Suburb profile
Wangan QLD 4871
Wangan is located in the Cairns region of Queensland, postcode 4871. It has 340 properties across 23 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Wangan, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Wangan
Wangan, QLD 4871, sits in the Cairns region and neighbours Currajah, Stockton, Mundoo and Bamboo Creek. Its 23 streets hold 340 properties, 318 of them houses and 22 units.
Census figures are for the Johnstone area. 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 Wangan
- 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
Schools in Wangan
Mundoo State School
GovernmentPrimary
No secondary schools in Wangan.
Streets in Wangan
- Buna Street3 properties
- Cardier Road37 properties
- Carolina Close5 properties
- Cheshire Street20 properties
- Darveniza Road1 property
- Evered Road3 properties
- Foxwood Avenue38 properties
- Gary Close7 properties
- Goroka Close14 properties
- Graham Close13 properties
- Gray Street13 properties
- Grech Close18 properties
- Grima Road23 properties
- Innisfail - Japoon Road3 properties
- Katie Close7 properties
- Kokoda Street2 properties
- Lae Street8 properties
- Meyer Avenue49 properties
- Mundoo Road8 properties
- Ramu Street12 properties
- Shay Street35 properties
- Tobruk Street14 properties
- Wewak Street7 properties
Neighbouring suburbs
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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.
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Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.