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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 |
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 |  | Recipients | Estimated resident population -
as at 30 June 2003(c) |
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Local government area |
no.
|
crude rate(d)
(per 1,000 persons)
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no.
|
median age
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| 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 |
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(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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