Is Pacific Pines a nice place to live?

Pacific Pines is a garden suburb laid out around reserves, lakes and broad streets, with generous public open space, playgrounds and sporting fields and several local shopping strips. Many households in Pacific Pines are buying their homes, incomes are above the Queensland median and the community includes a significant number of families with children, with a median age of 34. Everyday amenity includes local shopping strips and community facilities, parks and sporting fields, and public transport via local buses, nearby Helensvale station and the M1, and a TransLink on demand bus trial operates linking to Helensvale station, Westfield Helensvale and Pacific Pines Town Centre.

Is it expensive to live in Pacific Pines?

A typical local household in Pacific Pines earned about $2,090 a week at the most recent Census. The median house price of $1,120,000 works out to about 10.3 times a typical local annual household income, which sits well above local incomes. On the rental side, a house rent of $850 a week would take about 41% of that weekly income, a large share, while unit rent of $715 a week would take about 34%, a sizeable share. If you're renting rather than buying, those rent shares are the clearest measure of how housing costs compare with local incomes. Everyone's financial situation is different, so it's important to consider your own circumstances when deciding which suburb is right for you.

Is Pacific Pines a good place to invest?

What stands out in Pacific Pines is that house and unit values both rose strongly, with house values climbing 19.7% and unit values up 16.0% over the past 12 months. Rents moved more slowly: house rents rose a modest 3.7% while unit rents increased a solid 8.3%. For both property types, capital growth outpaced rental income, although unit rents rose noticeably faster than house rents. This information has been prepared without taking your objectives, needs and overall financial situation into account. It is not meant to be a substitute for professional financial advice. For this reason, you should consider the appropriateness of the information and, if necessary, seek appropriate professional advice.

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Pacific Pines suburb profile

Pacific Pines is a garden suburb in the northern Gold Coast region, laid out around reserves, lakes and broad streets. The area features generous public open space, playgrounds and sporting fields set among tree-lined residential areas, giving a suburb-centred feel with several local shopping strips and community facilities.

Housing is mostly low-density detached homes with pockets of newer townhouses and medium-density developments near the main roads. The suburb is well connected by local buses and nearby Helensvale station and the M1, making regional road and rail links readily reachable while retaining a suburban, park-focused character.

Pacific Pines property market performance

Current median dwelling price$998,750Past 3 months

Property growth+17.8%Past 12 months

In Pacific Pines the median house price is $1.12 million, a sharp 19.7% rise over 12 months. There is no reliable unit median because too few units have sold here recently for a median to be published.

In Pacific Pines house rents rose a modest 3.7% over 12 months, and house values ran ahead of rents.

	Houses	Units
Median price Past 3 months	$1.12M	N/A
Change in value Past 12 months	19.7%	16.0%
Sold Past 3 months	33	7
Median days on market Past 12 months	13	12
Average rent Past 12 months	$850	$715
Change in rent Past 12 months	3.7%	8.3%

5 year median price trend for houses and units

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Pacific Pines demographics

Pacific Pines is a community with many households buying their homes, incomes above the median for Queensland and families with children.

The median age is 34 and the median total household income is $2,090 a week. At the 2021 Census, 16,664 people lived in Pacific Pines.

Pacific Pines and Queensland

	Suburb	QLD
Median age years	34	38
Median household income weekly	$2,090	$1,675
Couples with children share of families	52.4%	41.2%
Couples without children share of families	28.5%	40.3%
One-parent families share of families	17.8%	16.8%
Homes owned outright share of homes	17.2%	30.1%
Homes with a mortgage share of homes	50.0%	35.6%
Homes rented share of homes	32.8%	34.3%

Source: ABS 2021 Census. Shares of homes exclude other and not-stated tenure.

Pacific Pines infrastructure, key developments and investment opportunities

Pacific Pines has a new junior learning precinct at Pacific Pines State High School, completed in 2022 as a general learning centre.

In 2022 a TransLink on demand bus trial began operating in Pacific Pines, with services linking to Helensvale station, Westfield Helensvale and Pacific Pines Town Centre. In 2026 the Queensland Government was progressing planning for an upgraded intersection at Binstead Way and Pacific Pines Boulevard.

Suburbs near Pacific Pines

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How does Pacific Pines compare to nearby suburbs?

Median house prices: Pacific Pines’s median house price is 0.9% higher than Oxenford’s.
Median unit prices: Pacific Pines’s median unit price is 10.0% higher than Helensvale’s.
House price growth: Over the past 12 months, house prices in Pacific Pines have grown 11.4% higher than in Helensvale.
Unit price growth: Over the past 12 months, unit prices in Pacific Pines have grown 15.5% higher than in Helensvale.
Selling speed for houses: Properties in Pacific Pines are selling 68.3% faster than in Gaven.
Selling speed for units: Properties in Pacific Pines are selling 42.9% faster than in Helensvale.

Common questions about Pacific Pines

Is Pacific Pines a nice place to live?
Pacific Pines is a garden suburb laid out around reserves, lakes and broad streets, with generous public open space, playgrounds and sporting fields and several local shopping strips.

Many households in Pacific Pines are buying their homes, incomes are above the Queensland median and the community includes a significant number of families with children, with a median age of 34. Everyday amenity includes local shopping strips and community facilities, parks and sporting fields, and public transport via local buses, nearby Helensvale station and the M1, and a TransLink on demand bus trial operates linking to Helensvale station, Westfield Helensvale and Pacific Pines Town Centre.
Is it expensive to live in Pacific Pines?
A typical local household in Pacific Pines earned about $2,090 a week at the most recent Census. The median house price of $1,120,000 works out to about 10.3 times a typical local annual household income, which sits well above local incomes.

On the rental side, a house rent of $850 a week would take about 41% of that weekly income, a large share, while unit rent of $715 a week would take about 34%, a sizeable share. If you're renting rather than buying, those rent shares are the clearest measure of how housing costs compare with local incomes.

Everyone's financial situation is different, so it's important to consider your own circumstances when deciding which suburb is right for you.
Is Pacific Pines a good place to invest?
What stands out in Pacific Pines is that house and unit values both rose strongly, with house values climbing 19.7% and unit values up 16.0% over the past 12 months. Rents moved more slowly: house rents rose a modest 3.7% while unit rents increased a solid 8.3%. For both property types, capital growth outpaced rental income, although unit rents rose noticeably faster than house rents.

This information has been prepared without taking your objectives, needs and overall financial situation into account. It is not meant to be a substitute for professional financial advice. For this reason, you should consider the appropriateness of the information and, if necessary, seek appropriate professional advice.

Choose the right real estate agents in Pacific Pines

Currently, there are 79 real estate agents working in Pacific Pines—but not all agents deliver the same results. The right agent could make a huge difference to your final sale price.

Only 5 out of these 79 agents sold 51.1% of all properties in Pacific Pines over the past year. Choosing one of these top-performing agents means tapping into proven expertise for a better sale outcome.

Real estate agents in Pacific Pines typically charge a commission of 2% to 2.94%. Negotiating a fair commission rate and the right structure can motivate your agent to work even harder, helping you sell for more and potentially saving you thousands of dollars.