The Bruce Highway runs for 1,700 km (1,056 mi) from Bald Hills on the City of Brisbane's northern boundary, and terminates in Woree, a southern suburb in Cairns. South of Smithfield and inland from the Northern Beaches along the edge of the Barron River flood plain are the suburbs of Caravonica, Kamerunga, Freshwater, and Stratford. Cairns is served by a narrow gauge cane railway (or cane train) network that hauls harvested sugar cane to the Mulgrave Sugar Mill located in Gordonvale. [98], Established in 1989, the Cairns and District Family History Society maintains a library of world-wide genealogy material at 271 Gatton Street, Westcourt. Freight trains also operate along the route, with a QR Freight handling facility located at Portsmith. Population diversity profiles (PDF 1812 kB) are available for the Cairns and Hinterland HHS and for seven planning regions within the HHS. The smaller Cairns Private Hospital is located nearby. The Cairns Post is a daily newspaper published in the city; a weekly paper, The Cairns Sun, is also published. The main bus hubs in the Cairns CBD are the Cairns City bus station, opened in 2014,[81] and at Cairns Central), the former servicing almost all bus lines in Cairns.[82]. The small suburb of Aeroglen is pressed between Mount Whitfield and the airport, on the Captain Cook Highway between Cairns North and Stratford. Uber was introduced to the region in March 2017,[83] servicing the greater region. The average temperature of the sea ranges from 23.8 °C (74.8 °F) in July to 29.4 °C (84.9 °F) in January.[30]. Population Growth of Cairns. Cairns is located on the east coast of Cape York Peninsula on a coastal strip between the Coral Sea and the Great Dividing Range. The population in June 2019 was 153,951.[1]. The suburb of Smithfield is inland against the mountains of the Great Dividing Range, between Yorkeys Knob and Trinity Park. The Cairns Region consists of three former local government areas. Commercial radio stations include Star 102.7, 4CA 846 AM, Hot FM, Sea FM and 104.3 4TAB sports radio, while the community radio stations are 4CCR-FM, 101.9 Coast FM, Orbit FM 88.0FM & 87.8FM and 4CIM 98.7FM. Cairns has numerous primary and secondary schools. [94] The city also hosts a TAFE college, and a School of the Air base, both located in the inner suburb of Manunda. Cairns radio stations include a number of public, commercial and community broadcasters. The Cairns airport is also a base for the Royal Flying Doctor Service. According to census, the main occupations of people living in Cairns City are 20.9% Professionals, 19.6% Managers, 12.0% Sales workers, 11.0% Community & personal service workers, 11.0% Clerical & administrative workers, 9.1% Technicians & trades workers, 8.8% Labourers, 4.7% Machinery operators & drivers, 2.9% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated. The old Cairns City Council chambers has been converted into a new city library. Almost 90% of the trade is bulk cargoes[89] – including petroleum, sugar, molasses, fertiliser and LP gas. by Mike Adams (Natural News) About a year ago, I gave a live presentation in Branson, Missouri, that is only now being made fully public.The presentation, shown below via Brighteon.com, reveals that the real master plan which led to COVID is actually an extermination plan for humanity.. Population reduction has been the goal all along. Cairns has hot, humid summers and warm winters. Pacific National Queensland (a division of Pacific National, owned by Asciano Limited) operates a rail siding at Woree. We use end of June each year due to Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) always follow Australian financial year when pushed the data. At the time of the 1995 amalgamation, Cairns City had a population of approximately 40,000 and Mulgrave Shire had a population of approximately 60,000. Cairns is home to the world’s fiercest bird: the Cassowary. The Cairns Campus of James Cook University is located at Smithfield. There is also Hinterland Cairns Steiner School, which is independent. According to census, the top six countries of birth for people in Cairns are: Australia, England, New Zealand, Japan, Korea and India. Cairns is a provincial city, with a linear urban layout that runs from the south at Edmonton to the north at Ellis Beach. On the other hand, relax living style also attract retirees living here. The first was the original City of Cairns, consisting of the Cairns City region as listed above. The tourist railway ascends the Macalister Range and is not used for commuter services. Useful Information. All three main commercial networks produce local news coverage - Seven Queensland and WIN Television both air 30-minute local news bulletins at 6pm each weeknight, produced from newsrooms in the city but broadcast from studios in Maroochydore and Wollongong respectively. An annual survey estimated there were 10.5 million animals in 2020, compared to 14 million in 2019 ... as indicated by historic climate and population data. There are also four other independent schools – Peace Lutheran College, Trinity Anglican School, Freshwater Christian College and Redlynch State College. There is also a marina that houses private yachts and boats used for tourist operations. Great Barrier Reef tours that operate from Cairns are very popular and hence Cairns is also considered as the gateway to Great Barrier Reef. Based on our research Cairns population will reach 155,967 by the end of June 2021. There are 20 state primary schools and 16 state high schools operated by the Queensland state government Department of Education within the Cairns City Council area, including 6 schools in the predominantly rural areas south of Gordonvale. Cairns added: “One of the proactive initiatives of UAE’s response to attracting direct foreign investment include the full ownership for mainland companies. Several shopping centres of various sizes are located throughout Cairns. But where the globalists have shown their true evil … The main industries people from Cairns work in are 20.7% Accommodation and food services, 11.6% Retail trade, 10.3% Health care and social assistance, 6.4% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.9% Public administration and safety, 5.1% Administrative and support services, 5.1% Professional, scientific and technical services, 4.7% Education and training, 4.6% Rental, hiring and real estate services. Both units are components of the Australian Army Reserve. [10] The area is known in the local Yidiny language as Gimuy.[8]. The Cairns region has a large association football community with a local competition which spans from Port Douglas to Innisfail and west to Dimbulah. The following links provide data for this topic: Population of Australian Capital Territory 2021. 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During World War II, the Allied Forces used Cairns as a staging base for operations in the Pacific,[23] with United States Army Air Forces and Royal Australian Air Force operational bases (now the airport), as well as a major military seaplane base in Trinity Inlet, and United States Navy and Royal Australian Navy bases near the current wharf. The area from this date was subsequently called Battle Camp. [92] There are almost 6,700 primary students and 4,000 secondary students enrolled in the Roman Catholic school system.[93]. The sale was described by the Auctioneers as the 'largest ever yet held in Northern Queensland'. Freight services to Forsayth were discontinued in the mid-1990s.