Living in Cairns, QLD
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Cairns, considered the gateway to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, is a city in tropical Far North Queensland. Its Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park tells the stories of indigenous Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with music and dance. Cairns Esplanade, lined with bars and restaurants, has a swimming lagoon. Northwest of the city, Daintree National Park spans mountainous rainforest, gorges and beaches.
Cairns
Community
Living in regional Australia gives you access to a wealth of community services, such as hospitals, libraries, bars and eateries.
Data source: Department of Health Commonwealth declared hospitals [2021], Australia Post. Google [2021]
Amenities within 50km of Cairns
Cairns
Housing
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Data source: ABS, [2019, 2020], LGA updated [2021], Corelogic [2024]
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Cairns
Education
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Number of Institutions
Data sources:
Australian Children's Education & Care Quality Authority, Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, Wikipedia, 4icu.
Schools And Universities in Cairns
Education within 25KM of Cairns
83 Childcare Centres | |
water street child care and kindergarten | |
cairns regional family day care pty ltd | |
just kids education house | |
st. joseph's - parramatta outside school hours care | |
parramatta state school after school care | |
pelicans in the city - centre two | |
pelicans in the city - centre one | |
cairns community kindergarten | |
boopa werem community kindergarten & preschool | |
pelicans in the park early learning & child care centre | |
mother of good counsel - north cairns outside school hours care | |
c&k white rock community kindergarten | |
pcyc cairns - cairns west school age care | |
goodstart early learning manunda | |
st. francis xavier's - manunda outside school hours care | |
cairns kids early learning centre | |
nq family day care | |
balaclava after school and vacation care | |
edge hill child care centre | |
kindy zone | |
c&k balaclava community kindergarten | |
butterflies early learning & childcare | |
cubby care mooroobool | |
our lady help of christians - earlville outside school hours care | |
sunshine day care centre | |
pcyc cairns - whitfield school age care | |
woree state primary school out of school hours care | |
bayview heights community kindergarten | |
family day care south cairns community kindergarten | |
goodstart early learning bayview heights | |
st. gerard majella - woree outside school hours care | |
goodstart early learning brinsmead | |
genius childcare - sheridan gardens | |
goodstart early learning forest gardens | |
freshwater outside school hours care | |
machans beach outside school hours care | |
st. andrew's catholic college outside of school hours care | |
redlynch state college outside school hours care | |
busy bees at redlynch | |
genius childcare - sheridan meadows | |
catholic childcare and community kindergarten redlynch | |
kindy zone mount sheridan | |
c&k holloways beach community kindergarten | |
redlynch daycare & early childhood development centre | |
peace lutheran college outside school hours care | |
peace lutheran community kindergarten | |
little world | |
junior world | |
childs world (bp1) | |
childs world (bp3) | |
childs world (bp4) | |
childs world (bp2) | |
mount sheridan early education centre | |
cairns early years kindergarten | |
p&j murray daycare service | |
st. therese's bentley park outside school hours care | |
caravonica outside school hours care | |
sanctuary early learning adventure | |
pcyc hambledon outside school hours care | |
yorkeys knob outside school hours care | |
yorkeys knob community kindergarten and preschool | |
catholic early learning & care, mount peter | |
mackillop catholic college, mount peter outside school hours care | |
early learning centre smithfield 1 | |
smithfield child care centre | |
mount peter early learning | |
smithfield village early learning centre | |
holy cross - smithfield outside of school hours care | |
johnny crows garden child care centre | |
trinity beach state school p & c association outside school hours care | |
trinity beach community kindergarten | |
bluewater village early learning | |
goodstart early learning trinity beach | |
tas oshc kewarra beach | |
kuranda community kindergarten | |
barefoot brainchild | |
just kids gordonvale | |
genius learning - clifton beach | |
st. michael's - gordonvale outside school hours care | |
gordonvale community kindergarten | |
kuranda oshc | |
the learning cove early education | |
cairns hinterland steiner school |
7 High Schools | |
St Monica's College | |
Cairns State High School | |
St Augustine's College | |
The BUSY School | |
Woree SHS - SchoolTech Campus | |
Trinity Bay State High School | |
Holy Spirit College - Manoora Campus |
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cq university | |
james cook university | |
james cook university |
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