Suburb profile

Mena Creek QLD 4871

Mena Creek is located in the Cairns region of Queensland, postcode 4871. It has 104 properties across 7 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Mena Creek, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Mena Creek

Mena Creek, QLD 4871, sits in the Cairns region and neighbours Basilisk, Bombeeta, Germantown and Utchee Creek. Its 7 streets hold 104 properties, all of them houses.

Census figures are for the Johnstone area. At the 2021 Census Johnstone had 8,002 residents, a median age of 47 and an average household of 2.4 people. Median household income was $1,301 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month and the median rent $250 a week. Of 2,935 dwellings, 2,827 were separate houses, 32 semi-detached and 11 flats; 50 were other dwellings. Tenure was 1,376 owned outright, 837 owned with a mortgage and 565 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Mena Creek

  • 8,002Peoplelive in the area
  • 47Median ageyears
  • $1,301Median household incomea week
  • $250Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses2,827
  • Townhouses and semis32
  • Flats and apartments11
  • Other50

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,300a month
  • Household size2.4people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,376Owned with a mortgage 837Rented 565Other 157

Schools in Mena Creek

  • Mena Creek State School

    GovernmentPrimary

Streets in Mena Creek

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.