Suburb profile
Machans Beach QLD 4878
Machans Beach is located in the Cairns region of Queensland, postcode 4878. It has 799 properties across 22 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Machans Beach, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Machans Beach
Machans Beach, QLD 4878, sits in the Cairns region and neighbours Aeroglen, Barron, Stratford and Holloways Beach. Its 22 streets hold 799 properties, 690 of them houses and 109 units.
Census figures are for the Yorkeys Knob - Machans Beach area, which had 6,133 residents, a median age of 46 and an average household of 2.1 people. Median household income was $1,327 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,408 a month and the median rent $310 a week. Of 2,648 dwellings, 1,438 were separate houses, 842 semi-detached, 337 flats and 16 other; 719 were owned outright, 806 owned with a mortgage and 1,052 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Machans Beach
- 6,133Peoplelive in the area
- 46Median ageyears
- $1,327Median household incomea week
- $310Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses1,438
- Townhouses and semis842
- Flats and apartments337
- Other16
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$1,408a month
- Household size2.1people on average
How homes are held
Properties in Machans Beach
Schools in Machans Beach
Machans Beach State School
GovernmentPrimary
No secondary schools in Machans Beach.
Local agents in Machans Beach
Kate Fern
Director REMAX Powerhouse - Cairns
Last 12 months
- Properties sold
- 16
- Median sold price
- $650k
- Median days on market
- 34
Daniel Gibbs
Director, Sales & Auctioneer Inspire Real Estate Cairns
Last 12 months
- Properties sold
- 76
- Median sold price
- $756k
- Median days on market
- 19
Agencies that specialise in Machans Beach
Streets in Machans Beach
- Arnold Street6 properties
- Atkinson Street7 properties
- Barron River Esplanade11 properties
- Captain Cook Highway3 properties
- Christensen Street80 properties
- Cinderella Street58 properties
- David Street19 properties
- Devlex Court20 properties
- Falls Street3 properties
- Machan Street103 properties
- Machans Beach Road10 properties
- Machans Street105 properties
- Marshall Street85 properties
- Mitchell Street8 properties
- O'Shea Esplanade96 properties
- Oshea Esplanade92 properties
- Phillips Street16 properties
- Prior Street12 properties
- Saw Street25 properties
- School Street2 properties
- Tucker Street19 properties
- Waite Street19 properties
Neighbouring suburbs
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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.
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Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.