Attachment 2 - Economic Needs Assessment

    +     All trade areas were characterised by a large incidence of lower white-collar workers,
          representing over a third of the workforce in each area. This trend is consistent with the
          Noosa LGA and Queensland as of 2016; and
    +     Health care and social assistance was the largest employing sector across all areas
          analysed in 2016.

Table 3-4 details the employment and workforce profile of the PTA and STA benchmarked to Noosa
LGA and Queensland as of the 2016 Census.
Table 3-4          Demographic & Socio-Economic Profile – PTA, STA, Noosa LGA and Queensland, 2016
                                                        PTA           STA           Noosa LGA    Queensland
 Labour Market
 Full-time employment (% labour force)                        47.9%         52.0%        49.3%        57.7%
 Part-time employment (% labour force)                        39.8%         35.6%        39.2%        29.9%
 Unemployment rate                                             6.9%          6.1%         6.7%         7.6%
 Participation rate (% of female population > 15              48.7%         53.9%        51.3%        57.2%
 years)
 Participation rate (% of male population > 15 years)         57.6%         56.4%        56.9%        65.0%
 Participation rate (% of population > 15 years)              53.0%         55.2%        54.0%        61.0%
 Qualifications
 % of persons with a post-school qualification                49.4%         52.7%        51.7%        48.3%
 % of persons with Bachelor or higher                         14.0%         15.3%        17.9%        18.3%
 % of persons with Diploma                                    10.8%         11.3%        11.0%         8.7%
 % of persons with Certificate                                24.5%         26.2%        22.9%        21.3%
 Occupation
 Upper White Collar
 Managers                                                     12.7%         10.4%        13.4%        12.1%
 Professionals                                                16.6%         16.5%        18.9%        19.8%
 Subtotal                                                     29.2%         26.8%        32.2%        31.9%
 Lower White Collar
 Clerical and Admin Workers                                   12.6%         12.2%        11.4%        13.6%
 Community & Personal Service Workers                         12.1%         13.2%        12.7%        11.3%
 Sales Workers                                                11.1%          7.8%        11.4%         9.7%
 Subtotal                                                     35.7%         33.3%        35.5%        34.7%
 Upper Blue Collar
 Technicians & Trades Workers                                 15.5%         17.0%        15.5%        14.3%
 Subtotal                                                     15.5%         17.0%        15.5%        14.3%
 Lower Blue Collar
 Machinery Operators & Drivers                                 7.1%          8.1%         4.3%         6.9%
 Labourers                                                    12.5%         12.3%        10.9%        10.5%
 Subtotal                                                     19.5%         20.4%        15.3%        17.5%
 Employment by Industry (% of employees)
 Agriculture, forestry & fishing                               2.2%          2.3%         1.6%         2.8%
 Mining                                                        1.7%          2.3%         1.3%         2.3%
 Manufacturing                                                 4.9%          5.7%         4.0%         6.0%
 Electricity, gas, water & waste services                      0.3%          1.6%         0.7%         1.1%
 Construction                                                 11.5%         10.1%        10.7%         9.0%
 Wholesale trade                                               2.4%          2.0%         2.2%         2.6%



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