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Sunshine Coast residents rated their current personal financial circumstances 6.1/10, higher than the Australian average (5.7)

Financial circumstances in Sunshine Coast in 2025

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
Australia
5.7
Regional Australia
5.7
Queensland
5.6
South East Queensland
5.5
Collected April 2025

Sunshine Coast residents rated their current Personal Financial Circumstances an average of 6.1 out of 10, higher than Australia 2025 (5.7), Regional Australia: 2025 (5.7), Queensland: 2025 (5.6), and South East Queensland: 2025 (5.5).

Residents rated their current personal financial circumstances an average of 6.1 out of 10. When asked about the future, 24% 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 2025 (n = 1512)
6.1
Very poor
Excellent
Sunshine Coast
2021
6.3
2022
6.3
2023
6.1
2024
6.0
2025
6.1
Sunshine Coast 2025 (n = 1512)
27%
50%
24%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Sunshine Coast
2021
16%
60%
25%
2022
23%
55%
21%
2023
30%
50%
20%
2024
27%
52%
21%
2025
27%
50%
24%
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 2025
Always late
2%
Often late
5%
Sometimes late
24%
Never late
69%
Sunshine Coast
2021
72%
23%
3%
2%
2022
75%
21%
2%
1%
2023
73%
22%
4%
1%
2024
70%
25%
5%
1%
2025
69%
24%
5%
2%
Sunshine Coast 2025 (n = 1512)
47%
43%
10%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Sunshine Coast
2021
29%
51%
20%
2022
41%
43%
16%
2023
47%
43%
9%
2024
46%
45%
10%
2025
47%
43%
10%