Trinity Beach sits 1,717 km from Brisbane CBD in Queensland, around 19 hours 55 minutes by car. Census data records 6,594 residents with a median age of 42 and a median household income of $87,412 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the top 40% nationally. The suburb grew 20.2% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $380 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,712. Trinity Beach is characterised by high coastal erosion risk and high crime risk. 1 school sits within the suburb boundary, and walkability is moderate.
Is Trinity Beach a good suburb?
Trinity Beach scores a C (40/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit and community.
Mixed results
1 school
Very walkable
Walkability 67/100 · 1717.4 km · 1193 min drive to Brisbane
Median available
Median $890K
Moderate crime risk
Fire 37/100 · Crime 62/100
Advantaged
SEIFA decile 7/10 · median age 42 · 6,594 residents
Liveability Rating
40 / 100 · Ranked #747 in QLDEach bar is Trinity Beach's rank among QLD suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better). Scored on 4 of 5 factors: no school data, so the other factors carry its weight.
Flood data for Queensland covers only the areas mapped there — a blank here is not an all-clear.
How do you rate the liveability in Trinity Beach?
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Our score
40 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataTrinity Beach's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $890,000, roughly 22% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$890,000
9% above its 3 neighbours (median $815,000)
Based on 159 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 26 days — median across 95 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 6 sales $708K
- 3 bed 56 sales $782K
- 4 bed 81 sales $935K
- 5 bed 13 sales $1.5M
Units
$525,000
Based on 127 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 24 days — median across 44 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 1 bed 19 sales $346K
- 2 bed 81 sales $523K
- 3 bed 23 sales $685K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Trinity Beach are currently listed at around $954,000 on average. Based on 54 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$954K
54 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$560K
26 units listed in the last 6 months.
80 of the suburb's 2,569 dwellings (3.1%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Trinity Beach rent for around $795 a week on average, based on 55 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$795/wk
4% above its 3 neighbours (median $765/wk)
55 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$600/wk
23 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
78 rentals advertised against an estimated 812 rented homes (9.6%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- 3-bed houses
- $750/wk
- 17 bonds
- +50% since 2021
- 2-bed units
- $550/wk
- 30 bonds
- +54% since 2021
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies. Change since 2021 compares the median of the first four quarters with the last four. Asking rents above come from advertised listings.
Rental affordability
June quarter 202592 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 33% of its income on the median rent in postcode 4879.
SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$795/week ($41,000 a year) on a $954,000 median
$600/week ($31,000 a year) on a $560,000 median
Gross yield — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. Calculated from median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.
Is Trinity Beach safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Trinity Beach sits in the moderate band, with 59 incidents recorded in 2025 — down roughly 30% on the prior year.
59 offences
29.8% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2020–202425 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 1 of them fatal
Where they happened
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the suburb carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.
Coastal Erosion
Shoreline Change Summary
1988–2025Nearest Eroding Coastline
- Distance
- 1.3 km
- Rate
- -0.40 m/yr
- Net Movement
- -29.2 m
- Certainty
- good
Data Quality
Schools
One school serve Trinity Beach, and performance is broadly on par with peer-suburb schools.
- • 899 students in one school (avg 899)
Primary
Universities nearby
1.2% of residents here are full-time university students aged 15–24.
Distance is measured to the suburb centre. A campus nearby does not by itself mean a student rental market — most suburbs within a few kilometres of one have a student share close to the national norm, and the figure above is what tells them apart.
Walkability
Trinity Beach is somewhat walkable on foot — at 67/100, a short cluster of errands work on foot but most trips still benefit from a car. Within the suburb there are 1 supermarket, 16 parks and 11 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Trinity Beach.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 42.0 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 41.6 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 23.1 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 18.1 hours
Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Trinity Beach.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 44%
- Premises covered
- 3,372
NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.
Amenities
Cairns: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this suburb alone — this suburb's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 15 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 7 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Trinity Beach is home to about 6,600 residents, with a median age of 42, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $87,000 a year, with unemployment at 5.1%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
6,594
Median Age
42
Median Household Income
$87,412/yr
Census Median Rent
$380/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,712/mo
Avg Household Size
2.4
Median Personal Income
$45,292/yr
Unemployment Rate
5.1%
Unoccupied Dwellings
14.2%
Total Dwellings
2,569
Owner-Occupier Rate
68.4%
Houses
68.5%
Rental Stress
22.6%
Mortgage Stress
23.5%
Work From Home
19.4%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
17 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 0 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 799 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 66.9%
- English Spoken at Home
- 83.4%
- Employment Rate
- 62.1%
- Completed Year 12
- 47.0%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
When They Arrived
Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.
253 residents (3.8%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.
Where New Residents Came From
Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.
10.9% of residents (685) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Melbourne (199).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 6,271 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Languages Spoken at Home
Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
1% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (26 of 3,344).
City centre: the ABS area around each capital's CBD, such as Sydney Inner City or Perth City (which takes in Subiaco and Leederville). 2021 Census place of work.
Local Jobs
People who work in this suburb against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 1,078 people work here; 3,344 employed residents live here.
Mostly a place people commute from: 0.3 jobs per working resident. At least 68% of employed residents must work outside the suburb.
Counts are by place of work and place of usual residence. The ABS counts jobs in zones; where a zone spans several places, its jobs are shared out by land use. The ABS also adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,354 a year through Cairns based on 2025 figures.
