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
For sale and rent in Cardwell
Properties in Cardwell
Schools in Cardwell
Cardwell State School
GovernmentPrimary
No secondary schools in Cardwell.
Local agents in Cardwell


Varun Pinto
Sales & Marketing Consultant Ray White Townsville
Last 12 months
- Properties sold
- 24
- Median sold price
- $678k
- Median days on market
- 25


Toby Mitchell
Sales Agent REMAX Powerhouse - Cairns
Last 12 months
- Properties sold
- 4
- Median sold price
- $295k
- Median days on market
- 28
Agencies that specialise in Cardwell
Streets in Cardwell
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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.


