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Trade Area Coast LGA Queensland
Family Type
Couples with Children 29.6 27.9 31.0
Couples without Children 32.3 32.7 286
Single Parent Household 11.3 11.2 11.6
Lone Person Household 21.7 23.5 22.8
Group/Other Household 5.1 47 5.9
Ethnicity
Only English spoken at home 94.9 95.7 89.7

 

Source: ABS 2011 Census

The trade area’s key points of difference with these benchmarks are:

Peregian Beach’s population is considerably older, with a higher proportion of
people aged 45-64 (32%) compared to both the Sunshine Coast (28%) and
Queensland (25%). Both Peregian Beach and the Sunshine Coast have a higher
proportion of people aged 45+ (47.9% and 46.2% respectively) compared to
Queensland (38.3%).There is a greater benefit for retirees of having local facilities
because they have less propensity to travel outside the local area to work, school
and other destinations;

Average household income, a key determinant of retail spending power, is about
$75,109 (2012 $ vaiues) which is considerably higher than that of the Sunshine
Coast ($69,563), but slightly lower than that for Queensland ($80,894). The
average household size is slightly lower (2.42 compared to 2.58 in Queensland)
and the average number of persons employed per household is less than one
compared to 1.2 in Queensland indicating a higher income per person when
compared to state averages;

Trade area residents are highly mobile with only 3.8% of households reported to
have no car compared with the regional and Queensland average of 5.8% and
7.4% respectively and a higher proportion of people with 2 or more cars (58.9%)
compared to regional and state averages (55.6% and 56.1% respectively). The
Sunshine Coast region typically has a higher degree of mobility compared with the
state average due to lower levels of public transport usage;

Couples without children dominate the family types within the catchment (32.3%)
which is on par with the broader Sunshine Coast LGA (32.7%); both are slightly
higher the state average (28.6%); and

Catchment area residents are highly educated in comparison to regional and state
averages. The trade area has a much higher proportion of people with a
Bachelor’s Degree (19.7%) compared to the Sunshine Coast and Queensland
(9.6% and 12.8% respectively) and also a higher proportion of people with
Postgraduate Degrees (4.3%) compared to 1.5% on the Sunshine Coast and 3%

 

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Needs Assessment, Peregian Beach Centre
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19 February 2013