Profile of Sunshine Coast community

Profile of Sunshine Coast community 

Issue 2012-08

 

Sunshine Coast Council has made it easy to find and understand census data specific to the Sunshine Coast using Community Profile. It’s a free online tool available on council’s website that provides data about Sunshine Coast activity centres and 44 localities.

 

The data provides valuable facts and figures about the Coast population such as age, family, education, income, housing, transport and religion. You’ll pick up interesting facts and figures about the Coast community like 65% of households have a mortgage or fully own their home, and 1 in 5 residents were born overseas.

 

Community groups, investors, business and students can use Community Profile to assist in decision making, funding applications, research projects, investment decisions and business growth planning.

 

Community Profile presents the data in simple, clear tables and charts and provides supporting factual interpretive information. Users can download figures and reports about specific geographic areas of interest.

Community Profile can also be used to compare the characteristics of different areas including locations within the Sunshine Coast, neighbouring councils, South East Queensland, Queensland and Australia.

To find Community Profile data on council’s website, click on the About Sunshine Coast tab, and look under Statistics and Maps.

 

Council is hosting a free information and training session about Community Profile at the Lake Kawana Community Centre on 22 October from 4pm to 6pm. Spaces are limited and registration of attendance is necessary, check council’s website for information and registration, email communityprofile@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au or call 5475 7272.

Council Development incentives for the Sunshine Coast

08 Aug 12

Sunshine Coast Council has introduced a range of incentives to build a sustainable economy on the Coast.
Strategy and Planning Portfolio Councillor Russell Green said the incentives being offered are to get employment generating projects happening sooner.
"Council has targeted the incentives to support local business and attract new investment," Councillor Green said.
"We have removed any perceived or actual hindrances to worthwhile commercial development.
"It’s a balanced approach that will ensure the Sunshine Coast remains a great place to live."
The changes commenced on 1 July and are in place for the 2012/13 financial year.

• Pre-lodgement meetings are now held free of charge. This is a valuable opportunity for potential applicants to meet with council staff prior to lodging a development application. Make a pre-lodgement booking on 5475 7526 or 5475 PLAN.
• Development application fees have been reduced by 5% for all commercial, business and industrial land uses. All of the uses listed under the headings of Business and Commercial Use and Industrial Use are included in the 5% reduction.
• Development application fees have been reduced by 25% for seven selected land use types. The reduction is a fee rebate issued when use starts within two years. The rebate applies to approvals issued after 1 July 2012. The seven applicable land uses are:
• Office
• Shop
• Medical Centre
• Showroom
• Warehouse
• General Industry

For more information about changes to the 2012/13 fee structure visit council’s website.
To find out more about council’s development services call our dedicated planning phone number or drop into one of the service counters. During business hours visit council offices at 10 First Avenue in Maroochydore or the Nambour, Tewantin and Caloundra offices. Council has a telephone number specifically for development application enquiries, 5475 7526 or 5475 PLAN.
Media enquiries: communication@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au
All other enquiries: mail@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au

SUNSHINE COAST BDAQ MEETING

Wednesday, 12 September, 2012.

Pacific Paradise Bowls Club.

13 Menzies Drive, Pacific Paradise

 

Meeting Commences 6.00pm

No charge to attend meeting.

(Tax deductible 2 course meal available for $20)

RSVP by 10 September to allow notice to club &

advise of any special dietary advice.

SPONSOR:

CSR Lightweight Systems –

Clark Montagu will update members about the products

offered by CSR & Cemintel

GUEST SPEAKER

Trevor Reitsma will provide members with an informative presentation on their recent

Regional & State Award winning projects.

GENERAL DISCUSSION

BDAQ marketing strategy, BDAQ State update from Beverley, and other general business.

Rsvp to Brad Read at brad@brdg.com.au

BDAQ Technical, Legislation & Planning:

E-NEWS INFORMATION
September 10, 2012.

Cyclone Testing Station Report TR58


Recommendations for the Townsville Tornado in March for cyclonic and non-cyclonic areas:
 Reconstruction & repairs to be in accordance with relevant Standards
 Upgrade older houses at least to consider top plates of walls to roofing connectivity and to Standards Australia handbook for the upgrading of older housing HB132.2
1999  Domestic & commercial roller doors to have mullions for support for wind loads
 Regular inspections of structural elements for rot and corrosion and use of the CTS
brochure, Is your house prepared for a cyclone?
See: https://www.jcu.edu.au/cts/community-education/is-your-house-prepared-for-a-cyclone/view

