East Innisfail, QLD 4860
East Innisfail property market
House sales dominate East Innisfail, with 67 sales at around $466k (up sharply) as of July 2026, taking about 46 days to sell (up a lot from 23 days last year), one of the country's strongest house price gains, with just over half being 3-bedroom.
House rentals are the only other notable market, with 14 leases at $450 a week, renting out in about 20 days. Then come 4 unit rentals at $305 a week and 1 unit sales at around $300k.
Who lives hereA low-income, renter-heavy, family-oriented suburb.
House covers houses, duplexes, semi-detached and terraces; Unit covers apartments, units, townhouses and villas.
East Innisfail demographics & population
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing and Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) 2021 · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Who lives in East Innisfail?
The age structure, household make-up, and cultural fabric of the people who call this suburb home.
Share of all residents by 5-year band · hover a band for the count + split
A strongly multicultural community with deep migrant heritage.
2020–21 understated — COVID border closures.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
Housing & affordability in East Innisfail
What it costs to live here, who owns versus rents, and the shape of the housing stock.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
Income & employment in East Innisfail
Incomes, employment, and the occupation mix of the people who live here.
A typical household earns about 1.7× the typical individual here.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
Getting around East Innisfail
How people get to work, and how car-dependent the suburb is — the clearest tell of inner-urban versus outer-suburban living.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
Education · ACARA My School 2025
Schools in and around East Innisfail
2 schools inside East Innisfail, plus the closest options around it. Families can choose from 14 primary schools in East Innisfail and its surrounds, and 3 high schools covering the secondary years. Distances are straight-line from the suburb centre and are not enrolment catchments — always confirm zones with the school.
ICSEA is ACARA’s official measure of a school’s socio-educational advantage — based mainly on parents’ education and occupation, plus the school’s location and student mix.
- Within East Innisfail · 2Order by
- 1Innisfail East State SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Within suburbState Rank—English—Maths—Students129Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 2Radiant Life CollegeIndependent · Combined · Co-ed · Years Prep-10 · Within suburbState Rank—English—Maths—Students129Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- Nearby · within 5 km · 13
- 3Good Counsel Primary SchoolCatholic · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Innisfail · 4.0 kmState RankTop 50%English★★★★★★★★★★Maths★★★★★★★★★★Students129Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 4St Rita's SchoolCatholic · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · South Johnstone · 4.0 kmState RankTop 50%English★★★★★★★★★★Maths★★★★★★★★★★Students129Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 5Good Counsel CollegeCatholic · Secondary · Co-ed · Years 7-12 · Innisfail · 4.0 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students129Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 6Innisfail State SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Innisfail · 4.0 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students129Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 7Innisfail State CollegeGovernment · Combined · Co-ed · Years Prep-12 · Innisfail Estate · 4.0 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students129Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 8Goondi State SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Goondi Bend · 4.0 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students129Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 9Mundoo State SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Wangan · 4.0 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students129Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 10Flying Fish Point State SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Flying Fish Point · 4.0 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students129Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 11Mourilyan State SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Mourilyan · 4.0 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students129Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 12South Johnstone State SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · South Johnstone · 4.0 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students129Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 13Mena Creek State SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Mena Creek · 4.0 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students129Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 14Mirriwinni State SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Mirriwinni · 4.0 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students129Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 15Bartle Frere State SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Bartle Frere · 4.0 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students129Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank—
Why are some State Rank and star ratings blank? Schools can choose not to publish their results. In practice, schools that score well above their state average almost always publish theirs — so a blank rating more often reflects a school opting out than a top result being hidden. Academic results also tend to rise with ICSEA Rank, so higher-ICSEA schools more often carry a strong State Rank as well.
School profile and ICSEA data sourced from ACARA — © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (data year 2025) · State Rank & star columns are Micromarkets-compiled academic ratings from publicly available school results · Distances are straight-line from the suburb centre, not catchments.
Turnover
How settled or transient the community is — and where newcomers came from.
East Innisfail median house price & rent
Headline price, rent, yield and time on market for East Innisfail — choose a property type and size below.
House & unit prices by bedroom
Every segment this suburb tracks — sales and rentals side by side, ranked by total activity over the last twelve months.
East Innisfail property growth
Where each segment sits against its peers in the chosen geography — past the midline means it's outperforming the rest.
Market demandHow fast this market is moving — a velocity index built from trailing-year transaction volume and median days on market. Strong volume lifts the score; days on market drags it down, with the drag growing sharply once listings start lingering. Ranked against peers in the chosen geography.
Houses
Units
Buying vs renting in East Innisfail
What it costs each week to own a property versus renting the same one — positive means buying carries the premium, negative means rent covers the mortgage.
How strong is demand, and which way is it heading?
Two questions on one chart — how strong demand is right now, and which way it's heading year-on-year.
Sales market velocity
East Innisfail against the neighbourhood
Eight diagnostic views cutting the data a different way each time — East Innisfail in blue, peers in colour.
How fast — and is it getting faster?
Housing supply & months of stock
How long current listings would take to clear at the recent rate of sales or leases. Critical shortage and Oversupply only fire at the genuine tails of the national distribution — sales tip in under 0.7 months, rentals far faster, under 0.3.
