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

Figure 38. Accommodation Affordability Analysis, Brisbane City LGA, 2011-2016




Source: Various sources as described; Analysis undertaken by Briggs & Mortar Pty Ltd.


Implications for Housing
There was found to be a very limited supply of public, community and transitional housing
available in Noosa Shire. The cost of land, in particular, has limited the ability to provide social
housing. The waiting lists for public housing is long, and wait times can be 10 years.

Otherwise the private sector determines the housing product that is constructed and the prices,
through supply and demand, and influences household preferences through marketing and
availability. The majority of housing developments and land subdivision is undertaken by a small
number of development companies in Noosa. There have however been very few large residential
developments over the past two decades.

Noosa Shire has been found to be relatively unaffordable for both rental and mortgage
repayments relative to median household income. This is compounded not only by high prices,
but by the relatively low incomes which characterise many of the key industries in Noosa Shire.
This would particularly affect low income households, including single parent and single person
households, and young people.

Hence 16% of all low income households who were paying a mortgage were in housing stress at
the 2011 Census and 34.5% of all low income households who were renting were in housing
stress. This equated to 15.6% of all households in Noosa Shire.

The implication for future housing needs is that measures ought to be considered that lead to
new housing having better potential to be affordable. Options include smaller lot sizes or
particular density requirements for attached dwellings that reduce costs through a smaller land
component or a smaller dwelling.




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