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The Age Pension seeks to ensure that people who have reached retirement age have an adequate level of income. Subject to an income and assets test, men aged 65 years and over are eligible for the Age Pension. For women, it depends on their date of birth. From 1 July 1995, the minimum age of 60 years for women to receive the Age Pension began to increase. By 2014, the minimum qualifying age for women will be 65 years, making it the same as for men.
At 30 June 2003 the local government area of Break O'Day had the highest rate of persons receiving the Age Pension in the state, with 139.9 recipients per 1,000 persons. Brighton local government area had 63.0 persons receiving the Age Pension per 1,000 persons, the lowest rate in the state.
RECIPIENTS OF AGE PENSION, Tasmanian local government areas(a)(b) |
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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 | 823 | 63.0 | 13,070 | 37 |
 | Central Highlands | 223 | 95.3 | 2,341 | 46 |
 | Clarence | 5,311 | 106.5 | 49,861 | 36 |
 | Derwent Valley | 1,024 | 108.9 | 9,402 | 37 |
 | Glamorgan/Spring Bay | 556 | 136.6 | 4,071 | 48 |
 | Glenorchy | 5,683 | 127.5 | 44,577 | 36 |
 | Hobart | 4,072 | 84.7 | 48,069 | 36 |
 | Huon Valley | 1,383 | 98.2 | 14,080 | 41 |
 | Kingborough | 2,731 | 90.1 | 30,327 | 36 |
 | Sorell | 1,141 | 102.3 | 11,155 | 41 |
 | Southern Midlands | 520 | 90.6 | 5,742 | 37 |
 | Tasman | 278 | 126.4 | 2,199 | 46 |
 | Total | 23,745 | 101.1 | 234,894 | 40 |
Northern |  | | | |
 | Break O'Day | 831 | 139.9 | 5,938 | 37 |
 | Dorset | 871 | 120.1 | 7,254 | 37 |
 | Flinders | 89 | 101.7 | 875 | 48 |
 | George Town | 698 | 104.5 | 6,680 | 44 |
 | Launceston | 6,750 | 106.6 | 63,337 | 36 |
 | Meander Valley | 1,975 | 108.1 | 18,275 | 37 |
 | Northern Midlands | 1,212 | 100.7 | 12,035 | 37 |
 | West Tamar | 2,377 | 115.0 | 20,673 | 36 |
 | Total | 14,803 | 109.6 | 135,067 | 39 |
Mersey-Lyell | | | | |
 | Burnie | 2,154 | 113.2 | 19,029 | 38 |
 | Central Coast | 2,701 | 128.4 | 21,032 | 37 |
 | Circular Head | 650 | 80.4 | 8,086 | 40 |
 | Devonport | 3,005 | 122.3 | 24,567 | 36 |
 | Kentish | 563 | 101.8 | 5,533 | 49 |
 | King Island | 119 | 71.0 | 1,677 | 47 |
 | Latrobe | 1,153 | 135.4 | 8,518 | 45 |
 | Waratah/Wynyard | 1,632 | 121.0 | 13,485 | 39 |
 | West Coast | 460 | 88.6 | 5,189 | 37 |
 | Total | 12,437 | 116.1 | 107,116 | 41 |
Tasmania(e) | 51,016 | 106.9 | 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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