How many tiles in a box, and how many per square metre? Every size here, counted

The tile sizes here are 600 × 600, 300 × 600 and 600 × 1200 mm porcelain, 75 × 300 and 100 × 300 mm subway tiles, and mosaic sheets.

Short answer: a box of 600 × 600 mm tiles here holds 4 tiles and covers 1.44 m², and one square metre takes 2.78 of them before joints and cuts. At 300 × 600 mm it is 8 to the box and 5.56 to the square metre; at 600 × 1200 mm it is 2 and 1.39. All three come to 1.44 m² a box. The two subway sizes pack differently: 44 tiles of 75 × 300 mm to a box the supplier states as 1 m², and 40 of 100 × 300 mm to 1.2 m². Mosaics are sold by the sheet, between 10.7 and 19.3 sheets to the square metre. The 1.44 m² box is the usual one elsewhere too: every 600 × 600 mm product page we read at four other Australian tile shops on 9 October 2026 gave 1.44 m², or four tiles, to the box.

The figures for every size are spread across the product pages and several guides here; this page puts them in one table, then sets them beside what other shops publish. Tiles per square metre divide one square metre by the face of one tile, with no joints and no cuts: a way to picture a surface, not a quantity to order. Product facts were read from the sixty product pages on 9 October 2026. What a square metre costs at nine online shops is in tile prices in Australia.

1. Every size here: tiles per square metre and per box

Tiles per square metre is 1 divided by the face area of one tile: 0.36 m² for a 600 mm square, 0.18 m² for 300 × 600 mm, 0.72 m² for 600 × 1200 mm, 0.0225 m² for 75 × 300 mm and 0.03 m² for 100 × 300 mm. Every size is the size row on the product page; How tile size is stated explains which dimension each page gives. A tile counted under two sizes is one product made in both, so the second column adds up to more than the 48 field tiles in the range.

2. Why most boxes here cover 1.44 m²

Because the three larger sizes are packed to the same area. Four tiles of 600 × 600 mm are 4 × 0.36 = 1.44 m². Eight of 300 × 600 mm are 8 × 0.18 = 1.44 m². Two of 600 × 1200 mm are 2 × 0.72 = 1.44 m². The box holds a different number of tiles and the same area.

That has one useful consequence for the 28 tiles you can order in two sizes. For a given area the box count comes out the same at either size, while the tile count does not. Ten square metres is 6.94 boxes, so 7 whole boxes, at any of the three sizes: that is 28 tiles of 600 × 600 mm, 56 of 300 × 600 mm or 14 of 600 × 1200 mm. Tile sizes in Australia sets out what the choice of size changes on the wall or floor, and the three size guides, 600 × 600 mm tiles: 34 compared, 300 × 600 mm tiles: 19 compared and 600 × 1200 mm tiles: 12 compared, take each format tile by tile.

3. How other Australian shops pack the same sizes

On 9 October 2026 we read the product pages of four Australian tile shops and the packing table of one tile manufacturer, and took the box figure each one publishes for the sizes made here. The table gives the box as each source states it: some give the area, some the number of tiles, some both.

Read across, 600 × 600 mm is the most settled size. Every page we read at the four shops gives the same box for it, stated as 1.44 m² or as four tiles, and so does the manufacturer's table; it is the box here too.

On the pages we read, the two rectangles were mostly packed to 1.44 m² as well, but not always. Three of the six 600 × 1200 mm pages we read at National Tiles give 2.16 m² a box, which at 0.72 m² a tile is three tiles. Future Tile's one 300 × 600 mm page counts six tiles to the box, and Vecton's own table packs a 300 × 600 mm tile from its “digital wall tiles” range at five, 0.90 m². A typical pack is the common pack for a size, not a statement about a particular tile, which is why a box count worked on one needs confirming before ordering.

Subway boxes vary most. At 0.0225 m² a tile, Beaumont Tiles' 0.99 m² pack is 44 tiles, National Tiles' 1.125 m² box on its City Edge range is 50 and its 1.98 m² box on the Whoosh range is 88. Future Tile counts 44 to the box. National Tiles also gives 1.2 m² a box on the five 100 × 300 mm pages we read, the same as the box here.

Sizes are nominal. TileCloud's product pages say so in as many words: “Tiles are displayed as their ‘nominal size’ for simplicity”, adding that the actual tile size “may vary slightly” from it “depending on manufacturer”. Every figure in this guide uses the size on the product page here.

4. The two subway boxes: 44 tiles at 75 × 300 mm, 40 at 100 × 300 mm

All nine 75 × 300 mm tiles here come in a box of 44 tiles, 1 m² and 16 kg, from the supplier's current documentation. One tile is 0.0225 m². The supplier states 1 m² for the box; 44 tiles at 75 × 300 mm come to 0.99 m². The quantity planner on each of those product pages uses the stated figure.

Studio Chalk and Studio Linen are the two 100 × 300 mm tiles, in a box of 40 tiles, 1.2 m² and 16 kg, also from the supplier's current documentation. One tile is 0.03 m², and 40 of them are exactly 1.2 m². Subway tiles: 11 faces compared sets all eleven side by side, and Subway tile sizes in Australia sets the two sizes against the sizes the trade calls standard.

