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

Table 18 Private Dwellings by type Noosa LGA, 2016 Census


                                                                    Dwellings           Persons

 Occupied private dwellings:
      Separate house                                                       15,965             40,767
      Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc. with:
           One storey                                                          981                1,565
           Two or more storeys                                               1,453                2,676
           Total                                                            2,436              4,240
      Flat or apartment:
           In a one or two storey block                                         968               1,648
           In a three storey block                                              399                 696
           In a four or more storey block                                        83                 152
           Attached to a house                                                    3                   3
          Total                                                             1,452              2,500
      Other dwelling:
           Caravan                                                               75                119
           Cabin, houseboat                                                      22                 29
           Improvised home, tent, sleepers out                                   38                 84
           House or flat attached to a shop, office, etc.                         9                 18
          Total                                                              145                  247
     Dwelling structure not stated                                           146                  314
     Total occupied private dwellings                                      20,143             48,073

 Unoccupied private dwellings                                               4,671

 Total private dwellings                                                   24,815             48,073

Source: ABS 2016 Census of Population and Housing General Community Profile Noosa (S) LGA,
based on count of all persons enumerated in occupied private dwellings on Census Night (but
excludes visitor only households). Excludes usual residents who were temporarily absent on
Census Night.


The 18.8% of private dwellings (4,671 out of 24,815) that were unoccupied on census night was
higher than the State figure where 10.6% of private dwellings were unoccupied on census night. It
was also higher than the figure of 12.4% for the greater Sunshine Coast SA4. More specifically the
proportion of unoccupied private dwellings was as high as 36.68% in Noosa Heads, followed by
28.36% in Sunshine Beach, 27.72% in Peregian Beach - Marcus Beach, 19.65% in Noosaville and
11.26% in Noosa Hinterland. Only Tewantin had a figure lower than the State’s at 7.64%.33
The 2011 Census had shown 20,713 occupied private dwellings on Census night. This would
suggest a reduction in real numbers of occupied private dwellings, despite 5 years of new dwellings
being constructed. However as indicated earlier care needs to be taken with comparing census
results given boundary changes.
The ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2016, Time Series Profile suggests the following
figures for the breakdown of dwellings by structure. It suggests a reduction in occupied private
apartments (flats, units etc) despite many built over that decade. This could be a reflection of an
increase in holiday apartments.




33 ABS 2016 Census of Population and Housing General Community Profiles for each of the SA2s (released

October 2017)


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