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Newstart Mature Age Allowance assists older long-term unemployed people facing difficulties obtaining work.
At 1 June 2001, the local government area of Break O'Day had 7.2 Mature Age Newstart recipients per 1,000 persons. Tasmania recorded a rate of 2.7 recipients per 1,000 persons.
RECIPIENTS OF NEWSTART MATURE AGE ALLOWANCE, Tasmanian local government areas(a)(b) - 1 June 2001 |
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 | | Recipients | Estimated resident population -
as at 30 June 2001(c) |
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Local government area |
no.
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crude rate(d)
(per 1,000 persons)
|
no.
|
median age
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| Greater Hobart-Southern | | | | |
| Brighton | 30 | 2.3 | 12,915 | 29 |
| Central Highlands | 9 | 4.1 | 2,316 | 39 |
| Clarence | 102 | 2.1 | 49,594 | 38 |
| Derwent Valley | 37 | 4.0 | 9,373 | 36 |
| Glamorgan/Spring Bay | 22 | 5.6 | 3,989 | 45 |
| Glenorchy | 123 | 2.8 | 44,003 | 37 |
| Hobart | 60 | 1.3 | 47,446 | 36 |
| Huon Valley | 30 | 2.1 | 13,846 | 36 |
| Kingborough | 53 | 1.8 | 29,379 | 37 |
| Sorell | 38 | 3.4 | 11,004 | 36 |
| Southern Midlands | 6 | 1.1 | 5,730 | 36 |
| Tasman | - | - | 2,259 | 42 |
| Total | 512 | 2.2 | 231,854 | 37 |
Northern | | | | |
| Break O'Day | 41 | 7.2 | 5,781 | 43 |
| Dorset | 16 | 2.2 | 7,339 | 37 |
| Flinders | - | - | 887 | 43 |
| George Town | 25 | 3.8 | 6,491 | 36 |
| Launceston | 167 | 2.7 | 62,335 | 36 |
| Meander Valley | 59 | 3.3 | 18,066 | 36 |
| Northern Midlands | 41 | 3.5 | 11,926 | 37 |
| West Tamar | 82 | 4.1 | 20,290 | 38 |
| Total | 432 | 3.2 | 133,115 | 37 |
Mersey-Lyell | | | | |
| Burnie | 71 | 3.8 | 18,886 | 36 |
| Central Coast | 62 | 3.0 | 21,029 | 38 |
| Circular Head | 10 | 1.3 | 8,047 | 34 |
| Devonport | 81 | 3.3 | 24,257 | 38 |
| Kentish | 28 | 5.1 | 5,499 | 36 |
| King Island | - | - | 1,724 | 38 |
| Latrobe | 36 | 4.3 | 8,241 | 38 |
| Waratah/Wynyard | 46 | 3.4 | 13,627 | 37 |
| West Coast | 15 | 2.7 | 5,516 | 33 |
| Total | 349 | 3.3 | 106,826 | 37 |
Tasmania |
1,293
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2.7
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471,795
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37
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- nil or rounded to zero
(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. |
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