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

Table 24 Occupied private dwellings being purchased 2016


 Area                                              Number of occupied         Percentage of
                                                  private dwellings being    occupied private
                                                        purchased            dwellings being
                                                                                purchased

 Noosa Hinterland                                                    3,131                   40.2%

 Tewantin                                                            1,177                   29.0%

 Noosaville                                                            838                   22.7%

 Noosa Heads                                                           448                   25.4%

 Sunshine Beach                                                        823                   32.7%

 Peregian Beach – Marcus Beach                                         462                   31.3%

 Noosa Shire                                                         6,325                   31.4%

 Queensland                                                        558,439                   33.7%

Source: ABS, Census of Population and Housing, 2016, General Community Profile - G33


In terms of the proportion of homes being rented, occupied private dwellings in Noosa Shire were
less likely to be rented, whether through a real estate agent, state housing authority, person not in
the same household, housing co-op/community/church or otherwise. Further, the proportion being
rented dropped by some 15% in the 2006-2016 decade.
Each SA2 has figures lower than the State. Noosa Hinterland has the lowest with just 16.5% of
occupied private dwellings being rented. The beachside SA2s had the highest proportion of dwellings
being rented.




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