Noosa Heads

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,999 people in Noosa Heads of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Noosa Heads was 50 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 24.9% of the population.

Of people in Noosa Heads aged 15 years and over, 51.5% were married and 13.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Noosa Heads was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Noosa Heads, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Noosa Heads was 60 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Noosa Heads 24.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.5% were in primary school, 18.5% in secondary school and 17.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Noosa Heads were English 31.7%, Australian 22.5%, Irish 9.4%, Scottish 9.3% and German 3.7%.

In Noosa Heads, 66.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.3%, New Zealand 5.6%, Germany 1.5%, South Africa 1.0% and Scotland 0.8%.

In Noosa Heads, 54.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 31.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Noosa Heads were No Religion 28.6%, Anglican 21.7%, Catholic 19.4%, Uniting Church 4.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.9%.

In Noosa Heads 87.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.2%, Mandarin 0.6%, Italian 0.5%, French 0.5% and Dutch 0.4%.

Employment

There were 1,828 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Noosa Heads. Of these 50.1% were employed full time, 38.1% were employed part-time and 6.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Noosa Heads, 13.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Noosa Heads was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Noosa Heads included Professionals 20.1%, Managers 17.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.6%, Sales Workers 13.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.0%, Labourers 7.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.6%.

Of the employed people in Noosa Heads, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 8.4%, Accommodation 7.4%, Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 3.7%, School Education 3.6% and Residential Building Construction 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Noosa Heads was $580.

In Noosa Heads, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.9%, Walked only 7.1%, Car, as passenger 4.5%, Motorbike/scooter 1.6% and Bicycle 1.3%. On the day, 1.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Noosa Heads, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.7% provided care for children and 8.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.1% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Noosa Heads, 27.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Noosa Heads, 26.2% were couple families with children, 60.1% were couple families without children and 12.8% were one parent families.

In Noosa Heads 18.4% of single parents were male and 81.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Noosa Heads, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,916 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Noosa Heads, of couple families with children, 12.8% had both partners employed full-time, 5.2% had both employed part-time and 16.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Noosa Heads, 66.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 33.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Noosa Heads, 72.8% were separate houses, 6.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 20.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Noosa Heads, of occupied private dwellings 3.9% had 1 bedroom, 21.6% had 2 bedrooms and 47.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Noosa Heads, 38.3% were owned outright, 24.5% were owned with a mortgage and 34.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Noosa Heads, of all households, 68.9% were family households, 25.0% were single person households and 6.0% were group households.

In Noosa Heads, 26.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.1% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Noosa Heads, 42.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Noosa Heads, there were 30 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 13 (or 43.3%) were male and 17 (or 56.7%) were female. The median age was 15 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Noosa Heads, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $582.

In Noosa Heads, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $275 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.