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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.

0.1%
In a flood area
10.6%
In a bushfire area
6,905
Mapped properties

Crime near Pacific Pines

Pacific Pines sits in the Nerang police division, which recorded 5,431 reported offences in the 12 months to Jun 2026.

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234
Break-ins
207
Vehicle theft
1,140
Other theft
396
Property damage
171
Fraud
65
Handling stolen goods
516
Assault
102
Sexual offences
21
Robbery
157
Other against the person
2
Homicide
2,420
Other offences

Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 5,431 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:

Residential95.9% of properties

Medium density residential — townhouses, terraces and low-rise units (the “missing middle”).

Zone: None

Open space2.4% of properties

Open space / recreation — parks and sporting land; not for housing.

Zone: None

Centre / commercial0.7% of properties

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

English38.6%
Australian31.6%
Scottish8.8%
Irish8.1%
German4.3%
Maori4.2%

Top countries of birth

New Zealand9.8%
England4.9%
India2%
China1.5%
South Africa1.4%
Philippines1.3%

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 6,572 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.

6,572
Dwellings/yr
1,084
Houses
5,488
Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Gold Coast council area (not just Pacific Pines). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Risk varies property by property. Check a specific Pacific Pines address:

Nearby suburbs

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.