Pacific Pines flood & bushfire risk
Of Pacific Pines’s 6,905 mapped properties, 0.1% are in a mapped flood area and 10.6% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Pacific Pines’s flood exposure is below the QLD average of 49.9%, and bushfire exposure is below the QLD average of 17.2%.
Check a specific Pacific Pines address
Risk varies property by property.
Hazard exposure
Where the hazards are in Pacific Pines
Flood and bushfire areas across Pacific Pines. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Pacific Pines
Pacific Pines sits in the Nerang police division, which recorded 5,655 reported offences in the 12 months to Jul 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 5,655 total. Figures are for the whole Nerang police division (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Zoning in Pacific Pines
Pacific Pines is mostly residential. The most common zones:
Medium density residential — townhouses, terraces and low-rise units (the “missing middle”).
Zone: None
Open space / recreation — parks and sporting land; not for housing.
Zone: None
Centre / commercial — shops, offices and mixed use; often allows apartments above.
Zone: Fringe business precinct
School catchments in Pacific Pines
Pacific Pines can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Pacific Pines
At the 2021 Census, 32.5% of Pacific Pines’s 16,664 residents were born overseas.
Top ancestries
Top countries of birth
Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.
Development near Pacific Pines
Gold Coast council approved 7,621 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Gold Coast council area (not just Pacific Pines). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 11 Stockdale Street, Pacific Pines QLD 4211
- 31/1 Hervey Street, Pacific Pines QLD 4211
- 34 Papara Street, Pacific Pines QLD 4211
- 55 Manra Way, Pacific Pines QLD 4211
- 7 Alford Lane, Pacific Pines QLD 4211
- 7 Welumba Close, Pacific Pines QLD 4211
- 8/16 Honolulu Rise, Pacific Pines QLD 4211
- 9 Cobbler Place, Pacific Pines QLD 4211
Nearby suburbs
Other suburbs in Gold Coast
Compare Pacific Pines with the rest of the council area, largest first.
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.