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

       The median weekly rent in the Noosa Heads locality was $350 and the median monthly
        mortgage repayment was $1,820. These medians were amongst the highest in Noosa
        Shire.

Ridgewood to Tinbeerwah, including Cooroy and Lake Macdonald
       This locality had a high proportion of occupied private dwellings being separate houses
        (over 90% of dwellings).
       Of all occupied private dwellings, 43.4% were fully owned, 34.6% were being purchased
        with a mortgage and 19.7% were being rented.

Boreen Point, Kin Kin and Cootharaba
       This locality had a high proportion of occupied private dwellings being separate houses
        (over 95% of dwellings).
       Of all occupied private dwellings, 41.1% were fully owned, 36.1% were being purchased
        with a mortgage and 21.7% were being rented.

Summary
The above demonstrates that there is considerable variation in the key characteristics of housing
across localities of Noosa Shire.

Some 60% of dwellings counted in the Noosa North Shire locality were unoccupied on census
night in 2011. This was the highest proportion of any of the localities, and was followed by Noosa
Heads at 33.6%, Sunshine Beach to Peregian Beach at 26.7%, Boreen Point, Kin Kin and
Cootharaba at 23.7%, and Noosaville at 19.9% (Figure 30).

When unoccupied dwellings and dwellings only occupied by visitors on census night are
excluded, the variations between localities in regard to types of dwellings used by residents can
be analysed (Figure 31). This shows that the hinterland localities (Cooroibah, Boreen Point, Kin
Kin and Cootharaba, Federal to Ringtail Creek, Ridgewood to Tinbeerwah, and Noosa North
Shore) had the highest proportions of separate houses, and conversely, the lowest proportions of
other dwelling types. Noosaville and Doonan had the highest proportion of other dwelling types,
followed by Sunshine Beach to Peregian Beach, Noosa Heads and Tewantin.




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