Kingsholme vs Pimpama

Pimpama is the younger of the two, with a median age of 29 against 36 in Kingsholme. In both, the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Kingsholme, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of households are couple families. In Pimpama, most households rent and about half of households are couple families. Houses cost more in Kingsholme: a median of $1.8 million, against $960,000 in Pimpama. On these figures, Kingsholme tends to suit couples, while Pimpama suits renters, young adults, and buyers on a tighter budget.

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

They split

one each way, out of the 6 things we measure here

  • Kingsholme carries lower crime risk (31/100 vs 67/100)
  • Pimpama has more childcare (20 vs 0)

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

First-home buyers

Pimpama

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has cheaper land ($973,000 vs $2,075,000)
  • has cheaper houses ($960,000 vs $1,800,000)

Weighs house prices, land prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

They split

one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here

  • Kingsholme leaves renters under less rental stress (15% vs 24%)
  • Pimpama has a bigger rental market to choose from (58% vs 6%)

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

Commuting to the city

Pimpama

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is more walkable (17/100 vs 0/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, rail access, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Pimpama

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (17/100 vs 0/100)
  • has more GPs (5 vs 0)
  • But Kingsholme carries lower crime risk (31/100 vs 67/100)

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

Investors

Kingsholme

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (173.4% vs 161.8%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Kingsholme Pimpama
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.

Kingsholme Pimpama
Walkability 0 / 17
Kingsholme — Walkability: 0/100 Pimpama — Walkability: 17/100
Safety 69 / 33
Kingsholme — Safety: 69/100 Pimpama — Safety: 33/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Kingsholme — Low fire risk: 100/100 Pimpama — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Pimpama has more residents (24,601 vs 782); Kingsholme has higher household incomes ($163,800 vs $96,876).

Kingsholme Pimpama
Population 782 24,601
+3046% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +173.4% +161.8%
Median age 36 29
Median household income $163,800/yr
+41% vs other
 $96,876/yr
Median weekly rent $460/wk
+4% vs other
 $440/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Kingsholme Pimpama
0-4 6.8% / 10.8%
Kingsholme — 0-4: 6.8% Pimpama — 0-4: 10.8%
5-14 21.6% / 16.7%
Kingsholme — 5-14: 21.6% Pimpama — 5-14: 16.7%
15-19 6.3% / 5.3%
Kingsholme — 15-19: 6.3% Pimpama — 15-19: 5.3%
20-24 2.8% / 7.8%
Kingsholme — 20-24: 2.8% Pimpama — 20-24: 7.8%
25-34 9.0% / 22.4%
Kingsholme — 25-34: 9.0% Pimpama — 25-34: 22.4%
35-44 18.8% / 15.1%
Kingsholme — 35-44: 18.8% Pimpama — 35-44: 15.1%
45-54 14.1% / 8.9%
Kingsholme — 45-54: 14.1% Pimpama — 45-54: 8.9%
55-64 10.6% / 5.6%
Kingsholme — 55-64: 10.6% Pimpama — 55-64: 5.6%
65-74 6.9% / 4.8%
Kingsholme — 65-74: 6.9% Pimpama — 65-74: 4.8%
75-84 2.2% / 2.1%
Kingsholme — 75-84: 2.2% Pimpama — 75-84: 2.1%
85+ 1.0% / 0.5%
Kingsholme — 85+: 1.0% Pimpama — 85+: 0.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.4%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Kingsholme 76.0% couple families
Kingsholme — Couple Families: 76.0% Kingsholme — One Parent Families: 12.3% Kingsholme — Lone Person: 9.4% Kingsholme — Group Household: 2.3% Kingsholme — Other Families: 0.0%
Pimpama 52.4% couple families
Pimpama — Couple Families: 52.4% Pimpama — One Parent Families: 24.3% Pimpama — Lone Person: 15.6% Pimpama — Group Household: 6.1% Pimpama — Other Families: 1.5%
Couple Families One Parent Families Lone Person Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Kingsholme 5.5% renting
Kingsholme — Owned Outright: 25.1% Kingsholme — Mortgage: 69.3% Kingsholme — Renting: 5.5%
Pimpama 57.9% renting
Pimpama — Owned Outright: 10.0% Pimpama — Mortgage: 32.1% Pimpama — Renting: 57.9%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Kingsholme Pimpama
Certificate III & IV 16.0% / 15.8%
Kingsholme — Certificate III & IV: 16.0% Pimpama — Certificate III & IV: 15.8%
Bachelor Degree 13.6% / 8.8%
Kingsholme — Bachelor Degree: 13.6% Pimpama — Bachelor Degree: 8.8%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 9.2% / 8.5%
Kingsholme — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 9.2% Pimpama — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.5%
Postgraduate Degree 3.1% / 2.9%
Kingsholme — Postgraduate Degree: 3.1% Pimpama — Postgraduate Degree: 2.9%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.9% / 1.2%
Kingsholme — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.9% Pimpama — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.0%).

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.

