Gold Coast South
Varsity Lakes
Community Renewal in Varsity Lakes
Community Renewal began in Varsity Lakes on 1 July 2004. Varsity Lakes, together with the Labrador renewal area, form the Gold Coast South renewal zone. Renewal activities will occur across the Gold Coast zone until 30 June 2009.
What’s happening now
Residents, government, community and business are working together to develop a Renewal Zone Plan, which will be a blueprint for Community Renewal activities in the Gold Coast South zone.
Get involved
Participation is the key to Community Renewal’s success. Residents can participate in Community Renewal by contacting their local Community Renewal office. Alternatively, email us at 
communityrenewal@housing.qld.gov.au.
About Varsity Lakes
The Varsity Lakes area is the traditional home of the Kombumerri Aboriginal people, whose country ranged from the Coomera River to the Tweed River and west to the foothills of Tamborine Mountain. Varsity Lakes was formerly known as Stephens and named after Thomas Blacket Stephens, who was a business operator, newspaper proprietor, land holder and politician. In 2002 Stephens was amalgamated with Andrews and a section of Robina to form the new suburb of Varsity Lakes.
Australian Bureau of Statistics 2001 Census figures show the Varsity Lakes renewal area has a population of 6,516 with 1,883 families. Almost one quarter (20.6 percent) are aged under 15 and 31.8 percent were born overseas. About 11 percent speak languages other than English and the Indigenous population is 1.5 percent.
For more information
Contact us at the Gold Coast office for more information.
Last updated 14 September 2005
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