In brief
Kulju (37560) has 4,736 residents, 19% of the population of Lempäälä. Families stand out: 36% of households have children (Lempäälä: 30%). 36% of households are families with children (Lempäälä: 30%) and 25% live alone.
Almost all homes are detached, semi-detached or terraced houses (96%). Homes are larger on average than in Lempäälä (103.6 m² compared with 94.2 m²). 86% of households own their home and 13% rent (Lempäälä: 25% rent). There are too few sales for the area to have its own price, so the price of €2,098 per m² is the average of old flats of all sizes in blocks of flats in the whole municipality (2025). The price equals 11.1 years of rent at €15.77 per m² a month in new leases.
The median disposable monetary income of residents is €31,806 a year, about €2,650 a month: 8% higher than in Lempäälä and 21% higher than in Finland. 6% of the labour force is unemployed, about the same as in Lempäälä (8%). The area has 435 jobs; the largest industry is health and social work (25%). More common than usual is professional, scientific and technical: 9% of jobs (Lempäälä: 4%).
The number of residents has grown by 5% since 2014, slower than in Lempäälä. The trend has turned recently: since 2021 the number has fallen by 3%.
Rank among the city's areas
Aged 65 or over
12%
The lowest of 6 areas in Lempäälä
Lempäälä 18%
Students
9%
The highest of 6 areas in Lempäälä
Lempäälä 8%
Jobs per resident
0.09
2nd lowest of 6 areas in Lempäälä
Lempäälä 0.32
Living alone
25%
2nd lowest of 6 areas in Lempäälä
Lempäälä 35%
Key figures
Residents and households 2024, prices and rents from the latest quarters
- Price per m², 1 bedroom
- €2,098
- Figure for Lempäälä
- Lempäälä–
- Rent per m², 1 bedroom
- €15.77
- Figure for Pirkanmaa
- Lempäälä€15.77
- Residents
- 4,736
- +5.1% since 2014
- Mean age37.0
- Disposable monetary income, median
- €31,806
- +28.7% since 2014
- a year, about €2,650 a month
- Lempäälä€29,534
- Finland€26,351
- Households renting
- 13%
- of 1,875 households
- Lempäälä25%
- Finland38%
- University or college degree
- 46%
- of residents aged 18 or over
- Lempäälä43%
- Finland36%
Prices, rents and charges
There are too few sales for the area to have its own price, so the price of €2,098 per m² is the average of old flats of all sizes in blocks of flats in the whole municipality (2025). The price equals 11.1 years of rent at €15.77 per m² a month in new leases.
Price per m²
€2,098
Lempäälä, all flat sizes
Sales of old flats in blocks of flats, 2025, 95 sales
Rent per m² a month
€15.77
Figure for Pirkanmaa
New leases, non-subsidised flats, 2026 Q3
Lempäälä: €15.77
- Price-to-rent ratio
- 11.1 years
- Lempäälä: –
- Gross rental yield
- 9.0%
- Lempäälä: –
- Maintenance charge
- €4.55
- Average per m² a month, Finland outside Greater Helsinki, 2025
- Change a year
- 10 yrs5 yrsPrice-0.2%-2.7%Rent+1.4%+1.5%
- Average of the price index (Pirkanmaa) and rent index (Pirkanmaa)
Source: Statistics Finland
Statistics Finland has published no yearly prices for this postal code area in recent years, because there were too few sales.
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In none of these 8 figures is the area among the three highest or lowest postal code areas of Lempäälä.
Median disposable income2/6
€27,370Lempäälä Keskus€34,154KoivuniemiLempäälä €29,534Kulju €31,806€27,370Lempäälä Keskus€34,154KoivuniemiHouseholds renting4/6
1%Säijä35%Lempäälä KeskusLempäälä 25%Kulju 13%1%Säijä35%Lempäälä KeskusAged 16 to 341/6
14%Säijä22%KuljuLempäälä 21%Kulju 22%14%Säijä22%KuljuAged 65 or over6/6
12%Kulju23%Lempäälä KeskusLempäälä 18%Kulju 12%12%Kulju23%Lempäälä KeskusFamilies with children3/6
24%Lempäälä Keskus44%KoivuniemiLempäälä 30%Kulju 36%24%Lempäälä Keskus44%KoivuniemiUniversity or college degree2/6
40%Lempäälä Keskus47%KuivaspääLempäälä 43%Kulju 46%40%Lempäälä Keskus47%KuivaspääUnemployment5/6
5%Koivuniemi10%HöytämöLempäälä 8%Kulju 6%5%Koivuniemi10%HöytämöAverage home size3/6
85.0 m²Lempäälä Keskus134.6 m²KoivuniemiLempäälä 94.2 m²Kulju 103.6 m²85.0 m²Lempäälä Keskus134.6 m²Koivuniemi
Residents
Age
Families stand out: 36% of households have children (Lempäälä: 30%).
