2015-11-10 - P&O Agenda - Item 18, Attach 1&2 - Draft Noosa Shire Local Economic Plan

accounts for around 35%-40% of total employment within the broader Sunshine Coast Statistical
Area Level 4 (SA4), compared to around 25%-30% in other benchmark regions.
BUSINESS COUNTS
Noosa Shire is home to some 7,400 businesses. 62.1% of those are non-employing micro
businesses and 27.5% employ between 1-4 people. At the other end of the scale 0.01% employ 200
or more people. By turnover, 26.4% of businesses have a turnover between $0 and $50,000 with
13.1% turning over between $500,000 and $2 million.
Noosa is also home to a range of very successful entrepreneurs and business people with expertise
across multiple industry sectors. Many of these same people are active within the community and
business organisations such as Tourism Noosa, Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation, Noosa
Community Biosphere Association Inc. The Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland – Noosa
Business Mentors and the Project Focus Group established to contribute the development of this
Plan.
Noosa LGA Business Counts by Turnover Range                                     Source: ABS (2015d)

                                   13.1%

                                                              26.4%



         20.1%                                                               $0 to - $50,000
                                                                             $50,000 - $100,000
                                                                             $100,000 - $200,000
                                                                             $200,000 - $500,000
                                                                             $500,000 - $2 million



                                                                16.8%


                        19.8%




Business Counts by Employment Size                                              Source: ABS (2015d)



     Non-employing




               1-4




             15-19


                                                                Queensland
                                                                South East Queensland
           20-199
                                                                Noosa LGA




             200+



                 0.0%    10.0%   20.0%     30.0%      40.0%      50.0%        60.0%      70.0%
                                            & of Businesses


INDUSTRY CLUSTERS
Cluster mapping highlights where Noosa has an existing competitive advantage against a national
industry backdrop using Location Quotients – In this instance it relates to the concentration of
industries by employment, overtime. By doing this, growth opportunities in specific industry sectors
can be identified and considered.
Industry clusters located above the “1”on the vertical axis indicate an existing industry concentration
and a competitive advantage within the region. Forecast national industry employment growth
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