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

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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