Population 4,176 (2011 census) LGA(s) Cairns Region Whitfield Cairns North Federal division Division of Leichhardt | Postcode(s) 4870 State electorate(s) Barron River Postal code 4870 | |
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Location 5.6 km (3 mi) NW of Cairns | ||
Whitfield is a suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2011 census, Whitfield had a population of 4,176 people.
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Geography
The southern portion of Whitfield is developed as residential land rising from sea level to about 50m up the slopes of Mount Whitfield. The northern part of the suburb is undeveloped bushland within the Mount Whitfield Conservation Park which occupies the upper slopes of Mount Whitfield which rises to 350m.
Heritage listings
Whitfield has heritage listings including:
References
Whitfield, Queensland Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA