The Annual Report provides an overview of what the Council has delivered to the community in the last financial year. It highlights our accomplishments and how well we've been doing.
This report is based on the Council Plan, which lays out our outcomes and what we're striving to achieve. It also connects to the City Operational Plan, which is how we make our City Vision 'Inspired by lifestyle. Driven by opportunity' a reality through various programs and services.
Annual Report snapshot
The purpose of the snapshot is to describe Council's activities during 2023–24 at a glance.
Annual Report 2023–24 snapshot(PDF, 875KB)
Watch the Annual Report key achievements video
Download the full Annual Report
Annual Report 2023–24(PDF, 6MB)
The report identifies progress towards achieving Our City Vision 'Inspired by lifestyle. Driven by opportunity'. It also includes details on Council's financial performance as at 30 June 2024, governance and statutory information, and provides the disclosure requirements under the Local Government Act 2009 and the Local Government Regulation 2012.
Key sections of the Annual Report
City progress
To see how we're currently tracking, view the progress reports page. These reports provide a quarterly assessment of progress towards the implementation of our City Vision, Gold Coast 2032 and the City Operational Plan 2024–25(PDF, 366KB).
Annual Plan
The Annual Plan supports the implementation of the City Vision and Gold Coast 2032. It includes the City Budget and City Operational Plan providing a comprehensive view of priorities, expenditure and levels of rates, fees and charges.
For more information visit our Annual Plan page.
City Budget
The City Budget delivers a value-for-money budget for all, investing in key projects and services to support our city's lifestyle.
For full budget summary highlighting expenditure areas, view our City Budget 2024–25 summary(PDF, 3MB).
The City Operational Plan
The City Operational Plan details:
- annual programs and services including descriptions, budgets, key activities
- performance plans for commercialised business units - Gold Coast Waste Management and Gold Coast Water, and
- support for the implementation of Gold Coast 2032 City Vision and our key strategies.
Previous annual reports
Annual reports for previous years are available at Gold Coast Libraries.