In 2021, there were 8,641 separate houses in the area, 684 medium density dwellings, and 5 high density dwellings. In addition, there were 478 caravans/cabins/houseboats in the area.
Analysis of the types of dwellings in Mareeba (S) in 2021 shows that 84.9% of all dwellings were separate houses; 6.7% were medium density dwellings, and 0% were in high density dwellings, compared with 89.2%, 6.6%, and 0.0% in the Hope Vale Aboriginal (S) respectively.
In 2021, a total of 90.7% of the dwellings in Mareeba (S) were occupied on Census night, compared to 88.7% in Hope Vale Aboriginal (S). The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 9.0%, which is smaller compared to that found in Hope Vale Aboriginal (S) (11.3%).