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Cairns has a population of over 155,000. The best thing about this town is our backyard has the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree National Heritage Park and also the Atherton Tablelands and Crater Lakes and waterfalls and is visited by a large amount of international travellers every year. We have our own international airport and domestic flights alike is frequent every day of the week. Depending on your lifestyle you may want to live out at one of our northern beaches such as Kewarra, Palm Cove or Trinity. You also need to take into account your cost of living budget, before choosing which beach. There are public buses that frequently depart between the city of Cairns out to the northern beaches as well as inner city suburbs and south Cairns. Do your homework before deciding where to live. Its not really the suburbs that are the problem but where you live in that suburb. For example one of my foreign friends brought a villa in Whitfield without realising this villa is backed onto a dodgy street - trying to resell this villa is difficult - generally homes in Whitfield are snapped up quite quickly. My advise is ask Cairns city council which streets need alot more attention than other streets and also look at crimemap.info . I have lived in this town since 1992 and I would never dream of leaving it , its my slice of paradise.