Suburb profile

Ngatjan QLD 4860

Ngatjan is located in the Cairns region of Queensland, postcode 4860. It has 1 property across 1 street, almost all houses. Explore every street in Ngatjan, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Ngatjan

Ngatjan, QLD 4860, sits in the Cairns region and neighbours Cooroo Lands, Coorumba, Fitzgerald Creek and Pin Gin Hill. Its 1 street holds 1 property, a house.

Census figures are for the Babinda area. At the 2021 Census it had 4,568 residents, a median age of 47 and an average household of 2.4 people. Median household income was $1,320 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,367 a month and the median rent $240 a week. Of 1,666 dwellings, 1,603 were separate houses, 26 semi-detached, 6 flats and 35 other; 712 were owned outright, 509 owned with a mortgage and 332 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Ngatjan

  • 4,568Peoplelive in the area
  • 47Median ageyears
  • $1,320Median household incomea week
  • $240Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses1,603
  • Townhouses and semis26
  • Flats and apartments6
  • Other35

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,367a month
  • Household size2.4people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 712Owned with a mortgage 509Rented 332Other 113

Streets in Ngatjan

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.