Sunshine Coast6,2716,02150246
Cairns2,8423,01826225
Somerset5793084222
Gold Coast7,6028,99676218
Noosa1,14386512167

House sales (Jun 2025 to Mar 2026): Queensland Government Statistician's Office. New house leases (Sep 2025 to Jun 2026): Residential Tenancies Authority bond lodgements. Inspectors: QBCC pool safety inspector register, August 2024. The sales and lease figures are more recent than the QBCC register extract and will be refreshed when a current extract is available. Councils shown are those with a published PoolPreCert directory page.

How these figures were worked out

  • Pools and properties: QBCC pool safety register, August 2024. A property can have more than one pool.
  • Certificates: certificates recorded on QBCC's register with an issue date in the 12 months to July 2024. The register keeps the latest certificate for each property, so totals are likely to understate the number issued. Use them to compare areas, not as an exact count.
  • Inspectors: QBCC pool safety inspector register, August 2024, counted by business address. Inspectors with interstate addresses are excluded.
  • Councils with at least 1,000 registered pools are shown.

Using these figures

You're welcome to use these figures with a link to this page, credited to PoolPreCert, based on QBCC data (CC BY 4.0).

Pool safety inspectors and businesses: suburb-by-suburb demand, busy months and competition are in PoolPreCert Insights.

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