Queensland's rules for registration, worker screening clearances and blue cards, and the compulsory registration of supported independent living providers from 1 July 2026, are summarised on our Brisbane NDIS provider page. They apply here unchanged, so this section covers what's particular to the coast.
The NDIA's Maroochydore service district takes in the Sunshine Coast, Noosa and Gympie council areas. On 30 June 2026 the Sunshine Coast council area had 10,988 participants, up from 7,183 four years earlier; Noosa had 1,334 and Gympie 2,482. Carers QLD delivers local area coordination for people aged 9 to 64 on the Sunshine Coast, and BUSHkids is the early childhood partner for children younger than 6 with developmental delay or younger than 9 with disability.
The age profile is the main thing that sets the region apart. In the ABS's June 2025 estimates, the Sunshine Coast's median age was 42.9 and 22.0% of residents were 65 or older; in Noosa the figures were 51.3 and 29.2%, against 35.8 and 13.3% in Brisbane. A person must be younger than 65 when they apply for the NDIS, and older people needing help at home go through the aged care system, where Support at Home replaced Home Care Packages and Short-Term Restorative Care on 1 November 2025. A provider working on both sides should make the difference obvious on its website.
Participants aren't concentrated on the beachfront. In the NDIA's figures by statistical area, Caloundra – West had 1,362 participants, Nambour 1,146, Landsborough 718 and the Noosa Hinterland 661, while Mooloolaba – Alexandra Headland had 241 and Noosa Heads 79. A provider listing only the coastal centres could be leaving out several of the areas with the most participants.
Noosa Shire and Sunshine Coast Council are separate councils, and both the ABS and the NDIA count them separately, so "Sunshine Coast" and "Noosa" are separate searches even though the NDIA puts them in one service district. We're an Adelaide team and work with Sunshine Coast providers by phone and email: you send your supports, areas and registration details, we build the draft, and you pay once you've approved it.