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Freshwater QLD 4870

Freshwater is located in the Cairns region of Queensland, postcode 4870. It has 1,277 properties across 34 streets. Explore every street in Freshwater, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Freshwater

Freshwater, QLD 4870, sits in the Cairns region and neighbours Barron, Brinsmead, Redlynch and Stratford. Its 34 streets hold 1,277 properties, 768 of them houses and 509 units.

Census figures are for the Freshwater - Stratford area. It had 3,742 residents, a median age of 41 and an average household of 2.4 people. Median household income was $1,841 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,647 a month and the median rent $350 a week. Of 1,483 dwellings, 983 were separate houses, 154 semi-detached and 338 flats; 458 were owned outright, 590 owned with a mortgage and 414 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Freshwater

  • 3,742Peoplelive in the area
  • 41Median ageyears
  • $1,841Median household incomea week
  • $350Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses983
  • Townhouses and semis154
  • Flats and apartments338

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,647a month
  • Household size2.4people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 458Owned with a mortgage 590Rented 414Other 21

For sale and rent in Freshwater

Daniel GibbsDaniel Gibbs
Under Offer

NOW UNDER CONTRACT

8/36-38 Old Smithfield Road, Freshwater QLD 4870

2 bedrooms 1 bathroom 1 car space 62 m² land Unit

Margrit AllenMargrit Allen
Updated 12 hours ago

AUCTION

128 Cassowary Street, Freshwater QLD 4870

6 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 2 car spaces 737 m² land House

Inspect today 2:30pm

Auction Sat, 14 Nov 10:00am

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Properties in Freshwater

Schools in Freshwater

  • Freshwater State School

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Local agents in Freshwater

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Agencies that specialise in Freshwater

Streets in Freshwater

  1. Anivas Close20 properties
  2. Barron View Drive30 properties
  3. Benfer Court8 properties
  4. Blue Hills Crescent29 properties
  5. Brinsmead Road12 properties
  6. Canopy Close10 properties
  7. Cassowary Street82 properties
  8. Charlekata Close82 properties
  9. Clearwater Street13 properties
  10. Corkill Street37 properties
  11. Delta View Close16 properties
  12. Down Street24 properties
  13. Duffy Street51 properties
  14. Gray Street13 properties
  15. Griffith Street8 properties
  16. Kamerunga Road247 properties
  17. Keeble Street1 property
  18. Lavis Road11 properties
  19. Le Grande Street52 properties
  20. Lee Street16 properties
  21. Lorikeet Street8 properties
  22. Maree Street16 properties
  23. Martin Street34 properties
  24. Megan Close29 properties
  25. Merrybrook Street36 properties
  26. Morris Street15 properties
  27. Old Cassowary Street12 properties
  28. Old Smithfield Road169 properties
  29. Petersen Street49 properties
  30. Primo Street26 properties
  31. Riverview Close7 properties
  32. Simon Street36 properties
  33. Teresa Street15 properties
  34. Vallely Street63 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.

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.