5. The second size: the supplier's box, and the typical pack

On the 28 tiles made in two sizes, the Box coverage row follows the size you choose. The 600 × 600 mm box is the supplier's on all 28: 4 tiles, 1.44 m², 30 kg. For the other size, 300 × 600 mm on 18 tiles and 600 × 1200 mm on 10, the supplier's current documentation gives no box, and the page shows the typical pack for that size. With 300 × 600 mm selected the row reads:

“8 pieces, 1.44 m² per box — the typical pack for this size; not stated in the supplier's current documentation, so confirm before ordering”

With 600 × 1200 mm selected it reads the same with 2 pieces. No weight is shown for either typical pack, and this guide gives none.

Three tiles are made in one of those sizes only, and their box is the supplier's: Studio Pure White at 300 × 600 mm, 8 tiles, 1.44 m², 30 kg, and the two tiles in the 600 × 1200 mm collection made in no other size, 2 tiles, 1.44 m², 30 kg.

6. Mosaics are sold by the sheet

Mosaic tiles here are ordered by the sheet, so they are counted in sheets. Eleven of the twelve state a sheet size, and the sheets to a square metre follow from it, as the product page shows.

Studio White Finger states a piece size, 12.8 × 95 mm, and no sheet size, so there is no sheet count to give for it. Sheet sizes differ from one design to the next, so count each mosaic from its own sheet; How to measure a tiling project works through why, and Mosaic tiles: sizes and materials of the twelve here sets the twelve side by side.

7. From square metres to boxes

The sum is one line: the area in square metres, divided by the area one box covers, rounded up to a whole box. For a mosaic, divide by the area of one sheet and round up to a whole sheet. With a net area of 10 m²:

• 600 × 600, 300 × 600 or 600 × 1200 mm, 1.44 m² a box: 10 ÷ 1.44 = 6.94, so 7 boxes (section 2 gives the tiles).
• 100 × 300 mm, 1.2 m² a box: 10 ÷ 1.2 = 8.33, so 9 boxes, 360 tiles.
• Carrara Square, 306 × 306 mm sheets: 10 ÷ 0.093636 = 106.8, so 107 sheets.

A 75 × 300 mm box is worked the same way on its stated 1 m²; section 4 gives the arithmetic behind that figure. These counts are on the net area alone, before anything is added for cuts and breakage. This guide does not set that allowance: How many tiles do I need? works three rooms through with one, and How to measure a tiling project sets out the order of the steps. On a product page here, the quantity planner does the division with the box for the size you have selected, and says when that box is the typical pack. The tile calculator counts tiles or sheets from your own measurements.

8. What a box weighs: 30 kg or 16 kg

Every supplier box here that states a weight states one of two. The 1.44 m² boxes are 30 kg: all 34 tiles at 600 × 600 mm, Studio Pure White at 300 × 600 mm and the two tiles made only at 600 × 1200 mm. The subway boxes are 16 kg: the nine at 75 × 300 mm and the two at 100 × 300 mm. No weight is stated for the typical packs, no product page here gives a weight per tile, and no weight is given for a mosaic sheet. Boxes of 1.44 m² on the other pages read for section 3 weigh 24.0 to 35 kg. Several shops price delivery on the weight of an order as well as the address; Tile delivery in Australia: nine online shops compared sets out how each of nine shops charges.

Questions people ask

How many 600 × 600 tiles are in a box?

Four here, covering 1.44 m² and weighing 30 kg, on all 34 tiles made in that size; the figure is from the supplier's current documentation. Every 600 × 600 mm page we read at the four other shops in section 3, and the Vecton packing table, gave the same box: 1.44 m², or four tiles.

How many 600 × 600 tiles per square metre?

2.78, before joints and cuts: one tile is 0.36 m², and 1 ÷ 0.36 = 2.78. A square metre is a little over two-thirds of a box (0.69 of a 1.44 m² box).

How many 300 × 600 tiles are in a box?

Eight, covering 1.44 m². On Studio Pure White that box is the supplier's, 30 kg. On the other 18 tiles made at 300 × 600 mm, it is the typical pack for the size, not stated in the supplier's current documentation, so confirm it before ordering. A square metre is 5.56 tiles.

How many 600 × 1200 tiles are in a box?

Two, covering 1.44 m². On the two tiles made only in this size the box is the supplier's, 30 kg; on the other 10 it is the typical pack, to confirm before ordering. A square metre is 1.39 tiles. Some shops pack this size three to a box: three of the six National Tiles pages we read give 2.16 m².

How many tiles are in a square metre (tiles per m2)?

It depends on the size: 44.44 at 75 × 300 mm, 33.33 at 100 × 300 mm, 5.56 at 300 × 600 mm, 2.78 at 600 × 600 mm and 1.39 at 600 × 1200 mm, each with no allowance for joints or cuts. Mosaics run from 10.7 to 19.3 sheets.

Is a box of tiles always 1.44 m²?

