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

Owned outright 1,562Owned with a mortgage 1,622Rented 1,287Other 81

For sale and rent in Palm Cove

Scott MitchellScott Mitchell

Offers Closing - 2nd November

7 Retreat Close, Palm Cove QLD 4879

4 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 3 car spaces 923 m² land House

Properties in Palm Cove

Local agents in Palm Cove

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Agencies that specialise in Palm Cove

Streets in Palm Cove

A

  1. Amphora Street120 properties
  2. Argentea Boulevard78 properties
  3. Aurelia Road36 properties

B

  1. Bangalow Lane10 properties
  2. Beachmont Place8 properties
  3. Beachside Close16 properties
  4. Billingai Close9 properties
  5. Buchan Street24 properties
  6. Bursa Street6 properties

C

  1. Calamus Court5 properties
  2. Camelia Court16 properties
  3. Canopy Way40 properties
  4. Captain Cook Highway19 properties
  5. Caryota Close2 properties
  6. Cascade Boulevard49 properties
  7. Cedar Road228 properties
  8. Cocus Crescent15 properties
  9. Colonel Cummings Drive49 properties
  10. Coral Coast Drive816 properties
  11. Cowrie Street2 properties

D

  1. Drupa Street4 properties

E

  1. Everglades Street17 properties

F

  1. Foley Road25 properties
  2. Freshwater Avenue60 properties

H

  1. Harpa Street12 properties
  2. Haven Close4 properties
  3. Hideaway Close35 properties

K

  1. Kentia Street14 properties
  2. Kurt Close19 properties

L

  1. Lake Edge Drive10 properties
  2. Lambus Street15 properties
  3. Latania Close8 properties
  4. Lillian Road11 properties
  5. Linden Street3 properties
  6. Litara Court31 properties

M

  1. Macarthur Close22 properties
  2. Mcdonald Close90 properties
  3. Michelia Street20 properties
  4. Muller Street38 properties

O

  1. Oasis Close8 properties
  2. Ocean Drive28 properties
  3. Oceans Edge Boulevard12 properties
  4. Oliva Street122 properties

P

  1. Palm Cove Boulevard2 properties
  2. Palmetto Street28 properties
  3. Placid Close12 properties

R

  1. Retreat Close16 properties
  2. Ribbonwood Court16 properties

S

  1. Sago Close14 properties
  2. Sanctuary Close8 properties
  3. Savaii Close33 properties
  4. Savannah Street45 properties
  5. Seascape Close12 properties
  6. Seaside Parade53 properties
  7. Seclusion Drive65 properties
  8. Sennfeld Close12 properties
  9. Shambhala Place4 properties
  10. Silver Crescent7 properties

T

  1. Talpa Close8 properties
  2. Terebra Street55 properties
  3. Thais Street36 properties
  4. The Village Way25 properties
  5. Triton Street312 properties
  6. Trivia Street21 properties

U

  1. Upolu Esplanade16 properties

V

  1. Veivers Road342 properties

W

  1. Warren Street40 properties
  2. Wave Close5 properties
  3. Williams Esplanade493 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.