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Age pension

A payment for people who have reached retirement age. To qualify for the Age Pension a male must be aged 65 years, while the age at which a female may qualify depends upon her birth date. There are also other eligibility requirements with regard to assets, income and residency which must be met. This payment is the responsibility of the Australian Government Department of Family and Community Services.

Area of CALM estate (WA)

The Department of Conservation and Land Management (CALM) is vested with land that is managed for conservation. The CALM estate includes reserves that are consistent with the IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature) categories, and other reserves that fall outside of the IUCN categories.

Area on conservation estate (IUCN Class 1-4 Reserves) (WA)

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Categories 1-4 comprise of :

Category 1a defined as Strict Nature Reserve: protected area managed mainly for science. Area of land and/or sea possessing some outstanding or representative ecosystems, geological or physiological features and/or species, available primarily for scientific research and/or environmental monitoring.

Category 1b defined as Wilderness Area: protected area managed mainly for wilderness protection. Large area of unmodified or slightly modified land and/or sea, retaining its natural character and influence, without permanent or significant habitation, which is protected and managed so as to preserve its natural condition.

Category 2 defined as National Park: protected area managed mainly for ecosystem protection and recreation. Natural area of land and/or sea, designated to (a) protect the ecological integrity of one or more ecosystems for present and future generations, (b) exclude exploitation or occupation inimical to the purposes of designation of the area and (c) provide a foundation for spiritual, scientific, educational, recreational and visitor opportunities, all of which must be environmentally and culturally compatible.

Category 3 defined as Natural Monument: protected area managed mainly for conservation of specific natural features. Area containing one or more specific
natural or natural/cultural feature which is of outstanding or unique value because of its inherent rarity, representative, or aesthetic qualities or its cultural significance.

Category 4 defined as Habitat/Species Management Area: protected area managed mainly for conservation through management intervention. Area of land
and/or sea subject to active intervention for management purposes so as to ensure the maintenance of habitats and/or to meet the requirements of specific species.

Assault (WA)

Includes the offences of non-aggravated sexual assault, aggravated sexual assault, non-aggravated assault, and aggravated assault.

Assessed annual value (TAS)
The gross annual income a person owning land might reasonably expect to obtain by letting it to a tenant upon reasonable terms and conditions.

Australian Standard Geographical Classification

The Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) is a classification maintained by the ABS, for the collection and dissemination of geographically classified statistics. The ASGC is updated each year. All data in the 2005 National Regional Profile is presented on ASGC 2003.

Average individual annual taxable income

This is calculated by dividing the total taxable income in an area by the total number of taxable taxpayers.

Average value house prices (QLD)

The total value of all house sales within the year divided by the total number of sales.

Average wage and salary income

This is calculated by dividing the total wage and salary income in an area by the total number of wage and salary earners.

Average total Income of wage and salary earners

For wage and salary earners, this is calculated by dividing the total income by the total number of wage and salary earners.

Bare or poorly vegetated (WA)

Areas carrying little or no vegetation.

Base metals (WA)

Includes Copper By-Product, Copper Concentrates, Copper Cathode, Lead, and Zinc.

Burglary (WA)

Includes burglary to dwelling and to buildings other than dwellings.

Capital value (TAS)

The capital sum which a property might be expected to realise if offered for sale on reasonable terms and conditions.

Clay (WA)

Includes Attapulgite, Clay Shale, Fire Clay, Kaolin and Saponite.

Commercial /industrial property sale (SA)

In South Australia, this refers to the sale of land used for commercial or industrial use within the meaning of the Development Control Regulations (which relate to the South Australian Local Government (Land Use) Regulations, 1989). Shops and offices are included in commercial use while light industry is included in industrial use.

Construction materials (WA)

Includes Aggregate, Gravel, Rock, Sand and Sandstone.

Crude birth rate

The crude birth rate is the number of live births registered during the calendar year per 1,000 estimated resident population at 30 June of that year.

Crude death rate

The crude death rate is the number of deaths registered during the calendar year per 1,000 estimated resident population at 30 June of that year.

Dimension stone (WA)

Includes Granite and Marble.

Disability support pension

A payment for people whose physical, intellectual or psychiatric impairment prevents them from working, or for people who are permanently blind. For the years shown, this payment was the responsibility of the Australian Government Department of Family and Community Services.

Distressed pavement (VIC)

Distressed pavement is defined as 30% of a pavement with more than 10mm rutting together with at least 10% cracking.

Drugs (WA)

Includes: drug offences (traffic) which includes the unlawful sale, supply, cultivation, or manufacture of a prohibited drug or plant; and drug offences (possess) which is the unlawful possession or use of a prohibited drug or plant, or the unlawful possession of a smoking implement.