New Standards
 AS/NZS1680.5:2012 Interior & Workplace Lighting – Outdoor Workplace Lighting.
Not in NCC BCA.
 AS1684 series amendments and changes in the span tables for MGP10, MGP12 & MGP15 seasoned softwood.
 AS1884:2012 Floor Coverings – Resilient Sheet and Tiles – Installation Practices.
Not in NCC BCA.  AS2149.3:2012 Fire Hydrant Installations – Fire Brigade Booster Connections
 AS/NZS3500.3:2003/Amdt 3:2012 Plumbing and Drainage – Stormwater Drainage The changes are in relation to the materials used for rain water tanks and the fasteners for rainwater components Table 4.3 has been replaced. Not called up under NCC BCA 2012.
 AS4254.1-2012 Ductwork for Air-Handling Systems in Buildings – Flexible Duct.
Not yet replaced current version on NCC BCA.  AS/NZS4666:2012 Insulating Glass Units Not in NCC BCA.
 AS/NZS5033:2012 Installation and Safety Requirements for Photovoltaic (PV) Arrays. Not in NCC BCA 2012.
 HB 90.1 Set-2012 Quality for Small Business

Building & Plumbing Newsflash 500


Amendments to the QDC for sustainable buildings, child care centres, and commissioning and maintenance of fire safety installations were adopted August 6 affecting QDC MP4.1, MP5.4 & MP6.1. Air conditioning Minimum Energy Performance has been removed from QDC MP4.1 as it is now called up at a higher standard in NCC.

(Source: http://www.hpw.qld.gov.au/SiteCollectionDocuments/newsflash500.pdf)

Joanne Galea

BDAQ Management Committee Member

Director of Technical, Legislation & Planning

Action to end housing crisis

Joint Statement:
Premier
The Honourable Campbell NewmanDeputy Premier, Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning
The Honourable Jeff Seeney

Monday, August 06, 2012
Action to end housing crisis
The Newman Government today announced decisive action to end the housing crisis in the state’s mining towns.

It will fast track land releases for housing development freeing up land held by the Urban Land Development Authority (ULDA).

Premier Campbell Newman said today there would be no more fiddling around the edges of the problem as Labor had done.

“We want real impact and we want it fast,” Mr Newman said.

Initial action will accelerate delivery of more than a thousand land allotments in Moranbah and Blackwater.

But the process will quickly expand to other central Queensland towns, Mackay, the Darling Downs, Burnett and Central Queensland coasts, Cairns and Mt Isa.

The Premier said the Government had set a new direction for the ULDA, which was being merged into Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney’s Department of State Development, Infrastructure and Planning.

“Under the previous government, the ULDA’s activity was focussed on delivering housing at the low end of the market and was limited to small releases at a time,” Mr Newman said.

“This will be totally turned around, where appropriate. Land held in Urban Development Areas by the ULDA will be released to the market for housing development.

“There has been obvious market failure in towns like Moranbah and Blackwater where there is an inadequate supply of land and therefore of affordable housing.

“Our action now will change that in the shortest possible time.

“The greatest impact on the affordability of housing the Government can have is to increase land supply to the general market and deliver more lots, more quickly.”

Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney said his department would spend $15 million over the next nine months to deliver 185 housing allotments in Moranbah and Blackwater.

“That land will be available by next March,” Mr Seeney said.

“I have also tasked the ULDA transition team to work closely with Isaac Regional Council to assist it in the early delivery of its Belyando Estate which will deliver 1000 lots to the market.

“Secondly, I have tasked my department and ULDA team to collaborate with Western Downs and Maranoa Regional Councils and the Gladstone Regional Council to identify projects that they can accelerate to deliver housing more quickly in the Surat Basin and Gladstone respectively.

“The Government will work with the private sector to meet land supply demand in some communities to ease the rental pressures currently being faced.”

The Premier said the Government was also conscious that there were other issues being experienced in regional and resource centres which were impacting on the delivery of housing.

“We will work with local councils to identify roadblocks which are preventing housing outcomes as well as opportunities or actions that can deliver early ‘on the ground outcomes’ in key specific towns,” Mr Newman said.

This may involve identifying ‘lazy’ government land which could be utilised to increase housing supply.

The initiative will include a series of workshops in 11 regional centres across Queensland which will provide the team with the chance to talk to people on the ground that are involved in the delivery of housing who know the issues and also the potential opportunities.

These workshops, to be held in the coming weeks, will inform the preparation of a Resource and Regional Town Action Plan for government consideration by December 2012.

Workshops are being held mostly throughout September with the first workshop in Dalby on 29 August. They will be held in the following locations:

• Dalby (including Chinchilla, Wandoan, Miles)
• Roma (including Injune)
• Toowoomba
• Bundaberg
• Gladstone
• Emerald (including Blackwater)
• Rockhampton
• Moranbah (including Clermont, Middlemount and Dysart)
• Mackay
• Mt Isa
• Cairns

[ENDS] 6 August 2012

Media Contact:

Premier’s Office – 3224 4500
Deputy Premier’s Office – 3224 4600