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

apartments but excluding secondary dwellings) approved during the period, 36 dwellings were
priced at more than $750,000 per dwelling.22

Table 41. Approved Value per Dwelling by Locality, Noosa Shire, 1 July 2011 to 30 June
2016

Dwelling Type                                Approval Value Per Dwelling (‘000)                           Total

                         $0-50       $50-   $150-   $250-   $350-    $450-    $550-    $650-     $750
                                     150     250     350     450      550      650      750       +

Separate House             29         62     363     409     143       58       33       25       105     1,227

Separate House                        4       4       2                                                     10
and Secondary
Dwelling

Flat, Unit or              14                                                    6                 36       56
Apartment (a)

Secondary Dwelling         12        18       4               1                                             35

Semi-Detached                         2       1       6                                   2                 11

Caravan, Cabin,            1          3                                                                      4
Houseboat

Total                      56        89     372     417      144       58       39       27       141     1,343

Note: Excludes approvals with $0 approval value as it was assumed that this data was not available. Flat, unit
or apartment impacted by $36m development featuring 36 units.
Source: Noosa Shire Council 2016b (Data);



Of the 1,278 new dwellings approved where floor area data was available from Council, 566
dwellings had floor areas of 100-250m2 (44%), and 409 dwellings had floor areas of 250-350m2
(32%) (Table 42). Overall, over a half (55%) were over 250m2. Only 5.2% of dwellings were less
than 100m2.




22
     These were all part of the one development at Serenity Close, Noosa Heads where all 36 dwellings were
valued at $1 million each.




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