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ITEM 5
PLANNING & ORGANISATION
COMMITTEE MEETING
3 MARCH 2015
Community Profile
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Noosa Shire Council
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Fin
nal Repo
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Feb ruary, 2015
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Section 2
Noosa Coommunity Profile
Final Rep
port A
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i
Section 3
Noosa Coommunity Profile
Final Rep
port A
Key
y Pointt Sum
mmary
y
The Noosa a Shire is ve
ery similar to
o South East Queenslan nd (SEQ) and d Queenslannd (QLD)
across ma any socio-ec conomic indiicators, howwever, it difffers significa
antly in twoo distinct
areas. Firsstly, Noosa’s
s population is older annd aging faster than the e rest of the
e region.
Secondly, Noosa has a greater rel iance on tou urism for its economy th an SEQ or QLD.Q This
evident in findings su uggesting thhe retail trade and acco ommodation n and food services,
industries which accou unt for a larg
ge proportio
on of tourism
m expenditurre, are Noos sa’s most
significant employers. These two ffactors shape e Noosa’s soocial and eco onomic struccture and
will continu
ue to shape its social an
nd economic future.
Overv
view
The Noosa a Shire is ve o South East Queenslan
ery similar to nd (SEQ) and d Queenslan nd (QLD)
across ma any socio-ecconomic indiicators, howwever, it difffers significa
antly in twoo distinct
areas. Firsstly, Noosa’s
s population is older an nd aging faster than the e rest of the
e region.
Secondly, Noosa has a greater re eliance on tourism
t for its economy y than SEQ or QLD.
These two factors shap pe Noosa’s ssocial and ec
conomic stru
ucture and w will continue to shape
its social and
a economic future.
Overall, th
he analysis of
o socio-eco
onomic indicaators reveals a vibrant,, healthy community
and economy, with a few
f areas forr concern/monitoring intto the future
e, including:
Noosa is a relativ vely older c community that is aging faster tthan SEQ an nd QLD.
This dynamic of No oosa’s demo ographics will
w have a significant
s mpact on numerous
im
areas in
n the commu unity and ecconomy. Having an olde er populatio
on will drive demand
for vario
ous health and
a aged carre services. At the same
e time, a larrger numberr of older
residentts means that the prop ortion of pe eople out of the workfoorce is higheer, which
means that there are fewer people wo orking to suupport thosse that are retired.
nally, community infrasttructure nee
Addition eds across individual
i toowns as well as the
Shire ass a whole will need to a ppreciate this shifting demographic trend. Therre will be
a need for increase ed aged carre services, health serv vices and mmany other specialty
areas. Consideratio on for opp ortunities to t attract more
m youngg families into the
commun nity (potenttially througgh proactive economic developmen nt to generaate local
jobs) woould assist in
n rebalancingg the demog graphics.
Noosa relies on tourism a and population drive en industrries for ec conomic
growth h. While tourrism is an im mportant sector locally and provide es economic benefits
through the expen nditure of v visitors, tourism can be very vola atile and is
s a very
competitive industrry. An overr-reliance on tourism can create an econom my more
susceptiible to fluctu
uations as w ng career paths for youn
well as limitin ng people (a
and other
residentts) through h a focuss on tourrism oriented employ yment (i.e.. retail,
accomm modation, ca afé, restaurrants, etc.)). The sign nificance off populationn driven
industrie
es highlightss the lack off other high value-adding industriess, which can drive an
economy forward. Proactive
P ecconomic dev velopment too rebalance the econom my would
assist in
n mitigating g against fuuture risks and
a providin
ng a more solid founda ation for
future economic
e gro
owth and vita ality.
Noosa has lower household d and perso onal incom me levels th han SEQ an nd QLD.
Noosa’s economic and demog graphic mak ke-up means that it h has numerous older
residentts that are on fixed incomes as well as many resid dents that work in
proportionally lowerr wage indusstries (such as retail, ac ccommodatio on and food service,
etc.). Co
ombined witth wealthy a absentee home owners, it is not su rprising that income
levels are lower in Noosa.
N In te
erms of grow wth, local ind
dividual incom me levels ha
ave been
growing above the rate of infflation (whic ch indicates real growtth over time e), while
househo old incomes have been n growing slightly
s slowwer than infflation, indicating a
stagnatiion of local wealth. Enssuring the lo ocal econom my delivers g growth and valuable
employm ment opporttunities for llocal residennts will help to rebalancce the econo omy and
ensure that
t all local residents haave the high
hest standard d of living po
ossible.
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Section 4
Noosa Coommunity Profile
Final Rep
port A
Important Tre
ends
The following importan
nt trends wil l greatly imp
pact the futu
ure developm
ment of Noos
sa:
Populattion growtth: Populatio on growth is slowing ini Noosa. P Population growth is
important to the eco
onomy as it directly driv
ves approxim
mately one-thhird of the in
ndustries
in the economy.
e While
W popula ation growth
h remains positive,
p if tthe trend continues
c
Noosa will
w be facin ng stagnant or no grow wth in the population,
p w
which will leead to a
stagnatiion of many sectors in th
he economy.
Figure KPS
S.1: Estimate
ed Resident Population, Noosa Shire LGA, 1976- 2011
60,000 20.0%
Estima
ated residential pop
pulation Ann
n. Av. Growth (%)
54,000 18.0%
Estimated Resident Population (No.)
48,000 16.0%
Annual Average
42,000 14.0%
36,000 12.0%
g Growth ((%))
30,000 10.0%
24,000 8.0%
18,000 6.0%
12,000 4.0%
6,000 2.0%
0 0.0%
1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011
Source: Noosa Shire Council (201
14a).
Aging Population:
P : Noosa’s poopulation is aging,
a quickly. An agingg population not only
means that residen nts are leav ving the wo orkforce (annd producin ng less in economic
e
terms), but at the same
s time tthere will be e increases in demand ffor a range of goods
and serrvices, including aged care, health h care and many rela ted industries. This
demogra aphic shift has
h numerou us implicationns including that the eco
onomy mustt produce
more vaalue with few wer employe ees. At the same time, there are nett declines in younger
residentts, which will
w have an impact on the economy as you ng families are big
spenderrs in the economy
e annd utilise a variety of o services and infrastructure.
Community infrastrructure will be heavily impacted including de eclining dem
mand for
schools,, libraries, da
ay care facil ities, etc.
Figure KPS
S.2: Residentts by Age Bra a Shire LGA, 1991-2036
acket, Noosa
100%
90%
Proportion of Residents in Age Brackets (%)
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
991
19 1996 2
2001 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 2036
0-4 yearss 5-14 years 15-19 yea
ars 20-24 years
25-34 ye
ears 35-44 years 45-54 yea
ars 55-64 years
65-74 ye
ears 75-84 years 85 years and over
Source: Noosa Shire Council (201
14a)
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Final Rep
port A
Table KPS..1: Annual Av
verage Grow
wth Rates for Projected School
S Age P
Persons, SA2
2s, 2011-
2031
Primary S
Schools Seconda
ary Schools
SA2 201
11-2021 2021-203
31 2011-2021 2021-2
2031
Noosa Hinterlland -1% to less than 1% -1% to less tha
an 1% 1% to
o less than 2% -1% to less than 1%
Tewantin less than
t -1% -1% to less tha
an 1% 1% to
o less than 2% less than
n -1%
Noosaville -1% to less than 1% less than -1
1% -1% to
t less than 1%
% less than
n -1%
Noosa Heads 1% to le
ess than 2% less than -1
1% 1% to
o less than 2% -1% to less than 1%
Sunshine Bea
ach less than
t -1% -1% to less tha
an 1% 1% to
o less than 2% less than
n -1%
Peregian less than
t -1% -1% to less tha
an 1% 2% or more 1% to less than
t 2%
Source: Noosa Shire Council (201
14a)
Employ yment: Various trends iin employme ent structure are likely to continue. Growth
in retail trade and accommoda ation and foo od services is indicativee of the stro
ong local
tourism industry anda the jo b losses in n other are eas such a as constructtion and
manufac cturing. Grow
wth in healt hcare is like
ely a function ng population as well
n of the agin
as furth
her advances s in health related area as (which co ontinues to ggenerate ne ew jobs).
The signnificant grow
wth in health hcare is a national
n trend and is like
kely to contin
nue. The
growth in professionnal, technicaal services as well as administrativee services ma ay signal
early growth
g of new
n industrries that can
c make a relatively y high valu ue-added
contribu
ution to the economy.
e
Figure KPS
S.3: Employm
ment by Indu
ustry, Noosa
a Shire LGA, 2006 and 20
011
R
Retail trade
Acco
ommodation and fo
ood services
He
ealth care and sociall assistance
C
Construction
Education and
a training
Professional, scientific
s and techniccal services
Manufacturing
Administrative and suppo
ort services
Public administration and safety
Oth
her services
Tran
nsport, postal and warehousing
w
Whollesale trade
Rental, hiring and real esta
ate services
Fiinancial and insuran
nce services
A
Agriculture, forestry and fishing
Mining
Arts and recreation services
Noosa Sh
hire LGA - 2006
Information media
m and telecomm
munications
Noosa Sh
hire LGA - 2011
Electricity, gas, water and wasste services
0.0% 5.0% 10.0
0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0%
%
Employment by
b Industry (%)
Source: ABS (2006, 2011a)
Tourism m: As touriism is an important industry in Noosa, tren nds in tourrism are
important. After tw wo years o of impressive growth (15% year over year), overall
visitation to Noosa dropped 15% %. Fortunattely, the majjority of the
e loss was in
n the day
trip marrket (which provides th e least amo ount of econnomic value or yield). Overnight
O
and inteernational vis
sitation both
h grew, which is encoura
aging for the e future.
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Final Rep
port A
Figure KPS
S.4: Tourism Visitation, N
Noosa Shire LGA, 2006 to
o 2014
2,500 25%
Number of Visitors ('000) 2,000 15%
% Ann. Growth.
1,500 5%
1,000 -5%
500 -15%
0 -25%
E Sep
YE YE Sep YE Sep YE Sep YE Sep
Y YE Sep YE Sep
Y YE Sep YE Sep
2
2006 2007 2
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Day Vistors ('0000) Overnight Visitors ('000
0)
International Vissitors ('000) % Growth
G
Source: TRA (2
2014c)
Data Analysis
s Summa
ary
Noosa’s s populatio on is relativvely small in terms of SEQ and Q QLD (makingg up only
1.6% annd 1.1% of total
t populattions, respectively), how
wever, at 52
2,419 people
e (2013),
Noosa has
h sufficien
nt critical m
mass to sup pport a range of resid ential and business
services
s locally.
Since 20 006, Noosa’s populatio on is growiing at a slo ower rate ( 1.9% per ye ear) than
SEQ (2.3% per yea ar) and QLD (2.2% per year). While e slower, th
his level of growth
g is
still suffficient to pro
ovide an ong oing stimulu
us for on-going economicc growth.
Noosa’s s populatio on is olderr than SEQ Q and QLD D. The med dian age of Noosa’s
residentts was 45.9 years in 201 e median age of SEQ
11. This is 7.8 years higher than the
Region residents (338.1 years) a
and 9.9 years higher th han the med dian age of residents
r
of the State (36.0 years).
y
Noosa’s s populatio on is agingg quickly. Since 1991, Noosa hass seen a siignificant
increasee in the prooportion of rresidents ag
ged 45 years and over.. Residents aged 45
years and over acc counted for 39.3% of th on in 1991, 45.3% in 2001
he populatio 2 and
50.9% in 2011. Re esidents ageed 65 yearss and over has grown from 16.5% % of the
populatiion in 1991 to 19.3% in n 2011. Lookking forward
d to 2036, a projected 57.2%
5 of
all resid
dents in the Shire will b
be aged 45 years and older,
o with a
almost a third of all
residentts forecast to
o be aged 655 years and over.
Noosa’s s populatio
on is ethnic
cally unifor rm, with high levels o
of Australia
an born,
English
h only spe eaking hou useholds. 77%7 of Noosa’s popu lation was born in
Australia
a, compareed to 75% and 78% (SEQ and d QLD, res pectively). 95% of
househoolds in Noos
sa speak onlly English, compared
c to 88% and 990% (SEQ and
a QLD,
respectively).
