Pacific Heights flood & bushfire risk

Of Pacific Heights’s 694 mapped properties, 100% are in a mapped flood area and 43.1% are in a bushfire hazard area.

For context, Pacific Heights’s flood exposure is above the QLD average of 49.9%, and bushfire exposure is above the QLD average of 17.2%.

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Risk varies property by property.

Hazard exposure

100%
Of properties in a flood area
43.1%
Of properties in a bushfire area
694
Mapped properties

Where the hazards are in Pacific Heights

Flood and bushfire areas across Pacific Heights. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.

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Crime near Pacific Heights

Pacific Heights sits in the Yeppoon police division, which recorded 2,383 reported offences in the 12 months to Jul 2026.

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Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 2,383 total. Figures are for the whole Yeppoon police division (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.

School catchments in Pacific Heights

Pacific Heights can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.

Who lives in Pacific Heights

At the 2021 Census, 14.9% of Pacific Heights’s 1,111 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

English46%
Australian37.7%
Irish14%
Scottish11.6%
German6.1%
Australian Aboriginal4.3%

Top countries of birth

England4.1%
New Zealand4%
South Africa1.6%
Netherlands0.8%
United States0.6%
China0.5%

Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.

Development near Pacific Heights

Livingstone council approved 288 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.

288
Dwellings/yr
238
Houses
50
Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Livingstone council area (not just Pacific Heights). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Figures are indicative only — verify any specific property with the relevant council. Sources: council/state planning schemes & flood mapping, Geoscape G-NAF, state police crime statistics, ABS.