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Mount Garnet QLD 4872

Mount Garnet is located in the Cairns region of Queensland, postcode 4872. It has 358 properties across 34 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Mount Garnet, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Mount Garnet

Mount Garnet, QLD 4872, sits in the Cairns region and neighbours Gunnawarra, Innot Hot Springs, Irvinebank and Munderra. Its 34 streets hold 358 properties, 348 of them houses and 10 units.

Census figures are for the Herberton area. There were 5,522 residents, a median age of 52 and an average household of 2.2 people. Median household income was $900 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,083 a month and the median rent $230 a week. Of 2,078 dwellings, 1,971 were separate houses, 15 semi-detached, 28 flats and 35 other; 993 were owned outright, 518 owned with a mortgage and 407 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Mount Garnet

  • 5,522Peoplelive in the area
  • 52Median ageyears
  • $900Median household incomea week
  • $230Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses1,971
  • Townhouses and semis15
  • Flats and apartments28
  • Other35

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,083a month
  • Household size2.2people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 993Owned with a mortgage 518Rented 407Other 160

Schools in Mount Garnet

  • Mount Garnet State School

    GovernmentPrimary

Streets in Mount Garnet

  1. Agate Street18 properties
  2. Azurite Street9 properties
  3. Beryl Street4 properties
  4. Brownville Road1 property
  5. Cassiterite Lane1 property
  6. Cassiterite Street1 property
  7. Cemetery Road2 properties
  8. Coolgarra Road22 properties
  9. Copper Street3 properties
  10. Galena Street3 properties
  11. Garnet Street79 properties
  12. Gunnawarra Road15 properties
  13. Harrison Road2 properties
  14. Hay Street8 properties
  15. Jasper Street3 properties
  16. Kennedy Highway26 properties
  17. Lucey Street22 properties
  18. Marl Street10 properties
  19. Mica Street5 properties
  20. Monazite Street7 properties
  21. Mount Veteran Road3 properties
  22. Nymbool Road32 properties
  23. Onyx Street8 properties
  24. Opal Street30 properties
  25. Ruby Street3 properties
  26. Rutile Street4 properties
  27. Silver Street12 properties
  28. Talc Street7 properties
  29. Termite Street2 properties
  30. Topaz Street1 property
  31. Uranium Street9 properties
  32. Wurruma Swamp Road3 properties
  33. Wyndham Creek Road1 property
  34. Zinc Street2 properties

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.