Pacific Paradise QLD 4564

Living Here

Pacific Paradise is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 2,675 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $1,340 a week, with median rent near $400 a week. Most homes are houses. About 71% of households own their home and 27% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Marcoola - Mudjimba statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Pacific Paradise itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 6 schools

  • Pacific Paradise State School
  • Stella Maris Catholic Primary School
  • Maroochydore State High School
  • Maroochydore State School
  • Bli Bli State School
  • Kuluin State School
• 8 cafés & restaurants

  • Soul Foods Coffee
  • Northshore Woodfired Pizza
  • Baan Mai
  • High Tide
  • The Island Surf & Espresso
  • Flawesome
  • The Deli
  • Sola Bar & Restaurant
• 2 supermarkets

  • Coles
  • Twin Waters Store
• 10 parks

  • Toyango Street Park
  • Settler's Park
  • Menzies Drive Park
  • Runway Drive Park
  • Beech Street Park
  • Sassifras Place Park
  • Karinya Island
  • Anchorage Circuit Park
  • Chambers Island Park
  • Chambers Island
• 2 beaches

  • Discovery Beach
  • Yaroomba Beach
• 1 Catholic church

  • St. Mary's Catholic Church
• 3 pharmacies

  • Direct Chemist Outlet
  • Twin Waters
  • Chemist Warehouse
• 2 dentists

  • TLC Dentistry
  • Avenue Dental
• 3 optometrists

  • Optical Superstore
  • Specsavers
  • OPSM
• 8 hospitals

  • Integrative Clinical Psychology
  • Buderim Private Hospital
  • Nambour Selangor Private Hospital
  • Nambour General Hospital Emergency
  • Nambour General Hospital
  • Kawana Private Hospital
  • Sunshine Coast University Private Hospital
  • Sunshine Coast University Hospital
• 1 vet

  • Blanck Street Veterinary Surgery
• 1 childcare centre

  • Busy Bees on Maroochy
• 1 library

  • Maroochydore Library
• 1 post office

  • Bli Bli LPO
• 3 service stations

  • BP Pacific Paradise
  • 7-Eleven Marcoola
  • United Bli Bli
• 3 gyms & sports centres

  • Pacific Paradise Bowling Club
  • Fitness Cartel
  • Legacy BJJ Maroochydore
• 5 golf clubs

  • Twin Waters Golf Club
  • Maroochy River Golf Club
  • Mount Coolum Golf Club
  • Beachside Championship Golf Course
  • Headland Golf Club
• 1 bakery

  • Sunrise Bakery
• 2 butchers

  • Bli Bli Butchery
  • Off The Bone Butcher
• 1 hardware store

  • Bunnings Warehouse
• 3 hairdressers

  • Max's Barber Shop
  • Tassels
  • Salon H2D
• 1 beauty salon

  • The Cosmetic Tattoo Studio
• 4 mechanics

  • UltraTune Auto Service Centre
  • BYD
  • mycar Tyre & Auto
  • Midas
• 3 electricians

  • Hennig Electrical
  • L & H Electrical Nambour
  • Harpers Electrical
• 2 plumbers

  • BCJ Plumbing
  • Todd Petrie Plumbing
• 22 places to stay

  • Pacific Paradise
  • Mudjimba Beach Caravan Park
  • Novotel Sunshine Coast Resort
  • River Sands
  • The Sebel Twin Waters
  • Wunpalm Maroochydore
  • Big 4 Maroochy River
  • Loea
  • Riverside Caravan Park
  • Riverside Holiday Home

  See all 22 places to stay near Pacific Paradise →

Getting around. Train station: Nambour, 11.9 km west · Bus interchange: Maroochydore Station, 4.3 km south · Airport: Sunshine Coast Airport, 2.4 km north-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: 17.5% 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 5.2% · Labour-force participation 53.2%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

73,154 bird observations recorded near Pacific Paradise — most often seen:

• Australian White Ibis (4,147)
• Welcome Swallow (3,563)
• Torresian Crow (3,435)
• Pacific Black Duck (3,391)
• Magpie-lark (3,347)
• Australian Magpie (3,096)
• Willie Wagtail (3,066)
• Brown Honeyeater (2,787)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (2,766)
• Masked Lapwing (2,515)
• Little Black Cormorant (2,479)
• Dusky Moorhen (2,473)
• Pied Butcherbird (2,416)

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 Paradise:

• Twin Waters (1.6 km)
• Mudjimba (1.7 km)
• Marcoola (3.3 km)
• Maroochydore (4.2 km)
• Bli Bli (4.7 km)
• Kuluin (4.9 km)
• Diddillibah (5.1 km)
• Mount Coolum (6 km)

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