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Cairns QLD 4870

Cairns is located in the Cairns region of Queensland, postcode 4870. It has 6,540 properties across 20 streets, mostly units. Explore every street in Cairns, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Cairns

Cairns, QLD 4870, sits in the Cairns region and neighbours Cairns North, Coral Sea, East Trinity and Parramatta Park. Its 20 streets hold 6,540 properties, 1,016 of them houses and 5,524 units.

Census figures are for the Cairns City area. There were 12,567 residents, a median age of 37 and an average household of 2 people. Median household income was $1,375 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month and the median rent $330 a week. Of 4,288 dwellings, 797 were separate houses, 953 semi-detached and 2,350 flats; 60 were other types. Tenure split into 772 owned outright, 779 owned with a mortgage and 2,568 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Cairns

  • 12,567Peoplelive in the area
  • 37Median ageyears
  • $1,375Median household incomea week
  • $330Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses797
  • Townhouses and semis953
  • Flats and apartments2,350
  • Other60

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,300a month
  • Household size2people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 772Owned with a mortgage 779Rented 2,568Other 169

Schools in Cairns

  • Mastery Schools Australia - Cairns Campus

    IndependentPrimary and secondary

Streets in Cairns

  1. Abbott Street1,078 properties
  2. Aplin Street303 properties
  3. Bunda Street1 property
  4. Dutton Street6 properties
  5. Esplanade964 properties
  6. Florence Street34 properties
  7. Grafton Street657 properties
  8. Hartley Street13 properties
  9. Kenny Street4 properties
  10. Lake Street991 properties
  11. Marlin Parade218 properties
  12. Mcleod Street730 properties
  13. Minnie Street72 properties
  14. Pier Point Road42 properties
  15. Sheridan Street439 properties
  16. Shields Street108 properties
  17. Spence Street235 properties
  18. Upward Street128 properties
  19. Water Street395 properties
  20. Wharf Street122 properties

Neighbouring suburbs

Addresses and streets incorporate or were developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia, licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.

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.

School details © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), from the Australian Schools List, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International and modified. ACARA does not endorse Listd.

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