Tully Heads QLD 4854
355 addresses · 15 streets
Kennedy Electorate › Cassowary Coast LGA › Tully Heads · 1271 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Tully Heads is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 354 people, with a median age of 58. The typical household earns around $1,057 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 69% of households own their home and 28% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Tully statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Tully Heads itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Innisfail Aerodrome, 50.4 km north.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 69.9% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 69.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 23.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.8% · Labour-force participation 44.2%
Population by age in Tully Heads
| 0-4 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 35 |
| 15-19 | 17 |
| 20-24 | 9 |
| 25-34 | 21 |
| 35-44 | 30 |
| 45-54 | 45 |
| 55-64 | 62 |
| 65-74 | 69 |
| 75-84 | 47 |
| 85+ | 13 |
Dwelling types in Tully Heads
| House | 142 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 11 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Tully Heads
| <$650 | 25 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 64 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 45 |
| $3,000+ | 9 |
Top ancestries in Tully Heads
| Australian | 165 |
|---|---|
| English | 140 |
| Irish | 45 |
| Italian | 36 |
| Scottish | 29 |
| German | 28 |
Housing tenure in Tully Heads
| Owned | 72 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 31 |
| Rented | 42 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Tully Heads
| 0 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 58 |
| 2 | 60 |
| 3 | 22 |
| 4+ | 10 |
Commute to work in Tully Heads
| Car | 108 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 8 |
Top countries of birth in Tully Heads
| England | 9 |
|---|---|
| France | 6 |
| New Zealand | 6 |
| Scotland | 3 |
Languages used at home in Tully Heads
| French | 6 |
|---|---|
| Italian | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,416 bird observations recorded near Tully Heads — most often seen:
- Red-capped Plover (92)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (78)
- Crested Tern (75)
- Masked Lapwing (72)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (65)
- White-breasted Woodswallow (64)
- Little Tern (61)
- Brahminy Kite (55)
- Welcome Swallow (53)
- Australian Pelican (50)
- Lesser Crested Tern (50)
- Australian Swiftlet (49)
- Great Egret (47)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Tully Heads
- Bush Stone-curlew (45)
- Peaceful Dove (45)
- Willie Wagtail (44)
- Spangled Drongo (43)
- Magpie-lark (40)
- Caspian Tern (37)
- Beach Stone-curlew (36)
- Common Myna (35)
- Metallic Starling (35)
- Australasian Figbird (34)
- Southern Cassowary (32)
- White-bellied Sea-eagle (32)
- Black Butcherbird (31)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (31)
- White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (30)
- Forest Kingfisher (28)
- Mistletoebird (27)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Tully Heads:
- Hull Heads (1.6 km)
- Lower Tully (5.8 km)
- Carmoo (6.7 km)
- South Mission Beach (8.3 km)
- Rockingham (9.3 km)
- Silky Oak (12.4 km)
- Wongaling Beach (12.6 km)
- Merryburn (13.4 km)
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Streets
- Acacia Close (4)
- Amanda Crescent (22)
- Billabong Lane (4)
- Casuarina Street (20)
- Costigan Street (4)
- Grevillea Street (14)
- Melaleuca Drive (50)
- Muir Road (20)
- Muir Street (20)
- Paradise Palm Drive (23)
- Pelican Close (16)
- Taylor Street (101)
- Tully - Hull Road (2)
- Tully Heads Road (11)
- Vipiana Drive (44)
