Financial circumstances in Sunshine Coast

The section reports on your residents’ current and future personal financial circumstances, their ability to meet commitments and how they feel about the future economic prospects of their local area. It gives you the capability to explore how your residents’ views regarding their health compare beyond, across and within your LGA.

Sunshine Coast Current Financial Circumstances
Sunshine Coast 2021
6.3
Australia: 2023
6.1
Queensland: 2023
5.9
South East Queensland: 2023
5.8
Collected August 2023

Sunshine Coast residents rated their current Personal Financial Circumstances an average of 6.1 out of 10, consistent with Australia: 2023 (6.1), higher than Queensland: 2023 (5.9) and South East Queensland: 2023 (5.8), and lower than Sunshine Coast 2021 (6.3).

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Residents rated their current personal financial circumstances an average of 6.1 out of 10. When asked about the future, 20% forecast that their personal financial circumstances will get better in 12 months and 30% believe they will get worse.
How would you rate your personal financial circumstances?
Do you think your personal financial circumstance will get worse, stay the same or get better over the next year?
Sunshine Coast (n = 1734)
6.1
Very poor
Excellent
April 2022 (n = 1531)
6.3
Very poor
Excellent
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Significantly lower
Sunshine Coast (n = 1734)
30%
50%
20%
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Stay the same
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April 2022 (n = 1531)
23%
55%
21%
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How often, if ever, are you late meeting your financial commitments?
Do you think the economic situation in your local area will get worse, stay the same or get better over the next year?
Sunshine Coast (n = 1637)
April 2022 (n = 1434)
Always late
1%
1%
Often late
4%
2%
Sometimes late
22%
21%
Never late
73%
75%
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Significantly lower
Sunshine Coast (n = 1734)
47%
43%
9%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
April 2022 (n = 1531)
41%
43%
16%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
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Significantly lower