1362.3 - Regional Statistics, Queensland, 2002

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Explanatory Notes Glossary	Age pension A Commonwealth Department of Family and Community Services payment for people who have reached retirement age. To qualify for the Age Pension a male must be aged 65 years while the age at which a female may qualify depends upon her birth date. The qualifying age for females is being increased gradually to 65 years between 1 July 1995 and 1 July 2013. Other eligibility requirements that apply can be referenced to the Department’s publication Income Support Customers - a statistical overview. Agricultural establishment An establishment which is engaged mainly in agricultural activities. Area of holdings Includes all occupied and maintained land owned, leased or rented, land worked by sharefarmers and all road permits. Excludes land leased or rented to others. Birth The delivery of a child, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy, who, after being born, breathes or shows any evidence of life such as heartbeat. Census counts The Census enumerates people where they were located on Census night. Most standard output products from the Census provide characteristics of people on this place of enumeration basis. Census counts by place of enumeration: include overseas visitors for Age, Sex and Registered Marital Status exclude overseas visitors for all other person variables exclude Australian residents temporarily overseas. Census data are also available on place of usual residence. Census counts by place of usual residence exclude overseas visitors and Australian residents temporarily overseas. Death For the purposes of the Deaths and Causes of Death collections conducted by the ABS, a death refers to any death which occurs in, or en route to Australia and is registered with a state or territory Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Estimated resident population (ERP) The estimated resident population is the official measure of the population of Australia and is based on the concept of residence. It refers to all people, regardless of nationality or citizenship, who usually live in Australia, with the exception of foreign diplomatic personnel and their families. It includes usual residents who are overseas for less than 12 months. It excludes overseas visitors who are in Australia for less than 12 months. Individual taxable income Individual taxable income is the sum of income from all sources as reported on the individual income tax return for the financial year. Included is income received from wages and salaries, own business, investments and government pensions, benefits or allowances. Internet service providers Resident Australian individuals or businesses offering Internet access services to customers. Labour force For any group, persons who were employed or unemployed. Local government area A local government area is the spatial unit which represents the whole, undivided geographical area of responsibility of an incorporated local government council. In Queensland these include cities, towns and shires. Local government areas are made up of one or more statistical local areas. Mature age allowance A Commonwealth Department of Family and Community Services payment that provides assistance to older, long-term unemployed people aged 60 years and over, but below the age pension age. Also included under this category is the mature age partner allowance paid to people below the Age Pension age and who are partners of people receiving the mature age allowance. Median age The age at which half the population is older and half is younger. Motor vehicle registration Motor vehicle registration refers to all vehicles registered with a state or territory government motor vehicle registry for unrestricted use on public roads with the following exceptions: diplomatic vehicles vehicles registered by the defence forces. Newstart allowance A Commonwealth Department of Family and Community Services payment, for working-aged persons who are unemployed, aimed at ensuring recipients participate in activities designed to help their employment prospects. From September 1996, job search allowance and what was then known as Newstart allowance were combined into a single payment called Newstart allowance. Non-residential building A non-residential building is primarily intended for purposes other than long-term residential purposes. Participation rate For any group, the labour force expressed as a percentage of the civilian population aged 15 and over in the same group. Permanent arrivals Permanent arrivals (settler) comprise: travellers who hold migrant visas (regardless of stated intended period of stay) New Zealand citizens who indicate an intention to settle those who are otherwise eligible to settle (e.g. overseas-born children of Australian citizens). Point of Presence A server in a geographic location where an ISP can be accessed by a subscriber via access lines. Residential building A residential building is a building consisting of one or more dwelling units. Residential buildings can be either houses or other residential buildings which are primarily used for long-term residential purposes. Room occupancy rate Occupancy rates represent occupancy expressed as a percentage of total capacity available during the survey period, e.g. for the period providing that, for establishments closing (other than for seasonal reasons) or opening during the survey period, the denominator of the above expression includes only operating periods. Social security customers For the purpose of this publication the term total social security customers is defined as the total number of persons receiving income support from the Commonwealth Department of Family and Community Services. This list was developed in conjunction with Centrelink. It provides a measure of total customers which, although not absolutely precise, overcomes the difficulty that some people receive more than one payment type. Statistical district Statistical districts are predominantly urban areas, the boundaries of which are designed to contain the anticipated urban spread of the area for at least 20 years. They are generally defined as containing an urban centre population of 25,000 or more. Statistical division Statistical divisions consist of one or more statistical subdivisions and form the largest and most stable spatial unit for the presentation of data. Statistical divisions aggregate to form a state or territory without gaps or overlaps. Statistical local areas The statistical local area is a general purpose spatial unit. It is the base spatial unit used by the ABS to collect and disseminate statistics other than those collected from the population census. Takings from accommodation Takings from accommodation include gross revenue from the provision of accommodation. Takings from meals are excluded. Tourism establishments From the March quarter 1998, the scope of the survey of tourist accommodation has included licensed hotels, motels and guest houses and serviced apartments with 15 or more rooms or units. Unemployment rate For any group, the number of unemployed persons expressed as a percentage of the labour force in the same group. Value of agricultural commodities produced The value placed on recorded production at wholesale prices realised in the market place. Wage and salary earners Persons aged 15 years and over who have submitted an individual income tax return and for whom wage and salary income was the principal source of income for the financial year. Youth allowance The Commonwealth Department of Family and Community Services payment provides income support for persons aged 16-24 years old and a full-time student or persons aged 18-20 years old and looking for work full-time or combining part-time study and looking for work. Youth Allowance replaced Youth Training Allowance and Austudy for those under 25 from 1 July 1998. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.