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Rent in Cairns North QLD 4870
Median weekly rent for new leases, Sep qtr 2026.
Median weekly rent by kind of home
All homes: $510 a week in the Sep qtr 2026 from 170 new bonds · up 2.0% in a year · dashed line and shading = our outlook and its likely range
1-bed unit: $450 a week in the Sep qtr 2026 from 57 new bonds · up 12.5% in a year
2-bed unit: $550 a week in the Sep qtr 2026 from 69 new bonds · up 1.9% in a year
3-bed unit: $700 a week in the Sep qtr 2026 from 13 new bonds · up 10.2% in a year
Where rents are heading
Our outlook for the Dec qtr 2026: $533 a week (likely $505 to $563). By the Sep qtr 2027: $541 (up 6.1% on today; likely $485 to $604).
How sure: when we tested this on the last two years of suburbs in QLD, the real figure one quarter later landed in the likely range 79.2% of the time (average miss 5.5%, 5,115 tests). Every outlook is recorded when it's made and checked when the real figure comes out. See our record.
Latest quarter by type and bedrooms, Sep qtr 2026
Not enough bonds to split by type.
Nearby
Parramatta Park QLD 4870: $379 Edmonton QLD 4869: $680 Trinity Beach QLD 4879: $650 Manoora QLD 4870: $495 Bentley Park QLD 4869: $690 Manunda QLD 4870: $430 Smithfield QLD 4878: $750 Woree QLD 4868: $480
Figures: median of new rental bonds lodged with the Residential Tenancies Authority (Queensland). Rents are what tenants agreed to pay at the start of a lease. See credits.