2022-11-14 GC Agenda - Item 4 - Attachment 1 - Short Term Accommodation Monitoring Report 2022

operating short term accommodation has increased and so has the number of backpacker
beds. Hotel numbers appear down, however a number of hotel rooms have now been correctly
reclassified as dwellings under the current data, as they were in fact self contained dwellings,
not hotel rooms.
Tourist accommodation continues to be heavily concentrated in the coastal urban area,
particularly around Noosa River, Noosaville, Noosa Heads, Sunshine Beach and Peregian
Beach. The Hinterland / rural areas continues to provide a diverse, yet small contribution to
the overall tourist accommodation available, however the number of properties operating short
term accommodation have increased.
The use of an entire dwellings for short term accommodation continues to dominate the tourist
accommodation offer comprising 79.3% of all tourist accommodation. Hotels and motels
comprise just 7.7% of the total tourist accommodation offer.
Whilst not represented in the figures, and as previously noted in this report, 3 key properties
in the Tourist Accommodation zone are proposing hotel style accommodation with a potential
for an additional 345 hotel rooms and 13 luxury 3 bedroom villas and 16 eco cabins being
delivered in the near future meeting unmet demand for high end hotel style accommodation,
with preference for a 5 star product.
Tables 49 outlines the type and quantum of tourist accommodation and corresponding
percentage contribution of total tourist accommodation offer. Map 7 shows the distributions of
tourist accommodation across Noosa Shire.


Table 49 Tourist accommodation in Noosa Shire – Source: Tourism carrying capacity data October 2022

 Accommodation type                 Noosa Shire Totals                  % of total tourist accommodation


 Dwelling house                     1046                                16%

 Apartment                          3100                                47%

 Townhouse                          907                                 14%

 Duplex                             152                                 2.3%

 Secondary dwellings                16                                  0.24%

 Dwellings with guest suite         44                                  0.67%

 Hotel & motel rooms, cabins        506                                 7.7%

 Caravan sites, RV sites, Camp      795                                 12%
 sites

 TOTAL                              6566
                                    + 506 Backpacker beds




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