Kingsholme Pimpama
New Zealand 6.1% / 10.9%
Kingsholme — New Zealand: 6.1% Pimpama — New Zealand: 10.9%
England 4.6% / 3.4%
Kingsholme — England: 4.6% Pimpama — England: 3.4%
South Africa 5.0% / 1.4%
Kingsholme — South Africa: 5.0% Pimpama — South Africa: 1.4%
India — / 3.5%
Kingsholme — India: not among its largest Pimpama — India: 3.5%
Fiji 1.5% / —
Kingsholme — Fiji: 1.5% Pimpama — Fiji: not among its largest
Scotland 1.2% / 0.3%
Kingsholme — Scotland: 1.2% Pimpama — Scotland: 0.3%
Philippines — / 1.0%
Kingsholme — Philippines: not among its largest Pimpama — Philippines: 1.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (10.9%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Kingsholme 100.0% houses
Kingsholme — Houses: 100.0% Kingsholme — Townhouses: 0.0% Kingsholme — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Pimpama 80.8% houses
Pimpama — Houses: 80.8% Pimpama — Townhouses: 17.7% Pimpama — Flats / Apartments: 1.5%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Kingsholme Pimpama
Median house price $1,800,000 $960,000
Median unit price — $737,000
Median land price $2,075,000 $973,000
Typical days to sell (houses) — 23 days
from 430 sales

Development activity

Kingsholme Pimpama
New dwellings approved 7,196
across Gold Coast
same for both
Approvals change year on year -35%
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.

Kingsholme Pimpama
Houses — 4.1%
$750/wk on $950K
Units — 4.3%
$695/wk on $850K

Ranking within QLD

Kingsholme Pimpama
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 98% of QLD Higher than 70% of QLD
Schools — Higher than 48% of QLD
Walkability Higher than 19% of QLD Higher than 77% of QLD
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 88% of QLD
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 97% of QLD Higher than 96% of QLD
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 61% of QLD
Rental yield (units) — Higher than 42% of QLD

Liveability

Pimpama is more walkable (17 vs 0); Kingsholme scores higher overall (73 vs 50).

Kingsholme Pimpama
Grade A B
Score 73/100 50/100
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 10/10
 mid-range socio-economic
decile 5/10

Risk profile

Pimpama carries more crime risk (67 vs 31).

Kingsholme Pimpama
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime Low
31/100
 Moderate
67/100
Flood —
same for both
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 3
within 5 km
 1
within 5 km

Schools

Kingsholme Pimpama
Inside the suburb 0 7
Rated above peers 0 1
Rated at peers 0 4
Rated below peers 0 1

Schools in Kingsholme

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

Schools in Pimpama

  • Pimpama State School Government · Primary above peers
  • Lutheran Ormeau Rivers District School Independent · Combined at peers
  • Ormeau State School Government · Primary at peers
  • Pimpama State Primary College Government · Primary at peers
  • Pimpama State Secondary College Government · Secondary at peers
  • Gainsborough State School Government · Primary below peers

Amenities in the suburb

Kingsholme Pimpama
Supermarkets 0 5
Cafes & restaurants 0 11
Parks & reserves 5 18
Childcare 0 20
GPs 0 5
Pharmacies 0 2
Banks & Bank@Post 0 2
Fuel stations 0 6
EV chargers 0 1
Waterways 10 7

Mobility

Kingsholme Pimpama
Walkability score 0/100 17/100
Distance to Brisbane 51.8 km 52.9 km
+2% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 45 min 47 min
Electric vehicle share 1.3%
postcode 4208
 1.3%
postcode 4209
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 88
postcode 4208
 61
postcode 4209

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.

Kingsholme Pimpama
Car (driver) 68.9% / 79.7%
Kingsholme — Car (driver): 68.9% Pimpama — Car (driver): 79.7%
Worked from Home 25.4% / 12.1%
Kingsholme — Worked from Home: 25.4% Pimpama — Worked from Home: 12.1%
Car (passenger) 3.9% / 5.2%
Kingsholme — Car (passenger): 3.9% Pimpama — Car (passenger): 5.2%
Train 0.9% / 1.7%
Kingsholme — Train: 0.9% Pimpama — Train: 1.7%
Walked Only 0.9% / 0.7%
Kingsholme — Walked Only: 0.9% Pimpama — Walked Only: 0.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (79.7%).

Setting

Kingsholme Pimpama
Elevation 129 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 4 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 13.8 km 6.2 km

NBN connectivity

Kingsholme Pimpama
Connectivity score 94/100 93/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 88%
240 premises
 87%
8,619 premises

Climate

Kingsholme Pimpama
Annual rainfall 1,682 mm 1,351 mm
Summer max (Jan) — 28.9°C
Winter min (Jul) — 12.5°C

Air quality (annual mean)

Kingsholme Pimpama
PM2.5 5.0 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 14.5 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ 0.42 pphm
same for both

Council rates

Kingsholme Pimpama
Average residential rate $1,298/yr
same for both
Council Gold Coast
same for both

Federal electorate

Kingsholme Pimpama
Division Forde Fadden
Member Rowan Holzberger Cameron Caldwell
Party Australian Labor Party Liberal National Party of Queensland

First Home Owner Grant

Kingsholme Pimpama
Grant amount $30,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Kingsholme

Acreage Family Outer Premium

Pimpama

Family Outer Young Families

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