Edmonton sits in Cairns's southern growth corridor in postcode 4869, between the city centre and Gordonvale. The reading is SEIFA decile 4 at IRSAD 940, in the 39th state percentile within Queensland.
ABS 2021 IRSAD release. Score 940 (national mean = 1000).
Decile 4 is the lower end of the mid-band, and the 39th state percentile is consistent with a regional postcode rather than a metro one. Edmonton's role within the Cairns urban area has shifted as the city has grown southward, and the postcode now includes a meaningful share of master-planned estate development alongside older residential. PropertyRanker uses SEIFA as a primary signal for economic_strength, hazard_risk, and entry_point_risk. A decile 4 reading places Edmonton just below the national mean on those three criteria. What the SEIFA reading does not capture is the cyclical exposure of Cairns as a regional economy, where tourism, agriculture, and migration patterns drive demand more sharply than in larger metropolitan postcodes. The strategy mix that tends to fit 4869 is Yield or Regional. The Yield anchor of 6% gross is sometimes reachable on older detached stock, and the Regional strategy's 7% anchor is occasionally meet-able on the more affordable end of the postcode. The interesting question for any Edmonton listing is whether the rental demand profile holds across a tourism downturn, and that is a market-cycle question, not a SEIFA question.
Edmonton QLD 4869 recorded a median house price of $685,858 as at March 2026, representing 16.84% annual growth, according to CoreLogic data published via yourinvestmentpropertymag.com.au. There were 179 house sales in the 12 months to March 2026, with an average of just 10 days on market and vendor discounting of -5.8%, per propertyvalue.com.au. Supply conditions are tight, with stock-on-market at 0.26% and inventory at 1.46 months, per htag.com.au, pointing to a strongly vendor-favourable market.
All three signals align positively: vacancy is tight at 1.21% with only 1.46 months of inventory, houses are selling in 10 days on average, and vendor discounting of -5.8% is consistent with vendors holding firm in a supply-constrained market.
Sources: Edmonton QLD 4869 Suburb Profile - Your Investment Property Mag (CoreLogic) (2026-06-28); Edmonton QLD 4869 Property Prices, Rent, Yield & Growth - Heatmaps (2026-07-27); Edmonton QLD 4869 Property Market and House Prices 2026 - HtAG Analytics (2026-07-27); Edmonton House Prices & Property Trends - PropertyValue.com.au (Cotality) (2026-01-01) · Refreshed 27 Sep 2026
PropertyRanker scores any Australian property against 12 criteria across three pillars: Growth, Cashflow, and Risk. SEIFA is a primary signal for economic strength and a supporting one for entry-price risk. It also informs the crime side of hazard risk, though physical overlays like flood, bushfire and coastal exposure, and recorded crime data where available, take priority there. The decile of 4 shown above gives a listing in Edmonton a broadly mid-band starting line on economic strength and entry-price risk relative to the national median postcode.
On top of that, PropertyRanker chooses one of four strategies (Balanced, Growth, Yield, Regional) and applies a per-strategy yield anchor. The anchors are 3.5% for Growth, 5% for Balanced, 6% for Yield, and 7% for Regional. A mid-band postcode does not favour one strategy outright; Balanced (5% anchor) is the common fit, with Yield (6%) reachable where a specific listing rent-to-price ratio supports it.
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SEIFA cannot tell you about cyclone overlay or storm-surge exposure, both of which matter in 4869. Insurance pricing in Far North Queensland is meaningfully different from metropolitan Queensland, and a static decile reading does not factor that in. The variance in build quality and cyclone-code compliance across older Edmonton housing matters for the score on a specific listing. Score the listing in PropertyRanker for a verdict that accounts for these.
The SEIFA IRSAD reading of 940 (decile 4, 39th state percentile within Queensland) places Edmonton at the lower end of the mid-band and just below the national mean on PropertyRanker's economic_strength, hazard_risk, and entry_point_risk criteria. That reading is consistent with a regional postcode rather than a metropolitan one, which shapes the risk and yield profile investors should expect. Edmonton is not flagged as an extreme outlier in either direction; rather, the data suggests a suburb where yield potential is credible but economic cycle exposure is meaningful. Scoring a specific listing on PropertyRanker will show how those three criteria interact with the other nine factors for that property.
The analysis points to the High Yield (around 6 percent gross anchor) and Regional (around 7 percent gross anchor) strategies as the closest fits for postcode 4869. Older detached stock in the suburb can sometimes approach the High Yield threshold, and the more affordable end of the postcode occasionally meets the Regional anchor, though neither outcome is guaranteed across the board. The Capital Growth strategy (around 3.5 percent anchor) and the Balanced strategy (around 5 percent anchor) are harder to justify at a decile 4 SEIFA reading in a regional economy without stronger fundamentals to support price-growth assumptions. Run the specific listing through PropertyRanker to see which strategy the live figures actually support.
The SEIFA reading captures socioeconomic position, but it does not capture the cyclical exposure of Cairns as a regional economy driven by tourism, agriculture, and migration patterns, all of which can move rental demand more sharply than in larger metro markets. Flood risk is a documented consideration in parts of the Edmonton area; older sections of the suburb have a history of inundation, while newer estates in West Edmonton have been developed with better flood immunity, so individual site assessment against Cairns Regional Council flood overlay maps is important. PropertyRanker uses SEIFA as a primary signal for hazard_risk, meaning a decile 4 reading already applies a modest downward adjustment to that criterion, but it does not substitute for a site-specific flood check. The combination of regional economic sensitivity and variable hazard exposure within the postcode means due diligence on both dimensions is warranted before proceeding.
Edmonton is serviced by bus rather than a suburban train line; Translink operates bus routes connecting the suburb to Cairns city centre, with the trip taking roughly 20 to 40 minutes depending on the stop. Car dependency is a realistic feature of daily life for most residents, which is typical of outer regional suburbs at this SEIFA level and is a factor that can compress the tenant pool for properties not near bus corridors. Investors assessing rental demand should confirm proximity of a specific listing to active bus stops and consider that the Cairns labour market, not just transport access, is the primary driver of occupancy in this postcode.
PropertyRanker applies twelve scoring criteria to each listing, and SEIFA feeds directly into three of them: economic_strength, hazard_risk, and entry_point_risk; for Edmonton, the decile 4 reading at IRSAD 940 applies a modest downward adjustment to all three relative to the national mean. The remaining nine criteria draw on listing-level data including the asking price, estimated gross yield, property age and type, and local supply indicators, so two properties in the same postcode can score meaningfully differently. Because specific price and yield figures shift with market conditions, PropertyRanker generates a live score for each individual listing rather than a single suburb-wide verdict. Score the specific property to see how Edmonton's regional and SEIFA context combines with that listing's own numbers.
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