Sales market
| Segment | Band | Months of supply left | YoYYoY change12-month change in months of supply. Down means stock is tightening (fewer months than a year ago); up means stock is loosening. | ListedListedActive listings in this segment right now, derived from months of supply multiplied by the recent transaction rate. | SoldSold (last year)Total sold transactions completed in this segment over the last 12 months. | Per monthPer monthAverage monthly absorption — how many properties are sold each month in this segment, over the last 12 months. |
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Rental market
| Segment | Band | Months of supply left | YoYYoY change12-month change in months of supply. Down means stock is tightening (fewer months than a year ago); up means stock is loosening. | ListedListedActive listings in this segment right now, derived from months of supply multiplied by the recent transaction rate. | LeasedLeased (last year)Total leased transactions completed in this segment over the last 12 months. | Per monthPer monthAverage monthly absorption — how many properties are leased each month in this segment, over the last 12 months. |
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Who's transacting — buyers or tenants?
Out of every property transaction in this suburb, what share are sales versus leases — each point a rolling twelve-month window.
East Innisfail — Units & Houses, all bedrooms
East Innisfail median house price & rent history
Each tape traces one metric across sixty months for the selected segment — every point a trailing twelve-month figure, matching the headline KPIs above.
Five-year summaryAs of Jun 2026, the median house sale price in East Innisfail rose from $125k (Jul 2021) to $246k (Jun 2026) — +97.6% growth over five years — peaking at $342k between Apr 2025 and Mar 2026. Median house rent went from $215/wk to $247/wk (+14.9%) over the same period. For units, median rent went from $243/wk to $163/wk (−32.9%) over the same period.
Suburbs near East Innisfail: prices compared
The nearest suburbs to East Innisfail, ranked by distance — each lined up against East Innisfail on the same measures, so the differences jump out at a glance.
Suburbs like East Innisfail
Suburbs anywhere in QLD that behave like East Innisfail — matched on price, growth, selling speed and demand, not on distance. A shortlist of markets that move the same way — including ones far away you'd never think to compare. (Want the suburbs right next door instead? See Nearby markets above.)
East Innisfail vs Brandon: the closest sales-market match trades at a median of $290k against East Innisfail's $317k — about 9% lower, with homes selling in 29 days versus 36 days here.
Comparable sales markets to East Innisfail: Brandon (QLD 4808), Barney Point property market, Roma average house price, Yarraman median house price and Forrest Beach, QLD property market.
Frequently asked · East Innisfail
25 data-driven answers about East Innisfail's property market — every one computed from the metrics above.
What things cost
Prices, rent, yield, ownership costWhat is the median house price in East Innisfail?
#The median house price in East Innisfail, QLD 4860 is $317k as of June 2026, based on 12 sales over the past 12 months. Houses there have moved +50.0% year-on-year. Prices vary by bedroom count, from compact two-bedroom homes to larger four-bedroom houses. See the bedroom-level breakdown below for 2-, 3- and 4-bedroom medians.
What is the median unit price in East Innisfail?
#The median unit price in East Innisfail, QLD 4860 is $317k as of June 2026, based on 12 sales over the past 12 months. Units currently trade at roughly 100% of the median house price.
How much does it cost to rent in East Innisfail?
#The median weekly house rent in East Innisfail is $268 as of June 2026, drawn from a very small number of recent leases. Units rent for around $268 per week. House rents have moved +50.0% year-on-year. Current vacancy pressure is shown in the supply section above.
How much is rent for a 3 bedroom house in East Innisfail?
#A 3 bedroom house in East Innisfail rents for a median $268 per week as of June 2026, drawn from a very small number of recent leases. Across other house sizes: 2-bedroom $268/week. Unit rents: 2-bedroom $268/week. Figures cover only segments with enough recent leases to be statistically meaningful; sparse segments are excluded. The segment breakdown covers rent, yield and days on market for every property type and bedroom count.
What is the gross rental yield in East Innisfail?
#Gross rental yield in East Innisfail is 4.31% for houses and 4.31% for units as of June 2026, compared with the QLD unit median of 3.12%. Gross yield is annual rent divided by purchase price — it doesn't account for ownership costs like council rates, strata, maintenance or vacancy.
How much is a 3 bedroom house in East Innisfail?
#As of June 2026, East Innisfail medians by bedroom count:
| Property | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houses | — | $317k | $317k | $317k | $317k |
| Units | — | — | $317k | — | $317k |
Figures cover only segments with enough recent transactions to be statistically meaningful; sparse segments are excluded.
How the market is moving
Speed, supply, growth, cycle phaseWhat are East Innisfail's property market trends?
#East Innisfail's property market trends to June 2026: house prices rose +50.0% year-on-year; weekly house rents moved +50.0%; homes now sell in a median 36 days — slower than a year ago by 4; sales supply sits at 4.0 months (loose). Read together — price, rent, selling speed and supply — they show which way the East Innisfail market is leaning. The 5-year tape and demand cycle charts above plot the full trajectory.
What does the data say about East Innisfail as an investment?
