Noosa Council Annual Report 24/25

Figure 11 – Financial Ratios 2024/25 (Actual) to 2034/35 (Forecast)




                                                             Target            5-Year   30 Jun    30 Jun    30 Jun    30 Jun    30 Jun    30 Jun    30 Jun        30 Jun    30 Jun    30 Jun    30 Jun
          Type                   Measure
                                                            (Tier 3)          Average    2025      2026      2027      2028      2029      2030      2031          2032      2033      2034      2035

                            Council - Controlled
                                                        Contextual only       70.40%    69.46%    76.89%    76.85%    77.75%    78.30%    78.75%    79.08%        79.31%    79.50%    79.63%    79.82%
                                Revenue
   Financial Capacity
                             Population Growth          Contextual only        1.01%     1.81%     1.55%    0.62%      0.62%    0.62%     0.62%      0.62%        0.62%     0.62%     0.62%     0.62%


                                                       Greater than 0%
                          Operating Surplus Ratio                             4.56%      5.51%    0.05%     0.03%      0.04%    0.03%     0.09%     0.05%         0.04%     0.04%      0.10%    0.02%
                                                           (or N/A)
       Operating
      Performance
                           Operating Cash Ratio        Greater than 0%        21.07%    21.03%    15.98%    16.22%    16.63%    16.92%    17.26%    17.45%        17.63%    17.85%    18.13%    18.26%


                             Unrestricted Cash
        Liquidity                                    Greater than 3 months      8.7       8.0       6.5       5.7       4.8       4.2       3.9       3.5           3.2       3.3       3.2       3.3
                            Expense Cover Ratio




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                            Asset Sustainability
                                                       Greater than 80%       161.66%   314.25%   119.02%   71.44%    102.69%   102.18%   75.93%    72.34%        80.60%    73.86%    73.54%    65.08%
                                   Ratio

                            Asset Consumption
   Asset Management                                    Greater than 60 %      72.55%    70.26%    69.95%    69.16%    68.27%    67.32%    66.19%    64.95%        63.71%    62.39%    61.09%    59.68%
                                   Ratio

                          Asset Renewal Funding
                                                        Contextual only       259.61%   358.85%   351.96%   191.66%   340.04%   321.50%   272.88%   265.62%       381.84%   379.46%   401.48%   365.15%
                                  Ratio

     Debit Servicing
                               Leverage Ratio         0 to 3 times (or N/A)     0.9       0.8       1.2       1.4       1.4       1.5       1.4       1.3           1.2       1.0       0.9       0.0
       Capacity



Colour Scale:

                              Within range


                              Moderate


                              Outside




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