2022-11-04 - Special Meeting Agenda Item 1 - Attachment 2 - Consultation Report

5.8 Community survey – areas of Noosa Shire less suitable for social
and affordable housing                 Q8. Top 10 locations identified as less suitable
                                                                                                                   Sunrise Beach                     10
Question 8: Are there parts of Noosa Shire that are less suitable for social and
                                                                                                                        Rural areas                   11
affordable housing, why?
                                                                                                                  Sunshine Beach                           14

Of the 667 people who took part in the survey, 429 provided a response to this                                          Hastin gs St                            16
question.                                                                                                        Coastal suburbs                                16
                                                                                                                        Noosaville                               17
Participants were asked to identify areas in the Noosa Shire they thought would                               Whole Noosa Shire                                       21
be less suitable for social and affordable housing.                                                                 Noosa Heads                                             26
                                                                                                                        Hinterland                                          26
This was an open-ended question allowing those who responded to detail
                                                                                     Bu sh land / Conservation land / Green space                                                29
specific locations they thought would be unsuitable for social and affordable
housing and detail their reasons why.                                                                                                  0   5    10        15     20    25    30       35


Findings:                                                                           Q8. Why are these areas less suitable for social and affordable housing?

• An analysis of the responses found most people did not believe it would be                                                               Lack of infrastructure and facilities (public
  appropriate for social and affordable housing to be built on land that is                                                                transport, accessability, service centres,
  currently designated bushland, conservation land or green space.                                                                         employment, h ealth and educational facilities)
                                                                                           15.7%
                                                                                                                                           Impact to environment/ animals
• This was closely followed by areas in the Hinterland and Noosa Heads which                                                  25.5%
  received equal support as areas less suitable for social and affordable
  housing.                                                                                                                                 Already overpopulated/ congested
                                                                                   11.6%
• As the community that contributed the largest response to the engagement,
  it could be assumed from the overall analysis that Noosa Heads residents
                                                                                                                                           Areas prone to flooding/ fires/natural disasters
  are united in their view that there should be no new social or affordable
  housing development considered for land on Leslie Drive.                                                                       15.0%
                                                                                     17.6%                                                 Commercial/Business/Tourist areas
• A detailed list of areas identified by respondents as not suitable for social
  and affordable housing is included in the Appendix.                                              2.2%         12.4%
                                                                                                                                           Too expensive for majority of people to
                                                                                                                                           live/provide affordable housing


 45                                                                                                                                        Will impact on character of area/property value