Annual Report 2023-24

     Quick Facts
                                                                                                                 Households and Families




                                                                                                                                                                                                                Our Shire
     Area and landscape                                                                                                                              24% lone person
                                                                                    Rivers catchment cover
                                                                                                                     23,755                          23% families with children
                                                                                                                                                                                         Families with
                                                                                                                                                                                         children are most in
                                                                                                                     households                                                          need of affordable
                                                                                                                                                                                         accommodation
                                                                                                                                                   33.7% couples without children


           ˜872km2
                                                                                                                    Average household                              Median weekly
                                                   45km
                                                   Coastline
                                                                                                                    size is 2.36 persons            $1,482 household income
          Total area of the Shire                                                           63% Noosa River


                                                                                                                 Housing
        >70%                 National Park             State Forest
        vegetated area       216km²                    56km²

                 Over 42% of the land area has some
                 form of protective conservation tenure
                                                                                            36% Mary River
28                                                                                                                                                                                                              29



         UNESCO Biosphere                      World Surfing
         Reserve since 2007                    Reserve since 2020                           1% Maroochy River
                                                                                                                 73% of occupied private            71% of households were purchasing
                                                                                                                 dwellings are separate houses      or fully owned their home


     Population
                                                                                                                 19% of homes are          $850 per week            $650 per week
                                                                                                                 rented privately          Median house rental      Median unit rental
                                                                                                                                                                                         5.1%
                                                                                                                                                                                         of households are in
                                                                                                                                                                                         need of affordable
                                                                                                                 55% of renting households were        16.7% of households have          housing in the Shire
           Resident population
                                                                      Median age is 50 (high compared            paying $450 per week                  mortgage costs 30% greater        (families are
                                                                      to the QLD Median of 38 years)

            58,367
                                                                                                                 or more in rent                       than their income                 most in need)




                                                                                                                                                                                                                Noosa Council Annual Report 23/24
                                        60%                           1.7% of residents identify as Aboriginal
                                        lives in the southeast        and/or Torres Strait Islander                   Median house price is               Median unit price is
                                        corner of the Shire                                                           $1,235,000                          $937,000
                                                                      23% of residents were born overseas             (more than double that              (60% higher than
                                        Sunshine Beach                (predominantly, United Kingdom)
                                        has the highest                                                               of regional Queensland)             regional Queensland)
                                        population density