Jacobs Well sits 57 km from Brisbane CBD in Queensland, around 49 minutes by car. Census data records 2,882 residents with a median age of 42 and a median household income of $110,604 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the top 40% nationally. The town grew 56.7% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $465 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,141. Jacobs Well is characterised by high coastal erosion risk and high crime risk. Walkability is moderate.
Is Jacobs Well a good town?
Jacobs Well scores a B (62/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on community.
Some car dependence
Walkability 40/100 · 56.8 km · 49 min drive to Brisbane
Median available
Median $1.23M
Moderate crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 64/100
Advantaged
SEIFA decile 7/10 · median age 42 · 2,882 residents
Liveability Rating
62 / 100 · Ranked #303 in QLDEach bar is Jacobs Well'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.
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Our score
62 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataJacobs Well's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $1.23 million, roughly 22% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$1,227,500
Based on 132 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 50 days — median across 58 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 29 sales $1M
- 4 bed 77 sales $1.3M
- 5 bed 20 sales $1.99M
Land
$1,125,000
Based on 23 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 48 days — median across 9 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Jacobs Well are currently listed at around $1.37 million on average. Based on 30 houses listed in the past six months.
$1.37M
30 houses listed in the last 6 months.
30 of the suburb's 1,016 dwellings (3.0%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Jacobs Well rent for around $1,275 a week on average, based on 28 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$1,275/wk
28 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
28 rentals advertised against an estimated 144 rented homes (19.4%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- All rentals
- $1,050/wk
- 21 bonds
- +84% 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 202579 Severely unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 38% of its income on the median rent in postcode 4208.
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$1,275/week ($66,000 a year) on a $1.37 million median
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 Jacobs Well safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Jacobs Well sits in the moderate band, with 32 incidents recorded in 2025 — up about 3% on the prior year. The longer-run trend has eased steadily across the available years.
32 offences
3.2% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2020–20249 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the town carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.
Coastal Erosion
Shoreline Change Summary
1988–2025Nearest Eroding Coastline
- Distance
- 1.0 km
- Rate
- -0.12 m/yr
- Net Movement
- -1.2 m
- Certainty
- good
Data Quality
Schools
Walkability
Jacobs Well is car-dependent on foot — at 40/100, most errands require a car.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Jacobs Well.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 15.0 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 11.0 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 10.8 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 13.2 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 Jacobs Well.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 82%
- Premises covered
- 1,707
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 town alone — this town's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 5 small areas inside this town and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 4 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this town rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Jacobs Well is home to about 2,900 residents, with a median age of 42, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $111,000 a year, with unemployment at 3.9%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
2,882
Median Age
42
Median Household Income
$110,604/yr
Census Median Rent
$465/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$2,141/mo
Avg Household Size
2.7
Median Personal Income
$46,956/yr
Unemployment Rate
3.9%
Unoccupied Dwellings
5.4%
Total Dwellings
1,016
Owner-Occupier Rate
85.8%
Houses
98.2%
Rental Stress
21.9%
Mortgage Stress
23.2%
Work From Home
16.7%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 76.8%
- English Spoken at Home
- 91.8%
- Employment Rate
- 65.3%
- Completed Year 12
- 37.2%
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.
57 residents (2.0%) 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.
17.3% of residents (471) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Brisbane (330).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 2,717 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 (68 of 1,535).
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.
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 town: 305 to 1,045 homes
- Within 2 years 83 to 210 homes
- In 2 to 5 years 128 to 570 homes
- In 5 to 10 years 51 to 100 homes
- In 10 years or more 43 to 165 homes
Land the Queensland Government's residential land supply study identifies for future housing (30 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, 9.2 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Gold Coast Seaway, 18.3 kmHigh rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 1 m
- above sea level, at the town centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 1.0 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 town 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
1 facility within 5 km- 3.3 kmSewerage and Drainage ServicesTop reported: Chlorine & compounds · Ammonia (total)
EV adoption
In postcode 4208, 279 of 21,911 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.4% (524 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 3.7%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 4208, 7,001 rooftop-solar systems totalling 50.0 MW have been installed since 2001, against 7,935 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 389 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
3 mortgage brokers are registered in this town, 14 across postcode 4208.
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 $1,227,500 this is $477,500 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 town's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Michael Crandon Liberal National Party of Queensland
Next state election: 28 October 2028.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Michael Crandon LNP | 60.0% |
| 2020 | Michael Crandon LNP | 51.1% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2017, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this town's voters. Results: Electoral Commission of Queensland.
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Common questions about Jacobs Well
Is Jacobs Well a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Jacobs Well is moderate (64/100, ranked against other QLD suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Jacobs Well?
Jacobs Well has no recorded bushfire history. These are town-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Jacobs Well a good place to live?
Jacobs Well has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (62/100), 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 Jacobs Well?
Jacobs Well, QLD had a population of 2,882 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Jacobs Well, QLD?
The postcode for Jacobs Well, QLD is 4208.
How far is Jacobs Well from Brisbane?
Jacobs Well is 57 km from Brisbane CBD by road, about 49 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Jacobs Well?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Jacobs Well was $110,604 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 Jacobs Well?
The median advertised rent in Jacobs Well is $1,275 a week for houses (28 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Jacobs Well?
The median age of residents in Jacobs Well was 42 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Jacobs Well walkable?
Jacobs Well scores 40/100 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 Jacobs Well?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Jacobs Well (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 Jacobs Well below the WHO annual guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Jacobs Well?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Jacobs Well, Gold Coast Seaway (18.3 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 Jacobs Well?
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 Jacobs Well belong to?
Jacobs Well 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 Jacobs Well?
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 Jacobs Well?
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 Jacobs Well in?
Jacobs Well 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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