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Figure 4. Age structure by locality, 2011




Source: AEC Group 2015;

The proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people was very low in all localities (under
2.5% of the population) (Figure 5). Just over 2.0% (or seven residents) of the Noosa North Shore’s
population identified as being an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander person, 1.7% (or 24
residents) in Cooroibah, 1.5% (or 141 residents) in Tewantin and 1.5% (or 74 residents) in Federal
to Ringtail Creek.

Figure 5. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people by locality, 2011




Source: AEC Group 2015;

Localities with high proportions of lone person households were Tewantin (29.0%), Noosaville
and Doonan (28.1%) and Noosa Heads (25.6%) (Figure 6). Cooroibah had the highest proportion
of single and multiple family households than any other locality, with 84.1% of households being
families (including 32.9% couples, 39.1% couples with children, and 11.0% one parent families),



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