Suburb profile

Brinsmead QLD 4870

Brinsmead is located in the Cairns region of Queensland, postcode 4870. It has 2,359 properties across 101 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Brinsmead, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Brinsmead

Brinsmead, QLD 4870, sits in the Cairns region and neighbours Freshwater, Kanimbla, Redlynch and Whitfield. Its 101 streets hold 2,359 properties, 2,326 of them houses and 33 units.

At the 2021 Census Brinsmead had 5,537 residents, a median age of 39 and an average household of 2.8 people. Median household income was $2,190 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,733 a month and the median rent $450 a week. Of 1,897 dwellings, 1,843 were separate houses and 54 were other dwellings; 564 were owned outright, 911 owned with a mortgage and 381 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Brinsmead

  • 5,537Peoplelive in the area
  • 39Median ageyears
  • $2,190Median household incomea week
  • $450Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses1,843
  • Other54

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,733a month
  • Household size2.8people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 564Owned with a mortgage 911Rented 381Other 41

For sale and rent in Brinsmead

Daniel GibbsDaniel Gibbs
Under Offer

Now Under Contract!

19 Springmeadow Close, Brinsmead QLD 4870

4 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 2 car spaces 1,100 m² land House

Daniel GibbsDaniel Gibbs
Under Offer

Now Under Contract!

38 Wills Street, Brinsmead QLD 4870

3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 2 car spaces 450 m² land House

Daniel GibbsDaniel Gibbs

Now Mid - High $600,000's

135 Loridan Drive, Brinsmead QLD 4870

3 bedrooms 1 bathroom 2 car spaces 736 m² land House

All 7 homes for sale in Brinsmead

Properties in Brinsmead

Schools in Brinsmead

  • Freshwater Christian College

    IndependentPrimary and secondary

Local agents in Brinsmead

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Streets in Brinsmead

A

  1. Adam Drive55 properties
  2. Ah Ching Close7 properties
  3. Allamanda Rise24 properties

B

  1. Banning Avenue59 properties
  2. Barclay Road54 properties
  3. Barossa Close22 properties
  4. Basalt Street6 properties
  5. Benn Street36 properties
  6. Brady Close26 properties
  7. Brian Street17 properties
  8. Bridge Close10 properties
  9. Brinsmead Road44 properties
  10. Brinsmead Terrace32 properties
  11. Butland Street20 properties
  12. Butler Street17 properties

C

  1. Chapel Close24 properties
  2. Chesterfield Close38 properties
  3. Christie Drive8 properties
  4. Country Court17 properties
  5. Craig Close6 properties
  6. Curlewis Close22 properties

D

  1. Di Silva Court8 properties
  2. Donnelly Close14 properties
  3. Duane Close4 properties
  4. Dungarvan Drive57 properties
  5. Duvir Close6 properties

E

  1. East Parkridge Drive59 properties
  2. Everglade Rise28 properties

F

  1. Fallon Close8 properties
  2. Fay Close7 properties
  3. Feeley Close16 properties
  4. Ferntree Close10 properties
  5. Findlay Street28 properties
  6. Five Span Close20 properties
  7. Fox Close9 properties

G

  1. Galicia Street2 properties
  2. Gallo Close9 properties
  3. Gardiner Close16 properties
  4. Granite Close24 properties
  5. Greendale Close42 properties
  6. Greenford Close18 properties
  7. Greenock Way45 properties

H

  1. Harwood Close9 properties
  2. Hearl Close16 properties
  3. Hessels Close8 properties
  4. Hobson Drive103 properties
  5. Hook Close11 properties
  6. Hop Wah Close6 properties

K

  1. Kipling Street11 properties

L

  1. Latreille Terrace55 properties
  2. Leon Close21 properties
  3. Longden Street33 properties
  4. Loridan Drive153 properties

M

  1. Mackey Close27 properties
  2. Mangano Close11 properties
  3. Matheson Drive27 properties
  4. Mcalpine Close15 properties
  5. Mccarthy Close9 properties
  6. Mcguane Close17 properties
  7. Meander Close33 properties
  8. Mein Close6 properties
  9. Meston Crescent25 properties
  10. Milko Close16 properties
  11. Mist Green Close10 properties

O

  1. Obersky Close16 properties
  2. Opaline Close30 properties
  3. Oriana Street5 properties
  4. Orrell Close7 properties

P

  1. Palmer Rise14 properties
  2. Playford Close19 properties

Q

  1. Quadrio Crescent14 properties

R

  1. Radiata Court27 properties
  2. Reservoir Road2 properties
  3. Romanini Court17 properties
  4. Ryan Close19 properties

S

  1. Saint Albans Close29 properties
  2. Schweitzer Close6 properties
  3. Shale Street21 properties
  4. Shamrock Avenue43 properties
  5. Sherbrook Close7 properties
  6. Sherwood Close24 properties
  7. Slate Close20 properties
  8. Slathiel Street28 properties
  9. Smoko Close19 properties
  10. Solomon Close5 properties
  11. Sophie Close16 properties
  12. Springmeadow Close10 properties
  13. Sun Street16 properties

T

  1. Taringa Street35 properties
  2. The Peak Road50 properties
  3. Todd Close3 properties
  4. Tolson Close17 properties

V

  1. Vauclause Close14 properties
  2. View Street41 properties

W

  1. West Parkridge Drive64 properties
  2. Wheeler Court8 properties
  3. Wills Street56 properties
  4. Wimble Street10 properties
  5. Windamere Close18 properties
  6. Windsor Close27 properties

Y

  1. Yvette Court6 properties

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Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

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Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.