2020-01-13 GC Agenda - Item 10 - Attachment 2 - The Value of Tourism to the Noosa Community October 2019 FINAL REPORT

than the outcome that TEQ found in 2017 for the Sunshine Coast as a whole (54 percent of
people indicated they couldn’t imagine living elsewhere) and considerably higher statistic for
TEQ’s findings on Queensland’s residents generally (only 37 percent of Queenslanders
surveyed in the TEQ survey indicated they could not imagine living anywhere else but their
current residential area). There were significant differences by age group and household
type, with people over 30 being more likely to not want to live elsewhere when compared to
those under 30 (49 percent of people under 30 indicated they could not think of other
places they wanted to live. The same statistic for people aged 30 to 64, and 65+, was 71 and
75 percent of respectively). An additional 47 percent of people aged under 30 said they
liked living in Noosa, but there were other places they would equally enjoy. Couple families
without children had the highest proportion of people indicating that they could not imagine
living anywhere else.

Figure 31: Residents’ views regarding living in Noosa, by age group

80%
                                                                                                         Up to 30 yrs (n=59)

70%                                                                                                      30-64 yrs (n=121)
                                                                                                         65+ yrs (n=120)
60%


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40%


30%


20%


10%


 0%
      I really like it, I cant think of anywhere   I enjoy living here but can think of   I only live here because circumstances
                else I would rather live           other places I would enjoy equally       demand it and would prefer to live
                                                                                                       somewhere else




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