Suburb profile
Malanda QLD 4885
Malanda is located in the Cairns region of Queensland, postcode 4885. It has 1,611 properties across 86 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Malanda, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Malanda
Malanda, QLD 4885, sits in the Cairns region and neighbours Jaggan, Kureen, Peeramon and Glen Allyn. Its 86 streets hold 1,611 properties, 1,417 of them houses and 194 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 Malanda
- 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
Properties in Malanda
Schools in Malanda
Malanda State School
GovernmentPrimary
Malanda State High School
GovernmentSecondary
Streets in Malanda
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- Malanda - Atherton Road4 properties
- Malanda Lake Barrine Road58 properties
- Malanda Millaa Millaa Road29 properties
- Mary Street32 properties
- Mathers Road20 properties
- Memorial Avenue4 properties
- Memorial Drive4 properties
- Merragallan Road31 properties
- Millaa Millaa - Malanda Road58 properties
- Millaa Millaa Road6 properties
- Monash Avenue18 properties
- Moore Road1 property
- Mundey Road36 properties
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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.
School details © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), from the Australian Schools List, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International and modified. ACARA does not endorse Listd.
Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.

