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edge hill
Queensland · Census 2021
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Edge Hill is a leafy residential suburb of Cairns.
Median house price
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People
Population
4,088
Median age
42 yrs
Income / person / wk
$942
Household income / wk
$1,674
Housing
Median rent / wk
$310
Mortgage / month
$1,618
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 47%
- Top language at home
- Japanese · 1%
- No religion
- 47%
- Born overseas
- 25%
- English only at home
- 87%
Local amenities
Amenity score
33/100
Schools
1
Supermarkets
1
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
14
Libraries
0
GP clinics
0
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
0.1 km
Nearest train
4.1 km
Nearest hospital
2.3 km
Distance to coast
2.1 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
0
Independent
0
Primary
1
Secondary
0
Nearest secondary
2.6 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
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