Annual Report

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.


Aerial view of Tallebudgera creek

Annual Report snapshot

The purpose of this snapshot is to describe Council's activities during 2024–25 at a glance.

Annual Report 2024–25 snapshot(PDF, 562KB)

Download the full Annual Report

Annual Report 2024–25(PDF, 13MB)

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 2025, governance and statutory information, and provides the disclosure requirements under the Local Government Act 2009 and the Local Government Regulation 2012.

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(PDF, 818KB).

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

Previous Annual Reports

Annual Reports for previous years are available at Gold Coast Libraries