2015-03-03 Planning & Organisation Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                    3 MARCH 2015


at a university or other tertiary institution when compared to the state or the SEQ region.
Sunshine Beach to Peregian Beach and Noosa Heads had the highest proportions at around
15% of resident students.

Noosa Shire offers a range of government, catholic and independent primary schools and
secondary schools as well as the Flexible Learning Centre at Sunrise Beach. In 2013 the
State Government released School Infrastructure Demand Maps which display the average
annual growth of projected primary and secondary school age persons by SA2 level. These
projected growth rates (shown below) are very low and in some instances in the negatives.

                           Primary Schools                             Secondary Schools
        SA2                2011-2021             2021-2031             2011-2021             2021-2031
        Noosa Hinterland   -1% to less than 1%   -1% to less than 1%   1% to less than 2%    -1% to less than 1%
        Tewantin           less than -1%         -1% to less than 1%   1% to less than 2%    less than -1%
        Noosaville         -1% to less than 1%   less than -1%         -1% to less than 1%   less than -1%
        Noosa Heads        1% to less than 2%    less than -1%         1% to less than 2%    -1% to less than 1%
        Sunshine Beach     less than -1%         -1% to less than 1%   1% to less than 2%    less than -1%
        Peregian           less than -1%         -1% to less than 1%   2% or more            1% to less than 2%



7. Employment

The AEC report includes a table of Employment by Industry based on Place of Usual
Residence. It shows the relative dominance of the following industries across nearly all
localities:
     Retail trade;
     Accommodation and food services;
     Health care and social assistance; and
     Construction

Exceptions to the above were Boreen Point, Kin Kin and Cootharaba where 10.8% of
respondents were employed in Agriculture, forestry and fishing, and Noosa North Shore
where 11.2% were employed in Education and training.

Benchmarked against SEQ region and Queensland, Noosa residents are noticeably more
likely to be employed in retail trade or in accommodation and food services. By comparison
they are far less likely to be employed in manufacturing or public administration and safety.

In Noosa, the 2006-2011 period saw a noticeable increase in people employed in health
care and social assistance and to a lesser extent professional, scientific and technical
services and education and training. There was an increase of 212 residents employed in
the mining industry.

Data suggests that Noosa’s knowledge industries (which provides technical and specialist
services to local residents), particularly professional, scientific and technical services and
administrative and support services, reported noticeable growth in employment between
2006 and 2011.

In terms of occupations of employed residents, professionals were well represented in all
localities, as were technicians and trade workers. There were high proportions of managers
in Noosa Heads, Boreen Point, Kin Kin and Cootharaba, Noosaville and Doonan and Noosa
North Shore.




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