Housing Strategy

Noosa Housing Strategy

Noosa Council is greatly concerned by the housing crisis currently gripping the Shire. This is having a significant social and economic impact on the community and requires action by all levels of government as well as the broader community.

In November 2022, Noosa Council endorsed the Noosa Housing Strategy 2022, demonstrating its commitment to reducing inequity, promoting inclusiveness, and providing safe, affordable housing for residents to live, meet, and play. The Housing Strategy was informed by a Housing Needs Assessment, endorsed by council in December 2021. This Assessment is a comprehensive technical report on the context of housing households in Noosa Shire. 

Collaborative approach
Underpinning the success of the Housing Strategy will be ongoing open conversations and partnerships with the State and Federal Government, with community housing providers, private housing developers and with the Noosa community.  In essence this can be summarised as ensuring there is the right amount of housing, of the right type and size, in the right place and with the right tenure for our community.

Regular monitoring and review
The strategy calls for regular monitoring and review to ensure actions and interventions advance us towards meeting its objectives. This will help provide housing choice, diversity and afforability to meet the current and future needs of the community. Council has subscribed to an online housing monitor specific to Noosa Shire. This digital resourse is updated each year and outlines housing supply and demand, housing diversity, affordability and availability. You can explore the housing story at Noosa at: https://housing.id.com.au/noosa  

Keep Noosa Home Initiative

Many organisations and residents are asking what they can do to help Keep Noosa Home. The Council’s Social Justice Charter acknowledges that everyone has a role to play in ensuring that Noosa Shire continues to prosper and thrive as an inclusive community both now and into the future. 

The Ideas to Keep Noosa Home Fact Sheet provides a few ideas of how home owners might be able to share their home, yard or investment properties with locals, new workers or students. These win-win options can make better use of existing properties, provide owners with some spare cash and relieve development pressure for more housing. 

Queensland Housing Profiles

The State Government provides the ability to create and view a housing profile for Noosa Shire and smaller Statistical Areas within it, such as Noosa Hinterland, Tewantin, Noosaville, Noosa Heads, Sunshine Beah (including Sunrise Beach and Castaways Beach) and Peregian-Marcus Beaches. You can also build custom regions and compare them with other areas, including state and local government areas. 

You can access the Queensland Housing Profiles page https://statistics.qgso.qld.gov.au/hpw/profiles