Pacific Heights

20.8% of Pacific Heights's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

339 family households lived in Pacific Heights; 36.9% were couple families and 8.8% were one-parent families.

32.2% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Pacific Heights had 1,111 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

37.0% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 98.4% of occupied private dwellings in Pacific Heights.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

45.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

42.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

11.4% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Pacific Heights had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 13.7% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 46.9%, while 27.1% had four or more usual residents.

8.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

69.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

1.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% walked or cycled.

1.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 23.5% of the total.

74.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

51.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 48.2% reported a different address.

15.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

91.3% of residents used only English at home.

3.5% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

15.1% of Pacific Heights's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.9% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.0% of ancestry responses in Pacific Heights.

Australian ancestry made up 37.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

20.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 13.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.2% of workers, and education and training employed 15.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.3%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

33.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.8%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

59.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.0% reported asthma, 9.4% arthritis and 4.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

23.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.4%.

Median household income was $1,960 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,839.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $445 per week.

Working from home was 8.4% in Pacific Heights, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 45.8% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 11.4% in Pacific Heights, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.