Pacific Pines

23.8% of Pacific Pines's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

4,709 family households lived in Pacific Pines; 52.3% were couple families and 17.8% were one-parent families.

47.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Pacific Pines had 16,664 residents at the 2021 Census.

29.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

18.1% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 76.0% of occupied private dwellings in Pacific Pines.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 23.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.1% of occupied private dwellings.

17.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

50.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

32.8% rented their home. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

The average household in Pacific Pines had 3.1 people.

One-person households made up 9.6% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 28.8%, while 40.3% had four or more usual residents.

10.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

68.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

1.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.7% walked or cycled.

1.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 24.6% of the total.

74.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

52.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 47.3% reported a different address.

32.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

79.1% of residents used only English at home.

17.2% used a language other than English at home.

2.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.4% spoke Cantonese and 0.5% spoke Hindi.

32.6% of Pacific Pines's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 67.4% was born in Australia.

1.5% of residents were born in China.

2.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 80.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.6% of ancestry responses in Pacific Pines.

Australian ancestry made up 31.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.5% of responses.

18.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Managers accounted for 10.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.9% of workers, and education and training employed 7.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 72.2%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

38.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.0% worked part time.

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

64.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.8% reported asthma, 6.2% arthritis and 3.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.3%.

Median household income was $2,090 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,980.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $470 per week.

Working from home was 10.9% in Pacific Pines, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 17.2% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Renting accounted for 32.8% in Pacific Pines, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.