Noosa has lower household d incomes than SEQ and QLD. In 2011, the Shire
reported
d a median household
h in
ncome almost $200 belo ow the SEQ Region’s and almost
$300 below
b the State’s in 2011 ($95 53.5, $1,1550.7 and $ $1,235.0 pe er week
respectively). Betweeen 2006 annd 2011, Noosa’s househ hold income
e grew at an average
annual rate of 2.8% n (3.2%) during this
%, which is below the rate of annual inflation
time. Co
onversely, Noosa’s
N vidual income levels grew by an ave
indiv erage annua
al rate of
3.8% duuring this tim
me.
In term
ms of sociio-economiic advantage, Noosa is overalll average despite
pocketss of disadvantage. T The Socio-E Economic Indexes for A Areas (SEIF FA) is a
product developed by
b the ABS tthat ranks areas in Austtralia accord ing to relativ
ve socio-
economic advantage and disaddvantage by using vario ous Census-b based statis stics (i.e.
income, skills, unem
mployment, educational attainmentt, etc.). Noo osa’s SEIFA score is
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Noosa Coommunity Profile
Final Rep
port A
1,000.9 (compared to the Austtralian averaage of 1,000
0). SEQ scorred 1,015.2.. Despite
this, some locationa
al variance exists with pockets of disadvantag
ge being repported in
some arreas.
Noosa’s s economic c structure
e is geared towards populatio on driven industry
sectors s and touris
sm. The top yment sectors in Noosa (which prov
p five employ vide over
half of all
a jobs) are:
o Rettail trade (13
3.6 % of tottal) – 26% higher than the Australia n average
o commodation and food
Acc d services (12.8 % of
o total) – almost dou
uble the
Aus
stralian averrage
o Hea
alth care and
d social assi stance (12.8
8% of total)
o Con
nstruction (1
10.8% of tottal)
o Edu
ucation and training (7.6
6% of total)
The hea alth of the local econommy will be reliant upon
n future pop
pulation gro
owth and
growth in the loc cal tourism sector. The high prrevalence o of retail tra
ade and
accommmodation and d food servvices in Noo
osa demonsttrates the sstrong local tourism
sector.
S.5: Employm
Figure KPS ment by Indu
ustry, Broade
er Region, 2011
R
Retail trade
Acco
ommodation and fo
ood services
He
ealth care and sociall assistance
C
Construction
Education and
a training
Professional, scientific
s and techniccal services
Manufacturing
Administrative and suppo
ort services
Public administration and safety
her services
Oth
Tran
nsport, postal and warehousing
w
Whollesale trade
Rental, hiring and real esta
ate services
Fiinancial and insuran
nce services
A
Agriculture, forestry and fishing
Mining Noosa Shire
S LGA
Arts and recreation services
South East Queensland
Information media
m and telecomm
munications
Queenslland
Electricity, gas, water and wasste services
0.0% 2.5% 5.0% 7.5% 10.0% 12.5% 15.0%
%
Employment by
b Industry (%)
Source: ABS (2011a)
Given Noosa’s
N economic and d demogra aphic struct not surpris
ture, it is n sing the
fastest growing sectors off the econ nomy are health carre and edu ucation.
Between n 2006 and 2011 Noossa’s relative ely old and aging popu ulation demanded a
higher and
a more diverse rang e of healthc care products and serv vices, evidennt in the
rapid grrowth of the local health care sectorr. While in 20
011, the Shiire reported a strong
demand d for primary y and second dary school education relative to S EQ and Que eensland.
Of those ents currenttly studying, 42.3% attended primarry school and 30.4%
e local reside
secondaary, compare ed to 37.2%% and 25.9% % for SEQ and 39.1% and 26.6% % for the
State.
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Final Rep
port A
Figure KPS
S.6: Employm
ment by Indu
ustry, Noosa
a Shire LGA, 2006 and 20
011
R
Retail trade
Acco
ommodation and fo
ood services
He
ealth care and sociall assistance
C
Construction
Education and
a training
Professional, scientific
s and techniccal services
Manufacturing
Administrative and suppo
ort services
Public administration and safety
her services
Oth
Tran
nsport, postal and warehousing
w
Whollesale trade
Rental, hiring and real esta
ate services
Fiinancial and insuran
nce services
A
Agriculture, forestry and fishing
Mining
Arts and recreation services
Noosa Sh
hire LGA - 2006
Information media
m and telecomm
munications
Noosa Sh
hire LGA - 2011
Electricity, gas, water and wasste services
0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15
5.0% 20.0%
%
Employment by
b Industry (%)
Source: ABS (2006 and 2011a)
Noosa’s s housing stock is consistent with its demograph hic and ec
conomic
structuure. Housing g density ( persons perr household d), level of unoccupied
d private
dwelling
gs and leve el of homess owned ou utright (i.e. without a mortgage) are all
consiste
ent with a population with high levels of older o reside
ents and a tourism
destinattion (with a high
h level off holiday hom
mes).
o Noo
osa reported
d a lower aaverage pers ousehold (2. 4) compared to the
sons per ho
SEQ
Q Region (2.6) and the S
State (2.6).
o Nooosa reporteed a considderably high entation of unoccupied private
her represe
dwellings (19.3
3% of all dw
wellings) in comparison to the SEQQ Region (9.2%) and
e State (10.3
the 3%).
o Noo
osa reported a conside
erably higheer proportio
on of dwelli ngs owned outright
(37
7.0%) when compared t o the SEQ Region
R (29.0%) and the State (29.7%
%).
Noosa’ss househo old structu re is relattively cons sistent witth SEQ an nd QLD.
Roughly
y 70% of hoouseholds arre one family household ds across No
oosa, SEQ and
a QLD.
Noosa reported
r a slightly
s higheer proportion of lone pe
erson houseeholds (25.2
2%) than
the SEQ
Q Region (22.4%) and th he State (22.8%).
Houses s in Noosa are
a more e expensive than in othe er parts of the State. In 2014,
the meddian house price
p in Noo
osa was $48 81,410, while e in the Staate it was $4405,000.
Since 20001, the meedian house price in Noo osa has alwa ays been hig gher than thhe State,
however, the differrence in the median house price be etween Noo osa and the State in
2014 ($76,410) was s at its lowe st in 12 years. Median house
h pricess in Noosa haave risen
by an esstimated annnual average e of 7.0% be etween 2001 1 and 2014. This is slightly lower
than thee State where the mediian house price was esttimated to h have grown by 8.2%
annually
y on average over the same period. The hous sing price d ifferential is
s likely a
function
n of the high levels of am
menity in Noo osa (for tourrism and life
estyle).
Rent in
n Noosa is higher
h than
n in SEQ annd QLD, while mortgag ge repayme ents are
lower. The mediann monthly re
ent in Noosa
a is $1,443 compared too SEQ ($1,2283) and
QLD ($1
1,300). The median monnthly mortga
age repaymeent in Noosa is $1,770 compared
to SEQ ($1,794)
( and
d QLD ($1,8
850).
The aveerage value
e of residen
ntial approvals in Noo osa are 30%% higher thhan SEQ
and QLLD. Noosa’s average val ue per resid
dential appro
oval was $37
71,518 com
mpared to
$280,45
58 in SEQ an
nd $283,065 in QLD.
Noosa has higher r levels of p
participatioon in prima ary and sec condary ed ducation
than SEEQ and QLD D. The mostt common in nstitution being attended
d for those currently
c
studying
g in Noosa was
w infants/ primary (42 2.3%), higheer than the S
SEQ Region (37.2%)
and State (39.1%). This was al so the case for secondary with 30.44% of local residents
r
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Final Rep
port A
currently studying being
b at the secondary le
evel, compared to 25.9%
% for the SE
EQ region
and 26.66% for the State.
S
Noosa loses a significant nu umber of yo oung adults s, who like ely leave to o pursue
universsity study or employ yment oppo ortunities outside off the Shire e. Noosa
reported
d lower leve els of reside
ents aged 20-34
2 than SEQ and Q QLD. Noosa reported
considerrably less re
esidents stud
dying at a un
niversity or other
o tertiarry institution
n in 2011
(only 111.5%) comp pared to SE EQ (20.4%) and the Sttate 17.9%. The closurre of the
Tewantin TAFE campus in mid-2 2014 is unlik
kely to suppo
ort the bridgging of this gap.
g
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Final Rep
port A
Tab
ble of Conte
C ents
DOCUMEN
NT CONTRO
OL.............. .............................................................................. I
KEY POIN
NT SUMMAR
RY ............. ............................................................................. II
TABLE OF
F CONTENTS
S............... ............................................................................ IX
1. INTR
RODUCTION
N .............. .............................................................................. 1
1.1 KGROUND .........................................................................................
BACK .......... 1
1.2 ALITIES ............................................................................................
LOCA .......... 1
1.3 PURPPOSE OF REPOR
RT .................................................................................
.......... 3
2. PEOPLE ............................ .............................................................................. 4
2.1 ESTIIMATED RESIDE
ENT POPULATIO
ON ................................................................
.......... 4
2.2 POPU
ULATION BY AGE
G AND SEX .......................................................................
.......... 5
2.3 MEDIAN AGE .................................................................................................... 9
2.4 INDIGENOUS POPULATION ................................................................................... 10
2.5 NATU
URAL INCREASE
E ..................................................................................
........ 11
2.6 ITINEERANCY ................................................................................................... 12
2.7 COUNTRY OF BIRTH
H...................................................................................
........ 13
2.8 LANG
GUAGES SPOKE
EN AT HOME ......................................................................
........ 15
3. FAMILIES ......................... ............................................................................ 17
4. HOU
USING ......................... ............................................................................ 19
4.1 HOUSEHOLD SIZE ............................................................................................ 19
4.2 HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION .................................................................................. 20
4.3 DWEELLING STRUCT
TURE ...............................................................................
........ 21
4.4 TENU
URE TYPE..........................................................................................
........ 22
4.5 HOUSE PRICES ................................................................................................ 23
4.6 MOR NTS AND RENT ..................................................................
RTGAGE PAYMEN ........ 24
5. CONNECTEDNESS ............ ............................................................................ 27
5.1 MOTTOR VEHICLES............................................................................................. 27
5.2 INTEERNET CONNECT
TION ..............................................................................
........ 28
5.3 RESIIDENTS IN NEED OF ASSISTAN
NCE ..............................................................
........ 28
5.4 VOLU
UNTARY WORK ...................................................................................
........ 30
5.5 ENGLLISH PROFICIENCY ....................................................................................... 31
6. EDUCATION...................... ............................................................................ 32
6.1 HIGH
HEST LEVEL OF SCHOOLING .....................................................................
........ 32
6.2 NON-SCHOOL QUA
ALIFICATIONS .....................................................................
........ 33
6.3 FIELD
D OF STUDY ......................................................................................
........ 35
6.4 PROPPORTION CURR
RENTLY STUDYI NG ...............................................................
........ 37
7. SOCI
IO-ECONOM
MICS ......... ............................................................................ 39
7.1 SOCIIO-ECONOMIC INDEX OF DISAADVANTAGE ............................................................. 39
7.2 HOUSEHOLD AND PERSONAL INCO
OME ..............................................................
........ 40
7.3 UNEM
MPLOYMENT .......................................................................................
........ 41
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7.4 FAMIILIES WITH NO EMPLOYED PAARENT .................................................................... 42
8. EMPLOYMENT ................... ............................................................................ 44
8.1 EMPLLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY
N BY PLA
LACE OF USUAL RESIDENCE ....................................
........ 44
8.2 EMPLLOYMENT BY OCCUPATION
C BY PLACE OF USU
UAL RESIDENCE
E .................................
........ 48
8.3 REGIISTERED BUSIN
NESSES AND PR TH OVER FIVE EMPLOYEES ....................
ROPORTION WIT ........ 51
9. TOURISM ......................... ............................................................................ 53
10. DEVELOPMENT ................ ............................................................................ 54
10.1 ALS ................................................................................
BUILLDING APPROVA ........ 54
10.2 PLAN
NNING APPROVA
ALS ...............................................................................
