2015-03-03 Attachment 1 it Item 5 Planning & Organisation Agenda Community Profile Report

Noosa Coommunity Profile
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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