Adelaide Park vs Pacific Heights

Adelaide Park is the younger of the two, with a median age of 42 against 45 in Pacific Heights. In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families.

Which one suits you?

There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.

Families with school-age kids

Pacific Heights

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has more schools rated above their peers (1 vs 0)

Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.

First-home buyers

Too close to call

Nothing among the 2 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Adelaide Park

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • leaves renters under less rental stress (16% vs 23%)
  • has cheaper rent ($330/wk vs $445/wk)

Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.

Commuting to the city

Pacific Heights

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is more walkable (21/100 vs 0/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Pacific Heights

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is more walkable (21/100 vs 0/100)

Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.

Investors

Pacific Heights

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (20.0% vs 5.9%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

Adelaide Park and Pacific Heights drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.

Adelaide Park Pacific Heights
Hides rows where both suburbs match

Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.

Side by side, out of 100

Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.

Adelaide Park Pacific Heights
Walkability 0 / 21
Adelaide Park — Walkability: 0/100 Pacific Heights — Walkability: 21/100
Safety 75 / 72
Adelaide Park — Safety: 75/100 Pacific Heights — Safety: 72/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Adelaide Park — Low fire risk: 100/100 Pacific Heights — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Pacific Heights has more residents (1,111 vs 449); Pacific Heights rents higher ($445/wk vs $330/wk).

Adelaide Park Pacific Heights
Population 449 1,111
+147% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +5.9% +20.0%
Median age 42 45
Median household income $108,732/yr
+6% vs other
 $101,920/yr
Median weekly rent $330/wk $445/wk
+35% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Adelaide Park Pacific Heights
0-4 4.7% / 4.2%
Adelaide Park — 0-4: 4.7% Pacific Heights — 0-4: 4.2%
5-14 17.1% / 16.6%
Adelaide Park — 5-14: 17.1% Pacific Heights — 5-14: 16.6%
15-19 8.9% / 5.6%
Adelaide Park — 15-19: 8.9% Pacific Heights — 15-19: 5.6%
20-24 3.6% / 3.0%
Adelaide Park — 20-24: 3.6% Pacific Heights — 20-24: 3.0%
25-34 7.6% / 9.8%
Adelaide Park — 25-34: 7.6% Pacific Heights — 25-34: 9.8%
35-44 14.0% / 10.7%
Adelaide Park — 35-44: 14.0% Pacific Heights — 35-44: 10.7%
45-54 14.3% / 14.0%
Adelaide Park — 45-54: 14.3% Pacific Heights — 45-54: 14.0%
55-64 13.6% / 15.1%
Adelaide Park — 55-64: 13.6% Pacific Heights — 55-64: 15.1%
65-74 11.4% / 13.7%
Adelaide Park — 65-74: 11.4% Pacific Heights — 65-74: 13.7%
75-84 5.1% / 7.1%
Adelaide Park — 75-84: 5.1% Pacific Heights — 75-84: 7.1%
85+ 0.7% / 1.1%
Adelaide Park — 85+: 0.7% Pacific Heights — 85+: 1.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.1%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Adelaide Park 68.1% couple families
Adelaide Park — Couple Families: 68.1% Adelaide Park — Lone Person: 22.3% Adelaide Park — One Parent Families: 9.6% Adelaide Park — Group Household: 0.0% Adelaide Park — Other Families: 0.0%
Pacific Heights 58.1% couple families
Pacific Heights — Couple Families: 58.1% Pacific Heights — Lone Person: 24.7% Pacific Heights — One Parent Families: 14.0% Pacific Heights — Group Household: 1.9% Pacific Heights — Other Families: 1.4%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Adelaide Park 6.3% renting
Adelaide Park — Owned Outright: 46.5% Adelaide Park — Mortgage: 47.2% Adelaide Park — Renting: 6.3%
Pacific Heights 11.4% renting
Pacific Heights — Owned Outright: 45.8% Pacific Heights — Mortgage: 42.9% Pacific Heights — Renting: 11.4%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.

Adelaide Park Pacific Heights
Certificate III & IV 20.5% / 16.2%
Adelaide Park — Certificate III & IV: 20.5% Pacific Heights — Certificate III & IV: 16.2%
Bachelor Degree 12.5% / 11.9%
Adelaide Park — Bachelor Degree: 12.5% Pacific Heights — Bachelor Degree: 11.9%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 6.9% / 8.0%
Adelaide Park — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.9% Pacific Heights — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.0%
Postgraduate Degree 0.7% / 3.3%
Adelaide Park — Postgraduate Degree: 0.7% Pacific Heights — Postgraduate Degree: 3.3%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 0.7% / 2.5%
Adelaide Park — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.7% Pacific Heights — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.5%).

