2018-08-07 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                         7 AUGUST 2018



                   Figure 10 Total Annual Family Income across the six SA2s of Noosa Shire 2016

 100.0%
     90.0%
     80.0%
     70.0%
     60.0%
     50.0%
     40.0%
     30.0%
     20.0%
     10.0%
      0.0%
              Noosa Hinterland    Tewantin           Noosaville       Noosa Heads      Sunshine Beach    Peregian Beach-
                                                                                                          Marcus Beach
                                  Total family income less than $156,000 or more per year at 2016
                                  Total family income less than $78,000 to $155,999 per year at 2016
                                  Total family income $33,800 to $77,999 per year at 2016
                                  Total family income less than $33,800 per year at 2016




The median household weekly income is also available and at $1,184 is lower than the $1,402
figure for the State, however household sizes are also marginally smaller. Variation across the
Shire is shown in Table 7

                  Table 7 Median Total Weekly Household Income for the SA2s of Noosa Shire 2016

           Noosa             Tewantin           Noosaville        Noosa Heads                Sunshine         Peregian
       Hinterland                                                                              Beach      Beach-Marcus
                                                                                                                 Beach
             $1,214              $1,040              $1,137                $1,375               $1,371              $1,890


6.      Social snapshot
Between 2006 and 2016, the Indigenous population increased by 358 persons however still
accounts for just 1.5% of the population of the Shire.
21.6% of Noosa residents were born overseas but only 6.6% born in a Non English speaking
country. 5.3% of Noosa residents speak a language other than English in the home. Nearly 200
Noosa resident census respondents speak English “not well or not at all”. Noosa Heads was
most likely to be home to residents born overseas while Noosa Hinterland was least likely.
At 2016 5.2% of Noosa Shire residents needed assistance with a profound or sever disability,
making it on par with the State figure, however the figure was 6.5% for the SA2s of Tewantin and
Noosa Heads. It was the lowest at Sunshine Beach at 2.9%.




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