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MORETON BAY QUEENSLAND Introducing Ningi Published: November 2017 www.capitalwealth.net.au ph: 1300 559 183 2 Table of Contents Welcome to Ningi .......................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Moreton Bay Region - towns and localities ........................................................................................................................ 5 Location ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 6 Location - Ningi .............................................................................................................................................................................. 7 Demographics 9 Key Facts ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 10 Infrastructure 13 Redcliffe Peninsula Line (Moreton Bay Rail Link) ........................................................................................................ 14 Sunshine Coast University Hospital .................................................................................................................................... 15 North East Business Park ........................................................................................................................................................ 16 In the News 17 Moreton Bay’s 2016-17 Annual Report Reveals Strong Economic Position ..................................................... 18 Planning the future of jobs in Moreton Bay Region ..................................................................................................... 20 Education 21 University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) ............................................................................................................................ 22 Entertainment & Tourism 23 Bribie Island ................................................................................................................................................................................. 24 Sandstone Point Hotel .............................................................................................................................................................. 25 Contact Us 27 3 Welcome to Ningi Ningi Bribie Island bridge Caboolture River Ningi is a suburb north of Brisbane. Its local government area is the Moreton Bay Region. Moreton Bay is the third largest local government area in Australia behind the City of Brisbane and Gold Coast City. Ningi is approximately 30 square kilometres and is located within the Caboolture District. It is close to both Caboolture City and Bribie Island. The main township of Ningi is located on Bribie Island Road. Ningi is surrounded by developments ranging from acreage to half acre blocks many of which are classified as rural residential as well as rural properties and state forests. Other localities around Ningi are Toorbul, Banksia Beach, Bellara, Beachmere, Godwin Beach and Sandstone Point which is home to the award winning Sandstone Point Hotel. Source: realestate.com.au, Wikipedia 4 Moreton Bay Region - towns and localities The Moreton Bay Region includes the following settlements: Redcliffe area Rural localities: Wights Mountain Bracalba Redcliffe Armstrong Creek Yugar Campbells Pocket Clontarf Bunya Caboolture Cedarton Deception Bay Camp Mountain area Commissioners Flat Kippa-Ring Cashmere Coastal D'Aguilar Margate Cedar Creek Caboolture region: Delaneys Creek Newport Clear Mountain Beachmere Moorina Rothwell Closeburn Bellmere Mount Delaney Scarborough Dakabin Burpengary Mount Mee Woody Point Dayboro Burpengary East Neurum Rocksberg Pine Rivers area Draper Caboolture Highvale Caboolture South Stanmore Urban suburbs: Jollys Lookout Deception Bay Stony Creek Albany Creek Joyner Donnybrook Wamuran Arana Hills King Scrub Elimbah Wamuran Basin Bray Park Kobble Creek Godwin Beach Woodford Brendale Meldale Bribie Island: Eatons Hill Kurwongbah Moodlu Everton Hills Laceys Creek Banksia Beach Morayfield Ferny Hills Mount Glorious Bellara Narangba Griffin Mount Nebo Bongaree Ningi Kallangur Mount Pleasant Bribie Island NP: Sandstone Point Lawnton Mount Samson Welsby Toorbul Mango Hill Ocean View White Patch Upper Caboolture Murrumba Downs Rush Creek Woorim Inland Caboolture North Lakes Samford Valley region: Petrie Samford Village Bellthorpe Strathpine Samsonvale Booroobin Warner Whiteside 5 Location The Moreton Bay Region is located in south-east Queensland, between 20 and 44 kilometres north of the Brisbane CBD. The Moreton Bay Region is bounded by the Sunshine Coast Council area in the north, the Coral Sea and Moreton Bay in the east, Brisbane City in the south, and the Somerset Regional Council area in the west. The land area of the Moreton Bay Region is approximately 2037 square kilometres. 