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

       Of all occupied private dwellings in this locality, 36.3% were being rented, 31.2% were fully
        owned and 30.5% were being purchased. This was the highest rate of dwellings being
        rented of any of the localities.
       The median weekly rent in the Sunshine Beach to Peregian Beach locality was $350 and
        the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,915. These medians were also amongst
        the highest in Noosa Shire.

Federal to Ringtail Creek, including Pomona and Cooran
       This locality had a high proportion of occupied private dwellings being separate houses
        (over 95% of dwellings).
       Of all occupied private dwellings, almost half (45.6%) were being purchased, 32.7% were
        fully owned and 19.5% were being rented. This was one of the highest rates of dwellings
        owned with a mortgage of any of the localities.

Noosaville and Doonan
       The Noosaville and Doonan locality had high proportions of semi-detached and attached
        dwellings types compared to other localities (37.5%). This locality had the highest dwelling
        type diversity of any of the localities. Of all occupied private dwellings, 62.2% were
        separate houses, 21.8% were semi-detached and 15.6% were attached.
       Of all occupied private dwellings, 37.1% were fully owned, 24.8% were being purchased
        with a mortgage and 32.4% were being rented.
       The median weekly rent in the Noosaville and Doonan locality was $358 and the median
        monthly mortgage repayment was $2,031. These medians were the highest of any of the
        localities in Noosa Shire.

Noosa North Shore
       Unoccupied private dwellings represented around 61% of all dwellings in this locality on
        Census night 2011.
       Noosa North Shore had a high proportion of dwellings classified as ‘other dwelling types’
        at 15.6%. The majority of these dwellings were categorised as improvised home, tents and
        sleep outs. As noted above, this locality has a small population and total number of
        dwellings. There were approximately 122 total occupied private dwellings counted on
        Census night and just 16 dwellings were classified as improvised home, tents and sleep
        outs. All other occupied dwellings were separate houses.
       Around 46.0% of dwellings in this locality were fully owned, which was the highest rate of
        home ownership without a mortgage of any of the localities. Around 26.6% of dwellings
        were being purchased and 18.5% were being rented.

Noosa Heads
       Unoccupied private dwellings represented over 30% of all dwellings in this locality on
        Census night 2011.
       Noosa Heads had a high proportion of semi-detached and attached dwelling types
        compared to other localities (26.8%). Of all occupied private dwellings, 72.8% were
        separate houses, 6.2% were semi-detached and 20.7% were attached. The latter was the
        highest proportion of units, flats and apartments of any locality.
       Of all occupied private dwellings, 38.2% were fully owned, 24.5% were being purchased
        with a mortgage and 34.6% were being rented.




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