As of 2021, there were 41 suburbs within the Sunshine Coast Region local government authority (LGA), versus 7 suburbs in neighbouring Noosa.[1]
Urban centres
The Sunshine Coast contains a number of urban centres, each with a contiguous urban area and a central business district, which for planning and amenity purposes are maintained on separate plans by the Regional Council and treated as discrete sub-regions by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. They are: