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

Table 20 Structure of occupied private dwellings by number of persons usually resident 2006 – 2016, Noosa LGA

                                                           Number of persons usually resident
   Dwelling
   type and                                                                                                 Six or
                          One                Two            Three            Four            Five                                   Total
   structure                                                                                                more

                       2006       2016    2006    2016    2006    2016    2006    2016    2006   2016     2006   2016       2006          2016

 Separate house         2,458     2,957   5,876   6,810   2,245   2,517   2,197   2,364    833      939    343       379     13,956         15,965


 Semi-detached,
 row or terrace
 house,
 townhouse etc:
       One storey        448       557     360     343      49      46      21      22       4       5       3        5        881            981
     Two or more
                         281       583     471     637     107      151     51      54      10      20       3        6        918           1,453
           storeys
 Total                   732      1,141    827     983     152      198     63      81      12      19       8       10       1,801          2,436


 Flat, Unit or
 Apartment:
    In a one or two
                         766       509     503     322     107      94      45      35       6       7       0        0       1,428           968
       storey block
  In a three storey
                          98       162     105     188      17      29       6      12       3       0       0        0        226            399
               block
 In a four or more
                          12        31      14      51       3       6       0       0       0       0       0        0         31             83
       storey block
      Attached to a
                              8      3       8       0       4       0       0       0       0       0       0        0         14                3
             house
 Total                   884       707     624     560     127      132     48      44       8       9       0        0       1,697          1,452


 Other dwelling:
  Caravan, cabin,
                         108        66      50      25       9       0       7       3       3       0       3        0        183             93
        houseboat
       Improvised
       home, tent,        11        15       9      13      12       8       4       3       0       0       0        0         35             38
      sleepers out
     House or flat
     attached to a            3      7       3       3       4       0       3       0       0       0       0        0         18                9
  shop, office etc.
 Total                   125        85      67      37      22       8      12      12      11       0       3        0        234            145


 Dwelling
 structure not                0     60       0      48       0      13       0      20       0       3       0        4             5         146
 stated

 Total                  4,200     4,954   7,389   8,443   2,551   2,869   2,328   2,515    867      972    351       395   17,690        20,143


Source: ABS 2016 Census of Population and Housing Time Series Profile Noosa (S) LGA based on
place of enumeration and excludes visitor only households.
8.3                Dwelling size and household size
Table 21 below looks specifically at Family households over the 2006 – 2016 inter-census decade.
It gives an insight into whether housing is overcrowded or whether there is excess capacity within
the housing stock. Highlighted in red are a few instances of families of three, four, five or six 6 or
more people in smaller homes where the number of occupants per bedroom would exceed two.
However, for the most part the most frequent family size is two people.
Separate houses are most frequently three plus bedrooms and modern houses are most typically
over 275m2 in floor area. Semi-detached housing (such as duplexes are most frequently three
bedroom, followed by two bedrooms. Apartments or units are more frequently two bedrooms.
In 2016 there were 292 families of 3 or more people living in semi-detached homes and 184 living in
apartments.
Over that decade there was an overall increase in family households, however the number of families
living in apartments / units decreased. This correlates with Table 20 above which suggested less
occupied private apartments.




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