Suburb profile

Whitfield QLD 4870

Whitfield is located in the Cairns region of Queensland, postcode 4870. It has 2,379 properties across 73 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Whitfield, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Whitfield

Whitfield, QLD 4870, sits in the Cairns region and neighbours Aeroglen, Brinsmead, Cairns North and Kanimbla. Its 73 streets hold 2,379 properties, 1,720 of them houses and 659 units.

Census figures are for Whitfield - Edge Hill, which had 8,353 residents, a median age of 43 and an average household of 2.3 people. Median household income was $1,677 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,733 a month and the median rent $325 a week. Of 3,328 dwellings, 2,480 were separate houses, 432 semi-detached and 407 flats; 1,074 were owned outright, 1,068 owned with a mortgage and 1,095 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Whitfield

  • 8,353Peoplelive in the area
  • 43Median ageyears
  • $1,677Median household incomea week
  • $325Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses2,480
  • Townhouses and semis432
  • Flats and apartments407

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,733a month
  • Household size2.3people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,074Owned with a mortgage 1,068Rented 1,095Other 91

Properties in Whitfield

Schools in Whitfield

  • Whitfield State School

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Local agents in Whitfield

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Streets in Whitfield

A

  1. Aldinga Close7 properties
  2. Atherton Street34 properties

B

  1. Balzer Close11 properties
  2. Bel-Air Drive21 properties
  3. Bolton Street34 properties
  4. Bott Street7 properties
  5. Bradford Street24 properties
  6. Briggs Close16 properties
  7. Brooks Street74 properties
  8. Byrnes Close11 properties

C

  1. Carmelo Close6 properties
  2. Crowley Close7 properties
  3. Crowther Street9 properties

D

  1. Deshon Street35 properties
  2. Di Savia Close15 properties
  3. Draper Place9 properties
  4. Duignan Street37 properties

F

  1. Flecker Street33 properties
  2. Fogarty Street24 properties
  3. Fry Close17 properties
  4. Fulton Close15 properties

G

  1. Gloucester Street39 properties
  2. Grace Close7 properties
  3. Greenslopes Street2 properties
  4. Gummow Close15 properties

H

  1. Heavey Crescent55 properties
  2. Hellmuth Street14 properties
  3. Hillview Crescent168 properties
  4. Hodel Street37 properties
  5. Holden Close26 properties
  6. Hudson Street22 properties
  7. Hutchinson Street9 properties

I

  1. Ireland Crescent68 properties

J

  1. Jensen Street100 properties

K

  1. Keirle Avenue25 properties
  2. Keith Street53 properties
  3. Keller Close16 properties
  4. Kevin Street38 properties
  5. Knott Court21 properties
  6. Knowles Street10 properties

L

  1. Lockwood Close5 properties

M

  1. Marino Street37 properties
  2. Mchugh Crescent31 properties
  3. Mckinlay Street20 properties
  4. Mcmanus Street273 properties
  5. Mona Street20 properties
  6. Moule Drive5 properties
  7. Mullins Street19 properties
  8. Murchison Street32 properties

N

  1. Neeve Close7 properties
  2. Nesbit Street65 properties
  3. Nolan Street108 properties
  4. Norris Street31 properties

O

  1. Ormsby Close14 properties

P

  1. Panoramic Place16 properties
  2. Park Street7 properties
  3. Penny Close12 properties
  4. Ponticello Street47 properties
  5. Prescott Street7 properties

R

  1. Redwood Street19 properties
  2. Reservoir Road2 properties
  3. Rhapis Court10 properties
  4. Rogers Close18 properties

S

  1. Seary Close25 properties
  2. Sommerville Crescent31 properties
  3. Stirling Street28 properties

T

  1. Trucano Close43 properties
  2. Trundle Terrace44 properties
  3. Turner Street53 properties

U

  1. Upper Richardson Street62 properties

W

  1. Winfield Street4 properties
  2. Woodward Street62 properties

Y

  1. York Street51 properties

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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.

School details © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), from the Australian Schools List, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International and modified. ACARA does not endorse Listd.

Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.