Queensland police have charged a 50-year-old man with the murder of a 74-year-old woman after her body was found at a home in the Gold Coast suburb of Molendinar.

Police were called to a house on Macquarie Avenue around 8.40pm yesterday where they discovered the body.

Police have said the man and the woman were known to each other.

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Before the man had been charged, Acting Chief Superintendent Rhys Wildman said that police were not treating the death as a domestic violence incident.

"I just want to highlight that this matter, at this stage, is not DV-related," Superintendent Wildman said earlier on Monday.

It is understood the woman was a landlord of the property where three men were living.

The man is due to face Southport Magistrates Court this afternoon.

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9News reporter Chloe Robinson said family of the dead woman turned up at the property today, where they spoke with police officers and neighbours.

"This is a tragic incident in which a 74-year-old woman has lost her life," Superintendent Wildman said.

The investigation is continuing.