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

Noosa Coommunity Profile
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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