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

HNA2017 also allocated a portion of secondary dwellings to be used as visitor accommodation
by tourists and that new stock included the movement of permanent residents out of resorts.
It should be noted however, that despite the views of the HNA2017 author and Council of the
day, the use of secondary dwellings for other than members of the household of the main
dwelling was not supported by the State Government and under the interpretation of secondary
dwelling defined in the Planning Regulation 2017. The HNA2017 stated:
       Additional secondary dwellings may help to meet the dwelling needs of the future
       Noosa Shire population…
      Removing the requirement for occupants to be related to each other … may increase
       the supply of this form of development and increase the supply of affordable dwellings
       in the Shire...
      A recent analysis by Noosa Shire Council found that some 18,231 lots in the Shire
       were within the detached housing, rural settlement and rural zones and of a size that
       may support a secondary dwelling. A proportion of these lots may be suitable for
       accommodating a secondary dwelling.
      …The low take-up scenario assumes that during the time period 2016-2036, 10% of
       these lots are used to provide additional secondary dwelling for residents, and 10% for
       tourists in the urban areas of the Shire. In the rural areas, it was assumed that 3% of
       these lots may be used to provide additional secondary dwellings for residents.
      …It is considered that the low take-up scenario may be more realistic than the high
       take-up scenario, and under current provisions even the low take-up scenario may not
       be reached.
       … Although secondary dwellings may be classified as attached dwellings under the
       census definitions they are considered to meet the needs of resident households for
       both small semi-detached and small attached dwellings ….
       Hence new stock would be required to fill the remaining need for resident dwellings. Of
       the 1,351 new dwellings required to meet assumed resident household needs between
       2016 and 2036, the modelling suggests this would desirably include:
      24% detached houses;
      36% semi-detached dwellings, the majority small, but some 3+ bedrooms;
      32% small attached dwellings and 42 (3%) large attached dwellings; and
      4% of dwellings of other types (cabin, caravans, dwelling attached to shop etc).


2.3 Economy and employment 2001 – June 2020
Tourism, including accommodation and hospitality related industries were, and continue to be,
a key economic driver and employment sector in Noosa, together with healthcare and social
services, construction and retail trade.
The healthcare and social services sector in particular, grew between 2001 and 2016.
Between 2001 and 2020 Noosa’s gross regional product continued to grow and almost
doubled at its peak in 2019.
The early stages of COVID-19 from March – Jun 2020 saw some impacts on the economy and
job losses in the hospitality and tourism sectors in particular. Despite these impacts, Noosa’s
tourism industry, visitor numbers and visitor spend faired comparatively well compared to the
Queensland and Australian average. Refer to section 2.9 for further information regarding the
initial early impacts of COVID-19.



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