Where residents were born

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents, 2021 Census. A dash means that country is not among the suburb's own eight largest.

Adelaide Park Pacific Heights
England 3.6% / 4.1%
Adelaide Park — England: 3.6% Pacific Heights — England: 4.1%
New Zealand 1.3% / 4.0%
Adelaide Park — New Zealand: 1.3% Pacific Heights — New Zealand: 4.0%
South Africa 0.9% / 1.6%
Adelaide Park — South Africa: 0.9% Pacific Heights — South Africa: 1.6%
Germany 1.1% / —
Adelaide Park — Germany: 1.1% Pacific Heights — Germany: not among its largest
Philippines 0.9% / —
Adelaide Park — Philippines: 0.9% Pacific Heights — Philippines: not among its largest
Netherlands — / 0.8%
Adelaide Park — Netherlands: not among its largest Pacific Heights — Netherlands: 0.8%
China — / 0.5%
Adelaide Park — China: not among its largest Pacific Heights — China: 0.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (4.1%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Adelaide Park 101.5% houses
Adelaide Park — Houses: 101.5% Adelaide Park — Townhouses: 0.0%
Pacific Heights 97.7% houses
Pacific Heights — Houses: 97.7% Pacific Heights — Townhouses: 2.3%
Houses Townhouses

Property market

Adelaide Park Pacific Heights
Median house price $990,000 $940,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price — $327,500
Typical days to sell (houses) — 51 days
from 14 sales

Development activity

Adelaide Park Pacific Heights
New dwellings approved 317
across Livingstone
same for both
Approvals change year on year +97%
same for both

Gross rental yield

Gross — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. From median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.

Adelaide Park Pacific Heights
Houses — 3.5%
$780/wk on $1.15M
Units —
same for both

Ranking within QLD

Adelaide Park Pacific Heights
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 81% of QLD Higher than 76% of QLD
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 25% of QLD Higher than 79% of QLD
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 53% of QLD
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 54% of QLD Higher than 79% of QLD
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 25% of QLD

Liveability

Pacific Heights is more walkable (21 vs 0).

Adelaide Park Pacific Heights
Grade — B
Score — 66/100
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 6/10
 advantaged area
decile 8/10

Risk profile

Adelaide Park Pacific Heights
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime Low
25/100
 Low
28/100
Flood Not mapped
no mapped data here
same for both
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 0
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Adelaide Park Pacific Heights
Inside the suburb 0 1
Rated above peers 0 1
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Adelaide Park

No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.

Schools in Pacific Heights

  • St Benedict's Catholic Primary School Catholic · Primary above peers

Amenities in the suburb

Adelaide Park Pacific Heights
Waterways 1 0

Mobility

Adelaide Park Pacific Heights
Walkability score 0/100 21/100
Distance to Brisbane 688 km 687.6 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 482 min 485 min
Electric vehicle share 0.3%
postcode 4703
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 68
postcode 4703
same for both

How people get to work

Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.

Adelaide Park Pacific Heights
Car (driver) 78.4% / 85.0%
Adelaide Park — Car (driver): 78.4% Pacific Heights — Car (driver): 85.0%
Worked from Home 16.7% / 10.2%
Adelaide Park — Worked from Home: 16.7% Pacific Heights — Worked from Home: 10.2%
Car (passenger) 4.9% / 3.2%
Adelaide Park — Car (passenger): 4.9% Pacific Heights — Car (passenger): 3.2%
Bus — / 1.5%
Adelaide Park — Bus: not among its largest Pacific Heights — Bus: 1.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (85.0%).

Setting

Adelaide Park Pacific Heights
Elevation 105 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 34 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 6.0 km 1.9 km
2.2 km to a named beach

NBN connectivity

Adelaide Park Pacific Heights
Connectivity score 30/100 69/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless Fibre to the node
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
168 premises
 44%
517 premises

Climate

Adelaide Park Pacific Heights
Annual rainfall 1,330 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Council rates

Adelaide Park Pacific Heights
Average residential rate $2,445/yr
same for both
Council Livingstone
same for both

Federal electorate

Adelaide Park Pacific Heights
Division Capricornia
same for both
Member Michelle Landry
same for both
Party Liberal National Party of Queensland
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Adelaide Park Pacific Heights
Grant amount $30,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Adelaide Park

Rural

Pacific Heights

Acreage Coastal

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