White Rock, QLD 4868

Solid houses on large blocks of land close to all amenities for an affordable price!

Medical

There are numerous medical facilities nearby to White Rock. The nearest medical facilities are located at the neighbouring suburb of Mount Sheridan on George Cannon Drive or Barnard Drive.

General Facilities

White Rock has many wide open green spaces, trees to relax under and simple facilities. Khalu Park is a great park for dogs with an off leash area and doggy bags plus a playground for the kids.

Shopping

White Rock general store located on Progress Road is a convenience shop and provides fuel. Mt Sheridan Shopping Centre offers Woolworths, Coles, Newsagency, Doctors, Chemist and may other shops

Child Care

White Rock offers several Early Education Centres in the area as well as other private child care options and after school programs.

Education

There are a number of schools in the White Rock area. White Rock Primary School and Trinity Anglican School are within White Rock and St Mary’s College and St Gerard Majella Primary School close by in the neighbouring suburb of Woree.

Transport

Sunbus provides a full public transport service in the area. The suburb is services by Cairns taxi suburbs.

Previous reputation is gone and the area now is 100% family friendly.

Would not live anywhere else in Cairns.
Absolutely lovin' it!

No better investment in Cairns with the highest rental yield and huge capital growth. Still affordable entry for the first home buyers. Family friendly area.

Mount Sheridan shopping centre is minutes away by car or a 10 minutes walk across the road. In White Rock we have IGA, Liquor store, General store, Domino's, Fish and chips. Got two pools at TAS Acquatic centre and Trinity Links resort. Mount Sheridan shopping centre on the other side of the road has: Coles, Kmart, Post, Reject shop, butcher, sushi train, Hungry Jacks, Tavern, Red Rooster etc. pretty much everything you need for your daily needs. White Rock also has a church and two primary schools, boat ramps and a golf course. Plenty of amenities all around close by. By car only 10 minutes to CBD on a highway or you can use the state of the art bicycle track.

Overrated suburb, hardly any local shops in suburb. Noisy

The area is getting so much better so fast. Lots of new home owners and families moving in and renovating older properties. The location is excellent with 2 top schools, shopping centre, golf course, boat ramps and only 10-15 mins drive to the city. Flood and cyclone safe!!

The best suburb in Cairns.

The best area in Cairns to purchase or invest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slB1knr4W2o

White Rock has not had any damages during the cyclone Jasper. Totally safe area. Makes sense to live/invest in a flood/cyclone/bushfire safe region of Cairns. Northern parts of Cairns are too exposed to the ocean and the river, it is a gamble you do not want to take.

White Rock has been a great investment for me. Price increased 50% since pre-Covid and rental yield is 8%. It still has plenty of space to grow further. Would definitely recommend it to investors and first home buyers. Get into the White Rock market as soon as you can as growth has been phenomenal.

Finding living here quite convenient. Getting to the city is a blast on the highway. There is also a regular bus line as well as the bike track. Good schools, Mount Sheridan plaza has got it all for your daily needs. It is a very green area with lots of trees and nice views towards the White Rock lookout.

Fastest gentrification in Cairns, growth has been fantastic. Houses are sold and rented out in a flash. And there is so much more space to grow coming off the low base. Very soon there won't be any houses left for less than $450K, time to purchase a first home or an investment is now.

Not sure about the other reviews. The are isn't that great. Has crime like all of cairns. Lower socio-economic area.

The area around Tiffany Street Reserve is fantastic.

I have been renting in White Rock for a few months and am overall quite happy with the area. Easy to commute to anywhere in Cairns, good schools, shopping and decent parks. Have not noticed any issues with safety, lots of friendly families around.

White Rock has a great location and is surrounded with nice suburbs such as Mount Sheridan, Bentley Park and Bayview Heights. It is rapidly gentrifying and the constant growth in price reflects that. Great time to get into the market until the gentrification is completely finished and the price is the same as in Bayview Heights or Mount Sheridan.

White Rock has come a long way. Right now it is quite a desirable area of Cairns to live in.

Lots of first home buyers, investors and renters around, properties here are snapped in no time both for sale and rent. Very convenient location.

