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

        Tourists or visitors: Tourism is one of the Shire’s key economic sectors. From the
         perspectives of housing needs and the local economy, it is important that the
         accommodation demands of tourists or visitors are taken into account, and are planned
         for as far as possible given the land constraints in Noosa Shire, in alignment with future
         needs. In the event of continued ongoing current average growth rates in tourism
         visitation averaging 2.5% per annum over the last decade, significant need would be
         created for more tourist/visitor dwellings. However such growth is neither necessarily
         realistic nor sustainable.

What are Noosa Shire’s future housing needs?
Resident Needs

The modelling suggests that to meet assumed future resident household needs to 2036:

        Only a small increase in detached houses may be required, other than by replacement of
         existing older dwellings;
        This small increase in detached housing should desirably be mostly by small, not large
         dwellings (this includes those in retirement villages and manufactured home parks, and
         innovative dwelling design and materials) and the remaining subdivision lot size should
         reflect the need for small dwellings;
        There is a further need for semi-detached dwellings, mainly small, but also three or more
         bedroom to provide additional housing choice; and
        There is a significant need for small attached dwellings (one to two bedroom) to offer
         additional housing options for a growing number of small households.

Tourist/Visitor Needs

In the event of continued ongoing demand in total visitor nights in line with that over the last
decade, there would be significant additional demand for tourist/visitor dwellings to 2036.
Demand will be offset in a number of ways:

        Development of the remaining identified ‘tourist only’ site (at Settler’s Cove);
        Development of a proportion of new tourist accommodation (in line with Unitywater’s
         Demand Modeller and Tracking Tool (DMaTT) projections) in existing visitor areas such as
         Noosaville, Noosa Heads, Sunshine Beach and Peregian Beach;
        An increase in occupancy rates of existing tourist accommodation as accommodation
         becomes more in demand;
        The movement of a proportion of permanent residents out of resorts as revenue from
         holiday lettings improves (due to greater demand) and the supply of alternative small
         permanent accommodation increases (as above);
        The take-up of secondary dwelling provisions for visitor accommodation;
        A continuing increase in dwellings used for Short Term Rental Accommodation (such as
         AirBnB); and
        Increased usage of vacant dwellings.




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