........ 56
11. PROTECTED OP
PEN SPACE ............................................................................ 58
CES ............................ ............................................................................ 59
REFERENC
APPENDIX
X A: INDEX
X OF RELAT O-ECONOMIC DISADVA
TIVE SOCIO ANTAGE ............ 60
APPENDIX
X B: BUSIN NESSES BY INDUSTRY DIVISION AND EMPL LOYMENT SIZE
RANGES ........................... ............................................................................ 61
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Section 12
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Final Rep
port A
1. Intro
oductiion
1.1 Background
The Noosa Council (Council) iss a newly re-established Counciil following its de-
amalgamation from th he Sunshine Coast Regioonal Council on 1 Januarry 2014. Forr the first
time in ovver five yea
ars, the Noo
osa Shire Loocal Governmment Area (the Shire) is again
Council with local focus on planning
governed exclusively by a local C g social and physical
infrastructure, econom
mic developmment, comm munity capacity buildingg, housing and
a land
use planning.
To inform a range of plans,
p Counccil have enga
aged AEC Group Pty Ltd d (AEC) to undertake
a baseline assessmentt of various socio-econo omic indicato
ors. These inndicators will provide
a consistennt set of datta for variou
us departments within Council, allow wing a comparison of
each of thhe nine loca alities withinn the Shire and bench hmarking the e Shire aga ainst the
broader So outh East Queensland
Q ((SEQ) Regioon and the State. Ultimmately, interp pretation
and analys sis of key findings will iinform Coun ncil on key trends,
t criticcal issues as
s well as
opportunitties for future growth.
1.2 Localitiies
The Shire is an area covering
c 8688.7 square kilometres
k with
w a popula
ation of over 52,000
residents (2013).
( To distinguish
d b etween and compare co ommunities wwithin the Shire, this
report separates the Shire
S into nin
ne localities, including:
Cooroiba
ah
Tewantin
Sunshin
ne Beach to Peregian
P Bea
ach
1
Federal to Ringtail Creek
C
Noosaville and Doon
nan
Noosa North
N Shore
Noosa Heads
H
ood to Tinbeerwah 2
Ridgewo
Boreen Point, Kin Kiin and Cooth
haraba
1
Includes Pom
mona and Coora
an
2
Includes Coroy and Lake Macdonald
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port A
Figure 1.1:: Map of Noo
osa and Key Localities
Source: Noosa Shire Council (201
14b)
At the bro
oader geograaphic level, the Noosa Shire
S will be
e benchmarkked against the SEQ
Region. Thhe SEQ Reg gion refers to the com mbination 111 LGAs cove ering approoximately
36,123.1 square
s kilom
metres and inclusive of a populatio on of over 3
3.2 million residents
r
(2013). Fo
or the purpos
ses of this re
eport, the SE omprises of the following LGAs:
EQ Region co
Brisbanee (C)
Gold Coast (C)
Ipswich (C)
Lockyer Valley (R)
Logan (CC)
Moretonn Bay (R)
Redlandd (C)
Scenic Rim
R (R)
Somerse et (R)
Sunshin
ne Coast (R)
Toowoomba (R)
For compa
arison purpos
ses, this rep
port also pres
sents data fo
or the State of Queensla
and.
Where datta for the Shire
S is nott available at the Statistical Area 1 (SA1) le evel, this
document will report at the Stattistical Area
a 2 (SA2) le
evel. The S SA2 localities
s are as
follows:
Noosa Hinterland
H
Noosaville
Tewantin
Peregian
n
Sunshin
ne Beach
Noosa Heads
H
2
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Final Rep
port A
Figure 1.2:: Map of SA2
2s in Noosa S
Shire
Source: Google
e Earth (2015a)
1.3 Purpose of Rep
port
The purpose of this re
eport is to id
dentify key socio-econom
s mic trends inn Noosa by collating
and analyssing numeroous socio-ecoonomic dataa points. This
s report is a comprehennsive and
accessible profile doc
cument whicch can be usedu by botth the broa der community and
Council.
The chapteers which follow are preesented themmatically to provide
p a ge
eneral underrstanding
of issues faced
f by com
mmunities a and allow fo
or easier com mparison be etween localities and
benchmark k regions. Noosa’s nine localities are benchmarked against the Shire ittself, and
the Shire then comp pared to th he South East
E Queens sland regio n and Que eensland.
Interpretattion and ana
alysis of the collated datta will provid dation for identifying
de the found
and inform
ming a range of plans witthin Council and the broader commu unity.
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Final Rep
port A
2. Peop
ple
2.1 Estimatted Resident Pop
pulation
The locaalities of Tew
wantin and SSunshine Beach to Pereg
gian Beach aaccounted foor 42.5%
of the Shire’s total population
p in
n 2013 (10,6
648 and 10,1
178 residentts respective
ely).
The highhly populated locality of Tewantin re
eflects its rich history as the first tow
wn in the
Shire an nd the role it plays todday as the administrative centre fo or Noosa. While
W the
relativelly highly poopulated Su nshine Beacch to Pereg gian Beach locality reflects the
strong attraction
a of the surf bea ociated beach lifestyle.
ach and asso
The Noo osa North Shore region reported a local reside ent populatioon of 327 people
p in
2013. Due
D to the re
elatively low absolute nu
umber, cautioon must be ttaken in inte
erpreting
results throughout
t this
t report fo
or the Noosa
a North Shorre locality.
Figure 2.1:: Estimated Resident
R Pop
pulation, Loc
calities, 2011 and 2013
12,000
Estimated residentt population (2011)
Estimated residentt population (2013)
Total Population (No.)
10,000
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
0
Source: ABS (2011a)
The Shirre’s residentt population of 52,419 people
p (2013
3) accounts ffor only 1.6% of the
SEQ Reggion’s popula ation (and 1 .1% of the State’s).
S
Figure 2.2:: Estimated Resident
R Pop
pulation, Bro n, 2011 and 2013
oader Region
5,000,000
Estimated ressident population (2011) Estimatted resident populattion (2013)
4,500,000
4,000,000
Total Population (No.)
3,500,000
3,000,000
2,500,000
2,000,000
1,500,000
1,000,000
500,000
0
Noosa Shirre LGA S
South East Queensla
and Qu
ueensland
Source: ABS (2011a)
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port A
Growth in the Shiree’s estimated d resident population ha
as generally trended downwards
since thhe 1980’s. Historically,
H average annnual populaation growthh rates in the Shire
ranged between 16..5% and 5.1 1% in the peeriod between 1981 and 1996. More recently
this grow
wth rate has
s slowed con nsiderably to
o 1.3% between 2006 an nd 2011.
Figure 2.3:: Estimated Resident
R Pop
pulation, No
oosa Shire LG
GA, 1976-201
11
60,000 20.0%
Estima
ated residential pop
pulation Ann
n. Av. Growth (%)
54,000 18.0%
Estimated Resident Population (No.)
48,000 16.0%
Annual Average
42,000 14.0%
36,000 12.0%
g Growth ((%))
30,000 10.0%
24,000 8.0%
18,000 6.0%
12,000 4.0%
6,000 2.0%
0 0.0%
1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011
Source: Noosa Shire Council (201
14a).
2.2 Populattion by Age
A and Sex
The age e groups of 45-54
4 and 555-64 years are
a very well represente ed in each locality for
males. This
T is partic
cularly the ca
ase for Bore
een Point, Kin
n Kin and Coootharaba (441.7% of
its local population in
i these age e groups) and Noosa Norrth Shore (34 4.4%).
Cooroibaah, Tewantin n, Sunshine Beach to Pe eregian Beac ch and Fede eral to Ringtail Creek
have rellatively higher proportio
ons of males aged betwe een 5 and 14 4 years. This
s is likely
influenced by these e areas’ relattive affordab
bility and their attractiv
ve lifestyle which
w are
favouredd by familiess.
Figure 2.4:: Age Groups ocalities, 2011
s for Male, Lo
100%
Proportion of Males in Age Bracket (%)
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
0-4 years 5-14 years 15--19 years 20-24 years
y
25-34 years 35-44 years 45--54 years 55-64 years
y
65-74 years 75-84 years 85 years+
Source: ABS (2011a)
The age
e groups of 45-54
4 and 555-64 years are
a very well represente ed in each locality for
or males, this is particu
females. Similar to findings fo ularly the ca
ase for Noos sa North
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port A
Shore (41.5% of its local popu
ulation in these age gro
oups) and Bo
oreen Point,, Kin Kin
and Coo
otharaba (40
0.2%).
Boreen Point, Kin Kin and Co ootharaba, Noosa
N Heads s, Sunshine
e Beach to Peregian
Beach and
a Federal to Ringtail CCreek recordded relatively higher pro
oportions off females
aged beetween 5 and a 14 yea rs. This is likely influeenced by th hese areas’ relative
affordab
bility and the
eir attractive
e lifestyle wh
hich are favo
oured by fam
milies.
Figure 2.5:: Age Groups
s or Femaless, Localities, 2011
100%
Proportion of Females in Age Bracket (%)
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
0-4 years 5-14 years 15-19 years
1 20-2
24 years
25-34 years 35-44 years 4
45-54 years 55-6
64 years
65-74 years 75-84 years 8 years+
85
Source: ABS (2011a)
In line with
w findings for femaless and males by age groups above, thhe age group
ps of 45-
54 and 55-64
5 years are very weell representted in each lo
ocality.
Cooroiba ah, Federal to Ringtail Creek and Sunshine Beach to Pe eregian Bea
ach have
relativelly higher pro
oportions of residents ag
ged between 5 and 14 ye
ears.
Figure 2.6:: Age Groups
s for All Resiidents, Locallities, 2011
100%
Proportion of Residents in Age Bracket (%)
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
0-4 years 5-14 years 15-19 years
1 20-24
4 years
25-34 yearrs 35-44 years 4
45-54 years 55-64
4 years
65-74 yearrs 75-84 years 8 years+
85
Source: ABS (2011a)
Approxim
mately one third of the Shire’s male population
n (31.1%) a
are aged bettween 45
and 64 years,
y comp
pared to 24.66% for the SEQ
S Region and
a 25.1% ffor the State
e.
Male residents aged 55 and o over accounnted for a la
arger propo
ortion of the
e Shire’s
overall male popula
ation (34.8%
%) relative to the SEQ Region (233.5%) and the State
(24.0%)).
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port A
Figure 2.7:: Age Groups
s for Males, B
Broader Reg
gion, 2011
100%
90%
Proportion of Males in Age Bracket (%)
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Noosa Shire LGA Soutth East Queensland Que
eensland
0-4 years 5-14 yearss 15-19 yearss 20-24 yearss 25-34 years 35-44 years
45-54 yea
ars 55-64 yearrs 65-74 yearss 75-84 yearss 85 years+
Source: ABS (2011a)
Approxim
mately one third
t of the S
Shire’s fema
ale populatio
on (32.6%) aare aged bettween 45
and 64 years,
y comp
pared to 25.1 1% for the SEQ
S Region and
a 25.3% ffor the State
e.
Female residents agged 55 and over accounted for over a third o of the Shire’’s overall
female population
p (36.0%) relattive to the SEQ
S Region (25.5%)
( and
d the State (25.4%).
(
Figure 2.8:: Age Groups
s for Female s, Broader Region,
R 2011
1
100%
90%
Proportion of Females in Age Bracket (%)
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Noosa Shire LGA
A Soutth East Queensland Que
eensland
0-4 years 5-14 years 15-19 yearss 20-24 yearss 25-34 years 35-44 years
45-54 yearrs 55-64 yearrs 65-74 yearss 75-84 yearss 85 years+
Source: ABS (2011a)
Since 1991, the Sh hire has see
en a significant increase
e in the pro
oportion of residents
r
aged 455 years and over.
o Reside
ents aged 455 years and over
o accountted for 39.3% of the
Shire’s population in 1991, 45 5.3% in 2001 and 50.9% in 201 1. Looking forward,
residentts aged 45 years and over are prrojected to account forr 57.2% the e Shire’s
populatiion by 2036..
The prooportion of residents
r agged 65 yearrs and over has grown from 16.5% % of the
Shire’s population in 1991 to 1 19.3% in 20 011. Looking
g forward, aalmost a third of all
residentts in the Shiire are proje
ected to be aged 65 yeaars and overr by 2036. This
T is in
line with
h the growinng proportionn of residents aged 85 years
y and ov
ver, both his
storically
and foreecast into the future (0.9
9% of the Shire’s popula
ation in 1991
1, 2.2% in 2011
2 and
forecastt 5.5% by 20 036).
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Final Rep
port A
Since 19
991, both th
he number a
and proportio
on of the Shire’s residen
nts aged bettween 25
and 34 years
y has de
ecreased.
