1362.6 - Regional Statistics, Tasmania, 2006  
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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 30 June 2003 there were 145.4 persons receiving the Family Tax Benefit per 1,000 persons in the local government area of Brighton, the highest rate in Tasmania. Hobart had the lowest rate with 65.2 recipients per 1,000 persons.

RECIPIENTS OF FAMILY TAX BENEFIT, 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
1,901
145.4
13,070
37
Central Highlands
308
131.6
2,341
46
Clarence
4,959
99.5
49,861
36
Derwent Valley
1,148
122.1
9,402
37
Glamorgan/Spring Bay
391
96.0
4,071
48
Glenorchy
5,048
113.2
44,577
36
Hobart
3,133
65.2
48,069
36
Huon Valley
1,664
118.2
14,080
41
Kingborough
3,037
100.1
30,327
36
Sorell
1,423
127.6
11,155
41
Southern Midlands
774
134.8
5,742
37
Tasman
224
101.9
2,199
46
Total
24,010
102.2
234,894
40

Northern
Break O'Day
636
107.1
5,938
37
Dorset
760
104.8
7,254
37
Flinders
96
109.7
875
48
George Town
755
113.0
6,680
44
Launceston
6,395
101.0
63,337
36
Meander Valley
1,986
108.7
18,275
37
Northern Midlands
1,301
108.1
12,035
37
West Tamar
2,241
108.4
20,673
36
Total
14,170
104.9
135,067
39

Mersey-Lyell
Burnie
2,174
114.2
19,029
38
Central Coast
2,196
104.4
21,032
37
Circular Head
933
115.4
8,086
40
Devonport
2,729
111.1
24,567
36
Kentish
647
116.9
5,533
49
King Island
135
80.5
1,677
47
Latrobe
925
108.6
8,518
45
Waratah/Wynyard
1,505
111.6
13,485
39
West Coast
541
104.3
5,189
37
Total
11,785
110.0
107,116
41

Tasmania(e)
50,009
104.8
477,077
40
(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 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: Centrelink.



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