Suburb profile

Japoonvale QLD 4856

Japoonvale is located in the Cairns region of Queensland, postcode 4856. It has 71 properties across 12 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Japoonvale, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Japoonvale

Japoonvale, QLD 4856, sits in the Cairns region and neighbours Basilisk, Mamu, Gulngai and Bombeeta. Its 12 streets hold 71 properties, 70 of them houses and 1 a unit.

Census figures are for the Johnstone area. It had 8,002 residents, a median age of 47 and an average household of 2.4 people. Median household income was $1,301 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month and the median rent $250 a week. Of 2,935 dwellings, 2,827 were separate houses, 32 semi-detached, 11 flats and 50 other; 1,376 were owned outright, 837 owned with a mortgage and 565 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Japoonvale

  • 8,002Peoplelive in the area
  • 47Median ageyears
  • $1,301Median household incomea week
  • $250Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses2,827
  • Townhouses and semis32
  • Flats and apartments11
  • Other50

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,300a month
  • Household size2.4people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,376Owned with a mortgage 837Rented 565Other 157

Streets in Japoonvale

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.