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

Table 42. Approved Floor Area per Dwelling by Locality, Noosa Shire, 1 July 2011 to 30
June 2016

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Dwelling Type                          Approved Floor Area Per Dwelling (m )                           Total

                           20-       100-      250-       350-       450-       550-       650+
                           100       250       350        450        550        650

Separate House              28        497      409        143         51            17      24         1,169

Separate House                         8                                                                 8
and Secondary
Dwelling

Flat, Unit or               14        42                                                                56
Apartment

Secondary Dwelling          22        10                    1                                           33

Semi-Detached               0          9                                                                 9

Caravan, Cabin,             3          0                                                                 3
Houseboat

Total                      67         566      409        144         51         17         24         1,278
                          (5%)       (44%)    (32%)      (11%)       (4%)       (1%)       (2%)       (100%)

Note: Excludes approvals with a floor area of less than 20m2 as it was assumed that this data was incorrect.
Source: Noosa Shire Council 2016b (Data);

Comparatively, Noosa Shire Council’s Community Profile (AEC Group 2015) noted that in 2013-
14, the average value of resident building approvals in the Shire was 30% higher than SEQ and
Queensland. Noosa Shire’s average value per residential approval in 2013-2014 was $371,518
compared to $280,458 in SEQ and $283,065 in Queensland. The number of approvals per 1,000
residents is above the Queensland average but below the SEQ average, with 8.3 approvals per
1,000 local residents in Noosa Shire, 8.9 approvals per 1,000 local residents in SEQ and 8.0
approvals per 1,000 local residents for Queensland (Figure 47).




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