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

Figure 19 Covid impacts September 2020 – Noosa Shire




In the Septemebr 2020 Quarter Noosa’s GRP experienced a greater impact than regional
Queensland and Queensland generally, but faired well compared to the rest of Australia.
Impacts on local jobs (including for residents) was high compared to the rest of Queensland
and Australia, as shown in Figure 15 in Appendix 8. Accommodation and food services were
highest hit with a loss of 1,755 jobs.


2.9.2.2 Employment
The June 2020 quarter saw the highest impacts on local job losses in Noosa in accommodation
and food services, but a corresponding growth in healthcare and social assistance, shown in
Figure 16 - 18 in Appendix 8.


2.9.2.3 Place of work
Widespread lockdowns and the dramatic shift of many office based employees to working from
home impacted where and how people worked allowing for many non-frontline or essential
workers to effectively “work from anywhere”.
Whilst the true figures are unknown, employment that could be undertaken from home was
directed by the state government to do so, and many of those jobs have remained at home,
recognising the value of work from home on work life balance and to an extent time and cost
efficiencies.
There was also a movement of workers from other states and cities to regions utilising the
ability to work from anywhere and home, including anecdotally to Noosa. The full impacts of
this were not realised until later with demand for housing affecting rental vacancies and
property values.


2.9.3 Tourism sector
The ABS – A series of unprecedented events – June quarter 2020 stated:
        The year ending January 2020 saw a record 9.5 million visitors arrive in Australia.
        Tighter restrictions from 20 March resulted in a dramatic fall in visitor arrivals, of close
        to 100%, with only 5,400 visitor arrivals in June 2020. In all three months of the June
        quarter, New Zealand was the largest source country, accounting for 27% of visitor
        arrivals in June, 35% in May and 16% in April. The changing pattern of overseas
        arrivals and departures had a profound impact on business conditions across the June
        quarter.




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