KuljuLempäälä
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of residents in each age group.
Main activity
Pensioners make up 13% of residents, less than in Lempäälä (19%).
- Kulju52%13%21%
- Lempäälä47%19%20%
- Finland43%26%15%
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of all residents. Unemployment is counted for ages 16 to 64.
- Mean age
- 37.0
- Lempäälä: 40.0
- Unemployed, share of the labour force
- 6%
- Lempäälä: 8%
- Household size
- 2.5
- Lempäälä: 2.3
- Floor area per person
- 41.2 m²
- Lempäälä: 42.0 m²
Households and homes
Tenure
86% of households own their home and 13% rent (Lempäälä: 25% rent).
- Kulju86%13%
- Lempäälä74%25%
- Finland61%38%
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of households.
Dwellings
Almost all homes are detached, semi-detached or terraced houses (96%). Homes are larger on average than in Lempäälä (103.6 m² compared with 94.2 m²).
- Kulju96%
- Lempäälä28%71%
- Finland48%50%
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of dwellings by building type.
Household types
36% of households are families with children (Lempäälä: 30%) and 25% live alone.
KuljuLempäälä
- Living alone25%, Lempäälä 35%
- Living alone, under 356%, Lempäälä 7%
- Couple under 35, no children6%, Lempäälä 4%
- With children36%, Lempäälä 30%
- With a child under 37%, Lempäälä 7%
- Single parent5%, Lempäälä 6%
- All members aged 18–6443%, Lempäälä 41%
- At least one member 65 or over21%, Lempäälä 29%
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of households. A household can belong to several types.
- Average dwelling size
- 103.6 m²
- Lempäälä: 94.2 m²
- Dwellings
- 1,938
- Summer cottages
- 118
Education and income
Highest qualification
46% of adults have a university or college degree, more than in Lempäälä (43%).
- Kulju12%36%26%20%
- Lempäälä15%37%25%18%
- Finland22%36%22%13%
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of residents aged 18 or over.
Income groups
30% of adults are in Finland's highest-earning fifth, more than the 20% across Finland.
- Kulju14%56%30%
- Lempäälä15%59%26%
- Finland20%60%20%
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of residents aged 18 or over in each national income group. Across Finland the groups hold 20%, 60% and 20% of adults.
- Inhabitants' disposable monetary income, median
- €31,806
- a year, about €2,650 a month
- Lempäälä: €29,534
- Households' disposable monetary income, median
- €59,522
- a year, about €4,960 a month
- Lempäälä: €48,865
- University or college degree
- 46%
- Lempäälä: 43%
Jobs
The area has 435 jobs; the largest industry is health and social work (25%). More common than usual is professional, scientific and technical: 9% of jobs (Lempäälä: 4%).
Largest industries
KuljuLempäälä
- Health and social work25%, Lempäälä 16%
- Construction22%, Lempäälä 11%
- Education14%, Lempäälä 7%
- Professional, scientific and technical9%, Lempäälä 4%
- Wholesale and retail trade8%, Lempäälä 20%
- Manufacturing7%, Lempäälä 14%
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024 · Share of jobs with a known industry.
- Jobs located here
- 435
- Jobs per resident
- 0.09
- People working in the area divided by people living there
- Lempäälä: 0.32
Sectors
- Kulju29%71%
- Lempäälä25%73%
- Finland20%77%
Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo, statistics year 2024
Change since 2010
The number of residents has grown by 5% since 2014, slower than in Lempäälä. The trend has turned recently: since 2021 the number has fallen by 3%. Median income has risen by 29% since 2014, at the same pace as in Lempäälä.
Permanent residents at the end of each year. Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo.
Income after taxes and compulsory payments, including transfers received. Euros of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Source: Statistics Finland, Paavo.
Neighbouring areas
Definitions and sources
- Residents
- People whose permanent home was in the area on 31 December, placed by the coordinates of their building. About 1% of residents have no coordinates and appear only in city figures.
- Income
- Disposable monetary income of residents aged 18 or over: earnings, business and property income and transfers received, minus taxes and other transfers paid. In euros of each year.
- Households
- People living permanently in the same dwelling. Household types overlap.
- Prices
- Average debt-free prices per m² of old flats in housing companies. A postal code area with too few sales gets the figure of its price area or city.
- Rents
- Average rents per m² of non-subsidised flats in new leases, by rent area.
- Small areas
- Statistics Finland withholds details of areas with fewer than 30 residents, households or adults, with fewer than 10 dwellings or only one building, or with fewer than 10 jobs.
Source: Statistics Finland: postal code area statistics (Paavo) 2024, prices of old dwellings, rents of dwellings (CC BY 4.0).