In 2021, there were 49,548 separate houses in the area, 14,132 medium density dwellings, and 6,785 high density dwellings. In addition, there were 1,101 caravans/cabins/houseboats in the area.
Analysis of the types of dwellings in Cairns (R) in 2021 shows that 68.5% of all dwellings were separate houses; 19.5% were medium density dwellings, and 9.4% were in high density dwellings, compared with 63.9%, 0.0%, and 0.0% in the Croydon (S) respectively.
In 2021, a total of 90.8% of the dwellings in Cairns (R) were occupied on Census night, compared to 78.4% in Croydon (S). The proportion of unoccupied dwellings was 8.8%, which is smaller compared to that found in Croydon (S) (19.7%).