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

       Noosa Hinterland had the highest rate of multiple family households.


With regard to the relationship between dwelling size and household size, the HNA2021
identified a mismatch between household size and dwelling size, stating:
       … the most frequent family size is two people.
       Separate houses are most frequently three plus bedrooms and modern houses are
       most typically over 275m2 in floor area. Semi-detached housing (such as duplexes are
       most frequently three bedroom, followed by two bedrooms. Apartments or units are
       more frequently two bedrooms…


3.3.1.3 Housing Tenure


Dwellings owned outright or being purchased
In terms of the tenure of occupied private dwellings, Noosa Shire has a considerably higher
proportion of dwellings owned outright than the state average which has grown been 2006 and
2016, with the highest rates in locations with higher proportions of older residents.
Correspondingly, there is a slightly lower proportion of dwellings being paid off through
mortgages or other schemes. Table extracts from the HNA2021 on tenure are included in
Appendix 10 as Tables 40-42. The HNA2021 states:
       …In 2016 Noosa Shire reported a considerably higher proportion of dwellings owned
       outright (39.1%) when compared to the State (28.5%). This proportion varied
       throughout the Shire, and not surprisingly is highest in Noosa Heads and Noosaville
       where there is a high proportion of older residents. However, it is also high in Noosa
       Hinterland. The proportions were lower in the beach side SA2s, however still above
       the State figures.
In relation to the occupied private dwellings being rented the HNA 2021 states:
       In terms of the proportion of homes being rented, occupied private dwellings in Noosa
       Shire were less likely to be rented, whether through a real estate agent, state housing
       authority, person not in the same household, housing co-op/community/church or
       otherwise. Further, the proportion being rented dropped by some 15% in the 2006-
       2016 decade.
       Each SA2 has figures lower than the State. Noosa Hinterland has the lowest with just
       16.5% of occupied private dwellings being rented. The beachside SA2s had the highest
       proportion of dwellings being rented.
       … Around the time of the 2016 census 16,820 of the 30,153 rateable residential
       properties (or 55.78%) were claimed to be a principal place of residence. At July 2021
       there were 18,146 properties out of 30,915 (or 58.07%) categorised as principal place
       of residence.
       Noosa is a favoured place for second homes or holiday homes. Some of these are
       available at least part of the time for short-term paying guests, and some are just
       preserved for use by the owners, their family and friends. They are not typically
       available for permanent rental accommodation.
       During consultation on the new planning scheme many property owners relayed to
       Council the reasons they chose not to make their properties available for permanent
       tenants. These were both financial and lifestyle reasons. Most of them wanted the
       flexibility to come stay in the property when they could but to leverage an income from
       it at other times


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Noosa Council Monitoring Report 2022/23