Suburb profile
East Russell QLD 4861
East Russell is located in the Cairns region of Queensland, postcode 4861. It has 155 properties across 8 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in East Russell, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About East Russell
East Russell, QLD 4861, sits in the Cairns region and neighbours Bellenden Ker, Bramston Beach, Deeral and Eubenangee. Its 8 streets hold 155 properties, all of them houses.
Census figures are for the Babinda area. At the 2021 Census it had 4,568 residents, a median age of 47 and an average household of 2.4 people. Median household income was $1,320 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,367 a month and the median rent $240 a week. Of 1,666 dwellings, 1,603 were separate houses, 26 semi-detached, 6 flats and 35 other; 712 were owned outright, 509 owned with a mortgage and 332 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in East Russell
- 4,568Peoplelive in the area
- 47Median ageyears
- $1,320Median household incomea week
- $240Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses1,603
- Townhouses and semis26
- Flats and apartments6
- Other35
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$1,367a month
- Household size2.4people on average
How homes are held
For sale and rent in East Russell
Greg Ferguson
Open plan can sleep 8
407 Russell Heads Reserve, East Russell QLD 4861
Greg Ferguson
Open plan can sleep 8
407 Russell Heads Reserve, East Russell QLD 4861
Properties in East Russell
Local agents in East Russell
Greg Ferguson
Sales Associate REMAX Real Estate Services - Cairns
Last 12 months
- Properties sold
- 11
- Median sold price
- $612k
- Median days on market
- 53
Tony Williamson
Sales Associate REMAX Real Estate Services - Cairns
Last 12 months
- Properties sold
- 12
- Median sold price
- $665k
- Median days on market
- 29
Agencies that specialise in East Russell
Streets in East Russell
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.