Building Approvals: Cairns
In the year to August 2026, 767 new dwellings were approved across Cairns. That mix is 681 houses and 86 units. Approvals are down 81.0% on the same period a year earlier.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this suburb: 65 to 185 homes
- Within 2 years 27 to 70 homes
- In 2 to 5 years 14 to 50 homes
- In 5 to 10 years 22 to 55 homes
- No timeframe set 2 to 10 homes
Land the Queensland Government's residential land supply study identifies for future housing (10 parcels), by when it expects lots to be registered. Yields are published in ranges, so these are too.
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage
The Aboriginal party for this area is Djabugay Nation.
Under Queensland's Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 the Aboriginal party for an area follows native title. A native title claim over this area is registered with the Federal Court.
Air Quality
MODERATEPM2.5 averaged 5.6 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³). 2 days exceeded the daily threshold of 25 µg/m³.
PM10 averaged 18.6 µg/m³. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 4.
From the Woree (Cairns, Far North Queensland) monitoring station, 19.6 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Cairns Aero, 10.5 kmHigh rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 42 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 587 m
- 818 m to a named beach
- Annual rainfall
- 2,121 mm
- 120 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 31.9°C
- 4 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 18.1°C
- 0 frost days ≤ 0°C
Elevation is the ground at the suburb centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
1 facility within 5 km- 4.1 kmSewerage and Drainage ServicesTop reported: Total Nitrogen · Total Phosphorus · Ammonia (total)
EV adoption
In postcode 4879, 178 of 17,924 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.9% (522 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 3.9%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 4879, 6,310 rooftop-solar systems totalling 49.8 MW have been installed since 2001, against 9,595 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 568 went up in the last year.
Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.
2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.
First Home Owner Grant
FY2026-27$30,000 for new homes priced up to $750,000.
$30,000 for contracts signed on or after 20 November 2023, with no end date. IT DID NOT REVERT TO $15,000: the tier was due to end 30 June 2026 and the 2026-27 Queensland Budget (23 June 2026) continued it for contracts signed from 1 July 2026. This file carried a "due to revert" note until 2026-09-18 — it was never true, and a note predicting a change is not the same as a change. Cap is "less than $750,000" including land and contract variations — less than, not up to. New homes only: "There are no home owner grants for established homes."
Mortgage repayments
4 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb, 15 across postcode 4879.
Transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with Queensland Revenue Office
The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $750,000 may qualify for $30,000 — see what qualifies with Queensland Revenue Office.
At $890,000 this is $140,000 above the $750,000 First Home Owner Grant cap. A first home buyer may qualify for $30,000 on a newly built home — check eligibility with Queensland Revenue Office.
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-27 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.
Federal Electorate
Currently held by Matt Smith Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Matt Smith | 56.1% | 43.9% | +9.5 |
| 2022 | Warren Entsch | 46.6% | 53.4% | -0.7 |
| 2019 | Warren Entsch | 45.8% | 54.2% | +0.2 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact suburb's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Bree James Liberal National Party of Queensland
Next state election: 28 October 2028.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Bree James LNP | 53.7% |
| 2020 | Craig Crawford ALP | 53.1% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2017, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this suburb's voters. Results: Electoral Commission of Queensland.
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Common questions about Trinity Beach
Is Trinity Beach a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Trinity Beach is moderate (62/100, ranked against other QLD suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Trinity Beach?
Trinity Beach has a low recorded bushfire history (37/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Trinity Beach a good place to live?
Trinity Beach has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (40/100), ranked against other QLD suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.
What is the population of Trinity Beach?
Trinity Beach, QLD had a population of 6,594 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Trinity Beach, QLD?
The postcode for Trinity Beach, QLD is 4879.
How far is Trinity Beach from Brisbane?
Trinity Beach is 1,717 km from Brisbane CBD by road, about 1193 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Trinity Beach?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Trinity Beach was $87,412 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.
What is the median weekly rent in Trinity Beach?
The median advertised rent in Trinity Beach is $795 a week for houses (55 listings) and $600 a week for units (23 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Trinity Beach?
The median age of residents in Trinity Beach was 42 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Trinity Beach at risk of bushfire?
Trinity Beach has a low recorded bushfire history (37/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the suburb relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.
How are the schools in Trinity Beach?
There is 1 school inside the Trinity Beach boundary: 1 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Trinity Beach walkable?
Trinity Beach scores 67/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it somewhat walkable. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the air quality in Trinity Beach?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Trinity Beach (Woree (Cairns, Far North Queensland)) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 5.6 µg/m³ and PM10 of 18.6 µg/m³. That puts Trinity Beach below the Australian NEPM annual standard of 8 µg/m³ but above the stricter WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Trinity Beach?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Trinity Beach, Cairns Aero (10.5 km away), summer days average 31.9°C, winter nights 18.1°C, 2,121 mm of rain a year over 120 rainy days, and 4 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Trinity Beach?
First-home buyers in QLD may be eligible for $30,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $750,000. The grant is administered by Queensland Revenue Office; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.
What council does Trinity Beach belong to?
Trinity Beach sits within the Cairns local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Trinity Beach?
The average residential rates bill through Cairns is $1,354 a year (2025). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Trinity Beach?
Across Cairns, 767 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 81.0% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Trinity Beach in?
Trinity Beach sits within the federal Division of Leichhardt, currently held by Matt Smith (Australian Labor Party).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2025–26
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- Public transport · Oct 2026
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2025
- Road crashes · 2020–2024
- Air quality · 2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- State electorate · 2024
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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