6 Location - Ningi Ningi Ningi is about 45 kilometres away from the capital city of Brisbane. The transportation services of Ningi are mainly connected by the closest train station which is Caboolture train station. There’s is also easy access via the Brisbane International Airport which is only a 45 min drive south of Ningi. Caboolture is considered to be the northernmost urban area of the greater Brisbane metropolitan region within South East Queensland, and it marks the end of the Brisbane suburban commuter railway service along the North Coast railway line. Caboolture is a regional transport hub. With its connections across the Great Dividing Range via the D'Aguilar Highway, easy highway access to Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast via the Bruce Highway, and the Bribie Island Bribie Island is the smallest and Road to Bribie Island, it is a focal point most northerly of three major sand for road traffic. islands forming the coastline sheltering the northern part of Moreton Bay. The others are Moreton Island and North Stradbroke Island. Bribie Island is 34 km long, and 8 km at its widest. Source: ourbribie.com.au 7 8 Demographics 9 Key Facts The following figures are taken from the 2016 Census Population In the 2016 Census Usual Resident Population of • Ningi was 4675 • Moreton Bay Region was 425,302 The Estimated Residential Population for Moreton Bay in • 2017 is 434,000 people • 2031 increasing to 533,000 People In the 2016 Census • 49% of the people were male and 51% were female • the median age group is 39 years old • 53.9% were married, and 12.9% were either divorced or separated • There were 1260 families; • 43.8% were couple families with children • 40.4% were couple families without children • 15.1% were one parent families • 0.7% other Education In Ningi 32% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these; • 31.8% were in primary school • 21.8% in secondary school • 11.3% in a tertiary or technical institution. 10 Private dwellings in Ningi In Ningi there were 1,753 private dwellings. Of these; • 93.3% were occupied and 6.7% were unoccupied • 98.1% were separate houses • 27.3% were of the occupied dwellings were owned outright • 40.2% were owned with a mortgage • 30.3% were rented. Employment There were 1,953 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ningi. • 52.5% were employed full time • 31.7% were employed part-time • 9.1% were unemployed. Occupation The most common occupations in Ningi included: • Technicians and Trades Workers 19.4% • Labourers 13.1% • Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.1% • Community and Personal Service Workers 11.9% • Sales Workers 11.5% Area of employment: • 4.2% worked in Supermarket and Grocery Stores • Aged Care Residential Services 3.8% • Road Freight Transport 3.2% • Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 3% • Takeaway Food Services 2.9% 11 Moreton Bay Region Council adopted the new Corporate Plan 2017-2022 on 18 April 2017. The plan responds directly to the Moreton Bay Region Vision, which was developed in partnership with the community: “A thriving region of opportunity where our communities enjoy a vibrant lifestyle” The vision is structured around three key themes: 1. Creating opportunities; 2. Strengthening communities; and 3. Valuing lifestyle. Source: A copy of the plan is available at moretonbay.qld.gov.au This document brings together a collaborative approach across government, business and the community to ensure that the regions residents and businesses benefit from this growth. Shane Newcombe, Chair Regional Development Australia Moreton Bay Inc. 12 Infrastructure 13 Redcliffe Peninsula Line (Moreton Bay Rail Link) The Redcliffe Peninsula Line is a 12.6 km dual-track passenger rail line between Petrie and Kippa- Ring, including 6 rail stations at Kallangur, Murrumba Downs, Mango Hill, Mango Hill East, Rothwell and Kippa-Ring. The new rail line is part of a $1.2 billion program of public transport improvements for the Moreton Bay Region, funded by the Australian Government, Queensland Government and Moreton Bay Regional Council, which includes the rail line, Petrie to Lawnton track duplication and the Rothwell Intersection Upgrade. Current status Train services are operating on the Redcliffe Peninsula Line, previously the Moreton Bay Rail Link. Benefits The Moreton Bay Rail will: • provide a more reliable, economical, and faster alternative to driving to Brisbane's Central Business District during