Lower Tully · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Lower Tully

How families and households are made up across the area.

A higher than usual number of people live alone in Lower Tully compared to similar areas. While the typical home holds 2.5 people, reflecting the national figure, the local makeup is split between small single-person homes and larger family groups.

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📍 Lower Tully, Suburb / Locality

Where Lower Tully sits — Average household size

2.5
  • 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
  • 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
  • 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
  • 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
  • 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
  • 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
  • 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
  • 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
  • 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
  • 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
  • 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
  • 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
  • 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
  • 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
  • 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
  • 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
  • 3.9–4.0: 258 areas

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Lower Tully — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Lower Tully2.5
4854, QLD 2.4
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 29% of residents live by themselves, which is well above the Queensland figure of 24.7%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 51.6% of all homes.

2.5

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.3
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

29.0%

Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 31.3%
  • 2021: 29.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Lower Tully, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (11%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Family life here is dominated by couples, with 63% having children and 35.6% without. Notably, there are no one-parent families, a figure far below the national average of 14.1%.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Lower Tully, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 36%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Lower Tully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31695/lower-tully/topic/family-households