The municipality has a population of 6,559 (30 September 2012) and it covers an area of 715.12 square kilometers (276.11 sq mi) of which 74.72 square kilometers (28.85 sq mi) is inland water (2011-01-01). The population density is 10 inhabitants per square kilometer (26 /sq mi) (30 September 2012).
The municipality is unilingual Finnish.
Tammela is also a district in the city of Tampere