#As of June 2026 in East Innisfail, house prices rose +50.0% over the year, gross rental yield is 4.31% against a QLD median of 2.58%, houses take a median 36 days to sell, sales supply is 4.0 months (loose). Capital growth, rental yield, selling speed and supply are the signals investors weigh — but these figures describe the market, not a recommendation. This is data, not financial advice; always do your own research and consider a licensed adviser.
How quickly do houses sell in East Innisfail?
#Houses in East Innisfail sell in a median 36 days on market as of June 2026. Days on market have lengthened by 4 days versus a year ago. Faster clearance typically coincides with stronger buyer demand and lower supply.
Is East Innisfail a tight or loose property market right now?
#East Innisfail's sales market sits at 4.0 months of supply for houses as of June 2026 — classified as Loose against the Australian distribution. Under 1.7 months is Severe (extreme shortage); over 4.5 months is Loose. The rental side is tighter still at 0.5 months of supply.
Have property prices in East Innisfail gone up or down?
#House prices in East Innisfail moved +50.0% over the 12 months to June 2026. The 5-year tape above plots the full monthly trajectory — showing where the market changed character rather than just crossing round numbers.
How active is the rental market in East Innisfail?
#East Innisfail's house rental market sits at 0.5 months of supply as of June 2026 — classified as Severe (extreme shortage), with 4 houses leased over the past 12 months. Units sit at 1.5 months. Tighter supply typically corresponds to faster letting and upward pressure on rents.
Where is East Innisfail in its property market cycle?
#East Innisfail's house market is currently in the 'softer_weakening' phase as of June 2026 — combining above-median sales velocity nationally with year-on-year loosening in days on market. The demand cycle chart above plots all eight segments on the same demand-versus-direction axes.
How it compares
Vs state, vs nearby, vs popularHow does East Innisfail compare to other QLD suburbs?
#East Innisfail's median house price ($317k) is 57% below the QLD median ($732k) as of June 2026. On selling speed, houses clear in 36 days vs 21 days state median. On gross yield, East Innisfail sits at 4.31% vs 2.58% state median.
How does East Innisfail compare to neighbouring suburbs?
#East Innisfail's most-similar nearby market is Brandon (170.9 km away) with a median house price of $290k — about 9% cheaper. The Nearby and Similar markets sections above rank every peer within radius and by composite similarity across price, days on market, yield, ownership cost and cycle phase.
What's the most popular property type in East Innisfail?
#The most-transacted segment in East Innisfail over the 12 months to June 2026 is 2 bed houses with 12 sales. 3 bed houses come second at 12 sales. The buying-versus-renting section above breaks down the top segments with weekly mortgage, rent and ownership-cost detail.
How many properties were sold and leased in East Innisfail last year?
#East Innisfail recorded 12 house sales and 12 unit sales over the 12 months to June 2026 — a combined 24 transactions. On the rental side, 4 houses and 4 units were leased. Segments with statistically thin samples are excluded from displayed figures.
About the area
Population, income, who lives here, schoolsWhat postcode is East Innisfail in?
#East Innisfail is in postcode 4860, in the Cairns & Far North region of QLD. Addresses there are written as East Innisfail, QLD 4860.
What is the population of East Innisfail?
#East Innisfail, QLD 4860 is home to 1,079 residents (ABS Census 2021). The median resident age is 24, and the average household holds 1.3 people. The "Who lives here" section above breaks the community down by age, life stage and tenure.
What is the median household income in East Innisfail?
#The median household in East Innisfail earns $839 per week — roughly $44k a year (ABS Census 2021). Median personal income runs $500/week. Income, rent-to-income and mortgage-to-income context sits in the "Who lives here" section above.
What is the unemployment rate in East Innisfail?
#The unemployment rate in East Innisfail is 50.0% (ABS Census 2021). That sits right around the median for Australian suburbs. The rate counts people who are working or actively looking for work — not a share of all residents. Workforce participation sits at 50%. The local economy section above covers incomes, employment status and the occupation mix.
Do people own or rent in East Innisfail?
#East Innisfail is mostly owner-occupied: about 100% of households are owner-occupiers and 50% rent (ABS Census 2021). Of owners, 50% own outright and 50% are paying off a mortgage.
What schools are near East Innisfail?
#East Innisfail has 15 schools within reach, 2 of them inside the suburb itself — including Innisfail East State School, Radiant Life College. The Schools section above maps each one with sector, year range, enrolment, Micromarkets-compiled academic ratings and ICSEA (ACARA).
Is East Innisfail a good place to live?
#East Innisfail, QLD 4860 has a population of 1,079, a median age of 24, a median household income around $839/week, 50% of households renting (ABS Census 2021). There are 15 schools within reach. Whether it's the right fit depends on your priorities — these figures describe the community, housing mix and amenity rather than offer a verdict.
About this data
Methodology and update cadenceWhen was this East Innisfail market data last updated?
#This East Innisfail market data was last updated July 2026, covering the 12 months to June 2026. Figures are computed monthly from 12-month rolling windows of recorded sales and leases, with five years of monthly history behind the trend charts. Methodology, glossary and data sources are linked in the footer.