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Carrington QLD 4883

Carrington is located in the Cairns region of Queensland, postcode 4883. It has 114 properties across 16 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Carrington, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Carrington

Carrington, QLD 4883, sits in the Cairns region and neighbours Atherton, Wongabel and Watsonville. Its 16 streets hold 114 properties, all of them houses.

Census figures are for the Atherton area, which covers the whole suburb. At the 2021 Census the area had 11,625 residents, a median age of 45 and an average household of 2.3 people. Median household income was $1,208 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,460 a month and the median rent $280 a week. Of 4,499 dwellings, 3,882 were separate houses, 299 semi-detached, 213 flats and 83 other; 1,813 were owned outright, 1,164 owned with a mortgage and 1,333 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Carrington

  • 11,625Peoplelive in the area
  • 45Median ageyears
  • $1,208Median household incomea week
  • $280Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses3,882
  • Townhouses and semis299
  • Flats and apartments213
  • Other83

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,460a month
  • Household size2.3people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,813Owned with a mortgage 1,164Rented 1,333Other 189

Streets in Carrington

  1. Anderton Street4 properties
  2. Atherton - Herberton Road24 properties
  3. Blue Gum Road3 properties
  4. Brasch Road3 properties
  5. Carrington Road43 properties
  6. Cloutier Road3 properties
  7. Forrest Street5 properties
  8. Garland Close7 properties
  9. Koci Road2 properties
  10. Mccord Road1 property
  11. Moomin Road1 property
  12. Moynihan Road1 property
  13. Peter Street8 properties
  14. Sharples Road3 properties
  15. Small Close5 properties
  16. William Street1 property

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.

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