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

Table 6. Household Type by Dwelling Type, Noosa Shire, 2011

Household Type                      Separate    Semi-          Attached         Other            Total
                                     House     Detached                        Dwellings       Households

Couple with no children              5,405         593            423              71         6,492 (34.0%)

Couple with children                 4,550         120            156              21         4,847 (25.4%)

One parent family                    1,805         186            178              23         2,192 (11.5%)

Other family                          84            9              24              3            120 (0.6%)

Total Families                      11,844        908             781             118         13,651 (71.4%)

Lone person household                2,763         862            897             143         4,665 (24.4%)

Group household                       583          87             115              8            793 (4.1%)

Total Households                    15,190       1,857           1,793            269             19,109
                                    (79.5%)      (9.7%)          (9.4%)          (1.4%)           (100%)

Notes: Only primary family type counted for multi-family households. Excluding visitor only households.
Excluding dwellings unoccupied on Census night.
Source: ABS 2013a;

3.1.4    Household Size and Dwelling Size
The Shire reported a lower average persons per household (2.4) compared to the SEQ Region
(2.6) and the State (2.6).

Around 25% of all occupied dwellings in Noosa Shire had only one person living in them, and
around 42% had two people living in them (Table 7). Around 45% of all occupied dwellings had
three bedrooms, a further 27% had four bedrooms, and 18% have two bedrooms.




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