MCU14/0106 Appendix K - Commercial Needs Assessment

The proportion of office based white collar workers in the Noosa Civic catchment, surrounding areas and
overall Sunshine Coast region are shown in the chart below. Office based white collar workers have been
separated into Core and Non-Core categories. Non-Core categories include a range of property agent
occupations, retail banking occupations, and travel agent occupations.

The Noosa Civic catchment area is represented by the dark purple bars. Based on the 2011 ABS Census
results the Noosa Civic catchment area is estimated to have around 13% of employment in the form of
core commercial white collar workers.


Office White Collar Employment
CENSUS 2011                                                                                                                                             TABLE 5.7

                                    25%
                                                         23%                                           Buderim                           Caloundra
                                                                                                       Maroochy                          Sunshine Coast Hinterland
                                                                                                       Nambour - Pomona                  Noosa
    Proportion of Employment (%)




                                                   20%                                                 Sunshine Coast Region
                                    20%
                                                                           17% 17%               18%
                                                                                           16%
                                    15%                              14%
                                                                                                                      14%
                                             13%                                                            12% 13%
                                                               11%
                                                                                     10%
                                    10%                                                                9%

                                                                                                                                         5%
                                                                                                                                                        5%
                                     5%                                                                                             4%                        3%
                                                                                                                               2%             2% 2%

                                     0%
                                                         White Collar                       White Collar- Core                      White Collar - Non Core

So urce : A B S Census 2011; Urbis



5.5.1                                     OFFICE BASED WHITE COLLAR EMPLOYMENT FORECAST
Office based white collar employment forecasts for the Sunshine Coast region and Noosa Civic
catchments have been based on estimated forecast population growth and market shares. The forecasts
are based on a “medium‟ population projection series published by the Office of Economic and Statistical
Research (OESR).

Key assumptions used in generating these forecasts are:

                                  Sunshine Coast Population has been based on Estimated Resident Population (ERP) forecasts
                                   generated by the Office of Economic and Statistical Research (OESR) for the local government area.

                                  The proportion of population over the age of 15 is based on trending historical ABS Census Data for
                                   the local government area.

                                  The Labour Force Participation rate is based on trending historical ABS Census Data for the local
                                   government area.

                                  The Jobs to Labour Force Ratio is based on trending historical ABS Census and Labour Force data
                                   for the local government area.

                                  The Percentage of office based white collar workers is based on trending historical ABS Census
                                   and Labour Force data for the local government area. This reflects an increase in the proportion of
                                   office based white collar workers at a rate of 0.4% per annum.

The following table shows the derivation of office based white collar employment forecasts for the
Sunshine Coast and Noosa Shire LGAs over the period to 2031. Going forward, it is expected that the




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