Moving to Pacific Pines (Gaven area) from Nerang (Mount Nathan area)
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Pacific Pines - Gaven and Nerang - Mount Nathan, 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.
William Duncan State School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Nerang - Mount Nathan.
The government catchment school for parts of Nerang - Mount Nathan is William Duncan State School - just outside the suburb boundary (QLD catchment data).
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.
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
Pacific Pines - Gaven's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,019, compared to 992 in Nerang - Mount Nathan. ICSEA reflects the socioeconomic intake of students, not teaching quality - it is not a ranking of school performance.
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Pacific Pines - Gaven 1,058 (1 school), Nerang - Mount Nathan 1,055 (2 schools).
There are 4 schools in Pacific Pines - Gaven, compared to 5 in Nerang - Mount Nathan.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 12 in Pacific Pines - Gaven vs 17 in Nerang - Mount Nathan.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Pacific Pines - Gaven at 16.9% (vs 9.3% in Nerang - Mount Nathan).
Pacific Pines - Gaven has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 6, above Nerang - Mount Nathan's Decile 4. 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. Nerang (Mount Nathan area) had 22,560.
How many schools are in Pacific Pines (Gaven area)?
ACARA lists 4 schools in Pacific Pines (Gaven area), against 5 in Nerang (Mount Nathan area). The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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Plan the move: Nerang - Mount Nathan → Pacific Pines - Gaven