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

Noosa Coommunity Profile
Final Rep
        port A



8.3       Registe
                ered Bus
                       sinesses and Proportion with
                                               w    Ove
                                                      er Five
          Employyees
          Key finding
                    gs for registered businessses in Noos
                                                        sa are presented below. For a more detailed
          breakdown n, please see
                                e Appendix B.
           The highest numbe er of registe
                                          ered busines
                                                     sses in 20133 across SA 2s in the Shire was
            reported
                   d for Noosa Hinterland wwith (2,239 businesses)           by Noosaville (1,521
                                                                 ), followed b
            business
                   ses and Noosa heads (1 ,085 businessses).
           The high
                   hest proportion of busine
                                           esses by ind
                                                      dustry in 201
                                                                  13 were gene
                                                                             erally:
                                                   o       Con
                                                             nstruction, highest in Tewantin (at  (  23.3% of all busi nesses) and
                                                                                                                                 d Noosa
                                                             nterland (at 22.2% of alll businesses),
                                                           Hin
                                                   o       Ren
                                                             ntal, hiring and real e state servic
                                                                                                ces, highest in Noosa H
                                                                                                                      Heads (31.9
                                                                                                                                9%) and
                                                           Noo
                                                             osaville (16..9%), and;
                                                   o       Pro
                                                             ofessional, scientific
                                                                         s          and
                                                                                      d technical services, hig
                                                                                                              ghest in Pe regian (17.0
                                                                                                                                     0%) and
                                                           Sunshine Beach (14.4%).
           The highest proporttion of busin
                                           nesses emplloying five or
                                                                  o more emp ployees in 2013
                                                                                        2    was
            Noosaville (at over 15% of loca l businesses
                                                       s) and Noosa
                                                                  a Heads (12. 4%).
           The high
                   hest proporttion of non-e          usinesses12 in 2013 wass Sunshine Beach
                                           employing bu                                 B     (at
            70.0% of
                   o local busin
                               nesses) and Noosa Hinteerland (66.7%).

          Figure 8.5: Registered
                               d Businessess and Propo
                                                     ortion with Over
                                                                 O    Five Em
                                                                            mployees, Lo
                                                                                       ocalities,
          2011
                                                  2,500                                                                                         16.0%
                                                                                      Number off Registered Businessses (Jun 2013)
                                                                                      % Businessses Employing 5 or more Employees (June 2013)




                                                                                                                                                       Businesses Employing 5 or more Employees (%)
          Number of Registered Businesses (No.)




                                                  2,000                                                                                         12.8%




                                                  1,500                                                                                         9.6%




                                                  1,000                                                                                         6.4%




                                                   500                                                                                          3.2%




                                                       0                                                                                        0.0%
                                                              Noosa      Noosa
                                                                             aville    Tewantin      Peregian      Sunshine    Noosa Heads
                                                            Hinterland                                              Beach

          Source: ABS (2014c)

           In 20133 the Shire reported hav
                                          ving 7,246 businesses operating wwithin its bou undaries,
            this equ
                   uates to 2.5%          Q Region’s businesses an
                               % of the SEQ                      nd 1.8% of tthe State’s.
           Businessses in the Shire
                               S     were le
                                           ess likely to employee five
                                                                  f    or more
                                                                             e staff (with 9.9% of
            businessses doing so in 2013) when comp    pared to the
                                                                  e SEQ Regioon (11.8%) and the
            State (1
                   12.2%).
           Businesss employing five or morre employees s were most commonly iin population driven,
            low value industrie es such as accommoda    ation and food
                                                                   f     service
                                                                               es, retail trade and
            manufac cturing (ofte
                                en associateed with a high
                                                        h    proportion of partt time stafff). While
            businessses employinng over 2000 employees in Noosa we ere in the heealth care and social
            assistan
                   nce, manufac cturing and a
                                            administrativ
                                                        ve and support services..



          12
             A non-emp ploying busines
                                     sses is defined by the ABS as s a business without an activee Income Tax Withholding
                                                                                                              W
          (ITW) role or which has not remitted
                                      r        ITW fo
                                                    or five consecutiive quarters.




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