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

Noosa Coommunity Profile
Final Rep
        port A



           Comparratively significant occup
                                           pations of em
                                                       mployment fo
                                                                  or the Shire in 2011 werre:
                 o     Pro
                         ofessionals, accounting for 18.5% of all emp  ployment (a lthough aro  ound 2.6
                       perrcentage points lower th
                                                 han the SEQ region and slightly
                                                                        s        lowe
                                                                                    er than the State),
                                                                                                S
                 o     Tec
                         chnicians an
                                    nd trade worrkers, accounting for 15
                                                                       5.5% of all e
                                                                                   employment (around
                       1.1
                         1 percentagee points hig
                                                gher than th
                                                           he SEQ regio on and sligh
                                                                                   htly higher than the
                       Sta
                         ate),
                 o     Managers, acco
                                    ounting for 1
                                                13.7% of all employmen
                                                                     nt (around 1 .7 percentag
                                                                                             ge points
                       hig
                         gher than th
                                    he SEQ regioon and 1.5 percentage points highher than thee State),
                       andd;
                 o     Salles workers,, accounting
                                                 g for 12.4% of all emplo
                                                                        oyment (aro
                                                                                  ound 2.0 percentage
                       poiints higher than the SE EQ region and
                                                            a   2.4 perccentage poi nts higher than
                                                                                               t    the
                       Sta
                         ate).
           The high                        e collar10 wo
                    hest proporttion of white           orkers was re
                                                                    eported in N
                                                                               Noosa Heads
                                                                                         s (50.4%
            of local occupations), followed d by Sunshine Beach to  o Peregian Beach (49.4
                                                                                         4%) and
            Noosaville and Doonnan (47.4%)).
           The highest proporttion of blue collar11 worrkers was re
                                                                   eported in C
                                                                              Cooroibah (3
                                                                                         38.9% of
                   ccupations), followed by
            local oc                       y Boreen Po oint, Kin Kin
                                                                   n and Coothharaba (38.4
                                                                                         4%) and
            Federal to Ringtail Creek
                                C     (37.3%
                                           %).

          Figure 8.4:: Employmen
                               nt by Industtry (PoUR), Broader
                                                       B       Regiion, 2011

                                          Profe
                                              essionals


                           hnicians and trades workers
                        Tech


                                              M
                                              Managers


                                          Sales workers


                     Clerical and administrative workers


                          nd personal service workers
               Community an


                                               abourers
                                              La
                                                                                  Noosa Shire
                                                                                        S     LGA
                                                                                  South East Queensland
                       Machiinery Operators and
                                              d Drivers                           Queenslland

                                                       0.0%   5.0%    10.0%
                                                                          %    15.0%      20.0%      25.0%
                                                                                                         %
                                                               Employment by
                                                                          b Occupation (%
                                                                                        %)
          Source: ABS (2011a)




          10
           White-collarr occupations in
                                      nclude: manage
                                                   ers and adminis
                                                                 strators; profes
                                                                                ssionals, para-p
                                                                                               professionals, cllerks, sales
          persons and personal
                       p        service
                                      e workers.
          11
            Blue-collarr occupations in
                                      nclude: tradesp
                                                    persons; plant and machine operators,
                                                                               o          driveers, labourers and
                                                                                                              a   related
          workers




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