Tully

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,436 people in Tully of these 53.1% were male and 46.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 12.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Tully was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.6% of the population.

Of people in Tully aged 15 years and over, 45.0% were married and 10.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tully was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Tully, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tully was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Tully 26.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.2% were in primary school, 19.5% in secondary school and 8.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tully were Australian 26.6%, English 21.4%, Italian 8.4%, Irish 8.2% and Scottish 5.1%.

In Tully, 73.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 6.1%, Italy 2.8%, New Zealand 2.7%, England 1.6% and Philippines 1.3%.

In Tully, 62.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tully were Catholic 33.2%, No Religion 16.7%, Anglican 14.6%, Uniting Church 6.9% and Sikhism 5.6%.

In Tully 79.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Punjabi 4.3%, Italian 3.6%, Korean 0.5%, Greek 0.4% and Tongan 0.4%.

Employment

There were 1,164 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tully. Of these 60.4% were employed full time, 26.5% were employed part-time and 6.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tully, 8.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tully was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Tully included Labourers 28.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.2%, Managers 13.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.7%, Sales Workers 8.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.1% and Professionals 5.9%.

Of the employed people in Tully, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 19.4%, Sugar and Confectionery Manufacturing 9.0%, School Education 4.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.2% and Local Government Administration 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tully was $544.

In Tully, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 52.6%, Car, as passenger 12.6%, Bus 7.6%, Walked only 7.3% and Truck 2.7%. On the day, 7.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tully, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.4% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.0% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Tully, 22.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tully, 40.0% were couple families with children, 41.9% were couple families without children and 15.7% were one parent families.

In Tully 17.8% of single parents were male and 82.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tully, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,874 and those without children was $1,433.

Employment status of couple families

In Tully, of couple families with children, 22.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 19.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tully, 93.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tully, 81.3% were separate houses, 3.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.2% were flats, units or apartments and 4.6% were other dwellings.

In Tully, of occupied private dwellings 6.2% had 1 bedroom, 19.5% had 2 bedrooms and 48.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tully, 33.2% were owned outright, 22.6% were owned with a mortgage and 39.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Tully, of all households, 67.7% were family households, 27.9% were single person households and 4.4% were group households.

In Tully, 26.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.3% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Tully, 36.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tully, there were 292 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 134 (or 45.9%) were male and 158 (or 54.1%) were female. The median age was 18 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Tully, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,045.

In Tully, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,560.