Community advocates are urging the Gympie regionâs housing crisis be fixed as it continues to impact some of the highest socio-economically disadvantaged neighbourhoods in the country.
Census data captured in 2016 (the most recent available) revealed Tin Can Bay and the Toolara Forest areas were not only the most socio-economically disadvantaged in the Gympie region â based on its SEIFA (Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas) score â but in the country; 94 per cent of other Australian suburbs were better off.
This was followed closely by Gympie city.
The northern areas of Curra, Gunalda and Corella had the third highest level of disadvantage in the region, with Cooloola Cove and Rainbow Beach, and the Kilkivan and Goomeri districts rounding out the âtopâ five.