
Cairns is a city in Queensland, Australia, on the tropical north east coast of Far North Queensland. Population: 153,952 (June 2019) having grown on average 1.02% annually over the preceding five years.




The city is the 5th-most-populous in Queensland, and 15th in Australia.


67.9% of people were born in Australia. 4.0% born in England, 3.1% New Zealand, 1.5% Papua New Guinea, 1.2% Philippines and 1.1% Japan
76.9% of people speak only English at home. Other languages spoken at home include Japanese 1.6%, Chinese 0.8%, Italian 0.7%, Korean 0.7% and German 0.6%.






Climate
Mean max temp | Mean min temp | Annual rainfall |
29.4 °C 85 °F | 21.0 °C 70 °F | 1,981.5 mm 78 in |






Visited February 26, 2023.