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

Noosa Coommunity Profile
Final Rep
        port A


           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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