Suburb profile

Lake Eacham QLD 4884

Lake Eacham is located in the Cairns region of Queensland, postcode 4884. It has 307 properties across 28 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Lake Eacham, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Lake Eacham

Lake Eacham, QLD 4884, sits in the Cairns region and neighbours Butchers Creek, Lake Barrine, North Johnstone and Peeramon. Its 28 streets hold 307 properties, 300 of them houses and 7 units.

Census figures are for the Malanda - Yungaburra area, which has 9,095 residents, a median age of 51 and an average household of 2.4 people. Median household income is $1,296 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,430 a month and the median rent $260 a week. Of 3,408 dwellings, 3,219 are separate houses, 34 semi-detached, 60 flats and 72 other; 1,666 are owned outright, 904 owned with a mortgage and 679 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Lake Eacham

  • 9,095Peoplelive in the area
  • 51Median ageyears
  • $1,296Median household incomea week
  • $260Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses3,219
  • Townhouses and semis34
  • Flats and apartments60
  • Other72

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,430a month
  • Household size2.4people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,666Owned with a mortgage 904Rented 679Other 159

Properties in Lake Eacham

Streets in Lake Eacham

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.