Helensvale QLD 4212
Helensvale is a suburb in Queensland, 66 km from Brisbane CBD, around 53 minutes by car. Population is 18,949; the median age is 41 and the median household income is $104,728 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the top 40% nationally. The suburb grew 12.4% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $495 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,098. Helensvale is characterised by high crime risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. 2 schools sit within the suburb boundary, and walkability is moderate.
Is Helensvale a good suburb?
Helensvale scores a B (60/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on community, weaker on safety.
Mixed results
2 schools
Some car dependence
Walkability 47/100 · 65.9 km · 53 min drive to Brisbane
Median available
Median $1.36M
High crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 75/100
Advantaged
SEIFA decile 8/10 · median age 41 · 18,949 residents
Liveability Rating
60 / 100 · Ranked #332 in QLDEach bar is Helensvale's rank among QLD suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better). Scored on 4 of 5 factors: no school data, so the other factors carry its weight.
How do you rate the liveability in Helensvale?
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Our score
60 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataHelensvale's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $1.36 million, about 8% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$1,359,000
29% above its 8 neighbours (median $1,050,000)
Based on 318 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 32 days — median across 212 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 67 sales $1.03M
- 4 bed 169 sales $1.4M
- 5 bed 65 sales $1.95M
- 6 bed 10 sales $2.48M
Units
$759,500
16% below its 7 neighbours (median $900,000)
Based on 36 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 20 days — median across 23 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 24 sales $735K
- 3 bed 7 sales $780K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Helensvale are currently listed at around $1.25 million on average. Based on 85 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$1.25M
85 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$797K
6 units listed in the last 6 months.
91 of the suburb's 6,369 dwellings (1.4%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Helensvale rent for around $1,200 a week on average, based on 133 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$1,200/wk
36% above its 7 neighbours (median $880/wk)
133 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$850/wk
3 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
136 rentals advertised against an estimated 1,261 rented homes (10.8%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- 3-bed houses
- $890/wk
- 18 bonds
- +49% since 2021
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies. Change since 2021 compares the median of the first four quarters with the last four. Asking rents above come from advertised listings.
Rental affordability
June quarter 202569 Severely unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 43% of its income on the median rent in postcode 4212.
SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$1,200/week ($62,000 a year) on a $1.25 million median
$850/week ($44,000 a year) on a $797,000 median
Based on a small sample (3 listings) — indicative only.
Gross yield — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. Calculated from median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.
Is Helensvale safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Helensvale sits in the high band, with 443 incidents recorded in 2025 — up about 2% on the prior year. The longer-run trend has eased steadily across the available years.
443 offences
2.5% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2020–2024143 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 5 of them fatal
Where they happened
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the suburb carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.
Schools
Two schools serve Helensvale, and performance is broadly on par with peer-suburb schools.
- • 2,746 students across 2 schools (avg 1,373)
- • ICSEA 1015-1017, median 1016 (around the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Helensvale State High School (1,875 students)
Primary
Secondary
Walkability
Helensvale is car-dependent on foot — at 47/100, most errands require a car. Within the suburb there are 6 supermarkets, 66 parks and 8 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Helensvale.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 148.8 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 134.8 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 111.8 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 24.4 hours
Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Helensvale.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 22%
- Premises covered
- 8,208
NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.
Amenities
Gold Coast: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this suburb alone — this suburb's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 44 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 9 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Helensvale is home to about 18,900 residents, with a median age of 41, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $105,000 a year, with unemployment at 5.2%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
18,949
Median Age
41
Median Household Income
$104,728/yr
Census Median Rent
$495/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$2,098/mo
Avg Household Size
2.8
Median Personal Income
$41,080/yr
Unemployment Rate
5.2%
Unoccupied Dwellings
4.7%
Total Dwellings
6,369
Owner-Occupier Rate
80.2%
Houses
81.3%
Rental Stress
24.6%
Mortgage Stress
24.0%
Work From Home
17.5%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
32 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 6 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 1,209 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 63.3%
- English Spoken at Home
- 81.6%
- Employment Rate
- 60.8%
- Completed Year 12
- 46.4%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
When They Arrived
Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.
747 residents (3.9%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.
Where New Residents Came From
Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.
9.0% of residents (1,608) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Brisbane (591).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 17,956 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Languages Spoken at Home
Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
4% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (354 of 9,415).
City centre: the ABS area around each capital's CBD, such as Sydney Inner City or Perth City (which takes in Subiaco and Leederville). 2021 Census place of work.
Local Jobs
People who work in this suburb against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 8,391 people work here; 9,415 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (0.9 per resident). At least 11% of employed residents must work outside the suburb.
Counts are by place of work and place of usual residence. The ABS counts jobs in zones; where a zone spans several places, its jobs are shared out by land use. The ABS also adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,298 a year through Gold Coast based on 2025 figures.
Building Approvals: Gold Coast
In the year to August 2026, 7,196 new dwellings were approved across Gold Coast. That mix is 1,146 houses and 6,050 units. Approvals are down 34.9% on the same period a year earlier.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this suburb: 688 to 2,580 homes
- Within 2 years 57 to 120 homes
- In 2 to 5 years 275 to 850 homes
- In 5 to 10 years 356 to 1,610 homes
Land the Queensland Government's residential land supply study identifies for future housing (13 parcels), by when it expects lots to be registered. Yields are published in ranges, so these are too.
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage
The Aboriginal party for this area is Gold Coast Native Title Group.
