2021-12-13 GC Agenda - Item 8 -Attachment 1 - Housing Needs Assessment

A disability support pension is income support for people 16 years of age and over who are unable
to work for 15 hours or more per week at or above the relevant minimum wage, independent of a
program of support due to permanent physical, intellectual or psychiatric impairment. It is not paid to
people eligible for an aged pension.
Table 9 below would suggest that Noosa Hinterland and Tewantin may be where disability support
including accessible housing would be in greatest need, both having higher than State average
figures.
Table 9 Disability Indicators by SA2s

       Area              In need of                  Carer allowance                Disability support pension
                      assistance with               June quarter 2021                   June quarter 2021
                        profound or
                      severe disability
                       Census 2016
                           Persons            Recipients      Rate per 100        Recipients        Rate per 100
                                                            persons aged 16                       persons aged 16
                                                           years and over, as                    years and over, as
                                                            at 30 June 2019.                      at 30 June 2019.
                                                           Person counts are                     Person counts are
                                                             based on ERP                          based on ERP
 Noosa                              1,072           676                     3.5          747                      3.9
 Hinterland
 Tewantin                               673         316                     3.6          419                      4.8
 Noosaville                             471         210                     2.5          194                      2.4
 Noosa Heads                            290          69                     1.6          104                      2.5
 Sunshine                               188          84                     1.4          124                      2.1
 Beach
 Peregian                               152          51                     1.6            67                     2.1
 Beach-Marcus
 Beach
 Queensland                                                                 3.2                                   4.0
Source: Queensland Treasury, Regional Profile derived from Department of Social Services, Payment Demographic Data.

Table 10 below specifically addresses families and includes some of the indicators of low income
families or families receiving social services support. Family tax benefit part A is a payment to help
with the cost of raising children. It is income tested on family income.
These figures suggest that Tewantin exceeds State figures in each of the indicators available, with
Noosa Hinterland also exceeding two and Noosaville and Noosa Heads each exceeding one.
However, as Census data is five years old it may not reflect the current environment.
Importantly, a family with no parent employed does not by definition mean they are a low income
family. There may be reasons parents are deliberately not in the workforce that do not suggest they
are unemployed or of a low income.




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