Robina, Queensland

Download coordinates as: Robina (/rəˈbiːnə/ rə-BEE-nə)[2] is a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

In 1980, Singaporean real estate developer, Robin Loh, and local property developer, Arthur Earle, purchased 20 square kilometres (7.7 sq mi) of land in the southern Gold Coast, west of Broadbeach.

[7] Engaging international urban designers Moshe Safdie and Robert Lamb Hart,[5] Dr Loh formed the Robina Land Corporation, which spearheaded the development of Robina into a residential and commercial hub now home to more than 30,000 people and with a workforce 20,000 strong.

Robina is considered one of Australia's most successful planned communities,[7] and is one of the Gold Coast's fastest growing suburbs.

[9] In the original plan, Kerrydale was to be a separate suburb zoned for a golf course, hotel, accommodation and public space to the south-east of the Robina Town Centre.

The next most common countries of birth were New Zealand 8.1%, England 6.2%, China 2.7%, South Africa 2.0% and Japan 1.4%.

Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 3.3%, Japanese 1.9%, Cantonese 1.4%, Korean 0.8% and Spanish 0.6%.

Robina has three main arterial roads connecting the suburb with other parts of the Gold Coast.

Bermuda Street connects Robina north to Bundall Road and south to Burleigh with interchanges at Cottesloe Drive and Markeri St.Robina has two main bus stations.

In its Transport Strategy Council has also proposed to deliver a rapid bus network by 2014, which would offer services from Robina south to Coolangatta and north to Paradise Point.

An Emergency Department was built in 2007 and a larger expansion opened in 2011 doubling the size of the hospital to 364 beds, making it the sixth largest in Queensland.

Stage One, a 90-bed, three level hospital with group therapy rooms and consulting suites, delivers private mental health and general medicine services for inpatients, day patients and outpatients.

The masterplan for the site outlines future development phases with an additional 54 beds as well as surgical services including operating theatres and imaging.

The stadium is adjacent to Robina railway station, providing access to other Gold Coast areas, and to Brisbane.

Robina, 2015
Robina State High School, 2022