Lower Tully vs Tully Heads

Lower Tully is the younger of the two, with a median age of 54 against 58 in Tully Heads. In both, most households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and about half of households are people living alone. On these figures, Lower Tully tends to suit families with children and couples.

Which one suits you?

There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.

Families with school-age kids

Too close to call

Nothing among the 6 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.

First-home buyers

Lower Tully

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (5% vs 26%)

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Lower Tully

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • leaves renters under less rental stress (15% vs 24%)
  • has cheaper rent ($200/wk vs $250/wk)
  • But Tully Heads has a bigger rental market to choose from (29% vs 19%)

Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.

Commuting to the city

They split

one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here

  • Lower Tully sits closer to the CBD (1564.8 km vs 1568.5 km)
  • Tully Heads is more walkable (14/100 vs 0/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Tully Heads

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is more walkable (14/100 vs 0/100)

Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.

Investors

Lower Tully

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (11.4% vs 0.0%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

Lower Tully and Tully Heads drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.

Lower Tully Tully Heads
Hides rows where both suburbs match

Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.

Side by side, out of 100

Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.

Lower Tully Tully Heads
Walkability 0 / 14
Lower Tully — Walkability: 0/100 Tully Heads — Walkability: 14/100
Safety 53 / 62
Lower Tully — Safety: 53/100 Tully Heads — Safety: 62/100
Low fire risk 54 / 78
Lower Tully — Low fire risk: 54/100 Tully Heads — Low fire risk: 78/100

Demographics

Tully Heads has more residents (354 vs 88); Tully Heads rents higher ($250/wk vs $200/wk).

Lower Tully Tully Heads
Population 88 354
+302% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +11.4% +0.0%
Median age 54 58
Median household income $67,600/yr
+19% vs other
 $54,964/yr
Median weekly rent $200/wk $250/wk
+25% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Lower Tully Tully Heads
0-4 4.5% / 2.5%
Lower Tully — 0-4: 4.5% Tully Heads — 0-4: 2.5%
5-14 15.9% / 9.9%
Lower Tully — 5-14: 15.9% Tully Heads — 5-14: 9.9%
15-19 3.4% / 4.8%
Lower Tully — 15-19: 3.4% Tully Heads — 15-19: 4.8%
20-24 3.4% / 2.5%
Lower Tully — 20-24: 3.4% Tully Heads — 20-24: 2.5%
25-34 5.7% / 5.9%
Lower Tully — 25-34: 5.7% Tully Heads — 25-34: 5.9%
35-44 — / 8.5%
Lower Tully — 35-44: not among its largest Tully Heads — 35-44: 8.5%
45-54 10.2% / 12.7%
Lower Tully — 45-54: 10.2% Tully Heads — 45-54: 12.7%
55-64 10.2% / 17.5%
Lower Tully — 55-64: 10.2% Tully Heads — 55-64: 17.5%
65-74 17.0% / 19.5%
Lower Tully — 65-74: 17.0% Tully Heads — 65-74: 19.5%
75-84 13.6% / 13.3%
Lower Tully — 75-84: 13.6% Tully Heads — 75-84: 13.3%
85+ 3.4% / 3.7%
Lower Tully — 85+: 3.4% Tully Heads — 85+: 3.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.5%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Lower Tully 52.9% lone person
Lower Tully — Lone Person: 52.9% Lower Tully — Couple Families: 47.1% Lower Tully — One Parent Families: 0.0% Lower Tully — Group Household: 0.0%
Tully Heads 49.5% lone person
Tully Heads — Lone Person: 49.5% Tully Heads — Couple Families: 26.3% Tully Heads — One Parent Families: 17.2% Tully Heads — Group Household: 7.1%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families Group Household

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Lower Tully 18.8% renting
Lower Tully — Owned Outright: 81.2% Lower Tully — Mortgage: 0.0% Lower Tully — Renting: 18.8%
Tully Heads 29.0% renting
Tully Heads — Owned Outright: 49.7% Tully Heads — Mortgage: 21.4% Tully Heads — Renting: 29.0%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.

Lower Tully Tully Heads
Certificate III & IV 11.4% / 19.8%
Lower Tully — Certificate III & IV: 11.4% Tully Heads — Certificate III & IV: 19.8%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.0% / 5.9%
Lower Tully — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.0% Tully Heads — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.9%
Bachelor Degree — / 4.2%
Lower Tully — Bachelor Degree: not among its largest Tully Heads — Bachelor Degree: 4.2%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate — / 0.8%
Lower Tully — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest Tully Heads — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.8%).

