Moving to Pacific Pines (Gaven area) from Helensvale
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Pacific Pines - Gaven and Helensvale, side by side - all from public government data.
Pacific Pines (Gaven area) has 19,143 people (ABS, June 2025), +0.2% in a year, 4 schools and 12 childcare services. Full Pacific Pines (Gaven area) suburb profile.
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Sources: ABS ERP June 2025 · ABS Census 2021 · ABS SEIFA 2021 · ACARA School Profile 2025 · ACECQA NQS register · Valuer-General Victoria & DFFH (VIC) · DCJ Housing sales Mar 2026 and rent Jun 2026 (NSW) · RTA Queensland rents (QLD) . How we source this data →
Which school is zoned?
The free government school your child can attend in each area - side by side, never a blended average.
Helensvale State School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Helensvale.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Helensvale (QLD catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
See the catchment on the mapWe show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Pacific Pines State School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Pacific Pines - Gaven.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Pacific Pines - Gaven (QLD catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
See the catchment on the mapFee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone - they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.
We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Honest tradeoff
Government schools in Pacific Pines - Gaven and Helensvale have a similar average ICSEA (1,019 and 1,016) - a measure of student intake, not teaching quality.
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Pacific Pines - Gaven 1,058 (1 school), Helensvale none in this SA2.
There are 4 schools in Pacific Pines - Gaven, compared to 2 in Helensvale.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 12 in Pacific Pines - Gaven vs 9 in Helensvale.
Pacific Pines - Gaven has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 6, below Helensvale's Decile 7. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
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What is the population of Pacific Pines (Gaven area)?
19,143 people lived in Pacific Pines (Gaven area) at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +0.2% over the year. Helensvale had 21,073.
How many schools are in Pacific Pines (Gaven area)?
ACARA lists 4 schools in Pacific Pines (Gaven area), against 2 in Helensvale. The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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Plan the move: Helensvale → Pacific Pines - Gaven