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

            locations at Noosa Heads and Noosaville. The consequence has been ‘large’ and
            at times extraordinary dwellings. Development was expected to comply. Bonus
            provisions or incentives have never featured.
            Development that fitted with the planning scheme was approved promptly…
            Lifestyle of residents has been placed ahead of the needs of tourists, based on the
            principle that if things were done well for the residents the visitors will come.
            Council genuinely saw Noosa Shire as a community of communities – the
            hinterland is different to Tewantin which is different to the coastal parts, plus Noosa
            North Shore and Boreen Point, etc. This led to different planning and different
            outcomes expected.
            Intervention in the housing market will require consideration of the desirability of
            increased focus on outcomes of social equity and inclusiveness, including
            stimulating housing diversity.
2.3.2 Housing characteristics
Noosa’s population was identified as older with an average household size being small and
made up of lone or couple households, however the available housing stock was mostly large
made up of 3-4 bedroom detached houses.
The HNA2017 summarised the housing characteristics using the latest available census data
(2011) at the time it was prepared, as:
Noosa Shire’s housing appears not well suited to its demographic profile. Its housing profile is
not dissimilar to Queensland, but its population is very different:
      Average household size in Noosa Shire is low and decreasing;
      The population is older than South East Queensland and the State, and is ageing
       rapidly;
      Median household income is lower than South East Queensland and the State.
Given this population profile and compared to other tourism-oriented local government areas,
the HNA2017 identified:
   There is a high proportion of detached houses, relative to other comparative tourism-
   oriented LGAs:
      Some 24% of all occupied dwellings in Noosa Shire are usually occupied by one person
       living alone, and 58.4% by a person living alone or a couple;
      The highest proportion of two person households live in 3-bedroom dwellings, with the
       second highest proportion in 4-bedroom dwellings;
      A significant proportion of small households are living in large dwellings. It is however
       noted that particularly in an affluent community, a proportion of households may
       choose to live in larger dwellings than seemingly required, or this may occur by
       circumstance;
      Housing stress is high in Noosa Shire relative to Brisbane or Queensland, but similar
       to comparative LGAs:
           o   At 34.5%, the proportion of low income households that are renting and
               experiencing rental stress is higher than other comparative LGAs (except for
               Fraser Coast), and higher than Brisbane and Queensland;
           o   15.8% of low income households that are paying a mortgage were experiencing
               mortgage stress, similar to the other comparative LGAs, but significantly higher
               than Brisbane or Queensland;



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