Figure 2.9:: Residents by
b Age Brack
ket, Noosa Shire
S LGA, 19
991-2036
100%
90%
Proportion of Residents in Age Brackets (%)
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
19
991 1996 2
2001 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 2036
0-4 yearss 5-14 years 15-19 yea
ars 20-24 years
25-34 ye
ears 35-44 years 45-54 yea
ars 55-64 years
65-74 ye
ears 75-84 years 85 years and over
Source: Noosa Shire Council (201
14a)
In 2011 1, the age by sex bre akdown in Noosa show ws that the greatest difference
between n males andd females w
within the Shire
S occurs
s for the 5--14 year ag ge group
(11.8% and 13.6% of the Shiree’s total pop
pulation respectively). Th
hat is, there
e are 258
more females aged between 5-114 years thaan there are males of thee same age group in
the Shirre.
Anotherr notable diffference betw
ween males s and femalees occurs foor the 85+ year
y age
group (22.8% and 1.7% of the S Shire’s total population respectively
y). That is, there
t are
302 more males aged 85+ yearrs than therre are female es of the samme age grou up in the
Shire.
Figure 2.10
0: Age by Se
ex, Noosa Sh
hire, 2011
85 years+ 2.8%
% 1.7%
75-84 years 5.9% 5.6%
65-74 years 11.2% 12
2.0%
55-64 years 16.0% 15.5%
45-54 years 1
16.6% 15.6%
35-44 years 13.8% 1
12.5%
25-34 years 8.0% 7.8%
20-24 years 3.5% 4.0%
15-19 years 5.6% 6.3%
5-14 years 11.8% 13.6%
0-4 years 4.6% 5.3%
20.0%
% 15.0% 10.0% 5.0% 0.0% 5.0
0% 10.0% 15.0% %
20.0%
Males Females
Source: ABS (2011a)
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Final Rep
port A
2.3 Median
n Age
Highest median agees were repo orted in Noo
osa North Shhore (54.0 y
years), Noossa Heads
(50.0 ye
ears) and Nooosaville an d Doonan (4 e all higher than the
48.9 years). These were
median age for the Shire’s resid
dents (45.9 years).
y
Lowest median age es reported in Sunshin ne Beach to Peregian B Beach (42.33 years),
Cooroibaah (43.2 ye
ears) and Fe ederal to Ringtail Creek (43.6 yea ars). These were all
lower th
han the median age for tthe Shire’s re
esidents (45
5.9 years).
Figure 2.11
1: Median Ag
ge, Localitiess, 2011
60
55
50
45
Median Age (years)
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Source: ABS (2011a)
The median age off the Shire’ss residents was 45.9 ye ears in 201 1. This is 7.8
7 years
higher than
t the med
dian age of S
SEQ Region residents (3 38.1 years) a
and 9.9 years higher
than the
e median age of residentts of the Sta
ate (36.0 yea
ars).
The highher median age in the SShire relative
e to the broa
ader region a
and State re
eflects its
attractiv
ve location as
a a retireme
ent location.
Figure 2.12
2: Median Ag
ge, Broader Region, 2011
50
45
40
35
Median Age (years)
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Noosa Shire LGA
A Soutth East Queensland Qu
ueensland
Source: ABS (2011a)
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Final Rep
port A
2.4 Indigen
nous Pop
pulation
In 2011 1, over 2.0% (or seve en residentss) of the Noosa North Shore’s po opulation
identifie
ed as indigenous. Otherr localities with
w high pro
oportions off indigenous persons
were Co ooroibah (1.77% or 24 re sidents), Tewantin (1.5%
% or 141 reesidents) and
d Federal
to Ringttail Creek (1.5% or 74 re
esidents).
Figure 2.13
3: Indigenou
us Proportion
n of Total Po
opulation, Lo
ocalities, 201
11
2.5%
Indigenous Proportion of Total Population (%)
Aboriginal Torres Strait Isla
ander Both Aboriginal
A and Torres Strait Islander
2.0%
1.5%
1.0%
0.5%
0.0%
Source: ABS (2011a)
In 2011 1, only 1.1 1% (or 550 0 residents)) of the Shire’s popu ulation identtified as
indigeno
ous. This is compared tto the SEQ Region
R which reported 1.9% of its resident
populatiion as indige
enous and 3..6% for the State.
A very small
s dents in the Shire identiffied as Torre
proporrtion of resid es Straight Islanders
I
(0.04%)) or both Ab
boriginal and d Torres Stra
ait Islander (0.05%). Th his is lower than the
SEQ reggion (0.1% and 0.1% respectively y) and cons siderably lowwer than th he State
(0.5% and
a 0.3% res spectively).
Figure 2.14
4: Indigenou
us Proportion
n of Total Po
opulation, Brroader Regio
on, 2011
4.0%
Aboriginal Torres Strait Isla
ander Both Aboriginal
A and Torres Strait Islander
Indigenous Proportion of Total Population (%)
3.5%
3.0%
2.5%
2.0%
1.5%
1.0%
0.5%
0.0%
Noosa Shire LG
GA Soutth East Queensland Que
eensland
Source: ABS (2011a)
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Noosa Coommunity Profile
Final Rep
port A
2.5 Natural Increas
se
The ratee of natural increase3 accross the Sh
hire’s SA2s in 2013 wass highest in Peregian
and Sun nshine Beach (both repo orting 8.0 persons
p per 1,000 popu lation4), followed by
Noosaville (3.5) andd Noosa Hinnterland (3.00). These th were higher than the
hree rates w
Shire’s rate
r (2.2).
Both Tew
wantin and Noosa
N Headss reported a negative ra
ate of natura
al increase in
n 2013 (-
6.9 and -3.0 person
ns per 1,000 population respectively).
Figure 2.15
5: Rate of Na
atural Increa
ase in Population, Localiities, 2011
10.0
8.0
6.0
Rate of Natural Increaase (No.)
4.0
2.0
0.0
-2.0
-4.0
-6.0
-8.0
Noosa Noossaville Tewan
ntin Peregian
n Sunshine Beacch Noosa Heads
nterland
Hin
Source: ABS (2014a and 2014b)
The Shire has a relatively loow rate of natural increase (2.2 persons pe er 1,000
populatiion) when co
ompared to tthe SEQ Reg
gion (7.5) an
nd the State (9.9).
Figure 2.16
6: Rate of Na
atural Increa
ase in Population, Broad
der Region, 2
2011
12.0
10.0
Rate of Natural Increaase (No.)
8.0
6.0
4.0
2.0
0.0
Noosa Shire LG
GA Soutth East Queensland Que
eensland
Note: Noosa Sh
hire LGA for this in
ndicator is the sum
m of its correspond
ding SA2s
Source: ABS (2014a and 2014b)
3
The rate of natural increase is defined as the difference between
b the birrth rate and thee death rate. Th
his measure
of the population change exccludes the effectts of migration.
4
Rate of natu
ural increase is measured ‘per 1,000 local residents’ to provid ndable and realistic unit of
de an understan
comparison between
b localitie
es.
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Final Rep
port A
2.6 Itinerancy
Relativeely high rate
es of itineraancy were reported
r forr Noosa Hea ads and No oosaville/
Doonan. In 2011, approximate
a ely 22.0% of residents in Noosa He eads had a different
address 12 months earlier and d over half (52.1%)
( hadd a differentt address five years
earlier. Similar rate
es of itinera ncy were re
eported for Noosaville aand Doonan (21.1%
and 51.1%).
Figure 2.17
7: Residents
s with Differe
ent Address 1 and 5 yearrs ago, Locallities, 2011
60.0%
Population with different address (%)
Pro
oportion of populatiion with a different address 12 months earlier
oportion of populatiion with a different address 5 years earrlier
Pro
50.0%
40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
Source: ABS (2011a)
Short te
erm itinerancy rates (ov n the Shire changed
ver 12 montths) suggestt residents in
address less freque ently than th
he SEQ Regiion and the State. Apprroximately 17.1%
1 of
the Shirre’s residents reported h
having a diffferent address 12 monthhs ago, com
mpared to
the SEQ
Q Region (18.6%) and th he State (18.9%).
Longer term
t itinerancy rates (oover five yea
ars) suggestt residents in
n the Shire changed
address slightly mo ore frequentlly compared d to residentts in the SE
EQ Region while
w less
frequenttly than the State. It waas reported that
t 45.8% of the Shire’’s residents reported
having a different address
a five years ago, compared to t the SEQ R Region (45.3%) and
the Statte (48.1%).
Figure 2.18
8: Residents
s with Differe der Region, 2011
ent Address 1 and 5 yearrs ago, Broad
60.0%
Prop
portion of population
n with a different ad
ddress 12 months ea arlier
Prop
portion of population
n with a different ad
ddress 5 years earlie
er
50.0%
Population with different address (%)
40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
Noosa Shire LG
GA South East Queensland
d Queensland
Source: ABS (2011a)
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Section 24
N
Noosa Community P
Profile
F
Final Report A
2
2.7 Counttry of Birth
Most localities reported
d having over 75%
% of residents bo
orn in Australia, with
w the exception
n of Noosaville/ Doonan
D (70.6% of
o residents born in
Austra
alia) and Noosa Heads
H (71.5%).
Most c
common place off birth outside Au
ustralia was the U
United Kingdom (most
( prominent in Noosaville and
d Doonan residen
nts with 12.4%, or
915 residents born in the United Kinggdom) and New Zealand (most pronounced in Noosa
N Heads 6.1%, or 226 resid dents born in Ne
ew
Zealan
nd).
Other notable countries of birth by locality were German
ny, South Africa, Netherlands and the United States
s of America.
T
Table 2.1: Country
y of Birth, Localitiies, 2011
Sunshine Beeach Federal to Ridgewoood Boreen Pointt,
to Pereg
gian Ringtail Noosaville No
oosa North to Kin Kin and
d
C
Country Unit Co
ooroibah Tewa
antin Beeach Creek and Doonan Shore Noosa Heads Tinbeerw
wah Cootharaba a
A
Australia % 79.0% 77.2% 76
6.6% 82.3% 70.6% 78.4% 71.5% 80..4% 80.7%
%
U
United Kingdom % 10.5% 10.1% 8
8.8% 8.1% 12.4% 8.7% 10.7% 8..5% 7.0%
%
N
New Zealand % 3.8% 4
4.8% 5
5.4% 3.7% 6.0% 4.5% 6.1% 3..3% 4.1%
%
G
Germany % 1.0% 1.1% 1
1.0% 0.9% 0.9% 2.9% 1.6% 1..1% 0.9%
%
S
South Africa % 0.7% 0.8% 0
0.8% 0.1% 1.3% 0.0% 1.0% 0..9% 0.6%
%
N
Netherlands % 1.1% 0.6% 0
0.4% 0.7% 0.9% 1.0% 0.8% 0..8% 1.2%
%
U
United States of Americca % 0.4% 0.3% 1
1.3% 0.4% 0.6% 0.0% 0.7% 0..6% 1.5%
%
C
Canada % 0.0% 0.3% 0
0.6% 0.2% 0.4% 0.0% 0.3% 0..2% 0.0%
%
P
Philippines % 0.2% 0.5% 0
0.2% 0.4% 0.3% 0.0% 0.4% 0..2% 0.5%
%
Irreland % 0.2% 0.2% 0
0.2% 0.1% 0.5% 0.0% 0.2% 0..3% 0.0%
%
In
ndia % 0.0% 0.3% 0
0.0% 0.1% 0.4% 0.0% 0.4% 0..2% 0.0%
%
Ittaly % 0.0% 0.2% 0
0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.0% 0.2% 0..1% 0.2%
%
T
Thailand % 0.4% 0.2% 0
0.0% 0.0% 0.4% 0.0% 0.1% 0..2% 0.2%
%
P
Poland % 0.0% 0.2% 0
0.2% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.3% 0..1% 0.0%
%
In
ndonesia % 0.0% 0.1% 0
0.1% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% 0..3% 0.2%
%
C
China % 0.0% 0.1% 0
0.0% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0% 0.4% 0..1% 0.2%
%
H
Hong Kong (SAR of China) % 0.0% 0.0% 0
0.1% 0.2% 0.2% 1.9% 0.1% 0..1% 0.4%
%
S
Singapore % 0.0% 0.1% 0
0.2% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% 0..1% 0.0%
%
M
Malaysia % 0.0% 0.1% 0
0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 0.0% 0.1% 0..2% 0.2%
%
B
Born elsewhere % 2.8% 2.8% 3
3.7% 2.3% 4.2% 2.6% 4.9% 2..4% 2.3%
%
T
Total % 100% 10
00% 10
00% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100
0% 100%
%
N
Note: United Kingdom inclludes Channel Islands and Isle of Man. China excludes SARs and Taiwan.
