Smithfield QLD 4878
Smithfield is in Cairns LGA, QLD, postcode 4878, with population 6,664.
Strong evidence
Smithfield has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
Direct signals include Market rent, Crime, Schools, and Population growth. Missing or weaker areas are still shown so the page does not overstate precision.
Smithfield has usable rent context. No strong rent pressure, affordability stress, or investor-rent signal is visible from the provided context.
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Rent context available
Smithfield has usable rent context. Snapshot rent $685/wk.
No strong rent pressure, affordability stress, or investor-rent signal is visible from the provided context.
Smithfield has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
Direct signals include Market rent, Crime, Schools, and Population growth. Missing or weaker areas are still shown so the page does not overstate precision.
Use compare to test the suburb against another candidate, then validate financial assumptions in the calculator where available.
Market rent, Crime, Schools, Population growth
No fallback or lower-precision signals flagged.
Property prices, Hospitals, Transport
Smithfield currently reads as a livability-led candidate.
Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read. Missing evidence to verify: Property prices, Transport.
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Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.
No major caution is visible beyond the normal source checks.
Property prices, Transport
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Smithfield QLD
Smithfield is a mid-sized suburb in Queensland within the Cairns local government area (postcode 4878). With a population of 6,664, the suburb has a mix of young professionals and families with a median age of 34. Households earn a median income of $96K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.0% year-on-year at the LGA level. QLD employment has moved +0.9% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. QLD also had 32 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 12 underway, and 50 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are professionals, community & personal service, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and accommodation & food. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
The current median weekly rent is $685. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,755.
Smithfield is served by 2 schools, including 2 secondary. The average ICSEA score is 1014, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Cairns LGA is higher than average at 10,917 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.0% year-on-year indicates stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Smithfield is a mid-sized suburb in Queensland within the Cairns local government area (postcode 4878). With a population of 6,664, the suburb has a mix of young professionals and families with a median age of 34. Households earn a median income of $96K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.0% year-on-year at the LGA level. QLD employment has moved +0.9% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. QLD also had 32 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 12 underway, and 50 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are professionals, community & personal service, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and accommodation & food. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
The current median weekly rent is $685. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,755.
Smithfield is served by 2 schools, including 2 secondary. The average ICSEA score is 1014, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Cairns LGA is higher than average at 10,917 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.0% year-on-year indicates stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Smithfield FAQ
Common questions-
What LGA is Smithfield in?
Smithfield is in the Cairns Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4878. Council-level context for Cairns LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
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What is the typical weekly rent in Smithfield?
The median weekly rent in Smithfield is $685/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.
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What does the rent signal say about Smithfield?
Rent context available: Smithfield has usable rent context. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.
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Is Smithfield a good investment?
QuickProperty's investment signals for Smithfield show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
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Where does QuickProperty get its data for Smithfield?
Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.
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How often is the Smithfield data updated?
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.