Suburb profile

East Barron QLD 4883

East Barron is located in the Cairns region of Queensland, postcode 4883. It has 144 properties across 22 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in East Barron, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About East Barron

East Barron, QLD 4883, sits in the Cairns region and neighbours Kairi, Peeramon, Atherton and Wongabel. Its 22 streets hold 144 properties, 143 of them houses and 1 a unit.

Census figures are for the Malanda - Yungaburra area, which covers East Barron and its surrounds. The area had 9,095 residents, a median age of 51 and an average household of 2.4 people. Median household income was $1,296 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,430 a month and the median rent $260 a week. Of 3,408 dwellings, 3,219 were separate houses, 34 semi-detached, 60 flats and 72 other; 1,666 were owned outright, 904 owned with a mortgage and 679 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in East Barron

  • 9,095Peoplelive in the area
  • 51Median ageyears
  • $1,296Median household incomea week
  • $260Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses3,219
  • Townhouses and semis34
  • Flats and apartments60
  • Other72

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,430a month
  • Household size2.4people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,666Owned with a mortgage 904Rented 679Other 159

Streets in East Barron

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.