So
ource: ABS (2011a)
1
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Final Rep
port A
The Shire reported a higher p
proportion off local residents born i n Australia (76.8%)
compare
ed to the SEQ Region (7
74.8%), while lower than n the State ((78.2%).
The Shire reported
d having a higher prop portion of residents
r bo
orn in the following
f
countrie
es compared to the SEQ Region and the State:
o United Kingdom
m: 9.7% com
mpared to 6.0% and 5.3
3% respectiv
vely,
o Germany: 1.0%
% compared
d to 0.5% an
nd 0.5% resp
pectively,
o Nettherlands: 0.7%
0 comparred to 0.4% and 0.4% respectively,
r and;
o The
e United States of Amer ica: 0.7% co
ompared to 0.4% and 0..4% respecttively.
Table 2.2: Country of Birth,
B Broade
er Region, 20
011
Country Unit Noosa Shire LGA So
outh East Que
eensland Que
eensland
Australia % 76.8% 74.8% 78.2%
United Kingdo
om % 9.7% 6.0% 5.3%
New Zealand % 4.8% 5.5% 4.7%
Germany % 1.0% 0.5% 0.5%
South Africa % 0.8% 1.0% 0.9%
Netherlands % 0.7% 0.4% 0.4%
United Statess of America % 0.7% 0.4% 0.4%
Canada % 0.3% 0.3% 0.2%
Philippines % 0.3% 0.7% 0.7%
Ireland % 0.3% 0.3% 0.3%
India % 0.2% 0.9% 0.7%
Italy % 0.2% 0.3% 0.3%
Thailand % 0.2% 0.2% 0.2%
Poland % 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
Indonesia % 0.1% 0.2% 0.2%
China % 0.1% 0.9% 0.7%
Hong Kong (S
SAR of China) % 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
Singapore % 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
Malaysia % 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
Born elsewhe
ere % 3.2% 6.6% 5.6%
Total % 100% 100% 100%
Note: United Kingdom includes Channel
C Islands annd Isle of Man.
Note: China exccludes SARs and Taiwan
T
Source: ABS (2011a)
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N
Noosa Community P
Profile
F
Final Report A
2
2.8 Langu
uages Spoke
en at Home
Most localities reported having over 95% of residents speaking English
h only at home, with the exceptiion of Sunshine Beach to Peregia
an
Beach
h (94.6%), Noosaville, Doonan (94 4.3%) and Noosa Heads (93.1%).
Aside from English, generally German, French and Italian were most com
mmonly spoken att home throughou
ut each locality.
Table 2.3: Language Spoken at Hom
T me, Localities, 20
011
Sunshin
ne Beach to F
Federal to Noosav
ville and Nooosa Noosa Ridgewood to Boreen Point, Kin Kin
K
L
Language U
Unit Cooroibah T
Tewantin Pere
egian Beach Ringttail Creek Doonan
D North Sho
ore Heads Tinbeerwah and Cootharab ba
S
Speaks English only No. 97.0% 95.6% 94.6% 97.0% 94.3% 96.8% 93.1% 96.4% 95.3
3%
G
German No. 1.0% 1.0% 0.8% 0.8% 1.0% 2.3% 1.2% 1.1% 1.6
6%
French No. 0.5% 0.4% 0.6% 0.3% 0.3% 0.0% 0.4% 0.2% 0.2
2%
Ittalian No. 0.2% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.5% 0.0% 0.6% 0.2% 0.5
5%
D
Dutch No. 0.0% 0.2% 0.3% 0.4% 0.4% 1.0% 0.4% 0.3% 0.4
4%
S
Spanish No. 0.0% 0.2% 0.4% 0.2% 0.4% 0.0% 0.2% 0.3% 0.4
4%
Ja
apanese No. 0.0% 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.3% 0.1% 0.6
6%
G
Greek No. 0.0% 0.1% 0.3% 0.1% 0.3% 0.0% 0.2% 0.2% 0.0
0%
O
Other Language No. 1.3% 2.1% 2.4% 0.9% 2.7% 0.0% 3.6% 1.2% 1.0
0%
T
Total No. 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
1 100.0
0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
%
So
ource: ABS (2011a)
1
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Section 27
Noosa Coommunity Profile
Final Rep
port A
An estim
mated 95.3%
% of the Shiire’s residents spoke English only, h
higher than both the
SEQ Reggion (88.2%
%) and Queen
nsland (89.7 7%).
German was spoken n by 1.0% o
of the Shire’s residents compared tto only 0.4%
% for the
SEQ Reg
gion and the
e State.
Reflectin o linguistic diversity in the Shire, only 2.0% off the local po
ng the lack of opulation
spoke laanguages other than the e eight listed
d in the table below, co
ompared to 9.2%
9 for
the SEQQ Region andd 8.0% for thhe State.
Table 2.4: Language Spoken at Ho
ome, Broaderr Region, 2011
Language Unit Noosa Shire L
LGA South East
E Queenslan
nd Queensla
and
Speaks Englissh only % 955.3% 88.2
2% 89.77%
German % 11.0% 0.4
4% 0.44%
French % 00.4% 0.3
3% 0.22%
Italian % 00.4% 0.5
5% 0.55%
Dutch % 00.3% 0.2
2% 0.22%
Spanish % 00.3% 0.5
5% 0.44%
Japanese % 00.2% 0.4
4% 0.33%
Greek % 00.2% 0.3
3% 0.33%
Other Langua
age % 22.0% 9.2
2% 8.00%
Total % 100..0% 100.0% 100.0
0%
Source: ABS (2011a)
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Section 28
Noosa Coommunity Profile
Final Rep
port A
3. Famiilies
The most prominen nt family cattegory acros
ss all localities in 2011 was couple families
with no
o children. At the low wer representation, cou uple familiees with no children
accounted for 39.2% % of familiees in Cooroib
bah. While highest
h repreesentation was
w seen
in Noos
sa Heads (6 60.0%), Noo osa North Shore
S (58.9%%) and Noo osaville and Doonan
(55.2%)), likely refle
ecting the hi gher numbeer of empty nesters
n acted to the areas.
attra
Couple families
f withh children unnder 15 was the second most promin nent family category
across all
a localities in 2011. At the lower representatio
r on, couple fa
amilies with children
under 15
1 accounted d for 19.8% % of families in Noosa Heads and Noosa Nortth Shore
(20.0%)). While high hest represe s seen in Sunshine Beacch to Peregia
entation was an Beach
(28.9%)) and Cooroibah (28..5%), reflec cting the popularity
p o
of these areas for
affordab
bility and life
estyle for fam
milies.
Cooroibaah reported a relatively y large propo
ortion of fammilies as cou
uple families
s with no
children under 15 (18.0% of fa milies in the e locality, 4.6 percentagge points higher than
the nextt closest loca
ality, Noosa North Shoree with 13.3% %).
The high
hest proportion of one p
parent familie
es across loc
calities was rreported in Tewantin
T
(19.3%))
Generally one parennt families w
with children under 15 outnumbered d one parentt families
with no children undder 15, exce
ept for Boreeen Point, Kin
n Kin and Co
ootharaba (7
7.6% and
8.0% reespectively).
Figure 3.1:: Family Type
e, Localities,, 2011
100%
90%
Family Type (%)
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Couple fa
amily with no childrren Couple family
f with children under 15
Couple fa
amily with no childrren under 15 One parent family with child
dren under 15
One pareent family with no children
c under 15 Other fa
amily
Source: ABS (2011a)
Almost half of all fa
amilies in th
he Shire werre couple families with no children (47.9%)
compareed to the SEQ Region (3 38.8%) and the
t State (39.5%).
The Shire reported a less than
n proportionnate share of
o couple fa
amilies with children
under 15 years (25..1%) compa red to the SEQ
S Region (30.7%) andd the State (30.8%).
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Final Rep
port A
Figure 3.2:: Family Type
e, Broader R
Region, 2011
1
100%
90%
80%
70%
Family Type (%)
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Noosa Shire LG
GA South East Queensland Queensland
e family with no children
Couple amily with children under 15
Couple fa
e family with no children under 15
Couple One pareent family with child
dren under 15
One parent
p family with no
o children under 15 Other fam
mily
Source: ABS (2011a)
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Noosa Coommunity Profile
Final Rep
port A
4. Hous
sing
4.1 Househ
hold Size
e
Cooroiba
ah reported the highest average persons per ho
ousehold outt of all localiities (2.8
persons).
Noosa Heads
H and Noosaville a and Doonan reported th
he lowest a
average pers
sons per
househo
old out of all localities (b
both 2.2 pers
sons).
Figure 4.1:: Average Pe
ersons per Ho
ousehold, Lo
ocalities, 201
11
3.0
Average Persons Per Household
2.5
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
Source: ABS (2011a)
The Shirre reported a lower ave rage persons per household (2.4) ccompared to the SEQ
Region (2.6)
( and the State (2.6
6)
Figure 4.2:: Average Pe
ersons per Ho
ousehold, Brroader Regio
on, 2011
3.0
2.5
Average Persons Per Household
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
Noosa Shire LGA South
h East Queensland Que
eensland
Source: ABS (2011a)
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Section 31
Noosa Coommunity Profile
Final Rep
port A
4.2 Househ
hold Com
mposition
n
In line with
w the high
h average peersons per household
h in Cooroibah, the locality reported
the highhest proportion of multip ouseholds5 (3
ple family ho 3.4%) and t he lowest prroportion
of lone person
p households (13.55%).
In line with
w lower av
verage perso
ons per hous
seholds, loca
alities reportting high pro
oportions
of lone person households werre Tewantin (29.0% of all househo olds), Noosaville and
Doonan (28.1%) an nd Noosa Heaads (25.6%)).
Figure 4.3:: Household Composition
n, Localities,, 2011
90%
One family households Multiple family hou
useholds
Proportion of Total Dewllings (%)
80% Group housseholds Lone person house eholds
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Source: ABS (2011a)
The Shire reported a higher prroportion of lone person ds (25.2%) than the
n household
SEQ Reggion (22.4%
%) and the Sttate (22.8% ber of occup ied private dwellings
%). The numb d
with usu
ually one res
sident has m
more than doubled betw ween 1991 aand 2011 (1,,802 and
4,661 re
espectively) (Noosa Shirre Council, 2014a).
2
The oth
her three ho
ousehold com
mposition caategories we
ere slightly lower for the Shire
when co
ompared to the
t SEQ Reggion and the State.
'5 ‘Multiple family householdss’ are defined bby the ABS as any
a household consisting of two
o or more families present
on census night. Whereas ‘group
‘ househo olds’ are defined as a household consisting oof two or moree unrelated
people where e all persons arre aged 15 yea ars and over. There
T are no re
eported couple relationships, parent-child
p
relationships or other blood relationships
r in these households.
20
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Noosa Coommunity Profile
Final Rep
port A
Figure 4.4:: Household Composition
n, Broader Region,
R 2011
80%
One fam
mily households Multiple family households
h
Group ho
ouseholds Lone person hou useholds
70%
Proportion of Total Dewllings (%)
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Noosa Shire LG
GA Soutth East Queensland Queensland
Source: ABS (2011a)
4.3 Dwellin
ng Structture
While proportions varied,
v separrate houses were generrally the mo ost common dwelling
structurre across localities in 201
11. In localitties considerred more rurral, housing diversity
is less likely as there is gene erally an abbsence of to ownhouses a and flats, units
u and
apartme ents. As succh, localities with ‘separrate house’ as a the mostt prominent dwelling
structurre were Coorroibah (90.3 3%), Federal to Ringtail Creek (84.9 9%) and Rid dgewood
to Tinbe
eerwah (83.9 9%).
One excception to ‘seeparate housse’ being the
e most prom
minent dwelliing type by structure
s
was in Noosa
N North Shore wherre ‘unoccupied private dwellings6’ re
epresented 61.1%
6 of
all dwelllings.
