Suburb profile

Koah QLD 4881

Koah is located in the Cairns region of Queensland, postcode 4881. It has 328 properties across 24 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Koah, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Koah

Koah, QLD 4881, sits in the Cairns region and neighbours Barron Gorge, Biboohra, Kuranda and Mareeba. Its 24 streets hold 328 properties, 306 of them houses and 22 units.

Census figures are for the Kuranda area. It had 4,826 residents, a median age of 47 and an average household of 2.5 people. Median household income was $1,352 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,647 a month and the median rent $270 a week. Of 1,735 dwellings, 1,583 were separate houses, 31 semi-detached, 43 flats and 66 other; 680 were owned outright, 632 owned with a mortgage and 342 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Koah

  • 4,826Peoplelive in the area
  • 47Median ageyears
  • $1,352Median household incomea week
  • $270Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses1,583
  • Townhouses and semis31
  • Flats and apartments43
  • Other66

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,647a month
  • Household size2.5people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 680Owned with a mortgage 632Rented 342Other 81

Streets in Koah

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.