Palm Cove is in Cairns LGA, QLD, postcode 4879, with population 2,450.
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Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.
Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,733/mo, while renters pay about $2,600/mo — renting runs $867/mo higher on these medians.
Palm Cove (postcode 4879) is a smaller suburb in Queensland within the Cairns local government area. With a population of 2,450, the suburb has an older-leaning population with a median age of 53. Households earn a median income of $79K per year, with an average household size of 2.1 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 +0.9% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. QLD also had 32 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 12 underway, and 50 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are professionals, managers, community & personal service. Employment in the area leans toward accommodation & food and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
The current median weekly rent is $600. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,733.
The crime rate in the Cairns LGA is higher than average at 11,007 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.
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Palm Cove is usable as a read, though it still needs cross-checking.
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Palm Cove is in the Cairns Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4879. Council-level context for Cairns LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The median weekly rent in Palm Cove is $600/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.
Rent context available: Palm Cove has usable rent context. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Palm Cove show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
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.
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.