Where residents were born

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents, 2021 Census. A dash means that country is not among the suburb's own eight largest.

Lower Tully Tully Heads
New Zealand 5.7% / 1.7%
Lower Tully — New Zealand: 5.7% Tully Heads — New Zealand: 1.7%
South Africa 3.4% / —
Lower Tully — South Africa: 3.4% Tully Heads — South Africa: not among its largest
England — / 2.5%
Lower Tully — England: not among its largest Tully Heads — England: 2.5%
France — / 1.7%
Lower Tully — France: not among its largest Tully Heads — France: 1.7%
Scotland — / 0.8%
Lower Tully — Scotland: not among its largest Tully Heads — Scotland: 0.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (5.7%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Lower Tully 87.1% houses
Lower Tully — Houses: 87.1% Lower Tully — Townhouses: 9.7% Lower Tully — Flats / Apartments: 3.2%
Tully Heads 92.2% houses
Tully Heads — Houses: 92.2% Tully Heads — Townhouses: 7.1% Tully Heads — Flats / Apartments: 0.6%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Lower Tully Tully Heads
Median house price — $530,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price — $157,500
Typical days to sell (houses) — 35 days
from 3 sales

Development activity

Lower Tully Tully Heads
New dwellings approved 186
across Cassowary Coast
same for both
Approvals change year on year +68%
same for both

Gross rental yield

Gross — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. From median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.

Lower Tully Tully Heads
Houses — 4.2%
$500/wk on $618K
Units —
same for both

Ranking within QLD

Lower Tully Tully Heads
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 34% of QLD Higher than 17% of QLD
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 58% of QLD Higher than 76% of QLD
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 15% of QLD
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 46% of QLD Higher than 56% of QLD
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 64% of QLD

Liveability

Tully Heads is more walkable (14 vs 0).

Lower Tully Tully Heads
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band below-average income
decile 2/10
 high-need area
decile 1/10

Risk profile

Lower Tully carries more bushfire risk (46 vs 22).

Lower Tully Tully Heads
Bushfire Moderate
46/100
 Low
22/100
Crime Moderate
47/100
 Low
38/100
Flood Not mapped
no mapped data here
same for both
Coastal erosion None
0/100
 Low
38/100
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 0
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Lower Tully Tully Heads
Inside the suburb 1 0
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 1 0

Schools in Lower Tully

  • Lower Tully State School Government · Primary below peers

Schools in Tully Heads

No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.

Amenities in the suburb

Lower Tully Tully Heads
Parks & reserves 1 2

Mobility

Tully Heads sits further from the CBD (1568.5 km vs 1564.8 km).

Lower Tully Tully Heads
Walkability score 0/100 14/100
Distance to Brisbane 1564.8 km 1568.5 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 1068 min 1071 min
Electric vehicle share 0.1%
postcode 4854
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 48
postcode 4854
same for both

How people get to work

Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.

Lower Tully Tully Heads
Car (driver) 48.6% / 80.7%
Lower Tully — Car (driver): 48.6% Tully Heads — Car (driver): 80.7%
Car (passenger) 13.5% / 10.1%
Lower Tully — Car (passenger): 13.5% Tully Heads — Car (passenger): 10.1%
Worked from Home 10.8% / 6.7%
Lower Tully — Worked from Home: 10.8% Tully Heads — Worked from Home: 6.7%
Bus 13.5% / 2.5%
Lower Tully — Bus: 13.5% Tully Heads — Bus: 2.5%
Walked Only 13.5% / —
Lower Tully — Walked Only: 13.5% Tully Heads — Walked Only: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (80.7%).

Setting

Lower Tully Tully Heads
Elevation 4 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 10 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 5.1 km 363 m

NBN connectivity

Lower Tully Tully Heads
Connectivity score 29/100 30/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
48 premises
 0%
218 premises

Climate

Lower Tully Tully Heads
Annual rainfall 2,150 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 31.0°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 16.0°C
same for both

Council rates

Lower Tully Tully Heads
Average residential rate $1,829/yr
same for both
Council Cassowary Coast
same for both

Federal electorate

Lower Tully Tully Heads
Division Kennedy
same for both
Member Bob Katter
same for both
Party Katter's Australian Party (KAP)
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Lower Tully Tully Heads
Grant amount $30,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Lower Tully

Retirees Rural

Tully Heads

Acreage Affordable Coastal Retirees

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