Figure 4.5:: Dwelling Sttructure, Loccalities, 2011
100%
Separate house
S
Proportion of Total Dewllings (%)
90% S
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, to
ownhouse etc.
F
Flat, unit or apartmeent
80% O
Other dwelling
70% U
Unoccupied private dwellings
d
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Source: ABS (2011a)
6
Unoccupied private dwellinngs are defined as structures built
b specifically
y for living purp
poses which are
e habitable,
but unoccupieed on Census Night.
N Vacant hhouses, holiday homes, huts and a cabins (otheer than seasonal workers'
quarters) are
e counted as un noccupied dwelllings. Also included are newly y completed dw wellings not yet occupied,
dwellings which are vacant because
b they aree due for demolition or repair, and dwellings to
to let.
21
Section 33
Noosa Coommunity Profile
Final Rep
port A
The Shire reported a lower reprresentation of separate houses (64..1% of all dwellings)
in comp
parison to the
e SEQ Regio
on (69.2%) and
a the State (70.5%).
The Sh hire reported a consid derably high
her representation of unoccupied private
dwelling
gs (19.3% of
o all dwellin
ngs) in comp
parison to the SEQ Reg
gion (9.2%) and the
State (1
10.3%).
Figure 4.6:: Dwelling Sttructure, Bro
oader Region
n, 2011
80%
70%
Proportion of Total Dewllings (%)
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Noosa Shire LGA
A Soutth East Queensland Que
eensland
Separate hou use Semi-detacheed, row or terrace house,
h townhouse etc.
Flat, unit or apartment
a Other dwellin
ng
Unoccupied private
p dwellings
Source: ABS (2011a)
4.4 Tenure Type
While prroportions varied,
v the m
most commo on tenure typ
pe for dwelliings across localities
was ‘ow
wned outrigh ht’ in 2011. Localities where
w ‘ownedd outright’ w
was reported as the
most prominent te enure type were Noosa North Sh hore (47.9%% of all dw wellings),
Ridgewoood to Tinbeerwah (44.2 2%) and Borreen Point, Kin
K Kin and C Cootharaba (41.6%).
(
There were
w three exxceptions wh
here ‘owned outright’ wa
as not the m
most commo
on tenure
type in the
t locality:
o Coo
oroibah, whe
ere ‘owned w
with a mortg
gage’ accoun
nted for 49.3
3% of all dwellings,
o Fedderal to Ring
gtail Creek, w
where ‘owne
ed with a mo
ortgage’ acccounted for 46.3%
4 of
all dwellings, and;
o Sunshine Beac ch to Peregia
an, where the
t over a third (36.8%
%) of dwellin
ngs were
being rented.
Other lo
ocalities whe
ere renting accounted for
f a significant proportrtion of dwellings by
tenure type
t oosa Heads (35.4%) as well as Noos
were No saville and D
Doonan (33.2%).
In term
ms of Noosa’s public ho ousing stockk as of 30 June
J 2013, the Departtment Of
Communities (2014 4) reported tto be provid
ding over 20
00 propertiess classified as
a public
housing. Public hous
sing was gennerally:
o Conncentrated in the locallity Tewantin with over half of alll the Shire’s public
houusing. Othe
er localities reported to
t having significant local housin ng were
Rid
dgewood to Tinbeerwah (including Cooroy),
C Noosa Heads a and Sunshinne Beach
to Peregian Beach.
o Pub
blic housing dwelling typ nerally separrate houses or flats/ units.
pes were gen
o The
e average nu
umber of be drooms for public
p housin
ng propertie
es was 2.2.
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Noosa Coommunity Profile
Final Rep
port A
Figure 4.7:: Tenure Typ
pe, Localitiess, 2011
60%
Proportion of Total Dewllings (%)
Owned outright Owned with a mortgage Rented Oth
her tenure type
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Source: ABS (2011a)
The Shire reported
d a consideerably highe
er proportion of dwellin
ngs owned outright
(37.0%)) when comp
pared to the
e SEQ Region
n (29.0%) and the State
e (29.7%).
Fewer people
p were paying off a mortgage in the Shire
e (32.0%) co
ompared to the SEQ
Region (36.6%)
( and
d the State ((35.4%).
Dwelling
gs in the Shire are lesss likely to be rented (29.5%) com
mpared to the SEQ
Region (33.5%)
( and
d the State ((34.0%).
Figure 4.8:: Tenure Typ
pe, Broader R
Region, 2011
1
40%
Owned outright Owned with a mortgage Rented Oth
her tenure type
35%
Proportion of Total Dewllings (%)
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
Noosa Shire LGA
A Soutth East Queensland Que
eensland
Source: ABS (2011a)
4.5 House Prices
The me edian house price in N oosa rose by b an estimmated annua al average of 7.0%
between n 2001 and 2014. This i s slightly low
wer than the
e State wherre the media
an house
price was estimateed to have grown by 8.2% 8 annuaally on averrage over th
he same
period.
The meddian house price
p in the S
Shire has remained highher than the State betwe
een 2001
and 20114. In 2014 the Median n house pricce in the Sh
hire was $4881,410, while in the
State wa
as $405,0000.
23
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Noosa Coommunity Profile
Final Rep
port A
The diffference in th
he median h house price between th
he Shire and
d the State in 2014
($76,410) was at itss lowest in 1
12 years.
Figure 4.9:: Median Hou
use Prices, N
Noosa Shire LGA and Que
eensland, 20
001 - 2014
$600,000
$500,000
Median House Price ($)
$400,000
$300,000
$200,000
$100,000
$0
2001 2002 2003
3 2004 2005 200
06 2007 2008 20
009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Noosa Shire
S LGA Qu
ueensland
Note: Median House
H Prices are fo
or Attached and D
Detached Dwelling
gs
Source: Queenssland Governmentt State Office (20114).
4.6 Mortgage Paym
ments an
nd Rent
Median rents for fla
ats/ units in
n Noosa rose ual average of 5.7%
e by an estimated annu
between n 2001 and 2014. This iis slightly lower than the State whe
ere the median rents
s/ units was estimated tto have gro
for flats own by 6.3% on average over the
% annually o
same pe eriod.
Median rents for flats/ units in
n the Shire generally remained hig gher than the State
betweenn 2001 and 2006. Altho ugh from 20 007 onwards s, the mediaan rent in th
he Noosa
Shire ha
as been equual to, or sllightly below
w, that of th
he State (wwith the exceeption of
2014 whhere median rents were $340 and $330 per wee ek respective
ely).
Figure 4.10
0: Median Re
ents for Flatss/Units, Noo
osa Shire LGA
A and Queen
nsland, 2001
1 - 2014
$400
$350
Median Rent for Flats/Units ($/week)
$300
$250
$200
$150
$100
$50
$0
001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
20 6 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
2 2013 2014
Noosa Shire
S LGA Qu
ueensland
Note: Median Rents
R are for 2 bed
droom flats/ unitss and valued at $ per
p week.
Source: Queenssland Governmentt State Office (20114).
Median rents for houses
h in N
Noosa rose by an estim mated annuaal average of 6.1%
between
n 2001 and 2014. This iss slightly hig
gher than th ere the median rents
he State whe
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for housses was estimated to ha
ave grown by 5.7% annually on ave
erage over the
t same
period.
Median rents for ho
ouses in the
e Shire remained higher than the S
State betwe
een 2001
and 201
14. In 2014 4 the mediaan rent for houses in the Shire wwas $400 per
p week
compare
ed to $350 per
p week forr the State.
The diffe
erence in the median re ents for hous
ses between the Shire an
nd the State
e in 2014
($50 per week) was s at its highe
est over the forecast perriod.
Figure 4.11
1: Median Re
ents for Hou
uses, Noosa Shire
S LGA an
nd Queenslan
nd, 2001 - 2014
$450
$400
Median Rent for Houses ($/week)
$350
$300
$250
$200
$150
$100
$50
$0
001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
20 6 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
2 2013 2014
Noosa Shire
S LGA Qu
ueensland
Note: Median Rents
R are for 3 bed
droom houses andd valued at $ per week.
Source: Queenssland Governmentt State Office (20114).
Median mortgage repayments
r varied across localitie
es with Noo
osaville and Doonan
reporting the highes
st median mmortgage reppayment ($2,031 per mo onth) and th
he lowest
in Noosaa North Shorre ($1,083 p
per month).
In line with median
n mortgage repaymentss, median re highest in Noosaville
ents were h
and Doo onan ($1,55
52 per monnth) and the
e lowest in Noosa Nortth Shore ($
$169 per
month)..
Figure 4.12
2: Median Mortgage Rep
payments an
nd Median Re
ent, Localitie
es, 2011
$2,500
Me
edian mortgage rep
payment Median rentt
Median Cost ($/month)
$2,000
$1,500
$1,000
$500
$0
Source: ABS (2011a)
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Median mortgage reepayments wwere lower in the Shire
e ($1,770 pe
er month) compared
to the SEQ
S Region ($1,794)
( and
d the State ($1,850).
(
Median rents higheer in the Shhire ($1,445 per month) compared to the SEQ
Q Region
($1,283) and the Sttate ($1,300
0).
Figure 4.13
3: Median Mortgage Rep
payments an
nd Median Re
ent, Broaderr Region, 201
11
$2,000
Me
edian mortgage rep
payment Median rentt
$1,800
$1,600
Median Cost ($/month)
$1,400
$1,200
$1,000
$800
$600
$400
$200
$0
Noosa Shire LG
GA Sou
uth East Queensland
d Qu
ueensland
Source: ABS (2011a)
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5. Conn
nected
dness
5.1 Motor Vehicles
V
In line with
w the hig
ghest averag
ge persons per
p househoold and the lowest lone persons
per houusehold, Coo orted the highest average motor v
oroibah repo vehicles per dwelling
(2.2).
This waas almost one vehicle more per dwelling
d (on
n average) than Tewan
ntin (1.5
vehicles
s per dwelling) and Noossa Heads (1.5).
Tewantin, Noosaville and Doon nan and Noo
osa Heads are
a reasonab bly well serrviced by
public trransport and
d also includ
de a numberr of aged ca
are and retirrement facilities with
few perssonal cars.
Figure 5.1:: Average Mo
otor Vehicless per Dwellin
ng, Localities
s, 2011
Average Motor Vehicles per Dwelling (No.)
2.5
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
Source: ABS (2011a)
The aveerage numbe er of motor vehicles perr dwelling in was generally in line
n the Shire w
with, although marrginally lowe er, the SEQQ Region an nd the Statte, all reporrting 1.7
vehicles
s per dwelling.
Figure 5.2:: Average Mo ng, Broader Region, 201
otor Vehicless per Dwellin 11
2.0
1.8
Average Motor Vehicles per Dwelling (No.)
1.6
1.4
1.2
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0.0
Noosa Shire LGA
A South East Queensland Que
eensland
Source: ABS (2011a)
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port A
5.2 Interne
et Conne
ection
The ma ajority of lo
ocalities rep
ported more
e than threee quarterss of dwellin
ngs with
broadbaand connectivity. Three exceptions to this were Tewantin
n (70% of dwellings
d
with bro
oadband connnectivity), N
Noosa North
h Shore (72.9%) and B oreen Point,, Kin Kin
and Coootharaba (73
3.1%).
Figure 5.3:: Internet Co ocalities, 2011
onnection, Lo
90.0%
No Intern
net connection Broadband Dial-up Other
Internet Connection at Home (%)
80.0%
70.0%
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
Source: ABS (2011a)
ginally less connected to
Residents in the Shire are marg o broadband
d internet (7
75.8% of
total dw an residentss in the SEQ Region (76.3%) an
wellings) tha nd marginally more
%).
connected than the State (73.9%
d a higher percentage of dwelling
The Shire reported gs with no internet co onnection
(17.2%)) compared to the SEQ Region (16.6%) but a lower propo
ortion than the
t State
(18.8%)).
