Suburbs where rents are rising fastest in Cairns
Edmonton leads the 3-bedroom house list: rents agreed on new leases rose 58% since 2021, from $395 to $625 a week. Bungalow leads the 2-bedroom unit list, up 66% ($298 to $495).
This ranking orders Cairns suburbs by how much the median rent agreed on new leases has risen since 2021, for 3-bedroom houses and 2-bedroom units separately. The figures come from rental bond records, so they are what tenants signed up to pay, not what landlords advertised.
Advertised rents would have told a different story. Checked against bond records in October 2026, they roughly doubled the rise at the top of the Sydney list (Ermington: advertised +99%, agreed +44%), because suburbs where bigger, dearer homes now make up more of the listings looked like suburbs where rents had soared. The change compares the median of the four quarters of 2021 with the latest four, and every one of those quarters needs at least 10 new bonds.
Cairns suburbs where 3-bedroom house rents rose most
Change in the median rent agreed on new leases of 3-bedroom houses, from 2021 to the latest four quarters.
Edmonton
QLD 4869 · 11,409 residents+58% since 2021 · $395 to $625 a week
Mount Sheridan
QLD 4868 · 8,678 residents+57% since 2021 · $415 to $650 a week
Bentley Park
QLD 4869 · 8,360 residents+54% since 2021 · $410 to $630 a week
Trinity Beach
QLD 4879 · 6,594 residents+50% since 2021 · $482 to $725 a week
Kewarra Beach
QLD 4879 · 6,133 residents+50% since 2021 · $468 to $700 a week
Edge Hill
QLD 4870 · 4,088 residents+46% since 2021 · $485 to $710 a week
Redlynch
QLD 4870 · 10,571 residents+44% since 2021 · $480 to $690 a week
Smithfield
QLD 4878 · 6,664 residents+43% since 2021 · $468 to $668 a week
Mooroobool
QLD 4870 · 7,136 residents+42% since 2021 · $422 to $600 a week
Brinsmead
QLD 4870 · 5,537 residents+39% since 2021 · $460 to $640 a week
Manoora
QLD 4870 · 6,175 residents+36% since 2021 · $430 to $585 a week
Bayview Heights
QLD 4868 · 4,175 residents+28% since 2021 · $450 to $575 a week
Whitfield
QLD 4870 · 4,262 residents+19% since 2021 · $550 to $655 a week
Ranked from 13 qualifying suburbs.
Cairns suburbs where 2-bedroom unit rents rose most
Change in the median rent agreed on new leases of 2-bedroom units, from 2021 to the latest four quarters.
Bungalow
QLD 4870 · 2,358 residents+66% since 2021 · $298 to $495 a week
Edge Hill
QLD 4870 · 4,088 residents+63% since 2021 · $338 to $550 a week
Holloways Beach
QLD 4878 · 2,398 residents+55% since 2021 · $320 to $498 a week
Trinity Beach
QLD 4879 · 6,594 residents+54% since 2021 · $365 to $562 a week
Yorkeys Knob
QLD 4878 · 2,794 residents+51% since 2021 · $350 to $530 a week
Cairns North
QLD 4870 · 5,334 residents+50% since 2021 · $368 to $550 a week
Clifton Beach
QLD 4879 · 3,192 residents+49% since 2021 · $365 to $545 a week
Manunda
QLD 4870 · 5,191 residents+48% since 2021 · $305 to $450 a week
Earlville
QLD 4870 · 4,200 residents+48% since 2021 · $305 to $450 a week
Redlynch
QLD 4870 · 10,571 residents+46% since 2021 · $370 to $540 a week
Westcourt
QLD 4870 · 3,841 residents+46% since 2021 · $340 to $495 a week
Smithfield
QLD 4878 · 6,664 residents+44% since 2021 · $395 to $568 a week
Manoora
QLD 4870 · 6,175 residents+44% since 2021 · $320 to $460 a week
Woree
QLD 4868 · 5,127 residents+44% since 2021 · $310 to $445 a week
Parramatta Park
QLD 4870 · 3,621 residents+43% since 2021 · $352 to $505 a week
Ranked from 18 qualifying suburbs.
Common questions about this ranking
What are the suburbs where rents are rising fastest in Cairns?
Edmonton leads the 3-bedroom house list: rents agreed on new leases rose 58% since 2021, from $395 to $625 a week. Bungalow leads the 2-bedroom unit list, up 66% ($298 to $495).
Are these advertised rents or rents people actually pay?
Rents people agreed to pay: every new lease lodges a bond with the state, and the bond record carries the weekly rent. Advertised rents were checked and not used. In October 2026 they roughly doubled the rise at the top of the Sydney list (Ermington: advertised +99%, agreed +44%), because suburbs where dearer homes now make up more of the listings looked like suburbs where rents had soared.
How is the rise measured?
The median rent of the four quarters of 2021 against the median of the latest four, for 3-bedroom houses and 2-bedroom units separately. Every one of those quarters needs at least 10 new bonds, so one thin quarter cannot put a suburb at the top.
Why is there no list for Melbourne, Perth, Canberra or Darwin?
Victoria publishes bond rents only for groups of suburbs, and the ACT and the Northern Territory publish none we can use. Western Australia's figures start in 2023, so they cannot be compared with 2021.
Same list in other cities
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Rankings last computed 24 October 2026. Recomputed after each ACARA schools data refresh.
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