Pimpama, sitting midway between Brisbane and Surfers Paradise, is Australia's fastest-growing region outside a capital city.
"Pimpama was also the fastest-growing area in Queensland and the fastest-growing outside any Australian capital city, up 20 per cent in 2014-15," according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Pimpama sits north of Coomera and south of Ormeau. From around 3500 people in 2013, an extra 1000 extra people, or 300-400 couples and families, swarmed there in 2014-15. 
To give you an idea how quickly Pimpama is growing, consider this: Brisbane's population grew by 1.6 per cent in 2014-15, down slightly from 1.7 per cent the previous year.
That growth is on par with Perth (1.6 per cent), but behind Melbourne (2.1 per cent), Darwin (1.9 per cent) and Sydney (1.7 per cent)
Most of Queensland grew at one per cent.
It is proof that population growth in south-east Queensland is happening on the outer fringes of its cities.
Planners say it is an early template for where future infrastructure funding should be directed.
North of Brisbane, Mango Hills grew at 9.5 per cent with an extra 2500 people in 2014-15.
Gold Coast's deputy mayor Cr Donna Gates is not surprised Pimpama is one of Australia's boom towns. She lives there.
"It is old farming land that has never previously been developed, so it is new housing that is accommodating many young families on the northern Gold Coast," Cr Gates said.
"It is halfway between Brisbane and Surfers Paradise and it is close to the M1," she said.
"It is only a couple of minutes off the M1 and adjacent to exit 49.
"And I think it's providing just a really convenient location for families to establish."
A range of schools and new facilities including shopping centres and a 50-metre pool is either underway or in place, Cr Gates said.
"There's lot of choice of schooling in that area, both primary and secondary schools," she said.
A new Pimpama District Centre is being built on the old Pacific Highway at Pimpama and plans are before Gold Coast City Council, she said.
"The Gold Coast City Council has planned for intensive development of a district centre at Pimpama," she said.
"So it is going to be probably our largest district shopping centre on the Gold Coast," she said.
Pimpama's population grew by 1000 people in 2014-15, while nearby Willow Vale and Upper Coomera grew by 1500 people in 12 months.
The median three-bedroom house price is $439,000, the median unit price is $352,000. It will cost around $420 a week to rent a house (median), or around $333 to rent, according to the REIQ.
Demographer Beidar Cho, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, said Queensland had a higher proportion of its population growth - 40 per cent  - outside of Greater Brisbane.
"Five of the top 10 largest-growing areas in Queensland were outside of Greater Brisbane", Ms Cho said.
Those hotspots include Upper Coomera - Willow Vale on the Gold Coast, Deeragun (1,300 people) in northern Queensland and Pimpama.
2014-15 Population facts from around the nation     Melbourne is Australia's fastest growing capital city, with a 2.1 per cent growth rate, down from 2.2 per cent.   Darwin is number two, with a 1.9 per cent growth rate.   Sydney is third, 1.7 per cent.   Perth and Brisbane grew at 1.6 per cent.   Canberra grew at 1.4 per cent.   Hobart grew at 0.8 per cent.   Australia's capital cities accounted for the majority (83 per cent) of the nation's total population growth in 2014-15.    Where are Australia's other fastest-growing regions.     New South Wales -Cobbitty-Leppington.   Victoria - Cranbourne East   South Australia - Munno Para West-Angle Vale.   Western Australia - North Coogee   Tasmania - Rokeby   Northern Territory - Palmerston South.    
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