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Recipients of Department of Family and Community Services benefits may also be eligible for a range of supplementary payments and entitlements, including rent assistance.

At 1 June 2001, the highest proportion of Rent Assistance recipients was located in the Hobart local government area (74.3 recipients per 1,000 persons), while the lowest rate of recipients were located in King Island local government area (25.5 recipients per 1,000 persons).

RECIPIENTS OF RENT ASSISTANCE, 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	460	35.6	12,915	29
	Central Highlands	121	52.5	2,316	39
	Clarence	1,833	37.0	49,594	38
	Derwent Valley	493	52.6	9,373	36
	Glamorgan/Spring Bay	214	53.6	3,989	45
	Glenorchy	2,858	64.9	44,003	37
	Hobart	3,527	74.3	47,446	36
	Huon Valley	791	57.1	13,846	36
	Kingborough	1,061	36.1	29,379	37
	Sorell	626	56.8	11,004	36
	Southern Midlands	200	34.9	5,730	36
	Tasman	114	50.5	2,259	42
	Total	12,298	53.0	231,854	37
Northern
	Break O'Day	361	62.4	5,781	43
	Dorset	298	40.6	7,339	37
	Flinders	38	42.8	887	43
	George Town	318	49.0	6,491	36
	Launceston	3,964	63.6	62,335	36
	Meander Valley	795	44.0	18,066	36
	Northern Midlands	534	44.7	11,926	37
	West Tamar	986	48.6	20,290	38
	Total	7,293	54.8	133,115	37
Mersey-Lyell
	Burnie	1,001	53.0	18,886	36
	Central Coast	1,059	50.4	21,029	38
	Circular Head	257	31.9	8,047	34
	Devonport	1,485	61.2	24,257	38
	Kentish	223	40.5	5,499	36
	King Island	44	25.5	1,724	38
	Latrobe	473	57.3	8,241	38
	Waratah/Wynyard	689	50.6	13,627	37
	West Coast	169	30.6	5,516	33
	Total	5,399	50.5	106,826	37
Tasmania		24,990	53.0	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.