Figure 5.4:: Internet Co
onnection, B
Broader Regio
on, 2011
90.0%
No Intern
net connection Broadband Dial-up Other
80.0%
70.0%
Internet Connection at Home (%)
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
Noosa Shire LGA
L Sou
uth East Queensland
d Qu
ueensland
Source: ABS (2011a)
5.3 Residen
nts in Ne
eed of As
ssistance
e
Tewantin reported the
t highest p
proportion of residents in need of asssistance witth a core
activity (8.1% or 862 reside ents) followe
ed by Noosa North S Shore (7.4% % or 24
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port A
residentts). This likely reflectss the existe
ence of various retirem
ment and ag
ged care
facilities
s in Tewantin
n, such as:
o Riv
verlands Noo
osa, Tewanti n
o Hib
biscus Noosa
a Outlook Re
etirement Village, Tewantin
o Noo
osa Nursing Centre, Tew
wantin
o Noo
osaCare Carrramar, Tewa
antin
o Bou
ugainvillea Gardens
G ove r 50s, Tewantin
Figure 5.5:: Residents In
I Need of A
Assistance wiith a Core Ac
ctivity, Locallities, 2011
9.0%
Residents in need of assistance (%)
8.0%
7.0%
6.0%
5.0%
4.0%
3.0%
2.0%
1.0%
0.0%
Source: ABS (2011a)
The Shire reported a higher prroportion of residents in need of asssistance witth a core
activity (5.1%) commpared to th e SEQ Regio on (4.2%) and the Statee (4.3%). This likely
reflects the Shire’ss status ass a retirement locationn with worlld famous beaches,
stunningg national pa
arks and a frriendly comm
munity.
Figure 5.6:: Residents In
I Need of A
Assistance wiith a Core Ac der Region, 2011
ctivity, Broad
5.5%
5.0%
4.5%
Residents in need of assistance (%)
4.0%
3.5%
3.0%
2.5%
2.0%
1.5%
1.0%
0.5%
0.0%
Noosa Shire LG
GA South East Queensland
d Queensland
Source: ABS (2011a)
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port A
5.4 Volunta
ary Work
k
Rates of residents undertaking g voluntary work varied generally b between 20.0% and
25.0% across localities. Reside ents were most
m likely to
t undertakee voluntary work in
Federal to Ringtail creek
c (25.1%
% of total residents), Rid
dgewood to T
Tinbeerwah (24.2%)
and Borreen Point, Kin Kin and d Cootharaba a (24.1%), while resideents in Noosa North
Shore were
w least lik
kely to unde
ertake volunttary work with
w 19.5% oof residents doing so
in 2011..
The aboove findingss are in linne with the e national trend
t h suggests rates of
which
voluntee
ering are generally highe
er for smalle
er communities.
Figure 5.7:: Residents Undertaking
U Voluntary Work,
W Localitties, 2011
30.0%
Residents undertaking voluntary work (%)
25.0%
20.0%
15.0%
10.0%
5.0%
0.0%
Source: ABS (2011a)
Residents of the Sh hire were m
more likely to
t undertake
e voluntary work (22.5
5% of all
residentts doing so in 2011) whe
en compared to the SEQ
Q Region (20
0.1%) and the
t State
(20.4%))
Figure 5.8:: Residents Undertaking
U Voluntary Work,
W Broade
er Region, 20
011
25.0%
22.5%
Residents undertaking voluntary work (%)
20.0%
17.5%
15.0%
12.5%
10.0%
7.5%
5.0%
2.5%
0.0%
Noosa Shire LGA
L Sou
uth East Queensland
d Qu
ueensland
Source: ABS (2011a)
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port A
5.5 English
h Proficie
ency
English is generallyy very well spoken acrross localitie es in the Sh hire with mo ore than
95.0% ofo residents in each loca ality speakinng English either as thei r native langguage or
very weell/ well. Onlly two localiities reported any signifficant lack in
n English prroficiency
with 4.3
3% of reside ents in Noossa North Shore and 2.3 3% of reside ents in Noossa Heads
stating they
t spoke English
E not w
well or not at all.
Figure 5.9:: English Pro
oficiency, Loccalities, 2011
100.0%
90.0%
Proficiency in English (%)
80.0%
70.0%
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
Speaks English
h only
Speaks other language and speakks English: Very Welll or Well
Speaks other language and speakks English: Not Well or Not At All
Source: ABS (2011a)
Residents in the Shire generally
y speak Engglish with sig more proficiency than
gnificantly m
ader SEQ Re
the broa egion and thhe State. An
n estimated 85.1% of re esidents in the
t Shire
spoke English
E as th
heir native language coompared to 63.3% in tthe SEQ Reg gion and
64.2% in the State.
nly 0.9% of the Shire’s residents sp
While on poke English not well or not at all, compared
to 5.4%
% in the SEQ Region and 5.2% in the e State.
Figure 5.10
0: English Prroficiency, B roader Regio
on, 2011
90.0%
80.0%
70.0%
Proficiency in English (%)
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
Noosa Shire LGA
L Sou
uth East Queensland
d Qu
ueensland
Speaks Ennglish only
Speaks otther language and speaks
s English: Veryy Well or Well
Speaks otther language and speaks
s English: Not Well or Not At All
Source: ABS (2011a)
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port A
6. Educ
cation
6.1 Highestt Level of
o Schoolling
Of resid
dents who were
w aged 115 years an
nd over andd no longerr attending primary/
secondaary school, there
t els of responses as to the highest level of
were varying leve
schoolin
ng completedd across loca
alities.
Residents in Sunshine Beach tto Peregian Beach and Noosa Head ds were ove er 60.0%
likely to
o have finishe or equivalent and the lea
ed year 12 o ast likely to have been educated
e
to year 8 or below (or not gone e to school).. In light of the higher m median personal and
househo old incomes, higher m ortgage rep payments and weekly rents in th hese two
s, findings suggest the llikelihood that education
localities n leads to be etter jobs an
nd higher
income, allowing educated peop ple to live in these localitties.
es with resid
Localitie dents less e
educated, suuch as Coorooibah, Federral to Ringta ail Creek
and Noo osa North Shhore, each re
eported apprroximately 15.0%
1 of all residents ha
aving not
completted higher th
han year 9 (oor not gone to school at all).
Figure 6.1:: Highest Lev
vel of Schoo ling, Localitiies, 2011
80%
Year 12 or equivvalent Ye
ear 11 or equivalentt Year 10 or equivalent
Highest Level of Schooling (%)
Year 9 or equiva
alent Ye
ear 8 or below Did not go to school
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Source: ABS (2011a)
Residents in the Sh hire were ge
enerally jus
st as educatted as the SState at the
e highest
secondaary level (ye
ear 12) with 51.1% of loocal residents having co
ompleted yeear 12 or
equivale
ent (comparred to the State 51.6% %), while slightly
s belo
ow the SEQ Q Region
(56.3%))
Residents in the Shire were lesss likely to have
h only co
ompleted yea ar 8 or below (4.5%
of all res
sidents) com
mpared to th e SEQ Regioon (5.6%) annd the State
e (6.8%).
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port A
Figure 6.2:: Highest Lev
vel of Schoo ling, Broade
er Region, 20
011
70%
Year 12 or equivalent Year 11 or equivalent Year 10 or
o equivalent
Year 9 or equivale
ent Year 8 or below Did not go
o to school
Highest Level of Schooling (%) 60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Noosa Shire LGA
A Soutth East Queensland Queensland
Source: ABS (2011a)
6.2 Non-Sc
chool Qualificatio
ons
The mo ost common type of no on-school qualification across locallities was certificate
level, ac or more tha n 50.0% off residents with
ccounting fo w non-schhool qualifications in
most loccalities.
Figure 6.3:: Non-Schoo
ol Qualificatio
ons, Localitie
es, 2011
80.0%
Non-School Qualifications (%)
70.0%
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
Posstgraduate Degree Level
L Graduate
e Diploma and Graduate Certificate Levvel
Bacchelor Degree Levell Advanced
d Diploma and Diplo
oma Level
Cerrtificate Level
Source: ABS (2011a)
Residents in the Sh
hire were ge enerally more likely than
n the State to have a certificate
level non-school qua
alification (5
55.9% of all respondentss compared to 55.2%) and
a even
more lik
kely than when compare d to the SEQ Q Region (50 0.5%).
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port A
Figure 6.4:: Non-Schoo
ol Qualificatio
ons, Broaderr Region, 2011
70.0%
60.0%
Non-School Qualifications (%)
50.0%
40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
Noosa Shire LG
GA Sou
uth East Queensland
d Qu
ueensland
Posstgraduate Degree Level
L e Diploma and Graduate Certificate Levvel
Graduate
Bacchelor Degree Levell Advanced
d Diploma and Diplo
oma Level
Cerrtificate Level
Source: ABS (2011a)
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N
Noosa Community P
Profile
F
Final Report A
6
6.3 Field o
of Study
Of res
sidents aged 15 years and overr with a qualific cation, the most common fields of study across
s localities were management an
nd
commmerce, engineering
g and related technologies and he
ealth. Key findings
s are:
o 2
23% of residents in Cooroibah stud
dies engineering and related techn
nologies.
o 2
22% of residents in Noosa Heads s
studies managem
ment and commerrce
o 2
20% of residents in Federal to Ring
gtail Creek studie
ed engineering an
nd related technologies
T
Table 6.1: Field off Study, Localities
s, 2011
S
Sunshine Beach Noosa
a Boree
en Point,
to Peregian Federal to Nooosaville North
h Noosa Ridgeewood to Kin
n Kin and
F
Field of Study Unit Cooroiba
ah Tewantin Beach Ringtail Creek and
d Doonan Shore
e Heads Tinb
beerwah Coootharaba
M
Management and Commerce % 16
6% 16% 19% 15% 20% 13%
% 22% 16% 13%
E
Engineering and Relate
ed Technologies % 23
3% 19% 13% 20% 18% 25%
% 13% 18% 20%
H
Health % 10
0% 13% 13% 13% 12% 9%
% 14% 13% 12%
S
Society and Culture % 12
2% 10% 12% 12% 10% 13%
% 11% 11% 10%
E
Education % 11
1% 10% 11% 9% 10% 12%
% 10% 12% 10%
A
Architecture and Buildin
ng % 13
3% 10% 11% 9% 10% 9%
% 10% 9% 12%
Food, Hospitality and P
Personal Services % 9
9% 11% 8% 6% 9% 4%
% 9% 8% 6%
C
Creative Arts % 1
1% 4% 6% 4% 4% 2%
% 4% 5% 7%
A
Agriculture, Environme
ental and Related Studies % 2
2% 3% 3% 5% 2% 7%
% 2% 5% 6%
N
Natural and Physical Scciences % 2
2% 1% 3% 3% 2% 2%
% 3% 2% 2%
In
nformation Technology % 2
2% 1% 1% 1% 1% 4%
% 2% 1% 1%
M
Mixed Field Programme
es % 0
0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
% 0% 0% 0%
T
Total % 100%
% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
% 100% 100% 100%
So
ource: ABS (2011a)
3
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port A
Residents in the Sh hire were le
ess likely to have studie
ed managemment and coommerce
(18% off all residentts), compare
ed to the SEQQ Region (22
2%) and the
e State (20%
%).
Residents in the Shire
S were less likely to have sttudied enginneering and
d related
technolo
ogies (17% of nts), compared to the SEQ
o all residen S Region ((19%) and the
t State
(21%).
Residents in the Shire were mo
ore likely to have studie 1% of all residents),
ed health (11
compareed to the SEQ Region (1
12%) and the e State (12%
%).
Residents in the Shire
S were more likelyy to have studied
s edu
ucation (11%
% of all
residentts), compare
ed to the SEQ
Q Region (9%
%) and the State (9%).
Residents in the Shhire were moore likely to have archittecture and building (10
0% of all
residentts), compare
ed to the SEQ
Q Region (8% %) and the State (8%).
Table 6.2: Field of Sttudy, Broade
er Region, 20
011
Field of S
Study Unit Noosa Shire LGA South East
E Queenslan
nd Queensla
and
Manageme
ent and Comme
erce % 18% 222% 20%
Engineerin
ng and Related Technologies
T % 17% 199% 21%
Health % 13% 111% 11%
Society an
nd Culture % 11% 122% 12%
Education % 11% 99% 9%
Architecture and Building % 10% 88% 8%
Food, Hospitality and Perssonal Services % 8% 77% 7%
Creative A
Arts % 5% 44% 3%
Agriculture
e, Environmenta
al and Related Studies
S % 3% 22% 2%
Natural an
nd Physical Scien
nces % 2% 33% 3%
Informatio
on Technology % 1% 33% 3%
Mixed Field
d Programmes % 0% 00% 0%
Total % 10
00% 100
0% 100
0%
Source: ABS
S (2011a)
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port A
6.4 Proporttion Curr
rently Sttudying
Of those attending an educattion institution, the mo ost common n type of in
nstitution
as infant/ prrimary7 with
across localities wa h the highesst proportion
n recorded in
i Noosa
North Shore (61.1% %) followed b
by Boreen Pooint, Kin Kin and Coothaaraba (48.7%
%).
