Suburb profile

Macalister Range QLD 4871

Macalister Range is located in the Cairns region of Queensland, postcode 4871. It has 10 properties across 4 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Macalister Range, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Macalister Range

Macalister Range, QLD 4871, sits in the Cairns region and neighbours Caravonica, Clifton Beach, Coral Sea and Ellis Beach. Its 4 streets hold 10 properties, all 10 of them houses.

Census figures are for the Clifton Beach - Kewarra Beach area, which has 11,789 residents, a median age of 47 and an average household of 2.4 people. Median household income is $1,638 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,733 a month and the median rent $400 a week. Of 4,552 dwellings, 3,606 were separate houses, 229 semi-detached and 600 flats; 14 were other types. Of 4,552 households, 1,562 owned outright, 1,622 owned with a mortgage and 1,287 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Macalister Range

  • 11,789Peoplelive in the area
  • 47Median ageyears
  • $1,638Median household incomea week
  • $400Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses3,606
  • Townhouses and semis229
  • Flats and apartments600
  • Other14

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,733a month
  • Household size2.4people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,562Owned with a mortgage 1,622Rented 1,287Other 81

Streets in Macalister Range

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.