Suburb profile
Evelyn QLD 4888
Evelyn is located in the Cairns region of Queensland, postcode 4888. It has 168 properties across 23 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Evelyn, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Evelyn
Evelyn, QLD 4888, sits in the Cairns region and neighbours Beatrice, Kaban, Millaa Millaa and Moregatta. Its 23 streets hold 168 properties, all of them houses.
Census figures are for the Herberton area. At the 2021 Census it had 5,522 residents, a median age of 52 and an average household of 2.2 people. Median household income was $900 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,083 a month and the median rent $230 a week. Of 2,078 dwellings, 1,971 were separate houses, 15 semi-detached, 28 flats and 35 other; 993 were owned outright, 518 owned with a mortgage and 407 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Evelyn
- 5,522Peoplelive in the area
- 52Median ageyears
- $900Median household incomea week
- $230Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses1,971
- Townhouses and semis15
- Flats and apartments28
- Other35
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$1,083a month
- Household size2.2people on average
How homes are held
Streets in Evelyn
- Charles Keough Road10 properties
- Chilverton Road3 properties
- East Evelyn Road21 properties
- Geraldton Road3 properties
- Greenway Road5 properties
- Hill Road3 properties
- Johnston Road1 property
- Jonsson Road4 properties
- Jubb Road3 properties
- Kaban Road1 property
- Keid Road9 properties
- Kelso Road4 properties
- Kennedy Highway33 properties
- Kidner Road17 properties
- Martin Road2 properties
- Mckenzie Road2 properties
- Old Geraldton Road2 properties
- Pickles Road3 properties
- Ross Road15 properties
- Sluice Creek Road4 properties
- Smith Road1 property
- Tom Carrick Road3 properties
- Tumoulin Road19 properties
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.