Grew up in White Rock, it was a wonderful childhood. Area is full of young families and kids, ideal for first home owners. Two schools, lots of child care, parks, good transport and shopping. Quiet and clean area.

White Rock has come a long way. Getting better and more developed by the day. Plenty of new residents renovating and building new houses. Definitely becoming a more and more desirable suburb.

Affordable houses on large blocks of land built from 1990s onwards, thus not much investment required for renovation. Ideal for first home buyers, young families and value investors.

Up and comer suburb, more and more young owner occupier families moving in by the day and renovating their properties. Superb value houses can be bought here for an affordable price on a large block and in a solid condition requiring minimal renovation effort and cost. Top choice in Cairns now!

I was broken into 2 times in Whitfield which is supposed to be a "safe" area in Cairns, while had no trouble at all in White Rock for 7 years I have been here. Go figure. Every suburb has good and bad pockets and crime is everywhere. Look at statistics, White Rock has between 2-3 times less crime than the inner city suburbs and is on par in terms of crime with major northern suburbs such as Smithfield.

Got everything you need within a 10 mins drive: best school in Cairns, major shopping centre, golf course, boat ramps, bushwalking trails, short drive to the city. There are houses being sold here for +1 million dollars and 500ish K is becoming more common. Great time to purchase and enjoy substantial capital growth.

White Rock is a very diverse suburb. There are lots of townhouses in the north, stand alone dwellings in the middle and rural type properties in the south. Only a small section of White Rock to the east of the Trinity Links Resort has above average public housing and is dodgy. All other areas are very safe and peaceful. One cannot judge the whole area on the basis of its one small part. It is 10-15 minutes drive to the CBD which is not far at all.

Having lived here for a few years I've been broken into many times, a fair way out of town , you're constantly driving to the town centre.

Close to the international speedway.

Is cheap for a reason.

Quiet and clean suburb with friendly neighbours ideal for families with kids and pets. Large blocks for an affordable price. Very convenient location. Everything is within 15 minutes drive!

It's nice enough but... It's far from the city, far from the beaches. Close to lower socioeconomic areas.
Doesn't really have all that much going for it.

Invested in a basic 3x1 house in White Rock and achieved a 7% gross rental yield. Very hard to get nowadays anywhere in Australia. Also the capital growth within the suburb has been nice and steady. White Rock is the perfect value investment suburb.

As safe and family friendly as it can get within Southern Cairns. Has some great nature close by and hiking trails. Amazing location for kids and pets.

Family friendly quiet area with extremely convenient location close by to everything you need.

Love living in this suburb. Clean, quiet, lots of trees and parks, great neighbors. One of the safer areas in Cairns. Excellent for families with kids and pets. Recommending especially Denver street and surroundings.

I bought a property here as the best school in Cairns is in White Rock. For me the education of my kids is a priority!

Cairns is expected to grow to 300k ppl by 2035 & 500k by 2050. All of this growth will happen on the southern side (Mount Peter) as the only available land is there. Thus, it absolutely makes sense to invest in the established southern suburbs now as this is growth Central for the next 30 years. With the massive population growth there will be tremendous development in infrastructure, services and facilities which will lead to significant real estate price increase.

In terms of car theft, there is less car theft in White Rock (32) than in Edge Hill (40) and Whitfield (36) which are Cairns premier suburbs. Thus the reputation does not really match reality: https://www.cairnspost.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-cairns/ultimate-list-the-cairns-hot-spots-targeted-by-car-theft-crims/news-story/90e3bc7a846dee55f74e08a596ee9840 .

There is no flood nor storm surge, Mount Sheridan plaza is close by with Coles, Woolworths, Kmart, BWS etc., there are two schools with Trinity Anglican school being one of the better in Cairns. 14 mins drive to CBD. I think it is good value and it is growing. Not a premier suburb, but of course that is reflected in the price. It is value for money and an up and comer suburb which keeps being improved day by day.

