Australian Local Government Area

Cairns, QLD

Local government area demographic profile. Aggregated from AUSynth-generated suburb data, calibrated to ABS Census 2021.

Population

~177,068

Families

~76,041

Suburbs

64

State

QLD

Full LGA report

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Suburbs in this LGA (top 12 by population)

  • Edmonton 4869~12,088 people
  • Redlynch 4870~11,190 people
  • Mount Sheridan, QLD 4868~9,174 people
  • Bentley Park 4869~8,839 people
  • Mooroobool 4870~7,554 people
  • Gordonvale 4865~7,350 people
  • Smithfield, QLD 4878~7,043 people
  • Trinity Beach 4879~6,981 people
  • Manoora, QLD 4870~6,538 people
  • Kewarra Beach 4879~6,494 people
  • Brinsmead 4870~5,843 people
  • Cairns North 4870~5,654 people

52 more suburbs in this LGA. Suburb-level demographic profiles available at /demographics.

Methodology

LGA-level figures here are aggregated from AUSynth-generated suburb data. The underlying synthetic individuals are reconstructed from ABS Census 2021 conditional tables using Bayesian methods; the full methodology is at /docs/methodology.

Cairns, QLD - Local Government Area demographic profile | Verosynthea