Pacific Heights QLD 4703

Living Here

Pacific Heights is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 1,111 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $1,960 a week, with median rent near $445 a week. Most homes are houses. About 87% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Yeppoon statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Pacific Heights itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 6 schools

  • St. Benedicts Catholic Primary School
  • Farnborough State School
  • Saint Brendan's College
  • Yeppoon State School
  • Saint Ursula's College
  • Yeppoon State High School
• 1 café or restaurant

  • Ol'Coterie
• 1 supermarket

  • Farnborough General Store
• 5 parks

  • Gloria Galbraith Park
  • Macarthur Park
  • Saint Faith's Park
  • Strow Place
  • Yeppoon Rotary Park
• 2 beaches

  • Farnborough Beach
  • Main Beach
• 1 Catholic church

  • Sacred Heart Church
• 2 optometrists

  • OPSM
  • Optical Superstore
• 1 hospital

  • Capricorn Coast Hospital and Health Service
• 2 libraries

  • Presentation Learning & Information Centre (K Block)
  • Yeppoon Library
• 1 service station

  • Caltex
• 2 gyms & sports centres

  • Snap Fitness
  • Sister Aileen Fahey Sports Centre
• 2 golf clubs

  • Mercure Capricorn Resort Golf
  • Yeppoon Golf Club
• 2 hardware stores

  • Bunnings Warehouse
  • Mitre 10
• 13 places to stay

  • Yeppoon Beach House
  • Beachside Caravan Park
  • Sail Inn Motel
  • Maine Caravan Park
  • Strand Hotel Motel
  • Bay Vacationer
  • Surfside Motel
  • Tropical Nites Motel
  • Blue Dolphin Caravan Park
  • Blossom's on Seaspray

  See all 13 places to stay near Pacific Heights →

Getting around. Airport: Great Keppel Airport, 22.2 km south-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 37.8% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Demographics

Unemployment 2.8% · Labour-force participation 57.3%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

6,873 bird observations recorded near Pacific Heights — most often seen:

• Rainbow Lorikeet (404)
• Torresian Crow (328)
• Blue-faced Honeyeater (323)
• Australian Magpie (315)
• Laughing Kookaburra (308)
• Magpie-lark (299)
• Australasian Figbird (284)
• Pied Butcherbird (266)
• Little Friarbird (258)
• Brown Honeyeater (239)
• Crested Pigeon (234)
• Australian White Ibis (215)
• Masked Lapwing (215)

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Pacific Heights:

• Barlows Hill (1 km)
• Meikleville Hill (1.7 km)
• Inverness (2.3 km)
• Yeppoon (3.4 km)
• Bangalee (3.6 km)
• Farnborough (3.7 km)
• Adelaide Park (4.5 km)
• Cooee Bay (5.2 km)

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