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

Around 50% of households living in public housing in Noosa Shire in 2015 were lone person
households, and around 25% are single parent households (Table 11). Around 54% of all
households had a member of the household with a disability.

Table 11. Characteristics of Households in Public Housing, Noosa Shire, 2015

Household Type                        Total                ATSI             Households    Main language
                                    Households           Households          with any     of household
                                                                             member        not English
                                                                             having a
                                                                             disability

Single Person <55 years                 58                     4                 46            1

Single Person Over 55                   138                    0                 72            4

Sub-Total - Single                  196 (51%)                  4                118            5

Couple Only <55 years                    2                     0                  1            0

Couple Only Over 55                     25                     0                 15            0

Sub-Total – Couple Only              27 (7%)                   0                 16            0

Couple, 1 Child                         11                     1                  4            0

Couple, 2 Children                       4                     0                  3            0

Couple, >2 Children                      9                     1                  4            0

Sub-Total – Couple with              24 (6%)                   2                 11            0
Children

Single Parent, 1 Child                  57                     1                 29            1

Single Parent, 2 Children               25                     2                 10            1

Single Parent, >2 Children              14                     2                  4            0

Sub-Total – Single Parent            96 (25%)                  5                 43            2

Not Available                           14                     0                  0            0

Other                                   26                     2                 19            0

Total                               383 (100%)             13 (3%)           207 (54%)       7 (2%)

Note: The rows in this table do not sum. Percentages are of total households (n=383)
Source: Noosa Shire Council 2016a (Department of Communities Data);

Only 13 of the households living in public housing were identified as being within a homelessness
category at the time public housing was allocated (3%) (Table 12). However, for a high number of
households, data on homelessness at the time of allocation was unspecified or unavailable. It is
unclear whether data that is unavailable for privacy reasons is likely to include people who were
homeless or at tenuous tenure arrangements.




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