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Sunshine Coast residents rated their current personal financial circumstances 6.0/10, similar to the Australian average (6.0)

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Financial circumstances in Sunshine Coast in 2024

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 2023
6.1
Australia: 2024
6.0
Queensland: 2024
6.0
South East Queensland: 2024
6.1
Regional Australia: 2024
5.8
Collected May 2024

Sunshine Coast residents rated their current Personal Financial Circumstances an average of 6.0 out of 10, consistent with Australia: 2024 (6.0) and Queensland: 2024 (6.0), higher than Regional Australia: 2024 (5.8), and lower than South East Queensland: 2024 (6.1).

Residents rated their current personal financial circumstances an average of 6.0 out of 10. When asked about the future, 21% forecast that their personal financial circumstances will get better in 12 months and 27% 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 2024 (n = 1944)
6.0
Very poor
Excellent
August 2023 (n = 1734)
6.1
Very poor
Excellent
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Sunshine Coast 2024 (n = 1944)
27%
52%
21%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
August 2023 (n = 1734)
30%
50%
20%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
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 2024 (n = 1849)
August 2023 (n = 1637)
Always late
1%
1%
Often late
5%
4%
Sometimes late
25%
22%
Never late
70%
73%
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Sunshine Coast 2024 (n = 1944)
46%
45%
10%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
August 2023 (n = 1734)
47%
43%
9%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Significantly higher
Significantly lower