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smithfield (qld)
Queensland · Census 2021
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Smithfield (Qld) is an inner-city suburb of Cairns.
Median house price
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People
Population
6,664
Median age
34 yrs
Income / person / wk
$816
Household income / wk
$1,840
Housing
Median rent / wk
$420
Mortgage / month
$1,755
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 47%
- Top language at home
- Punjabi · 1%
- No religion
- 47%
- Born overseas
- 28%
- English only at home
- 82%
Local amenities
Amenity score
89/100
Schools
2
Supermarkets
4
Pubs & bars
3
Parks
16
Libraries
2
GP clinics
4
Pharmacies
4
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
0.7 km
Nearest train
5.2 km
Nearest hospital
12.3 km
Distance to coast
3.8 km
NBN
Fixed Line
Grocery mix: 1 Coles · 1 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
0
Primary
0
Secondary
1
Nearest secondary
0.8 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
- Barron River
- State MP
- Bree James (LNP)
Similar suburbs
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