Suburb profile
Merryburn QLD 4854
Merryburn is located in the Cairns region of Queensland, postcode 4854. It has 78 properties across 5 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Merryburn, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Merryburn
Merryburn, QLD 4854, sits in the Cairns region and neighbours Birkalla, East Feluga, Mount Mackay and Midgenoo. Its 5 streets hold 78 properties, all of them houses.
Census figures are for the Tully area. At the 2021 Census Tully had 10,999 residents, a median age of 48 and an average household of 2.3 people. Median household income was $1,190 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month and the median rent $265 a week. Of 4,237 dwellings, 3,546 were separate houses, 239 semi-detached, 302 flats and 113 other; 1,731 were owned outright, 1,031 owned with a mortgage and 1,225 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Merryburn
- 10,999Peoplelive in the area
- 48Median ageyears
- $1,190Median household incomea week
- $265Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses3,546
- Townhouses and semis239
- Flats and apartments302
- Other113
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$1,300a month
- Household size2.3people on average
How homes are held
Streets in Merryburn
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.