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54% of applicants only required one bedroom and 13.1% required two.
Of the 61 entries on the register, 16 applications had been received in the 12 months to 30 June
2021, had been received in the preceding 12 months and 28 were older applications, the oldest of
which dated back to 2003.
Table 37 Social Housing Register for Noosa Shire at 30 June 2021


 Household Type                                    Total                Indigenous              Disability
                                                                        application            application
                                               Households

 Single Person <55 years                            20                       3                      14

 Single Person Over 55                              15                       1                      15

 Sub-Total - Single                             35 (57.4%)                   7                      29

 Couple Only <55 years                               0                       0                      0

 Couple Only Over 55                                 0                       0                      0

 Sub-Total – Couple Only                             0                       0                      0

 Couple, 1 Child                                     1                       0                      0

 Couple, 2 Children                                  1                       0                      1

 Couple, >2 Children                                 0                       0                      0

 Sub-Total – Couple with Children                2 (3.3%)                    0                      1

 Single Parent, 1 Child                              3                       0                      3

 Single Parent, 2 Children                           6                       1                      4

 Single Parent, >2 Children                         11                       3                      2

 Sub-Total – Single Parent                      22 (36.0%)                   4                      9

 Other                                               4                       1                      3

 Total                                              61                       9                      42



AHURI has made the point that having a very low income alone is rarely enough to access social
housing. In a high demand, low supply environment, low income eligibility almost always needs to
be coupled with other complex needs, including disability, poor physical or mental health, family
violence, exiting institutions or being homeless or at risk of homelessness.48
Applications on the Social Housing register are assessed to determine their level of need and relative
priority for vacancies. Table 38 shows that in each SA2, for which data was available, over half of
the applications were assessed as being in very high need at 30 June 2020.




48 Muir, K., Powell, A., Flanagan, K., Stone, W., Tually, S., Faulkner, D., Hartley, C., and Pawson, H. (2020) ‘A

pathway to where?’ Inquiry into understanding and reimagining social housing pathways, AHURI Final Report
No. 332, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited, Melbourne.


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