Clear Island Waters

Clear Island Waters is a suburb of the City of Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia.

Clear Island Waters is a suburb of the City of Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. . In the 2016 census, Clear Island Waters had a population of 4,120 people.

The area that is now Clear Island Waters was a dairy community in the south and rural wetlands in the north in the early stages of the 20th century.

The suburb began to build a reputation as an exclusive and upper class area in 1967 when property developer Bruce Small, who became Gold Coast Mayor later that year, convinced a group of wealthy golfers to purchase his 92-acre landholding at Cypress Gardens for $43,240 to build the Surfers Paradise Golf Club.In 1986, St Vincent's Primary School relocated from Surfers Paradise to Clear Island Waters and the Sacred Heart Parish Church was opened on an adjacent block of land after the parish priest Dr Owen Oxenham initiated the move.In the 2016 census, Clear Island Waters had a population of 4,120 people.