Suburb profile
Nerada QLD 4860
Nerada is located in the Cairns region of Queensland, postcode 4860. It has 52 properties across 13 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Nerada, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Nerada
Nerada, QLD 4860, sits in the Cairns region and neighbours Cooroo Lands, Coorumba, East Palmerston and Wooroonooran. Its 13 streets hold 52 properties, all of them houses.
Census figures are for the Johnstone area, which covers the whole of the suburb. 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, 11 flats and 50 other; 1,376 were owned outright, 837 owned with a mortgage and 565 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Nerada
- 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
Streets in Nerada
- Bray Lane1 property
- Dunne Road6 properties
- Fishers Creek Road1 property
- Gattera Road2 properties
- Janke Road6 properties
- Maruff Road2 properties
- Nerada Road15 properties
- Palmerston Highway1 property
- Pullom Road10 properties
- Rankine Road2 properties
- Spry Road2 properties
- Tea Road1 property
- Walton Road3 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.
Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.