2015-06-23 I&S Agenda - Item 5 - Local Disaster Recovery Plan - Attachment 2

                           Noosa Local Disaster Recovery Plan 2015/2016



Transport
Noosa is served by three primary land transport corridors:
 Bruce Highway
 Sunshine Motorway
 North Coast railway line
and by air through the Brisbane and Sunshine Coast Airports.
Public transport across the Shire is provided by Translink.

Shopping facilities
The region has shopping precincts in each town supported by a major centre at Noosa Civic.


27.3 Noosa Economic Profile
The Noosa economy is characterised by its small scale, the proportion of open space to
development, a service industry base and its cultural and creative value.

Retail trade is the most prominent employer by industry sector, followed by accommodation
and food services, health care and social assistance, agriculture, forestry and fishing.
In terms of occupations, professionals are the most prominent occupation followed by
technicians and trades (source ABS 2011a).

Tourism is Noosa's major economic driver with an estimated 1.7 million visitors spending
approximately $601.2 million in the year ending September 2014 (TRA 2014a & 2014b).
In 2013 approximately 7,246 businesses operated within the Noosa Shire with 90% of these
employing less than five staff. (source ABS 2014k)

The majority of businesses and industry are consolidated in the southern coastal localities of
Peregian Beach, Sunshine Beach, Noosa Heads, Noosaville and Tewantin.

The most significant hinterland town in terms of business and employment is Cooroy.
The Shire Business Centre at Noosaville is the regions primary business and retail centre,
with secondary business centres located in Cooroy, Noosa Junction, Noosaville and
Tewantin. Neighbourhood centres are located in Peregian Beach, Sunshine Beach, Hastings
Street, Weyba Road, Noosa Outlook and Noosa Bushlands; with village centres located in
Boreen Point, Cooran, Pomona, Kin Kin (see attached map).

Industrial land is located in Noosaville in the area surrounding Eumundi Road; the Lower
and Upper Mill Sites and Jarrah Street in Cooroy; Factory and Hill Street in Pomona and
Main Street Kin Kin (see attached map).




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