2021-12-13 GC Agenda - Item 9 - Attachment 2-Noosa Economic Plan Review Update Report 2021

                                             NOOSA LEP REVIEW - ECONOMIC ANALYSIS REPORT - Draft Report


Figure 4.8. Employment growth (%), Noosa
                 Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
                                           Mining
                                   Manufacturing
      Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services
                                     Construction
                                 Wholesale Trade
                                      Retail Trade
              Accommodation and Food Services
              Transport, Postal and Warehousing
   Information Media and Telecommunications
                 Financial and Insurance Services
          Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services
  Professional, Scientific and Technical Services
            Administrative and Support Services
                 Public Administration and Safety
                           Education and Training
                Health Care and Social Assistance
                     Arts and Recreation Services
                                   Other Services
                                                 -60%      -40%     -20%      0%          20%   40%
                                                             5 Year Employment Growth (%)
                                                                  2019-20       2014-15
Source: economyID (2021).


4.3         Journey to Work
Table 4.1 shows that Noosa has a relatively high self-containment rate (i.e. the proportion of local
residents that live and work in the area) at 65.3%. By contrast, other local governments adjacent to
the Brisbane City Council experience self-containment rates around 30%. Unsurprising, a large
proportion of Noosa residents that work outside of the Shire, actually work in the neighbouring
Sunshine Coast Council and to a lesser extent in the Gympie Regional Council area. Those residents
that identify ‘No fixed address’ as their employment location are often either fly-in/fly-out (FIFO)
mine workers, truck drivers and/or construction trades. The lower median incomes in Noosa
contribute to this trend, with the more highly skilled residents in the area forced to find work
outside of Noosa.
Overall, these travel patterns show that the Noosa economy is somewhat insular in terms of
employment, which means that the local economy provides a large amount of job opportunities for
local resident workers. At the same time, the analysis shows that Noosa does not have a sufficient
number of jobs for all of its resident workers, forcing some to leave in order to find employment.
Table 4.1. Journey to Work, Noosa, 2016
 Location                                            Number            %
 Employed residents in the area
 Live and work in the area                              14,309     65.3%
 Live in the area, but work outside                      6,092     27.8%
 No fixed place of work                                  1,510      6.9%
 Total employed residents in the area                   21,898    100.0%
 Workers in the area
 Live and work in the area                              14,309     71.2%
 Work in the area, but live outside                      5,775     28.8%
 Total workers in the area                              20,084    100.0%
Source: economyID (2021).



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