Yarrabah, QLD
Suburb profile from official open data — demographics, market signals, schools and safety.
At a glance
- Population
- 2,505
- Median age
- 25
- Household income
- $1,254/wk
- Owner-occupied
- 11%
- Renting
- 79%
- Socio-economic advantage
- Decile 1/10 in QLD
- Nearest emergency dept
- Cairns Hospital · 11.6 km
Sources: ABS Census 2021 & SEIFA 2021 (CC BY 4.0); distances are straight-line from the suburb's address centroid.
Community safety
666 recorded incidents in 2025 · down 11.7% vs 2024
School catchments (suburb centre)
Junior secondary
Yarrabah SS - Secondary Campus
Primary
Yarrabah SS - Primary Campus
Senior secondary
Gordonvale SHS
Zones at the suburb's address centroid — individual addresses can differ; check any address on PropertyCheck for its exact zones. Source: state education departments (CC BY).
Growth & supply · Yarrabah
District population (2025)
2,669
-1% over 10 years
New homes approved (12 mths to May 2025)
41
houses 34 · other 7
ABS statistical district (SA2) containing the suburb centre (CC BY 4.0).
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All figures from official open data with attribution; estimates and medians are statistical outputs, not valuations. Suburb boundaries follow ABS Suburbs and Localities (SAL) 2021.