Suburb profile
Speewah QLD 4881
Speewah is located in the Cairns region of Queensland, postcode 4881. It has 492 properties across 29 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Speewah, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Speewah
Speewah, QLD 4881, sits in the Cairns region and neighbours Barron Gorge, Kuranda, Lamb Range and Koah. Its 29 streets hold 492 properties, 471 of them houses and 21 units.
Census figures are for the Kuranda area, which covers the whole suburb. At the 2021 Census the area had 4,826 residents, a median age of 47 and an average household of 2.5 people. Median household income was $1,352 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,647 a month and the median rent $270 a week. Of 1,735 dwellings, 1,583 were separate houses, 31 semi-detached, 43 flats and 66 other; 680 were owned outright, 632 owned with a mortgage and 342 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Speewah
- 4,826Peoplelive in the area
- 47Median ageyears
- $1,352Median household incomea week
- $270Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses1,583
- Townhouses and semis31
- Flats and apartments43
- Other66
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$1,647a month
- Household size2.5people on average
How homes are held
Streets in Speewah
- Cadaga Close6 properties
- Cardinia Boulevard16 properties
- Douglas Track26 properties
- Edward Elgar Close12 properties
- Enigma Close4 properties
- Forest Close12 properties
- Freedom Close11 properties
- Ganyan Drive80 properties
- Harper Road2 properties
- Hoey Road5 properties
- Kauri Close7 properties
- Kelly Road7 properties
- Kennedy Highway5 properties
- Mahogany Avenue8 properties
- Nimrod Close5 properties
- Pandanus Place9 properties
- Pioneer Close8 properties
- Pomp Close6 properties
- Possum Close9 properties
- Sanctuary Close13 properties
- Scenic Drive33 properties
- Smiths Track4 properties
- Speewah Road59 properties
- Stoney Creek Road24 properties
- Veivers Drive56 properties
- Walnut Close8 properties
- Whipbird Close1 property
- William Smith Drive55 properties
- William Smtih Drive1 property
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.