2019-11-12 S&O Agenda - Item 8 - Attachment 1 - Draft Cooroy Sports Complex Master Plan

Age

The median age of the Noosa Council area as at 30 June 2017 was 48.3 years, which has increased from 43.6
years in 2007. The median age for Noosa is expected to increase further to 50.6 years by 2036, which is
significantly higher than the predicted median age for Queensland of 39.9 years. The age projections
estimate that this pattern will continue.


                                                                            Noosa LGA      QLD

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   Percentage of population




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                                                                                                                                          over
                                                                                  Age Cohort

Figure 3: Age Distribution Showing Comparison Between Noosa Council Area and Queensland

Family Composition

As at the 2016 Census, 34.5% of the families in the Noosa Council area were couple families with children and
49.2% were couple families with no children. This compares with 42.5% and 39.4% respectively for
Queensland.

Income

Low income families are those whose income is less than $650 per week or $33,800 per year. In the Noosa
Council area, the 2016 Census determined that 10.4 percent of families are classified as low-income families,
compared to 9.4% for Queensland.

According to the 2016 Census, 11.1% of families in the Noosa Council area earned a high income of greater
than $156,000 per year. This is lower than Queensland as a whole (15.3%).

The median total family income in the Noosa Council area as at the 2016 Census was $72,956 per year, which
compares to $86,372 for Queensland.




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