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     Noosa Shire
     Quick Facts
     Area and Landscape                                Households                                              Employment and Industry


      Total area of the Shire is approx. 870km2        21,847 households                                       Nearly $3 billion in Gross Regional Product, with an
     Over 70% of the land area is vegetated            Average household size is 2.4 persons                   estimated $38 million generated in the green economy
     Over 40% of the land area has some form           5,328 lone person households                            23,446 local jobs, with around 67% of local workers being
     of protective conservation tenure                 7,698 families with children                            residents and a jobs-to-residents ratio of around 0.93
     216km2 is National Park & 52km2 is State Forest   8,272 couples with no children (at home)                3.3% unemployment rate
     45km of coastline                                 Median total household income is $1,467 per week        Median total personal income of $37,544 per year
     Noosa River catchment covers 63%                                                                          Around a quarter of workers have a Bachelor or Higher
     Mary River catchment covers 36%                   Housing                                                 degree, and around 13% have an Advanced Diploma or




                                                                                                                                                                                                           Noosa Council Annual Report 2022 - 2023
     Maroochy River catchment covers 1%                                                                        Diploma
     UNESCO Biosphere Reserve since 2007               18% of dwellings were unoccupied on census              14% of employed persons worked in Health care and
     World Surfing Reserve since 2020                  night 2021                                              social assistance industry, making it the top industry of
                                                       79.5% of occupied private dwellings are separate        employment, followed by Accommodation and Food
     Population                                        houses                                                  services industry (11.7%), Construction (11.1%) and Retail
                                                       43.7% of occupied private dwellings are fully owned     trade (10.5%)
     Resident population of 56,873                     and 31.1% being purchased; just 20.9% are rented        There are 7,621 businesses in Noosa Shire, 30.8% of
      (51.4% female and 48.6% male).                   Median rent for a 2-bedroom unit is $590 per week       which employed 1 to 4 employees
     60% of population lives in southeast corner       and for a 4-bedroom house is $850
      of the Shire, which covers ~10% of the Shire.    Over half of low-income private rental tenants paying   Health and Wellbeing
     Relatively low growth rate for over a decade;     30% or more of gross income on private rent
      expected to continue.                            Median sale price for a dwelling is $1,200,000          Liveability Index Score of 70 (above the national
     Median Age is 50.5 years (high compared                                                                   average)
      to QLD Median of 38.4 years)                                                                             29.6% of residents have one or more long-term health
     933 residents identify as Aboriginal and/or                                                               conditions (consistent with QLD and AUS)
      Torres Strait Islander                                                                                   5.6% in need of assistance with a profound or severe
     23.1% of residents were born overseas                                                                     disability
                                                                                                               Roughly half of residents aged 65 or over receive the
                                                                                                               aged pension
                                                                                                               17% of residents undertake volunteer work.




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