2017-04-11 P&E Agenda Attachment 1 to Item 1 Housing Needs Assessment

In 2011, there were 1,116 low income households spending more than 30% of their household
income on their mortgage in Noosa Shire (Table 30). This was approximately 16% of all
households who were paying a mortgage at the time, and the proportion is significantly higher
than for Greater Brisbane12 (8.5%) and Queensland (9.8%). There were also 2,231 low income
households paying more than 30% of their household income on rent payments. This was
approximately 34.5% of all households who were renting, and this proportion is also higher than
the proportions of Greater Brisbane (24.5%) and Queensland (25.3%).

Overall there were 3,347 households in housing stress (low income households paying more than
30% of their income on mortgage repayments or rent), and this equated to 15.6% of all
households in Noosa Shire.

Table 30. Housing Stress, Households in Noosa Shire, Greater Brisbane and Queensland,
2011

Area                           Mortgage Stress      Rental Stress (b)   Housing Stress         Total
                                    (a)                                   (c = a+b)          Households

Noosa Hinterland (d)                 521 (17.1%)      525 (38.3%)        1,046 (14.1%)           7,406

Noosa Heads (d)                      62 (15.3%)       190 (28.8%)         252 (15.9%)            1,589

Noosaville (d)                       113 (14.8%)      431 (34.3%)         544 (16.6%)            3,277

Peregian (d)                         120 (13.3%)      314 (31.1%)         434 (15.5%)            2,791

Sunshine Beach (d)                   114 (14.2%)      312 (32.2%)         426 (17.2%)            2,475

Tewantin (d)                         186 (16.4%)      459 (38.5%)         645 (16.2%)            3,982

Noosa Shire (e)                     1,116 (15.8%)    2,231 (34.5%)       3,347 (15.6%)          21,520

Greater Brisbane (f)                23,025 (8.5%)    60,005 (24.5%)     83,030 (11.3%)          732,495

Queensland                          52,583 (9.8%)   133,599 (25.3%)     186,182 (12.0%)        1,547,306

Notes:
a = low income households in mortgage stress, and proportion of low income households in mortgage stress as
a proportion of all households with a mortgage.
b = low income households in rental stress, and proportion of low income households in rental stress as a
proportion of all households renting.
c = low income households in housing stress, and proportion of low income households in housing stress (low
income households in mortgage stress plus rental stress) as a proportion of all households.
d = ABS Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2).
e = sum of SA2s, closest approximation of Noosa Shire.
f = Greater Brisbane is the Greater Capital City Statistical Area as defined by the Australian Bureau of
Statistics. It includes the local government areas of Brisbane, Ipswich, Redland, Logan, Somerset, and Moreton
Bay, and parts of Scenic Rim and Lockyer Valley.
Source: PHIDU 2014;

More recent rental stress data (not comparable to the above) is available from a dataset compiled
by the Australian Government Department of Social Services and reported on by the Queensland



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     Greater Brisbane is the Greater Capital City Statistical Area as defined by the Australian Bureau of
Statistics. It includes the local government areas of Brisbane, Ipswich, Redland, Logan, Somerset, and
Moreton Bay, and parts of Scenic Rim and Lockyer Valley.




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