Gaven
- Local Government Area
- Gold Coast
- Postcode
- 4211
- Population
- 1,638
- Area
- 7.16 km²
- Coordinates
- -27.9566, 153.3346
- Data
- Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics ASGS boundaries, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
Weather
Loading weather…
About Gaven
Gaven is a rural residential locality in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, located 11.1 kilometres northwest of Southport and immediately north of Nerang. Named after Eric Gaven, a councillor on Nerang Shire Council from 1935 to 1949, chairman of Albert Shire Council from 1949 to 1950 and a Country Party MP for Southport and later South Coast. The eastern boundary is marked by the Pacific Motorway. The locality shares its name with the state electoral district of Gaven.
Nearby localities
- Pacific Pines 3 km
- Parkwood (Qld) 3 km
- Molendinar 3 km
- Arundel 3 km
- Nerang 4 km
- Ashmore 5 km