Biggera Waters is a suburb located on the western side of The Broadwater and is north of the suburb of Labrador, on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Biggera Waters had a population of 5,391.
Its namesake, Biggera Creek, flows through the suburb itself and past a point known locally as "Land's End". Subdivided in the late 19th century, the area was originally settled by several fishing and agricultural families. John Siganto, a local landowner, built the residence named "Finis" (Latin, "The End") at Land's End which is now a heritage-listed site.
An article in the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia by F.J. Watson offers this translation:
"Bigera from the red iron bark tree (Eucalyptus sideroploia) from the Yugambeh language."
In the 2011 Census the population of Biggera Waters is 6,338, 52.2% female and 47.8% male.
The median/average age of the Biggera Waters population is 40 years of age, 3 years above the Australian average.
61.6% of people living in Biggera Waters were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 10.4%, England 6.1%, South Africa 1.1%, China 1.1%, Japan 0.8%.
80.5% of people speak English as their first language 1% Japanese, 0.9% Mandarin, 0.8% Italian, 0.8% Spanish, 0.7% German.