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Suburb profile ·Cairns LGA · QLD ·4870

Lamb Range QLD 4870

Lamb Range is in Cairns LGA, QLD, postcode 4870, with population 7.

Limited data

Thin-context

The page is still useful for local context, but the evidence stack is too thin for a clean one-page call. Use nearby stronger suburbs or compare mode before treating it as a serious shortlist decision.

What to check

The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
No market rent dataset
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
179,334
179K via Cairns LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
13,586
1,088 added 12mo · 114MW

Price history

No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth
Median rent · wk

Household income

$143K household · yr+79.6% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$78K
Family
$143K
Household
$143K
Crime Year ending May 2026
11,033
11,033 per 100k
D9 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k11,033
Total incidents11,033· Year ending May 2026
  • Assault2,13431%
  • Break And Enter1,91928%
  • Drug Offences2,30534%
  • Fraud4416%

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

The National Construction Code is the baseline. Local hazards and site classifications can change the required structure, materials, fixings, insulation and detailing.

Known here

SUBURB CONTEXT

Bushfire-prone land

Moderate broad-area context

About 24.4% of the suburb intersects mapped bushfire-prone land.

May affect: External construction · Roof and wall systems · Openings, screens and decks

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ADDRESS + DESIGN

NCC climate zone

Check the property

Confirm the NCC climate zone used for the building design and energy provisions.

May affect: Insulation and glazing · Condensation control · Roof-space ventilation

Wind class and BAL

Site assessment required

A suburb layer cannot determine the site wind classification or Bushfire Attack Level.

May affect: Structure and tie-downs · Cladding and fixings · Openings and bushfire detailing

Corrosion and termite exposure

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Confirm marine or corrosive exposure and the applicable termite-management requirements.

May affect: Fasteners and connectors · Roofing and coatings · Termite management

This screen identifies investigation triggers, not building quality or property compliance. Confirm the address, design and current jurisdiction rules with the council, building surveyor or certifier, designer and engineer.

NCC 2022 Housing Provisions: how to use · NCC 2022 Volume Two and Housing Provisions

Bushfire exposure

Moderate exposure ~24.4%
~24.4% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land · ~11.9% Category 1 (highest hazard)

Estimated exposure to NSW RFS Bush Fire Prone Land (CC BY), point-sampled across the suburb. This shows how much of the suburb sits within the official hazard layer — it is not a Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) rating or a property-level assessment. Obtain a BAL assessment (AS 3959) for an individual property.

Population outlook

6 people · 20226 by 2032 (+0.0%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Lamb Range SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Lamb Range QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Located in Queensland within the Cairns local government area, Lamb Range is a small, quiet locality (postcode 4870). The area has roughly 7 residents and a young demographic, with a median age of 24. Households earn a median income of $143K per year, with an average household size of 4 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.0% year-on-year at the LGA level. QLD employment has moved +1.5% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. QLD also had 35 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 16 underway, and 30 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count.

The crime rate in the Cairns LGA is higher than average at 11,033 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of +1.0% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+1.0%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)
Population growth · Cairns LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)179,334
5-year growth+1.2% CAGR
YoY change+1%
20012025
Development · Cairns LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)1,259
Houses 50%Units 50%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Cairns LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4.7%
YoY change+1.8pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4870ATO
Negatively geared5%
2,406 of filers
Avg rental loss$6,256/yr
Landlords (rental income)5,886
Reported capital gains3,886
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population7
Median age24
Household size4
HH income · wk$2,750
Personal income · wk$1,499
Persons / bedroom1.3
Top ancestryCensus
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations0
Cafes & dining1
Hospitals · Cairns LGAAIHW
Public3
Private4
Babinda Hospitalpublic
Cairns Hospitalpublic
Gordonvale Hospitalpublic
Cairns Haematology and Oncology Clinicprivate
Cairns Private Hospitalprivate
Ramsay Clinic Cairnsprivate
+1 more in Cairns LGA
Aged care · Cairns LGAGEN
Facilities15
Residential places1,486
Regis Redlynch194 places
Bupa Cairns151 places
Caravonica Waters148 places
Infinite Care Edmonton Gardens148 places
Bolton Clarke Farnorha132 places
Edge Hill Orchards130 places
+9 more in Cairns LGA
Childcare · Cairns LGAACECQA
Services108
Approved places8,349
Exceeding NQS8
Our Lady Help Of Christians - Earlville Outside School Hours Care180 places
Freshwater Outside School Hours Care170 places
Cairns South Early Learning Centre150 places
Caravonica Outside School Hours Care150 places
Edge Hill State School P&C Association Outside School Hours Care150 places
Goodstart Early Learning Kanimbla150 places
+102 more in Cairns LGA
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Lamb Range is a thin local read, not a complete suburb verdict.

QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.

PRICE POSTURE
Prices come from release-based suburb series.

QVAS residential dwelling sales aggregated to SA2 and mapped to suburb pages

RENT POSTURE
No local rent source is linked yet.

Treat the rent field as missing until a market or plausible Census rent value is linked.

SERVICE POSTURE
Service coverage is matched locally, not inferred nationally.

Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.

Data status
Property prices
QGSO Housing Profiles · QVAS residential dwelling sales aggregated to SA2 and mapped to suburb pages
medium stability · automated · every update · quarterly
Missing
Market rent
ABS Census 2021 · No market rent source linked
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Missing
Crime
State crime dataset · Year ending May 2026 · Area-level release dataset
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · No local school matches exposed
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · No matched local transport stops
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP · 2025 · Annual estimate series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual release series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as ABS price fallback, Census rent fallback, or low-confidence hospital matching.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Lamb Range is a real locality with enough context to be directionally useful. The tradeoff is that coverage is lighter than a stronger suburb profile, so the read should stay cautious.

WHY IT LOOKS LIGHTER
This is a real locality, but it has a very small Census footprint.

Small-population localities can still be worth checking, but rankings, comparisons, and broad suburb assumptions become noisier faster.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops.

The main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page as a location clue, not a standalone investment verdict.

Check nearby suburbs, the state hub, and rankings for firmer comparables before making this a shortlist decision.

Page status
INDEXED WITH LIGHTER COVERAGE

This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

Use this page to set direction, not to close a decision — frame the locality here, then confirm with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

If Lamb Range feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Ellis Beach most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Edmonton better covered
better market coverage

pop +11400 · adds house price coverage · adds rent coverage

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Redlynch better covered
better market coverage

pop +10600 · adds house price coverage · adds rent coverage

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Lamb Range FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Lamb Range in?

    Lamb Range is in the Cairns Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4870. Council-level context for Cairns LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. Is Lamb Range a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Lamb Range show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  3. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Lamb Range?

    Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.

  4. How often is the Lamb Range data updated?

    Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.