2022-01-17 - GC Agenda - Item 6 - Attachment 1 - Noosa Council Community Satisfaction Survey 2021 by Market Facts Qld Pty Ltd

Second Mention
Significant variances were by:
Gender
    • 10.4% Female – Feel safe/ safety in the area
Age
    • 11.8% aged 55-64 years – The climate/peaceful environment/ take care of the environment
    • 10.7% aged 35-44 years – Control the population growth/ cap the population
Home ownership
    • 2.9% Renting – Came for a holiday and decided to stay


 Third Mention
Significant variances were by:
Age
    • 5.3% aged 55-64 years – Good health services
Home ownership
    • 17.1% Renting – No high-rises/keep low density houses


5    What do you think the greatest challenge will be for your local area in the next few years?

Respondents were asked what they thought would be the greatest challenge for their local area in the next few years.
The responses received can be grouped into the following common themes:

          •    Growth/Development
          •    Traffic/Congestion/Roads
          •    Infrastructure/Service Provision
          •    Environment
          •    Governance
          •    Economic Development/Employment
          •    Affordable housing
          •    Tourism
          •    Other

Below is a sample of these responses under these headings:

Growth/Development

     •    Population growth
     •    Influx in population bringing a burden on the infrastructure
     •    Loss of the rural identity. Increase of the population in the rural communities with little care for the
          environment
     •    Too much development
     •    Too many people wanting to move here, so we will need more houses and jobs but then the area will all
          change
     •    Council being pro Development
     •    Population growth and no infrastructure to support it.
     •    Managing population growth - housing density and employment
     •    Possibility of urban sprawl with population growth
     •    Noosa Council needs to control subdivision. Housing density ie Noosa needs to stay strong on their
          population cap.
     •    Management of the population growth

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