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The Disability Support Pension ensures an adequate level of income for people whose physical, intellectual or psychiatric impairment prevents them from working, or for people who are permanently blind.

As at 1 June 2001 the highest rates of Disability Support Pensioners were found in the local government areas of Central Highlands (76.2 per 1,000 persons) and Tasman (73.9 per 1,000 persons). King Island had the lowest rate of Disability Support Pensioners with 21.5 per 1,000 persons.

RECIPIENTS OF DISABILITY SUPPORT PENSION, 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	895	69.3	12,915	29
	Central Highlands	177	76.2	2,316	39
	Clarence	1,930	38.9	49,594	38
	Derwent Valley	612	65.3	9,373	36
	Glamorgan/Spring Bay	211	52.8	3,989	45
	Glenorchy	2,610	59.3	44,003	37
	Hobart	1,576	33.2	47,446	36
	Huon Valley	774	55.9	13,846	36
	Kingborough	816	27.8	29,379	37
	Sorell	535	48.6	11,004	36
	Southern Midlands	355	61.9	5,730	36
	Tasman	167	73.9	2,259	42
	Total	10,657	46.0	231,854	37
Northern
	Break O'Day	366	63.3	5,781	43
	Dorset	255	34.7	7,339	37
	Flinders	24	27.1	887	43
	George Town	378	58.3	6,491	36
	Launceston	2,669	42.8	62,335	36
	Meander Valley	620	34.3	18,066	36
	Northern Midlands	483	40.5	11,926	37
	West Tamar	732	36.1	20,290	38
	Total	5,527	41.5	133,115	37
Mersey-Lyell
	Burnie	1,067	56.5	18,886	36
	Central Coast	1,095	52.1	21,029	38
	Circular Head	253	31.4	8,047	34
	Devonport	1,362	56.2	24,257	38
	Kentish	251	45.7	5,499	36
	King Island	37	21.5	1,724	38
	Latrobe	342	41.5	8,241	38
	Waratah/Wynyard	765	56.2	13,627	37
	West Coast	283	51.3	5,516	33
	Total	5,456	51.1	106,826	37
Tasmania		21,640	45.9	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.