Tully · Urban Centre

Family & Households in Tully

How families and households are made up across the area.

A well above average share of one-parent families live in Tully compared to the rest of the state. This community has a diverse mix of home lives, where nearly half of all families include children and the number of people per home has climbed since 2011.

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📍 Tully, Urban Centre

Where Tully sits — Average household size

2.4 ▲ +26.3%
  • 1.2: 1 area
  • 1.3: 0 areas
  • 1.4: 0 areas
  • 1.5: 3 areas
  • 1.6: 3 areas
  • 1.7: 18 areas
  • 1.8: 37 areas
  • 1.9: 87 areas
  • 2.0: 173 areas
  • 2.1: 203 areas
  • 2.2: 204 areas
  • 2.3: 216 areas
  • 2.4: 164 areas
  • 2.5: 136 areas
  • 2.6: 109 areas
  • 2.7: 94 areas
  • 2.8: 81 areas
  • 2.9: 65 areas
  • 3.0: 52 areas
  • 3.1: 36 areas
  • 3.2: 16 areas
  • 3.3: 18 areas
  • 3.4: 9 areas
  • 3.5: 11 areas
  • 3.6: 5 areas
  • 3.7: 7 areas
  • 3.8: 5 areas
  • 3.9: 11 areas
  • 4.0: 9 areas
  • 4.1: 2 areas
  • 4.2: 6 areas
  • 4.3: 4 areas
  • 4.4: 6 areas
  • 4.5: 5 areas
  • 4.6: 4 areas
  • 4.7: 3 areas
  • 4.8: 1 area
  • 4.9: 3 areas
  • 5.0: 3 areas
  • 5.1: 0 areas
  • 5.2: 2 areas
  • 5.3: 0 areas
  • 5.4: 1 area
  • 5.5: 1 area
  • 5.6: 1 area
  • 5.7: 2 areas
  • 5.8: 0 areas
  • 5.9: 1 area
  • 6.0: 0 areas
  • 6.1: 2 areas

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Tully — higher than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Tully2.4
4854, QLD 2.4
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home in Tully now holds 2.4 people, a rise from 1.9 in 2011. While 32.6% of residents live alone—a figure well above the national average—about 35% of households consist of two people.

2.4 ▲ +26.3%

Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.9
  • 2016: 2.5
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

32.6% ▼ -10.2%

Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 36.3%
  • 2016: 30.3%
  • 2021: 32.6%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Tully splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 13%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 19.2% of the local total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This figure has risen since 2011, while couples with children remain the most common family type at 48.4%.

19.2% ▲ +10.9%

Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 17.3%
  • 2016: 19.0%
  • 2021: 19.2%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Tully, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (19%).

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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315095/tully/topic/family-households