Suburb profile
Palm Cove QLD 4879
Palm Cove is located in the Cairns region of Queensland, postcode 4879. It has 3,836 properties across 69 streets. Explore every street in Palm Cove, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Palm Cove
Palm Cove, QLD 4879, sits in the Cairns region and neighbours Clifton Beach, Ellis Beach, Macalister Range and the Coral Sea. Its 69 streets hold 3,836 properties, 2,265 of them units and 1,571 houses.
Census figures are for the Clifton Beach - Kewarra Beach area, which had 11,789 residents, a median age of 47 and an average household of 2.4 people. Median household income was $1,638 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,733 a month and the median rent $400 a week. Of 4,552 dwellings, 3,606 were separate houses, 229 semi-detached and 600 flats; 14 were other types. Tenure was 1,562 owned outright, 1,622 owned with a mortgage and 1,287 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Palm Cove
- 11,789Peoplelive in the area
- 47Median ageyears
- $1,638Median household incomea week
- $400Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses3,606
- Townhouses and semis229
- Flats and apartments600
- Other14
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$1,733a month
- Household size2.4people on average
How homes are held
For sale and rent in Palm Cove
Properties in Palm Cove

7 Retreat Close
For sale since Oct 2026 · Offers Closing - 2nd November
4 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 3 car spaces 923 m² land

14 Litara Court
Leased Sept 2026 · $945 per week
4 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 2 car spaces

1409/2-22 Veivers Road
Leased Aug 2026 · $670 per week
2 bedrooms 2 bathrooms

2/26-28 Oliva Street
Sold Aug 2026 · $460,000
1 bedroom 1 bathroom 1 car space

19/131-133 Williams Esplanade
Leased May 2026 · $495 per week
1 bedroom 1 bathroom 1 car space

7/11 Colonel Cummings Drive
Leased Dec 2025 · $1,225 per week
2 bedrooms 3 bathrooms 2 car spaces
Local agents in Palm Cove


Kelly Hill
Sales Agent REMAX Powerhouse - Cairns
Last 12 months
- Properties sold
- 5
- Median sold price
- $667k
- Median days on market
- 46



Scott Mitchell
Director & Property Sales Inspire Real Estate Cairns
Last 12 months
- Properties sold
- 30
- Median sold price
- $911k
- Median days on market
- 26
Agencies that specialise in Palm Cove
Streets in Palm Cove
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- Calamus Court5 properties
- Camelia Court16 properties
- Canopy Way40 properties
- Captain Cook Highway19 properties
- Caryota Close2 properties
- Cascade Boulevard49 properties
- Cedar Road228 properties
- Cocus Crescent15 properties
- Colonel Cummings Drive49 properties
- Coral Coast Drive816 properties
- Cowrie Street2 properties
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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.

