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cairns city
Queensland · Census 2021
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Cairns City is an inner-city suburb of Cairns.
Median house price
No median price series for Cairns City yet.
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People
Population
3,616
Median age
44 yrs
Income / person / wk
$907
Household income / wk
$1,627
Housing
Median rent / wk
$413
Mortgage / month
$1,733
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 29%
- Top language at home
- French · 1%
- No religion
- 29%
- Born overseas
- 42%
- English only at home
- 73%
Local amenities
Amenity score
100/100
Schools
1
Supermarkets
5
Pubs & bars
13
Parks
6
Libraries
1
GP clinics
4
Pharmacies
7
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
0.3 km
Nearest train
0.5 km
Nearest hospital
0.9 km
Distance to coast
0.4 km
NBN
Satellite
Grocery mix: 1 Coles · 2 Woolworths. Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Schools by sector
Government
0
Catholic
1
Independent
2
Primary
1
Secondary
3
Nearest secondary
0.2 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Cairns
- Council population
- 167,021
- Council area
- 1,689 km²
- Density
- 99/km²
- Federal grants
- $5.23M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $31/yr
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Leichhardt
- Federal MP
- Matt Smith (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 56% 2PP
- State electorate
- Cairns
- State MP
- Michael Healy (ALP)
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.