Tully Heads (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 438 people in Tully Heads (L) of these 55.9% were male and 44.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Tully Heads (L) was 55 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 27.3% of the population.

Of people in Tully Heads (L) aged 15 years and over, 54.5% were married and 17.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tully Heads (L) was 63 years and the median age of people never married was 39 years.

In Tully Heads (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 53.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tully Heads (L) was 63 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Tully Heads (L) 17.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.0% were in primary school, 19.0% in secondary school and 11.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tully Heads (L) were English 32.5%, Australian 26.5%, Irish 9.4%, Italian 7.6% and German 5.6%.

In Tully Heads (L), 86.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.0%, New Zealand 1.4%, Hungary 0.9%, Italy 0.7% and Netherlands 0.7%.

In Tully Heads (L), 73.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tully Heads (L) were Catholic 30.5%, No Religion 23.7%, Anglican 21.9%, Uniting Church 8.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.5%.

In Tully Heads (L) 92.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 1.1% and Cebuano 0.9%.

Employment

There were 179 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tully Heads (L). Of these 65.9% were employed full time, 22.9% were employed part-time and 6.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tully Heads (L), 8.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tully Heads (L) was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Tully Heads (L) included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.8%, Labourers 20.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.5%, Managers 14.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.9%, Sales Workers 8.9%, Professionals 4.2% and Community and Personal Service Workers 4.2%.

Of the employed people in Tully Heads (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Other Crop Growing 7.7%, Sugar and Confectionery Manufacturing 7.1%, Road Freight Transport 7.1%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 6.5% and Building Installation Services 4.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tully Heads (L) was $430.

In Tully Heads (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.6%, Car, as passenger 8.9%, Truck 2.4%, Bus 1.8% and Walked only 1.8%. On the day, 1.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tully Heads (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 64.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.2% 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, 21.1% 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 Heads (L), 21.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tully Heads (L), 25.4% were couple families with children, 58.5% were couple families without children and 16.2% were one parent families.

In Tully Heads (L) 16.7% of single parents were male and 83.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tully Heads (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,799 and those without children was $1,208.

Employment status of couple families

In Tully Heads (L), of couple families with children, 17.8% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% had both employed part-time and 13.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tully Heads (L), 87.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tully Heads (L), 75.0% were separate houses, 1.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.1% were flats, units or apartments and 16.3% were other dwellings.

In Tully Heads (L), of occupied private dwellings 14.5% had 1 bedroom, 29.0% had 2 bedrooms and 44.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.4. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tully Heads (L), 53.8% were owned outright, 23.9% were owned with a mortgage and 16.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Tully Heads (L), of all households, 71.0% were family households, 26.8% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Tully Heads (L), 40.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Heads (L), 42.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tully Heads (L), there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 55.6%) were male and 4 (or 44.4%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Heads (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Tully Heads (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $215 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.