Under Queensland's Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 the Aboriginal party for an area follows native title. No native title claim is currently registered here, so the last registered claimant remains the Aboriginal party.
Air Quality
CLEANPM2.5 averaged 5 µg/m³ in 2025 — below the WHO 2021 annual guideline (5 µg/m³).
PM10 averaged 14.5 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.42 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 0 · NO₂ 0.
From the Coomera (South East Queensland) monitoring station, 4.4 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Gold Coast Seaway, 9.8 kmHigh rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 13 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 5.9 km
- Annual rainfall
- 1,351 mm
- 96 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 28.9°C
- 1 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 12.5°C
- 0 frost days ≤ 0°C
Elevation is the ground at the suburb centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
5 facilities within 5 km- 2.9 kmSewerage and Drainage ServicesTop reported: Total Nitrogen · Total Phosphorus · Ammonia (total)
- 3.8 kmTimber Resawing and DressingTop reported: Copper & compounds · Arsenic & compounds · Chromium (VI) compounds
- 4.0 kmWaste Remediation and Materials Recovery ServicesTop reported: Carbon monoxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Sulfur dioxide
- 4.0 kmOther Polymer Product ManufacturingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Acetone · Styrene (ethenylbenzene)
- 4.6 kmGravel and Sand QuarryingTop reported: Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide
EV adoption
In postcode 4212, 797 of 31,092 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 3.4% (1,046 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 5.9%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 4212, 9,561 rooftop-solar systems totalling 71.6 MW have been installed since 2001, against 13,022 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 581 went up in the last year.
Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.
2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.
First Home Owner Grant
FY2026-27$30,000 for new homes priced up to $750,000.
$30,000 for contracts signed on or after 20 November 2023, with no end date. IT DID NOT REVERT TO $15,000: the tier was due to end 30 June 2026 and the 2026-27 Queensland Budget (23 June 2026) continued it for contracts signed from 1 July 2026. This file carried a "due to revert" note until 2026-09-18 — it was never true, and a note predicting a change is not the same as a change. Cap is "less than $750,000" including land and contract variations — less than, not up to. New homes only: "There are no home owner grants for established homes."
Mortgage repayments
17 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb, 41 across postcode 4212.
Transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with Queensland Revenue Office
The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $750,000 may qualify for $30,000 — see what qualifies with Queensland Revenue Office.
At $1,359,000 this is $609,000 above the $750,000 First Home Owner Grant cap. A first home buyer may qualify for $30,000 on a newly built home — check eligibility with Queensland Revenue Office.
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-26 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.
Federal Electorate
Currently held by Cameron Caldwell Liberal National Party of Queensland
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Cameron Caldwell | 43.1% | 56.9% | +3.8 |
| 2022 | Stuart Robert | 39.4% | 60.6% | -3.5 |
| 2019 | Stuart Robert | 35.8% | 64.2% | +2.9 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact suburb's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Mark Boothman Liberal National Party of Queensland
Next state election: 28 October 2028.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Mark Boothman LNP | 63.0% |
| 2020 | Mark Boothman LNP | 53.3% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2017, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this suburb's voters. Results: Electoral Commission of Queensland.
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Nearby suburbs
Upper Coomera QLD 4209
Coomera QLD 4209
Hope Island QLD 4212
Oxenford QLD 4210
Arundel QLD 4214
Coombabah QLD 4216
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Common questions about Helensvale
Is Helensvale a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Helensvale is high (75/100, ranked against other QLD suburbs on offences per resident). Offences against shops, venues and visitors are divided by the people who live here, so suburbs with large daytime or visitor populations rank higher than living there may feel.
What natural hazards affect Helensvale?
Helensvale has no recorded bushfire history. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Helensvale a good place to live?
Helensvale has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (60/100), ranked against other QLD suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.
What is the population of Helensvale?
Helensvale, QLD had a population of 18,949 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Helensvale, QLD?
The postcode for Helensvale, QLD is 4212.
How far is Helensvale from Brisbane?
Helensvale is 66 km from Brisbane CBD by road, about 53 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Helensvale?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Helensvale was $104,728 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.
What is the median weekly rent in Helensvale?
The median advertised rent in Helensvale is $1,200 a week for houses (133 listings) and $850 a week for units (3 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Helensvale?
The median age of residents in Helensvale was 41 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Helensvale?
There are 2 schools inside the Helensvale boundary: 2 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Helensvale walkable?
Helensvale scores 47/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it car-dependent. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the air quality in Helensvale?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Helensvale (Coomera (South East Queensland)) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 5.0 µg/m³ and PM10 of 14.5 µg/m³. That puts Helensvale below the WHO annual guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Helensvale?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Helensvale, Gold Coast Seaway (9.8 km away), summer days average 28.9°C, winter nights 12.5°C, 1,351 mm of rain a year over 96 rainy days, and 1 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Helensvale?
First-home buyers in QLD may be eligible for $30,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $750,000. The grant is administered by Queensland Revenue Office; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.
What council does Helensvale belong to?
Helensvale sits within the Gold Coast local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Helensvale?
The average residential rates bill through Gold Coast is $1,298 a year (2025). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Helensvale?
Across Gold Coast, 7,196 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 34.9% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Helensvale in?
Helensvale sits within the federal Division of Fadden, currently held by Cameron Caldwell (Liberal National Party of Queensland).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2025–26
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- Public transport · Oct 2026
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2025
- Road crashes · 2020–2024
- Air quality · 2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- State electorate · 2024
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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