It is completely untrue that there is a lot of crime in White Rock, there is actually less crime in White Rock than in Smithfield!! And no one is complaining about Smithfield! Here is the data: https://www.cairnspost.com.au/news/cairns/cairns-crime-hotspots-police-data-reveals-our-worst-neighbourhoods/news-story/.4f74a497475ab07d031d90aa7aa24141

I don't live here but I don't need to. I have spent allot of time on the streets i know what's what when I see it. This place is high crime poverty driven. Don't believe me? Go look at the local shops at 6pm onwards. Security guards at front door steps, bars on doors and windows past the point of normal, drunks, junkies walking the streets. Shops all have signs explaining they won't tolerate being abused and assulted.Always another dead give away. Domino's had electric lock to let customers in..

Look on the facebook groups about crimes and these southern suburbs have had a lot of car thefts lately.
Schools are good though but it is a bit far from the town center.

We love living here. So close to the CBD, state of the art bike track being built into city. Very quiet with large blocks and wild life. There are some areas of the suburb that are not so good with sandflies, however plenty of areas that are perfect for comfortable and relaxing indoor/outdoor living. Close to shopping centre, private/public schools, walking tracks, daycare, age care & main highway.

There over 300 government Houseing situated in white Rock that the reason for high crime in the suburb i ended up moving completely out of cairns and White Rock its also full of sand flies absolutely terrible area definitely not a safe suburb

I've been living in White Rock for many years now, and I love it. Most of our neighbours are friendly, and the area is very quiet. Our kids have lots of friends living close by and none of them have had any problems at all walking around the neighbourhood or playing in the parks. Mount Sheridan Shopping Centre is fantastic, and only a 5 minute drive away. It's easy to drive into the city centre, although it takes a bit longer in peak hour traffic. I've noticed too, that lots more people are buying houses in this area now, and then doing them up. I guess people probably choose White Rock because it's such a convenient suburb to live in, and most of the blocks are huge compared to other newer suburbs! I'm quite content to stay here, at least until the kids have all grown up and left home - then I might look elsewhere.

To sum it up, these southern suburbs including white rock are riddled with crime, lack of anything to do, no beaches and cgeap houses. Spend a bit more and move to a quality suburb.

Diverse, to the north lovely resort retirement village and golf course. Then some older, shabby at times, housing to the centre of the suburb with newer estates in the centre of the suburb with prestigious Trinity State School. To the south still rural with acreage, horses, wallabies in the thousands. Pick the right street and it is very convenient, Good schools, bus route, close to shops and less than 10 minutes to the city.

Big blocks, wide streets. Don't feel hemmed in like a lot of newer suburbs. Close to shopping centres - 5 mins away. Parks for the kids. Wallabies jump around on the acreages!!!

With Cairns incredible growth and expansion, White Rock is now one of the close to the city suburbs with it being only 10 mins away. 5 mins to Earlville, Mt Sheridan shopping centres and Maccas, Hungry Jacks etc.

Got everthing from child care centres to retirement village and great Trinity Links Resort on the golf course. Wide streets, big blocks of land, acreage or even unit living. Something for everyone. Great education facility with Trinity Anglican School. Also has a state primary school and Catholic High & Primary Schools close by.

Public transport at every corner and some parks for the kids.

White Rock is close to shopping centres and only 10 minutes to town. The elevated area is a great place to live. Quite and peaceful with big blocks and nice wide street. Great neighbours and mainly owner occupiers. Some bits in the back area of White Rock could be better, but the Avenue is also nice with nice new homes and family orientated. Most suberbs in Cairns have pockets that are good and some not so good sections. I have lived in White Rock for for 10 years and love it. I find my street very safe with great views to the city. You never get cut off from the city in the wet season or cyclones.

I did live in white rock for almost twenty years and found it a very an unsafe suburb day or night. The area has a mainly poor and low social economic people living there, which tend to be rude/unfriendly and don't consider there neighbours. This area has has good schools and public transport, but if you send your kids to the local schools, it would be advisable to drive them, as they could be abused and/or threatened if they walked.

White Rock has historically been considered a "Bad Area" by Cairns locals. After a recent land development, it has been given a new lease on life. It is now filled with young families and kids playing in parks. It is close to the CBD of Cairns and you get fantastic views of the mountain ranges.

We purchased here a few weeks ago and have been pleasantly surprised at how friendly all our neighbours are, its very quiet, we usually wake up to birdsong. Land sizes are bigger than most of surrounding suburbs if that what you're looking for...