The seccond most common
c insstitution of study
s was secondary,
s w
which accou unted for
generallly one third of residentss who were attending
a an
n educationa
al institution in 2011.
hest rate was recorded i n Noosaville
The high e and Doonan (32.5%).
Other notable
n findings were the relative ely high proportion of residents studying
university or other tertiary insstitution in Noosa Headds (15.0%), Sunshine Beach
B to
Peregian
n Beach (14.9%) and Te ewantin (11.2%).
Figure 6.5:: Proportion Currently Sttudying, Loc
calities, 2011
1
80%
Proportion Currently Studying (%)
Pre-school Infan
nts/Primary
70% Secondary Technnical or Further Edu
ucational Institution
University or other Tertiary Institution Otherr type of educationa
al institution
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Source: ABS (2011a)
The mos st common institution b
being attended for those
e currently sstudying in the
t Shire
ary (42.3%)), higher than the SE
was inffants/ prima EQ Region (37.2%) an nd State
(39.1%)).
This was also the case for seco ocal residentts currently studying
ondary with 30.4% of lo
being att the second
dary level, ccompared to
o 25.9% for the SEQ re egion and 26 6.6% for
the Statte.
The Shiire reported d considerab esidents studying at a university or other
bly fewer re
tertiary institution in
n 2011 (only
y 11.5%) compared to the SEQ Reg ion (20.4%)) and the
State 177.9%.
Post sch
hool educatio
on options in
n Noosa Shirre are somew what limited d since the closure of
the Noosa TAFE cammpus. The Ce entral Queen nsland Unive ersity offers access to a range of
undergrraduate and higher degrrees from the eir Noosaville campus. T The University of the
Sunshinne Coast offe
ers a range of business subjects fro om their roo oms at The J, Noosa
Junction
n. There are various opp
portunities fo
or certificate level trainin
ng in Noosa.
7
‘Infants/Prim
mary’ includes Prep
P through to Year 6. While ‘Pre-school’ is defined as a typee of educational institution
which precedes 'Infants / priimary' and is atttended two yea
ars prior to Year 1 (including kkindergartens an
nd day care
centres)
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port A
Figure 6.6:: Proportion Currently Sttudying, Bro
oader Region
n, 2011
Pre-school Infantts/Primary
50% Secondary Technnical or Further Educcational Institution
University or other
o Tertiary Institu
ution Other type of educational institution
Proportion Currently Studying (%)
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Noosa Shire LGA
A Soutth East Queensland Que
eensland
Source: ABS (2011a)
The Nooosa Shire offers
o a ran ge of government, cattholic and in ndependent primary
schools and second dary schoolss as well as the Flexib
ble Learning g Centre at Sunrise
Beach. In 2013, the State Gov vernment released Scho ool Infrastru cture Demand Maps
which display the average
a ann ual growth of projected
d primary an nd secondarry school
age perrsons by SAA2 level. T hese are brroken into 2011-21
2 perriod and 20021-2031
periods and are innformed by the broadh hectare stud
dies. As sum mmarised Table 6.3
below, projected
p gro
owth rates a e instances iin the negatives.
are very low and in some
Table 6.3: Annual Ave
erage Growth
h Rates for Projected School Age P
Persons, SA2
2s, 2011-
2031
Primary S
Schools Seconda
ary Schools
SA2 201
11-2021 2021-203
31 2011-2021 2021-2
2031
Noosa Hinterlland -1% to le
ess than 1% -1% to less tha
an 1% 1% to less than 2% -1% to less than 1%
Tewantin less than
n -1% -1% to less tha
an 1% 1% to less than 2% less than -1%
%
Noosaville -1% to le
ess than 1% less than -1% -1% to
o less than 1% less than -1%
%
Noosa Heads 1% to less than 2% less than -1% 1% to less than 2% -1% to less than 1%
Sunshine Bea
ach less than
n -1% -1% to less tha
an 1% 1% to less than 2% less than -1%
%
Peregian less than
n -1% -1% to less tha
an 1% 2% orr more 1% to less than 2%
Source: Noosa Shire Council (201
14a)
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port A
7. Socio
o-Econ
nomic
cs
7.1 Socio-E
Economic
c Index o
of Disadvantage
e
Analysiss of the Au
ustralian Bu
ureau of Sttatistics Index of Relattive Socio-E Economic
Disadvantage (IRSDD) shows varrying degree
es of disadva
antage betwe een localities. Please
refer to Appendix A for a diaggrammatical representa ation of the IRSD break kdown by
SA1 region.
Socio-Econnomic Index xes for Areaas (SEIFA) is a productt developed by the ABS that
ranks are eas in Aus stralia accorrding to relative socio-economicc advantage e and
disadvantaage. The ind dexes are baased on information from m the five-y
yearly Census. The
index usedd in the figuure below is the Index of Relative Socio-Econo
S omic Disadvaantage
(IRSD). Thhis index us ses a range of Census variables
v tha
at measure disadvantag ge (no
advantagee indicators are
a used) w with a low in
ndex score inndicating mo ost disadvan
ntaged
people andd households s and a high
h index score
e indicating least disadvaantaged. Ann index
score of 1,,000 indicate
es the Austraalian averag
ge. For exammple a low sccore could in
ndicate
many hous seholds withh low incomees, many peoople with no qualificationns or many people
p
with low skkilled occupa
ations.
Variables considered in the Index x include: educational
e attainment, occupationa al skill
level, households with h low incom
mes, households with un nemployed persons, low w rent
yields, hou
useholds witth persons wwith social assistance
a neeeds, occup ied dwellings with
demand fo or additional rooms (ove rcrowding), family disso
olution indica
ators, and otthers.
In 2011, those locallities conside
ered to be most
m disadvantaged were
e:
o Nooosa North Shore (scorring 955.9 on the Index of Relattive Socio-e
economic
Dis
sadvantage)
o Borreen Point, Kin
K Kin and C
Cootharaba (959.3)
o Tew
wantin (965.8)
o Fed
deral to Ring
gtail Creek (9
976.5).
These fiindings are generally
g in line with th
he lower leve
els of schoolling as well as lower
median personal and household d income andd rents within these loca
alities.
Areas re
eporting low
wer levels o f relative disadvantage were Noossa Heads, Noosaville
onan and Sunshine Beacch to Peregia
and Doo an Beach.
Figure 7.1:: Socio-Economic Index of Disadvantage, Localitties, 2011
1,100
Socio-Economic Disadvantage Index
1,000
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
Source: ABS (2011b)
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Residents of the Shire are consiidered to be
e relatively le
ess advantag
ged compare
ed to the
broader SEQ Regionn (scoring 1, 000.9 and 1,015.2
1 respectively).
Figure 7.2
2: Socio-Economic Inde
ex of Disadv
vantage, Noosa Shire LLGA and South East
Queenslannd, 2011
1,100
1,000
900
Socio-Economic Disadvantage Index
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
Noosa Shire LGA South East Queenssland
Source: ABS (2011b)
7.2 Househ
hold and Persona
al Incom
me
Median household and person nal incomes were the highest in Sunshine Beach
B to
Peregian
n Beach ($$1,071.2 an d $584.9 per
p week respectively) and Noosa Heads
($1,039.0 and $580
0.0 per week
k respectively).
Househo oibah ($1,055.8 per wee k).
old incomes were also h igh in Cooro
Figure 7.3:: Median Hou
usehold and Personal In
ncome, Localities, 2011
$1,200 Median totall household income ($/week)
Median Household Income ($/week)
Median totall personal income ($
$/week)
$1,000
$800
$600
$400
$200
$0
Source: ABS (2011a)
In 2011
1, the Shire reported a median houusehold incom
me almost $ $200 below the SEQ
s and almost $300 belo w the State
Region’s e’s in 2011 ($953.5,
( $1,,150.7 and $1,235.0
$
per wee
ek respective
ely).
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Figure 7.4:: Median Hou
usehold and Personal In
ncome, Broad
der Region, 2
2011
$1,400
Median tota
al household incomee ($/week)
al personal income ($/week)
Median tota
Median Household Income ($/week) $1,200
$1,000
$800
$600
$400
$200
$0
Noosa Shire LG
GA Soutth East Queensland Quee
ensland
Source: ABS (2011a)
7.3 Unemp
ploymentt
The highest rate off unemploym ment was re ecorded in Noosa
N North
h Shore (at 12.2%),
followed
d by Boreen Point, Kin K in and Cooth
haraba (9.3%
%) and Coorroibah (9.2%
%).
The lowest rate of unemployme
u ent was recorded in Noos
saville and D
Doonan (6.1%
%).
Figure 7.5:: Unemploym
ment Rate, L
Localities, 20
011
14.0%
12.0%
Unemployment Rate (%)
10.0%
8.0%
6.0%
4.0%
2.0%
0.0%
Source: ABS (2011a)
The Shirre’s unemplo
oyment rate
e (7.5% in 2011) was 1.1 percentagge points hig
gher than
the SEQ
Q region (6.4
4%) and 1.4 percentage points highe State (6.1%).
er than the S
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port A
Figure 7.6:: Unemploym
ment Rate, B
Broader Region, 2011
8.0%
7.0%
6.0%
Unemployment Rate (%)
5.0%
4.0%
3.0%
2.0%
1.0%
0.0%
Noosa Shire LG
GA Soutth East Queensland Quee
ensland
Source: ABS (2011a)
7.4 Familie
es with No
N Emplo
oyed Par
rent
Families
s in Coorobia
ah and Fede ral to Ringta
ail Creek were almost tw wice as likely
y to have
no pareent employeed (with 11..8 and 10.2 2 families re
espectively per 1,000 residents
r
reported
d having no employed paarent) comp pared to the other localitties.
Both No
oosa North Shore and No
oosa Heads reported
r all families with
h at least on
ne parent
employe
ed.
Figure 7.7:: Families wiith No Paren
nt Employed,, Localities, 2011
2
14.0
Families with no Parent Employed per 1,000 Local
12.0
10.0
8.0
Residents (No.)
6.0
4.0
2.0
0.0
Source: ABS (2011a)
Approximmately 3.6 families pe er 1,000 loc cal residents
s in the Sh
hire reported
d having
families with no parent employ yed. This wa as higher tha
an the SEQ region (3.1 families
per 1,0000) and the State (3.2 fa
amilies per 1,000).
1
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Figure 7.8:: Families wiith no Paren t Employed, Broader Reg
gion, 2011
4.0
Families with no Parent Employed per 1,000 Local
3.5
3.0
2.5
Residents (No.)
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
Noosa Shire LG
GA Soutth East Queensland Quee
ensland
Source: ABS (2011a)
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port A
8. Emplloyme
ent
8.1 Employ
yment by
y Industrry by Pla
ace of Us
sual Resiidence
Of all industries
i across
a localiities retail trade was the most p prominent employer
e
residentts by place of
o usual residdence (PoUR R), employing 17.2% of local employ
yment in
Cooroibaah, 15.7% in n Tewantin aand 15.5% in Noosavillee and Doonan
n.
The seccond most significant
s in
ndustry by employment
e t was accommmodation and
a food
services
s, employing yment in Noosa Heads, 16.4% in Noosaville
g 18.3% of llocal employ
and Dooonan and 16.0% in Noossa North Shoore.
Health care
c and soocial assista nce was als
so a signific
cant employ yer across localities,
particula
arly in Ridge
ewood to Ti nbeerwah (1 15.5% of local employm ment), Boree
en Point,
Kin Kin and Cootharraba (15.1% %) and Federral to Ringtail Creek (14..9%).
Other notable employers by ind dustry were e agriculture, forestry an n Boreen
nd fishing in
Point, Kin
K Kin and Cootharaba a (employin ng 10.8% of o local emp ployment mostly
m by
specialis
sed beef catttle farming and fruit an
nd tree nut growing) an nd other serrvices in
Noosa North
N Shore (employing 9.6% of loc cal employmment with da ta suggestin ng this is
attribute pair and maiintenance industry).
ed to the auttomotive rep
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