2015-08-18 Planning and Organisation Committee Attachment 1 to Item 8 AEC Noosa Economic Profile Final Report

Noosa Economic Profile
Final



1.        Introduction
1.1       Background
          The Noosa Council (Council) is a newly re-established Council following its de-
          amalgamation from the Sunshine Coast Regional Council on 1 January 2014. For the first
          time in over five years, the Noosa Shire Local Government Area (the Shire) is again
          governed exclusively by a local Council with local focus on planning social and physical
          infrastructure, economic development, community capacity building, housing and land use
          planning.
          To inform a range of plans, Council have engaged AEC Group Pty Ltd (AEC) to undertake
          a baseline assessment of various socio-economic indicators. These indicators will provide
          a consistent set of data for various departments within Council, allowing a comparison of
          the Shire and benchmarking against the broader South East Queensland (SEQ) Region and
          the State. Ultimately, interpretation and analysis of key findings will inform Council on key
          trends, critical issues as well as opportunities for future growth.

          Figure 1.1: Map of Noosa and Key Localities




          Source: Noosa Shire Council (unpublished)

          At the broader geographic level, the Noosa Shire will be benchmarked against the SEQ
          Region. The SEQ Region refers to the combination 11 LGAs covering approximately
          36,123.1 square kilometres and inclusive of a population of over 3.2 million residents
          (2013). For the purposes of this report, the SEQ Region comprises of the following LGAs:
           Brisbane (C)
           Gold Coast (C)
           Ipswich (C)
           Lockyer Valley (R)
           Logan (C)
           Moreton Bay (R)
           Redland (C)
           Scenic Rim (R)



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