No. It is the common box for 600 × 600, 300 × 600 and 600 × 1200 mm, here and at the shops we read, but the subway boxes here are 1 m² and 1.2 m², and other shops and the manufacturer's table publish boxes of 0.90, 0.99, 1.125, 1.98 and 2.16 m² for the same nominal sizes. Take the figure from the product page of the tile and size you are ordering.

How much does a box of tiles weigh?

Here, 30 kg for a 1.44 m² box and 16 kg for a subway box, where the supplier states a weight. Section 8 sets the other pages beside it.

How many boxes before delivery is charged as a pallet?

Here, delivery is charged by the order's total weight, and over 200 kg it is charged as one pallet. With 30 kg boxes that is the seventh box: six boxes (180 kg, or 8.64 m² at 1.44 m² a box) stay in the band below; seven (210 kg, 10.08 m²) are one pallet. The rate also steps up at the fifth 30 kg box, over 130 kg, and outside Greater Melbourne at the third as well, over 70 kg. With 16 kg subway boxes it is the thirteenth box, 208 kg: 13 m² at 75 × 300 mm or 15.6 m² at 100 × 300 mm. One pallet runs to 1,000 kg, which is 33 boxes of 30 kg or 47.52 m²; the 34th box moves the order to the two-pallet rate. Mosaic sheets are not counted in the weight, and for a tile whose page gives no box weight, the charge shown at checkout is the figure to go by. One pallet is A$150 to Greater Melbourne, A$290 to the Geelong area, A$650 to the rest of Victoria, A$385 to ACT, NSW, QLD and SA, A$955 to TAS and A$685 to WA and NT, GST included, with a surcharge or separate quote for a few remote postcodes and islands; the delivery page has every band.

How long after ordering do the boxes arrive?

Orders here leave the warehouse within three business days, then typically take two to four business days to VIC; three to six to NSW, ACT and SA; four to seven to QLD; and seven to twelve to WA, NT and TAS. Those are estimates, not guarantees. The boxes come to the kerb or driveway, not inside, so plan who will receive them and a protected place to store boxes of up to 30 kg.

What are the standard tile sizes in Australia?

There is no single standard size. The sizes here are 600 × 600 mm (34 tiles), 300 × 600 mm (19), 600 × 1200 mm (12), 75 × 300 mm (9) and 100 × 300 mm (2), plus mosaic sheets. 600 × 600 mm is the one size we compared at four other Australian shops, and every 600 × 600 mm page we read there on 9 October 2026 packed it four to a 1.44 m² box.

How thick are tiles, in mm?

On the product pages here, the 600 × 600, 300 × 600 and 600 × 1200 mm porcelain tiles are 10 mm thick, the subway tiles 8 mm, and the mosaic sheets 6 to 8 mm. Thickness is listed on every product page except Studio White Finger, where the supplier's documentation does not state it.

Where these numbers come from

Sizes, box contents, box weights, sheet sizes and the typical-pack label were read from the sixty product pages here on 9 October 2026. The box figures come from the supplier's current documentation, added on 2 October 2026; the typical pack for a second size has been shown since 5 October 2026. Tiles and sheets per square metre, box areas and box counts are arithmetic on those figures. The delivery bands, rates, remote-postcode surcharge and times in the last two questions were read from the shipping policy and the delivery page on 15 October 2026; the bands and rates were updated on 26 October 2026. The figures for other shops and for Vecton International come from the pages below, read on the same day. A few pages are not a full survey of any shop's range, and packs change, so rely on the shop's own product page when you order. If a figure here has changed, or we have misread it, email sales@tilekind.com.au and we will correct it. No figure here was measured or tested by Tilekind, and nothing here is a statement about where a particular tile belongs. Where to start sets out the order the guides follow.

Sources, read on 9 October 2026:

• Beaumont Tiles: Artic Grey Matt Tile and Almond Microtec Textured Tile (600 × 600 mm); Aeon White Structured Gloss Tile (300 × 600 mm); Artic Grey Polished Tile (600 × 1200 mm); White Satin Tile and White Gloss Tile (75 × 300 mm)
• National Tiles, 34 product pages, among them Bedford Ivory Matt Tile (600 × 600 mm), Regina Latte External Tile (300 × 600 mm), Glocal Ideal Natural Tile and Aurumn Floriana Grey Polished Tile (600 × 1200 mm), City Edge White Gloss Subway Tile and Whoosh White Gloss Tile (75 × 300 mm), and Cafe Cool Grey Matt Tile (100 × 300 mm); the box area is the coverage per box each page records, which matches its box price divided by its price per m²
• TileCloud: Devonport Matte Concrete Look Tile, 600 × 600 mm, the same tile at 300 × 600 mm and Sydney Matte White Stone Look Tile, 600 × 1200 mm, including the note on nominal size
• Future Tile: Bracca Light Grey Matt 600x600mm, Ceppo Stone InOut 600x600mm, Driverstone Sand 300x600mm, Carrara X White Matt 600x1200mm and Pasha Sage Gloss 75x300mm
• Vecton International, a tile manufacturer in Morbi, India: Packing Details

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