Freshwater, Queensland
| Freshwater Cairns, Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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View across the Cairns-to-Kuranda railway line towards Freshwater, 2018 | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 16°53′08″S 145°42′39″E / 16.8855°S 145.7108°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 2,142 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 1,260/km2 (3,260/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4870 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 1.7 km2 (0.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Cairns Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Barron River | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Leichhardt | ||||||||||||||
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Freshwater is a suburb of Cairns, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Freshwater had a population of 2,142 people.
The suburb was once a separate town in the Shire of Mulgrave but was amalgamated into the City of Cairns, which subsequently was amalgamated into the Cairns Region.