1362.6 - Regional Statistics, Tasmania, 2005  
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Family tax benefit is split into two payments:

  • Part A is designed to help parents or guardians of children with the cost of raising those children
  • Part B provides extra assistance to single income families, including sole parents, and especially families with a child under 5 years of age.

At 1 June 2001 there were 268.6 Family Tax Benefit recipients per 1,000 persons in the local government area of Brighton, the highest rate in Tasmania. Hobart had the lowest rate with 110.6 recipients per 1,000 persons.


RECIPIENTS OF FAMILY TAX BENEFIT, Tasmanian local government areas(a)(b) - 1 June 2001

Recipients
Estimated resident population -
as at 30 June 2001(c)



Local government area

no.

crude rate(d)
(per 1,000 persons)

no.

median age

Greater Hobart-Southern
Brighton
3,470
268.6
12,915
29
Central Highlands
588
253.8
2,316
39
Clarence
8,261
166.6
49,594
38
Derwent Valley
1,932
206.1
9,373
36
Glamorgan/Spring Bay
653
163.6
3,989
45
Glenorchy
8,241
187.3
44,003
37
Hobart
5,247
110.6
47,446
36
Huon Valley
2,777
200.6
13,846
36
Kingborough
4,989
169.8
29,379
37
Sorell
2,382
216.5
11,004
36
Southern Midlands
1,189
207.5
5,730
36
Tasman
399
176.6
2,259
42
Total
40,127
173.1
231,854
37

Northern
Break O'Day
1,011
174.8
5,781
43
Dorset
1,402
191.1
7,339
37
Flinders
156
175.9
887
43
George Town
1,320
203.4
6,491
36
Launceston
10,914
175.1
62,335
36
Meander Valley
2,900
160.5
18,066
36
Northern Midlands
2,228
186.9
11,926
37
West Tamar
3,570
175.9
20,290
38
Total
23,502
176.6
133,115
37

Mersey-Lyell
Burnie
3,501
185.4
18,886
36
Central Coast
3,759
178.8
21,029
38
Circular Head
1,498
186.2
8,047
34
Devonport
4,681
193.0
24,257
38
Kentish
1,013
184.2
5,499
36
King Island
225
130.5
1,724
38
Latrobe
1,366
165.7
8,241
38
Waratah/Wynyard
2,696
197.9
13,627
37
West Coast
1,050
190.3
5,516
33
Total
19,789
185.2
106,826
37

Tasmania

83,419

176.8

471,795

37

(a) Data have been aggregated to local government areas from postcode data supplied by Centrelink. Consequently, some figures have been rounded.
(b) Small area data in this table has been confidentialised. Totals for Tasmania may differ to those published in Statistics - Tasmania.
(c) Source: ABS data available on request, Population by Age and Sex.
(d) This is a crude rate only. It has not been adjusted to take into account the population eligible to receive payment. Therefore, care should be taken when interpreting figures.

Source: Centrelink.



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