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cairns north
Queensland · Census 2021
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Cairns North is a coastal suburb of Cairns.
Median house price
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People
Population
5,334
Median age
37 yrs
Income / person / wk
$873
Household income / wk
$1,402
Housing
Median rent / wk
$340
Mortgage / month
$1,300
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 39%
- Top language at home
- Punjabi · 1%
- No religion
- 39%
- Born overseas
- 40%
- English only at home
- 72%
Local amenities
Amenity score
55/100
Schools
3
Supermarkets
3
Pubs & bars
2
Parks
8
Libraries
0
GP clinics
4
Pharmacies
1
Hospitals
3
Nearest supermarket
0.5 km
Nearest train
2.6 km
Nearest hospital
0.7 km
Distance to coast
0.7 km
NBN
Fixed Line
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
1
Catholic
1
Independent
0
Primary
1
Secondary
1
Nearest secondary
1.5 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.