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

Table 11 Unemployment and Jobseeker Recipients by SA2

      Area               Jobseeker                       Jobseeker               Unemployed        Unemployment
                    December quarter 2020             June quarter 2021             March              rate
                                                                                 quarter 2021      March quarter
                                                                                                       2021
                   Recipients       Rate per      Recipients      Rate per          Number            percentage
                                  100 persons                   100 persons
                                   aged 22 to                    aged 22 to
                                  64 years, as                  64 years, as
                                   at 30 June                    at 30 June
                                      2019                          2019
 Noosa                   1,488             12.0        1,111               9.0              849                   7.3
 Hinterland
 Tewantin                  661             13.4           466              9.5              399                   8.4
 Noosaville                439              9.8           306              6.8              268                   6.1
 Noosa Heads               212              8.4           158              6.3              136                   5.9
 Sunshine                  381              9.7           242              6.2              256                   6.4
 Beach
 Peregian                  209              9.7           146              6.7              133                   6.3
 Beach-
 Marcus Beach
 Queensland                                10.3                            7.9                                    7.3
Source: Queensland Treasury, Regional Profile derived from Department of Social Services, Payment Demographic Data.

Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) is a summary measure of the social and economic
conditions of geographic areas across Australia. SEIFA, which comprises a number of indexes, is
generated by ABS from the Census of Population and Housing. In 2016 an Index of Relative Socio-
Economic Disadvantage was produced, ranking geographical areas in terms of their relative socio-
economic disadvantage. The index focuses on low-income earners, relatively lower education
attainment, high unemployment and dwellings without motor vehicles. Low index values represent
areas of most disadvantage and high values represent areas of least disadvantage.
Noosa Shire as a whole is considered to fall within the 4th quintile, meaning it is reasonably
advantaged. In 2016 Noosa Shire had a SEIFA score of 999 so just below the Australian average of
1000. Both Tewantin and Noosa Hinterland (representing the higher populations) are below that
national average at 857 and 994 respectively, while all others are above. However, when SA2s are
broken down even further all of them include SA1s with scores of less than 1000 and Tewantin and
Noosa Hinterland each had SA1s with scores of less than 900. The lowest SA1 score in the Shire is
843 and the highest is 1140.
In terms of housing, there is an argument to direct further social housing to areas where there are
more residents in needs of assistance, such as Tewantin and the hinterland. However another
approach may be to direct additional social housing to coastal areas such as Noosa Heads and
Noosaville which have proximity to a greater proportion of employment and services. It is likely both
approaches are important as needs are varied.




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