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

Figure 29. Number of Sales of Vacant Land, Noosa Shire, 1998-2015




Notes: Number of vacant urban residential lots, sized 140m² to 2,500m², that were sold in the reporting period
based on date of contract.
Source: Queensland Government 2016e;

3.1.11 Housing Characteristics by Localities
Key housing characteristics of each locality were identified to be as follows:

Cooroibah
       Cooroibah had a very high proportion of occupied private dwellings being separate
        houses (over 99% of all occupied dwellings).
       Of all occupied private dwellings, almost half (48.2%) were being purchased, 34.2% were
        fully owned and 15.4% were being rented. This was the highest rate of dwellings owned
        with a mortgage of any of the localities, and the lowest rate of dwellings being rented.
       The median weekly rent in the Cooroibah locality was $353 and the median monthly
        mortgage repayment was $1,850. These medians were amongst the highest in Noosa
        Shire.

Tewantin
       Tewantin had relatively high proportions of semi-detached and attached dwelling types
        compared to other localities (17.3%). Of all occupied private dwellings, 79.3% were
        separate houses, 11.4% were semi-detached and 5.9% were attached.
       Of all occupied private dwellings, 36.5% were fully owned, 27.5% were being purchased
        with a mortgage and 31.0% were being rented.

Sunshine Beach to Peregian Beach
       The Eastern Beaches locality had higher proportions of semi-detached and attached
        dwellings types compared to other localities (28.4%). Of all occupied private dwellings,
        71.5% were separate houses, 13.3% were semi-detached and 15.0% were attached.




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