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Section 3.3


Human-Social



3.3.1      Population                                                                                             3.3.3     Families, Households & Dwellings

The 2021 Census determined the resident population        The median age in the region was 50 years old,          Data obtained from the 2021 Census indicates there        29.1% in Queensland and 31% in Australia. A further
of the Noosa Council LGA is 56,298 with a density of      compared with 37.8 years old as the median age for      are 16,091 families in Noosa. Of these, 51.4% are         31.1% of Noosa Council households were purchasing
65.13 people per square metre. Population growth          Queensland. Children aged 0-14 years made up 14.8%      couple families with no children, 34.2% are couple        their house with a mortgage. The median monthly
assumptions indicate the population could grow to         of the population, people aged 65 years and over        families with children, 13.6% identified as one parent    mortgage repayment in the region was $1,900, higher
64,999 people by 2041.                                    made up 25% of the population and the remaining         families and 0.7% as other families.                      than the Queensland median monthly repayment of
                                                          60.2% of the population were aged between 15 and                                                                  $1,733.
Some 60% of the Shire’s population lives in the coastal   64 years old. The largest represented age group         At the 2016 Census, there were 21,847 occupied
urban communities of the south-eastern corner of the      was those between 60 and 64 years old. Like many        private dwellings in the Noosa Council area. Of           At the 2021 Census, 20.9% of Noosa Council area
Shire, between Peregian Beach and Tewantin. The           other coastal communities in Queensland, the            these, 79.5% were separate, detached houses, 12%          households were renting, with a median weekly rent of
largest hinterland towns are Cooroy, Pomona and           Noosa community has an ageing population. As at         were semi-detached row, terrace or town houses,           $460. This is significantly higher than the $305 weekly
Cooran which are located along the railway corridor.      December 2021, there were 7,825 recipients of the       7.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were        median rent for Queensland. The communities that
                                                          age pension in the Noosa LGA. The two communities       other dwellings such as caravans, tents and sheds.        have the highest rental percentages are Sunshine
Other centres of population are Boreen Point, Federal     with higher percentages of population over the age of   The Noosa Council area had a comparatively high           Beach (37.1%), Sunrise Beach (30.5%), Noosa Heads
and Kin Kin and smaller clusters of rural residential     65 are Noosaville (35.4%) and Noosa Heads (30.5%).      proportion of home ownership with 43.7% of occupied       (29.3%) and Tewantin (28.2%)
settlement also occur throughout the hinterland.          Therefore, these areas may need extra assistance in     private dwellings owned outright, compared with
                                                          evacuating and recovering.
At the 2021 census, 48.6 of the LGA resident
population identified as male and 51.4% as female.
                                                                                                                  3.3.4     Socioeconomic Disadvantage

                                                                                                                  The Australian Bureau of Statistics Socio-Economic        disadvantage in the population when compared with
3.3.2      Cultural Diversity                                                                                     Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) 2016 by LGA includes the        other areas.
                                                                                                                  Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage,
The Traditional Owners and original custodians of         At the 2021 Census, 88.5% of households spoke only      (IRSD) which is an index that summarises the relative     In 2016, the Noosa Council area received a relative
the lands of the Noosa Shire Council area, are the        English at home. There were 7.9% of households          disadvantage of people and households within an           disadvantage score of 1,014. This was the lowest level
Kabi Kabi / Gubbi Gubbi people. At the 2016 Census,       where a non-English language is used. The top five      area. The IRSD considers a range of economic and          of disadvantage in the Sunshine Coast region. When
1.7% of the population of the Noosa Shire identified as   non-English languages spoken at home for the total      social condition variables to determine an area’s         compared to all of Australia’s suburbs and localities,
being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent.    population of Noosa LGA were German (0.7%), French      relative disadvantage score. Indicators which are         this score placed Noosa Shire in the 53rd percentile,
                                                          (0.6%), Portuguese (0.6%), Spanish (0.5%) and Italian   considered include the percentage of population who       meaning that 53% of Australia’s communities are
At the 2021 Census, 71.2% of people indicated they        (0.4%).                                                 are on low income, unemployed, without internet, have     more disadvantaged than the Noosa Shire, while 47%
were born in Australia. The most common other                                                                     no/low educational attainment, undertake low skilled      are considered to have a lower level of disadvantage
countries of birth were England 7.5%, New Zealand                                                                 employment, have health conditions, no personal           than Noosa. The percentage of persons in Noosa in
4%, South Africa 1.1%, Germany 0.9% and the USA                                                                   transport, poor English, or are one parent families. A    the most disadvantaged quintile was 5.8% with 12.6%
0.8%.                                                                                                             low score is indicative of a relatively greater general   in the least disadvantaged quintile.



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