Suburb profile

Cardwell QLD 4849

Cardwell is located in the Cairns region of Queensland, postcode 4849. It has 1,369 properties across 58 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Cardwell, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Cardwell

Cardwell, QLD 4849, sits in the Cairns region and neighbours Damper Creek, Ellerbeck, Lumholtz and Carruchan. Its 58 streets hold 1,369 properties, 1,108 of them houses and 261 units.

Census figures are for the Tully area, not Cardwell alone. Tully had 10,999 residents, a median age of 48 and an average household of 2.3 people. Median household income was $1,190 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month and the median rent $265 a week. Of 4,237 dwellings, 3,546 were separate houses, 239 semi-detached, 302 flats and 113 other; 1,731 were owned outright, 1,031 owned with a mortgage and 1,225 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Cardwell

  • 10,999Peoplelive in the area
  • 48Median ageyears
  • $1,190Median household incomea week
  • $265Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses3,546
  • Townhouses and semis239
  • Flats and apartments302
  • Other113

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,300a month
  • Household size2.3people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,731Owned with a mortgage 1,031Rented 1,225Other 250

For sale and rent in Cardwell

Toby MitchellToby Mitchell

$620,000 Subdivide

5 Phillips Street, Cardwell QLD 4849

1,855 m² land Land

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Properties in Cardwell

Schools in Cardwell

  • Cardwell State School

    GovernmentPrimary

Local agents in Cardwell

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Agencies that specialise in Cardwell

Streets in Cardwell

A

  1. Albert Street13 properties
  2. Allamanda Lane10 properties

B

  1. Balliol Street7 properties
  2. Bowen Street90 properties
  3. Brasenose Street10 properties
  4. Bruce Highway11 properties

C

  1. Cassia Crescent25 properties
  2. Clitheroe Street8 properties
  3. Commercial Drive2 properties
  4. Coral Sea Drive15 properties
  5. Curlew Street2 properties

D

  1. Dalrymple Street4 properties

E

  1. Eden Street12 properties
  2. Edmondson Close11 properties

F

  1. Feist Close13 properties
  2. Ferguson Street16 properties
  3. Foxtail Avenue14 properties

G

  1. Golden Cane Crescent7 properties
  2. Gravel Pit Road3 properties
  3. Gregory Street34 properties
  4. Griffin Court18 properties

H

  1. Healy Street2 properties

J

  1. Jamieson Street59 properties

K

  1. Keith Williams Drive118 properties

L

  1. Landsdown Street20 properties
  2. Lawson Drive20 properties
  3. Leefe Street19 properties
  4. Little Poinciana Lane4 properties
  5. Liverpool Street18 properties
  6. Ludwick Street6 properties

M

  1. Marine Parade44 properties
  2. Mc Andrew Drive6 properties
  3. Mcandrew Drive6 properties
  4. Mclaughlin Court16 properties

P

  1. Panos Street27 properties
  2. Parker Street6 properties
  3. Phillips Street14 properties
  4. Pleasant Drive4 properties
  5. Poinciana Boulevard89 properties

R

  1. Raleigh Street14 properties
  2. Richards Street2 properties
  3. Roma Street82 properties
  4. Royal Palm Avenue41 properties

S

  1. Saint Albans Street6 properties
  2. Scott Street7 properties
  3. Sheridan Street9 properties
  4. Stony Creek Road25 properties
  5. Storer Court14 properties

T

  1. Teitzel Close5 properties
  2. Thorn Crescent5 properties
  3. Toohey Street23 properties
  4. Tradewinds Drive27 properties
  5. Tranquil Court3 properties
  6. Tsakisiris Street3 properties

V

  1. Victoria Street213 properties

W

  1. White Street52 properties
  2. Williams Avenue6 properties
  3. Winter Street29 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.