Tully Heads · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Tully Heads

How families and households are made up across the area.

Over half of all families in Tully Heads are couples without children. This small community has a high number of people living alone and smaller households compared to the state and national figures.

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📍 Tully Heads, Suburb / Locality

Where Tully Heads sits — Average household size

2.1 → 0.0%
  • 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 Tully Heads — lower than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Tully Heads2.1
4854, QLD 2.4
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes in Tully Heads are smaller than usual, with just 2.1 people per home. This is partly because 31.8% of people live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%.

2.1 → 0.0%

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.1
  • 2016: 1.9
  • 2021: 2.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

31.8% ▲ +23.3%

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 25.8%
  • 2016: 37.8%
  • 2021: 31.8%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Tully Heads, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (12%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up 50.6% of families here. Meanwhile, one-parent families represent 17.4% of the total, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Australian average of 14.1%.

17.4% ▲ +28.0%

Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 13.6%
  • 2016: 11.4%
  • 2021: 17.4%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Tully Heads, the largest group is Couples without children at 50%, followed by Couples with children (33%) and One-parent families (17%).

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 Tully Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32883/tully-heads/topic/family-households