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Palm Cove
Palm Cove is Cairns' premium beach address, a paperbark-lined esplanade of restaurants and spa resorts facing Double Island, twenty-five minutes from the city. It trades as much on scarcity as on postcard looks.
Where is Palm Cove?
Explore the neighbourhood, nearby amenities, and street view on Google Maps.
Open in Google MapsThe numbers in Palm Cove right now
Palm Cove's median house price sits around $1.10M, up strongly, roughly 15% over the past year, with well-presented homes typically selling in about 48 days and gross rental yields near 4.0%.
Source: aggregated CoreLogic, Domain and realestate.com.au suburb data, updated September 2026. Figures are approximate, move with the market, and are a guide only, not an appraisal. For your property's exact position, request a free valuation.
Typical commute times from Palm Cove?
The character
of Palm Cove.
The esplanade's 500-year-old melaleucas are protected, the strip is low-rise, and there is simply no more beachfront to build. That scarcity, plus a genuine dining and day-spa scene, keeps Palm Cove pricing a clear step above every other Cairns beach.
The Palm Cove
buyer profile.
Downsizers and semi-retirees from the southern states, holiday-home and holiday-let investors, and professionals who want resort amenity on their doorstep. The buyer pool is heavily interstate, which shapes how campaigns need to be run.
What sells in Palm Cove.
- Esplanade-front apartments and resort residences, the trophy tier
- Architect beach houses in the quiet streets behind the esplanade
- Courtyard villas and townhouses popular with lock-and-leave owners
- Contemporary family homes and new builds in the Argentea estate
Streets and
pockets.
Williams Esplanade is the prize and prices accordingly. The two or three streets directly behind it give beach-walkable living at a meaningful discount, while Argentea at the northern end offers modern family stock with community amenity.
How Palm Cove
actually trades.
Esplanade and walk-to-beach stock attracts multiple buyers almost regardless of season, though winter, when southern visitors are in town, is the classic listing window. Holiday-let yields materially support unit values; presenting income potential well lifts results.
A weekend
in Palm Cove.
A morning swim off the jetty, breakfast at one of a dozen esplanade tables, spa afternoon, sunset over Double Island. It's a suburb that feels like a holiday and functions like an investment.
Keep the difference.
Commission is 1% + GST of the sale price (1.5% + GST under $600,000), payable only on settlement. No sale, no commission. Portal listings at cost.
Selling in Palm Cove, answered.
What is the median house price in Palm Cove?
Palm Cove's median house price is around $1,100,000 (approximate, past 12 months), up roughly 15% over the past year. Prices move with the market, so for your property's exact position, request a free valuation.
How long do homes take to sell in Palm Cove?
Well-presented homes in Palm Cove typically sell in about 48 days, with gross rental yields near 4.0%. Pricing to the current market and a full campaign, professional photography, a floor plan and, ideally, a 3D tour, are what keep that number low, especially with so many Cairns buyers inspecting online first.
How much can I save selling in Palm Cove with 1% commission?
On Palm Cove's approximate median of $1,100,000, a traditional agent charging 2.5% takes about $27,500 + GST in commission, plus a separate marketing invoice. The One Club charges 1% + GST on sales from $600,000, payable only on settlement: around $11,000 + GST, with photography, floor plans and the campaign included and portal listings at cost, a saving of roughly $16,500 + GST before marketing fees are even counted.