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

Noosa Coommunity Profile
Final Rep
        port A


            currently studying being
                               b     at the secondary le
                                                       evel, compared to 25.9%
                                                                             % for the SE
                                                                                        EQ region
            and 26.66% for the State.
                               S
           Noosa loses a significant nu    umber of yo oung adults  s, who like ely leave to  o pursue
            universsity study or employ     yment oppo   ortunities outside off the Shire      e. Noosa
            reported
                   d lower leve els of reside
                                            ents aged 20-34
                                                        2       than SEQ and Q  QLD. Noosa reported
            considerrably less re
                                esidents stud
                                            dying at a un
                                                        niversity or other
                                                                     o     tertiarry institution
                                                                                               n in 2011
            (only 111.5%) comp  pared to SE EQ (20.4%) and the Sttate 17.9%. The closurre of the
            Tewantin TAFE campus in mid-2   2014 is unlik
                                                        kely to suppo
                                                                    ort the bridgging of this gap.
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