CONSOLIDATED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM FEEDBACK 2025-2026 · Attachment 1 - Interactions and Engagement Summary for 2025-26 Final

like fixing a pothole in a particular street. While not statistically weighted, this feedback
provides important context to the quantitative results.

The bar chart below shows the number of responses for the dominant themes where the
respondent mentioned a theme element at least once in their free text response.




The second level of analysis explored what respondents were specifically seeking under
each of the primary themes. The number in brackets shows the number of respondents
(out of 345) who mentioned this element at least once in their response.

    •   Tourism Pressure & Development Control (121)            - Residents expressed concern
        about overcrowding, traffic congestion, short        -term accommodation and
        development scale. There was a clear call to prioritise resident needs over tourism
        growth, protect Noosa’s character and better manage growth impacts.

    •   Roads & Footpaths (74) – The responses called for improved local road and
        footpath maintenance, cycling infrastructure and road safety. Concerns extend
        beyond main roads to local streets, verges and gravel surfaces.

    •   Environment & Climate Change (73)          – Very strong support for protecting the
        natural environment, including beaches, waterways and bushland, alongside
        clearer action on climate change, resilience and environmental stewardship.

    •   Service Delivery (72)    – Respondents expressed requests for          improved service
        delivery across a variety of front facing services including sports infrastructure,
        libraries, cultural activities, youth and family services and community wellbeing