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East Palmerston suburb profile

East Palmerston is a small rural locality in Far North Queensland's Cassowary Coast region, characterised by open farmland and pockets of tropical rainforest. The landscape is shaped by broadacre farms and acreage properties where sugarcane and other tropical crops are common, and housing ranges from modest timber farmhouses to larger rural blocks. It attracts people seeking a quiet country lifestyle, including working agricultural families and those wanting more space away from town. Local services are limited so residents rely on nearby coastal towns for shopping and schools, and the area offers easy access to bushwalking and coastal recreation.

East Palmerston property market performance

Like many smaller suburbs, East Palmerston sees relatively few property sales, so there isn't enough recent data to publish a reliable median price for houses or units. Recent figures for numbers of sales, typical days on market and average rents are also not published.

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East Palmerston demographics

East Palmerston is a small community of 220 people with a median age of 49. The typical household income is $1,390 a week, roughly $72,280 a year.

Families are largely couple-based: half of reported families are couple families without children (50.0%) and 35.7% are couple families with children, so together couple families make up 85.7% of families. One-parent families account for 14.3%.

Homes in East Palmerston are predominantly owner-occupied, with 51.5% owned outright and 30.9% owned with a mortgage, totalling 82.4% owner-occupied; renters comprise 17.6% of dwellings.

Suburbs near East Palmerston

Some popular suburbs near East Palmerston include:

  • Utchee Creek: Small rural community in the Wet Tropics, with rainforest and farming.
  • Pin Gin Hill: Elevated rural locality with rolling farmland and scattered homes.
  • Mena Creek: Small township set among sugarcane fields and rainforest pockets.
  • South Johnstone: Established town on the coastal plain, known for its riverine setting.
  • Woopen Creek: Quiet locality blending rainforest gullies and agricultural land.
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