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

The number of new dwelling approvals over the 2006-2016 time period were not reflected as
occupied private dwellings, with the number of occupied apartments falling considerably during
that time, suggesting increased take up for short term accommodation or holiday home
investments.
The HNA2021 identified the proportion of unoccupied private dwellings was highest in Noosa
Heads at 36.68%, followed by 28.36% in Sunshine Beach, 27.72% in Peregian Beach - Marcus
Beach, 19.65% in Noosaville and 11.26% in Noosa Hinterland. Only Tewantin had a figure
lower than the State at 7.64%.
The HNA2021 stated:
…The 2011 Census had shown 20,713 occupied private dwellings on Census night.
The 18.8% of private dwellings (4,671 out of 24,815) were unoccupied across Noosa Shire on
census night, higher than the State 10.6% .
…the number of occupied private dwellings in Noosa Shire rose from 21,391 in 2006 to 22,110
in 2016. This difference of only 719 is not reflective of the number of new dwellings built over
that period…
Apartments accounted for 17.7% of occupied private dwellings in Noosa Shire in 2006 and
8.1% in 2016… actually fell from 3,776 in 2006 to 1,796 in 2016 despite new apartments being
approved over that period…


Following the 2021 census data release, which was not available at the time of the HNA2021,
up to date 2021 ABS Census statistics show 26,658 total private dwellings of which 4,810 were
unoccupied as shown in Table 39 Appendix 10.


Dwelling size and household size
Noosa’s average household size was identified in the HNA2021 as being 2.4 persons, with the
highest in Noosa Hinterland at 2.6 persons and lowest in Noosaville at 2.1 persons per
household. This is lower than the state average of 2.6 persons.
Most dwellings in Noosa Shire have more bedrooms than occupants with an increasing
number of couple only and lone person household, which varied considerable between Noosa
Hinterland and coastal localities. The HNA2021 stated:
       … Between 2006 and 2016, the number of lone person households increased by
       18%... number of couple only households increased by 18.3%. Couple only
       households represented 31.9% of households in Noosa Shire… higher than the State’s
       at 25.9%.
       At 2016, 49.2% of families in Noosa Shire were couple families with no children. This
       was high compared to 39.4% for the State where there was a higher proportion of
       couple families with children.
       At 2016 Noosa Shire had 2,267 one-parent families.
       There was difference throughout the Shire with 58.1% of families in Noosa Heads and
       57.4% of families in Noosaville being couple families with no children. Tewantin and
       Sunshine Beach had higher proportions of one-parent families (18.9% and 18%
       respectively).
       At 2016, 29.6% of occupied private dwellings in Noosaville were lone person
       households. The figure was only 19.5% in Noosa Hinterland.
       Group households are less common in Noosa Shire, accounting for just 3.8% of
       occupied private dwellings at 2016. Sunshine Beach and Noosa Heads had the highest
       rates of group households.

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Noosa Council Monitoring Report 2022/23