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

Noosa Heads
Noosa Heads has the highest concentration of visitor accommodation with the greatest
proportion of residential rated dwellings being used for short term accommodation. 2437 entire
dwellings are being used for short term accommodation representing 52.7% of residential
rated dwellings in Noosa Heads, an increase of 376 entire dwellings, mostly apartments, since
April 2020. (Note that 225 apartments were previously identified as hotel rooms under April
202 data).
The highest concentration of short-term accommodation is in Hastings Street, Noosa Parade
/ Noosa Sound and along Noosa Drive.
With zone changes under NP2020, the majority, 64%, of short term accommodation in Noosa
Heads is now located in the Tourist Accommodation zone, where under the former NP2006
70% were located in a residential zone.
Noosa Heads also accommodates 2 motels comprising 34 rooms and 1 hotel with 179 rooms
and 2 backpackers comprising 208 beds.


Table 53 Dwellings used for short-term accommodation by zone Noosa Plan 2020 Noosa Heads

   Zone                            Dwellings used for STA        Guest suite    Secondary dwelling


 Low Density Residential zone      251                           10

 Medium    Density   Residential   340                           1
 zone

 High Density Residential zone     284

 Tourist Accommodation zone        1562

 Totals                            2437                          11

 Total use of dwellings for STA    2448

 Total Res rated Dwellings         4645

 % STA (includes guest suite       52.7%
 and secondary dwelling)




Sunshine Beach
Sunshine Beach’s visitor accommodation offer was dominated by the use of dwellings for short
term accommodation and backpacker and motel style accommodation, with 107 backpacker
beds available and a 19 room motel.
33% of the dwelling stock is used for short-term accommodation, up from 28% in April 2020
with an increase of entire dwellings being used for short term accommodation from 516 to 590,
an additional 74 dwellings. 99% of those dwellings are located in a residential zone. The
highest concentration of short-term accommodation is around Duke Street however short term
accommodation was fairly evenly distributed throughout the balance of the area.




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Noosa Council Monitoring Report 2022/23