05. Town Planning Report · MCU10/2127

3. Resident Market
3.1 Population                                                                 ƒ The average household size is 2.2 as compared with
                                                                                 around 2.6 throughout Queensland, and this is due to the
As shown in Table 3.1, the Noosa-Noosaville Statistical Local Area
                                                                                 fact that the Noosa area accommodates a far greater
(SLA) accommodated a total resident population in 2009 of around
                                                                                 proportion of population aged 45 years or more, and
10,000 people. Average annual growth over the period since 2001 has
                                                                                 particularly in the principal retirement age categories of 60+.
                                                                                                                                            60 .
b
been 149 persons or 1
                    1.5%
                       5% per annum.
                                                                               ƒ In Noosa over 55% of the population are aged 45+, as
Noosa-Noosaville SLA - Population Trends, 2001-2009                Table 3.1
                                             Estimated Resident Population
                                                                                 compared with 37% throughout Queensland as a whole.
       2001                                              9,128                   Some 30% of Noosa’s population are aged 60 years or
 Year  2006                                              9,840                   more, as compared with 17% throughout Queensland.
       2009                                             10,318
                                                           ,                     Clearly there is a bias in the age structure which is an
Source : ABS Census of Population and Housing; Urbis
                                                                                 important defining feature of Noosa’s demographic profile.

                                                                               ƒ As a consequence of the above, the household structure in
3.2 Socio Economic Profile
                                                                                 Noosa is also quite different from the norm. Some 40% of
Table 3.2 provides a summary of the socio economic profile of the                the population reside in households that are characterised
population at the time of the 2006 Census of Population and Housing
                                                            Housing.             as “couple
                                                                                     couple families with no children
                                                                                                             children”, and a further 27
                                                                                                                                      27.4%
                                                                                                                                         4%
                                                                                 reside in “lone person households”.
In summary, the following are considered to be the defining
characteristics of the Noosa-Noosaville market in so far as it relates to
the usual resident population:

ƒ Although the average per capita income is 14
                                            14.5%
                                               5% above the
  Queensland average, on a household basis incomes are around
  2.4% below average due to the smaller average household size
  throughout the Noosa area.




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