1362.6 - Regional Statistics, Tasmania, 2006  
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YOUTH ALLOWANCE

Youth Allowance, which was introduced by the Commonwealth Government in July 1998, is a payment for young Australians who are either:

    • studying
    • undertaking training
    • looking for work, or
    • temporarily incapacitated.

At 30 June 2003, the Hobart local government area recorded a rate of 38.9 persons receiving Youth Allowance per 1,000 persons, the highest in the state. Glamorgan/Spring Bay recorded the lowest rate in the state with 14.5 recipients per 1,000 persons.


RECIPIENTS OF YOUTH ALLOWANCE, Tasmanian local government areas(a)(b) - 30 June 2003

Recipients
Estimated resident population -
as at 30 June 2003(c)



Local government area

no.

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

no.

median age

Greater Hobart-Southern
Brighton
380
29.1
13,070
37
Central Highlands
64
27.3
2,341
46
Clarence
1,203
24.1
49,861
36
Derwent Valley
230
24.5
9,402
37
Glamorgan/Spring Bay
59
14.5
4,071
48
Glenorchy
1,323
29.7
44,577
36
Hobart
1,868
38.9
48,069
36
Huon Valley
354
25.1
14,080
41
Kingborough
640
21.1
30,327
36
Sorell
305
27.3
11,155
41
Southern Midlands
164
28.6
5,742
37
Tasman
42
19.1
2,199
46
Total
6,632
28.2
234,894
40

Northern
Break O'Day
142
23.9
5,938
37
Dorset
na
na
7,254
37
Flinders
na
na
875
48
George Town
na
na
6,680
44
Launceston
2,024
32.0
63,337
36
Meander Valley
482
26.4
18,275
37
Northern Midlands
215
17.9
12,035
37
West Tamar
na
na
20,673
36
Total
2,863
21.2
135,067
39

Mersey-Lyell
Burnie
583
30.6
19,029
38
Central Coast
495
23.5
21,032
37
Circular Head
137
16.9
8,086
40
Devonport
615
25.0
24,567
36
Kentish
151
27.3
5,533
49
King Island
na
na
1,677
47
Latrobe
na
na
8,518
45
Waratah/Wynyard
332
24.6
13,485
39
West Coast
91
17.5
5,189
37
Total
2,404
22.4
107,116
41

Tasmania(e)
11,899
24.9
477,077
40

na not available
(a) Data have been aggregated to local government areas from postcode data, consequently, some figures have been rounded.
(b) Small area data in this table has been confidentialised. Totals for Tasmania may differ from 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.

(e) Totals for Tasmania include those recipients whose local government area is unknown.
Source: Department of Family and Community Services, data extracted to ABS definitions.



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