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
Properties in Whitfield

3/191-199 Woodward Street
Leased Sept 2026 · $525 per week
2 bedrooms 1 bathroom 1 car space 267 m² land

2/4 Ireland Crescent
Leased Apr 2026 · $570 per week
3 bedrooms 1 bathroom 1 car space

32 Nolan Street
Leased Mar 2026 · $825 per week
3 bedrooms 1 bathroom

8/51-59 Heavey Crescent
Sold Mar 2026 · $531,000
2 bedrooms 1 bathroom 1 car space 199 m² land

1/4 Turner Street
Leased Mar 2026 · $540 per week
2 bedrooms 1 bathroom 1 car space

1/97A Jensen Street
Leased Jan 2026 · $550 per week
3 bedrooms 1 bathroom 1 car space

131 Hillview Crescent
Sold Nov 2025 · Contact agent
3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 2 car spaces 809 m² land

2/8 Holden Close
Leased Oct 2025 · $495 per week
3 bedrooms 1 bathroom 1 car space
Schools in Whitfield
Whitfield State School
GovernmentPrimary
No secondary schools in Whitfield.
Local agents in Whitfield


Greg Ferguson
Sales Associate REMAX Real Estate Services - Cairns
Last 12 months
- Properties sold
- 11
- Median sold price
- $612k
- Median days on market
- 53


Tony Williamson
Sales Associate REMAX Real Estate Services - Cairns
Last 12 months
- Properties sold
- 12
- Median sold price
- $665k
- Median days on market
- 29


Jozie Ulgasan
Sales Associate Inspire Real Estate Cairns
Last 12 months
- Properties sold
- 61
- Median sold price
- $665k
- Median days on market
- 17
Agencies that specialise in Whitfield
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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.
