Pacific Pines Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Pacific Pines (4211) is a suburb of South Eastern, Gold Coast & Hinterland, Queensland. It is about 59 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Pacific Pines is in the federal electorates of Fadden, Wright.

In the 2011 census the population of Pacific Pines was 14,788 and is comprised of approximately 50.6% females and 49.4% males.

The median/average age of the population of Pacific Pines is 30 years of age.

63.0% of people living in the suburb of Pacific Pines were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 13.2% New Zealand, 6.4% England, 1.5% South Africa, 1.1% Philippines, 0.8% Korea, Republic of , 0.6% Scotland, 0.5% India, 0.5% China , 0.4% Germany, 0.4% Japan, 0.3% United States of America, 0.2% Hungary, 0.2% Malaysia, 0.2% Bangladesh.

84.2% of people living in Pacific Pines speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.4% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.3% Other, 1.2% Korean, 0.6% Mandarin, 0.5% Japanese, 0.5% Spanish, 0.4% Filipino , 0.4% Tagalog, 0.4% French.

The religious makeup of Pacific Pines is 26.4% No religion, 21.7% Catholic, 19.5% Anglican, 7.7% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.2% Uniting Church, 3.8% Christian, nfd, 3.2% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.0% Baptist, 1.8% Pentecostal, 1.5% Eastern Orthodox.

52.9% of people are married, 35.4% have never married and 6.9% are divorced and 3.1% are separated. There are 169 widowed people living in Pacific Pines.

60.3% of the people living in Pacific Pines over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 28.3% are working on a part time basis. Pacific Pines has an unemployment rate of 7.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Pacific Pines are 17.2% Technicians & trades workers, 15.3% Clerical & administrative workers, 15.2% Professionals, 12.7% Sales workers, 11.0% Managers, 10.7% Community & personal service workers, 10.3% Labourers, 5.9% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.5% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Pacific Pines work in are 13.4% Retail trade, 11.8% Construction, 11.2% Health care and social assistance, 9.1% Manufacturing, 8.5% Accommodation and food services, 6.4% Education and training, 5.5% Professional, scientific and technical services, 5.1% Public administration and safety, 4.2% Transport, postal and warehousing.

10.8% of homes are fully owned, and 51.8% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 35.6% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $665 per week and the median household income is $1655 per week.

The median rent in Pacific Pines is $400 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2284 per month.

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