Cairns, QLD

Cairns has 37 suburbs tracked by NestLedger, with an average weekly rent of $571. A single person needs to earn at least $97,067/yr (median) to keep rent below 30% of income.

24 suburbs are in rental stress, where median rent exceeds 30% of median household income.

Across the 37 priced suburbs NestLedger tracks in Cairns, weekly medians run from $320 in Parramatta Park up to $800 in Kanimbla, a 2.5× spread. Where you land inside that range matters more to a budget than the citywide average does.

24 of the tracked suburbs sit in rental stress, where the median rent exceeds 30% of the local median household income. Tracked rents rose an average 5.9% over the past year, so figures date quickly.

For the long-form version of how these numbers work, see the NestLedger guides.