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

Table 12 Occupation by total personal income, Noosa Shire and Queensland, 2016


 Total personal annual income                      Noosa Shire                         Queensland

                                           Blue collar        White collar       Blue collar   White collar

                                        number       %      number        %          %              %

 Negative/Nil income                          46      0.8        153      1.1            0.7             0.8

 $1–$7,799                                  278       4.9        670      4.7            3.2             3.7

 $7,800–$15,599                             295       5.2        689      4.9            3.7             4.0

 $16,000–$20,799                            385       6.8        780      5.5            4.5             4.2

 $20,800–$33,799                          1,234      21.7     2,591      18.3          15.3             13.2

 $33,800–$41,599                            926      16.3     1,957      13.8          13.2             10.2

 $41,600–$51,599                            887      15.6     1,798      12.7          15.8             11.9

 $52,000–$64,999                            722      12.7     1,677      11.9          14.8             13.0

 $65,400–$77,999                            368       6.5     1,025       7.2            9.0             9.7

 $78,000–$103,999                           322       5.7     1,503      10.6          10.8             14.7

 $104,000 or more                           140       2.5     1,126       8.0            7.5            13.5

 Total                                    5,693 100.0        14,141 100.0             100.0          100.0

Source: ABS, Census of Population and Housing, 2016, Working Population Profile - W17 (place of
work)
ABS Census 2016 Journey to Work data said of the 20,084 local workers in Noosa Shire, 14,309 or
71.2% also live in the Shire. 24.5% of workers live in the Sunshine Coast Regional council area and
2.4% lived in Gympie Regional Council area.
At a SA3 level, the 2016 Census suggests close to 78% of employed persons working in Noosa
Shire usually lived in the SA3s of Noosa Hinterland (which includes Doonan and Verrierdale) and
Noosa (which includes Peregian Springs).


3.8          Impact of COVID19 on employment and income
Since March 2020 the ABS has kept and published data on weekly payroll jobs and wages in
Australia to analyse the impact of COVID-19. Data has been split by States, by sex, by age and by
industry sectors.
It clearly shows a dramatic decrease in jobs and wages between mid-March and mid-April 2020 as
a result of border closures and national lockdowns. Some restrictions eased in late April 2020,
resulting in a steady climb in payroll jobs and wages. The recovery in payroll jobs (and to a lesser
extent wages) plateaued into August 2020, as the impact of the second wave of COVID-19 cases in
Victoria became evident.
The data is not LGA specific but shows that payroll jobs the Sunshine Coast SA4 dropped by 10.7%
between 14 March and 11 April 2020. In that period the number of jobs in the SA3 of Noosa


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