Drug offences (VIC)

For offences against statute such as the possession and use of illicit drugs, the number of alleged offenders is the counting unit (e.g three offenders are found in possession of cannabis, three offences are recorded).

Dwelling unit

A dwelling unit is a self-contained suite of rooms, including cooking and bathing facilities and intended for long-term residential use. Regardless of whether they are self-contained or not, units within buildings offering institutional care (e.g. hospital) or temporary accommodation (e.g. motels, hostels and holiday apartments) are not defined as dwelling units. Such units are included in the appropriate category of non-residential building approvals. Dwelling units can be created in one of four ways: through new work to create a residential building; through alteration/addition work to an existing residential building; through either new or alteration/addition work on non-residential building or through conversion of a non-residential building to a residential building.

Estimated cost (tourism developments) (WA)

The estimated development cost of the project which does not include the cost of land. Where the overall project comprises both tourism and non-tourism components, the cost is the estimated cost of the tourism component.

Government cash benefit income

Payments (i.e. Government pensions, benefits and allowances) made by Centrelink to 'income support' customers. Refers to income support customers only but includes both their income support and non-income support payments if applicable. Customers who were only on a non-income support payment for the entire year have not been counted and the value of their non-income support payments have not been included. Where a customer was on income support for only part of the year they have been included (as well as their non-income support payments if applicable), but for any period they were only on non-income support payments, the value of the payments received in that period are excluded.

Government Finance Statistics (GFS)

Government Finance Statistics (GFS) refer to statistics that measure the financial transactions of governments and reflect the impact of these transactions on other sectors of the economy. GFS focuses on financial transactions such as governments' spending, lending, taxing and borrowing activities.

Government schools teaching staff (WA)

The number of full-time equivalent teachers.

Graffiti (WA)

Property damage caused by the application of substances (e.g. paint, posters, and/or plastic, metal, or wood based compounds) to the surface of the property.

Most graffiti offences are committed against public property and the number of offences reported during a period can vary due to the strategies and practices adopted by some government agencies, local government authorities, and private enterprise. Graffiti offences are, on occasions, reported by victims in batches rather than individually. This may result in a slight variation in reported graffiti offences over consecutive periods.

Heavy mineral sands (WA)

Includes Garnet Sand, Ilmenite, Upgraded Ilmenite, Leucoxene, Rutile, Staurolite, and Zircon.

Homicide (WA)

Includes driving causing death.

Household

A household is defined as a group of two or more related or unrelated people who usually reside in the same dwelling, who regard themselves as a household, and who make common provision for food or other essentials for living; or a person living in a dwelling who makes provision for his/her own food and other essentials for living, without combining with any other person.

Individual annual taxable income

For an individual, the taxable income is the amount remaining after deducting from assessable income all deductions allowed under the Income Tax Assessment Act for that year and is the amount to which tax rates are applied. Average individual annual taxable income in an area is calculated by dividing the total taxable income by the total number of taxable taxpayers.

Indigenous population

Includes persons of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin.

Industrial pegmatite minerals (WA)

Includes feldspar.

Infringements (WA)

Infringement notices are issued by Police, local government authorities, and various other prosecuting agencies either in person or through the post.

Investment income

Includes interest from financial institutions, net rent and dividends or distributions (including imputation credits) from and Australian company, corporate unit trust or public trading trust. Includes distributions from non-primary production trusts which mainly includes income from investments in cash management trusts, property trusts, money market trusts, mortgage trusts and unit trusts.

Iron ore (WA)

Includes Domestic and Exported iron ore.

Labour force

For any group, persons who were employed or unemployed as defined.

Land value (Tas)

The capital value less a deduction for visible improvements. In the case of vacant land the value is based on sales.

Lettable units (WA)

A lettable unit can be either a motel room, caravan site, chalet, tent site, bunk in a dormitory, cottage, or 2-3 bedroom hotel suite. However, if for example, a two bedroom unit is designed so that each bedroom can be rented separately, then this would be considered to be two lettable units.

Licensed gaming premises (Tas)

The number of gaming premises hosting gaming machines (excluding the Wrest Point Casino in Hobart and Country Club Casino in Launceston).

Livestock products

Includes wool, liquid whole milk, and eggs.

Local government area

Local Government Areas (LGAs) are spatial units which represent the geographical areas of incorporated local government councils. Each LGA has an official status which is indicated by the LGA type : (A) NSW LGA (excluding Cities), (AC) Aboriginal Council, (B) Borough, (C) City, (CGC) Community Government Council, (DC) District Council, (IC) Island Council, (M) Municipality/Municipal Council, (S) Shire, (RC) Rural City, (RegC) Regional Council and (T) Town. The major areas of Australia not administered by incorporated bodies are the northern parts of South Australia, most of the Northern Territory and all of the Australian Capital Territory and the Other Territories. LGAs are made up of one or more statistical local areas (SLAs) .

Machines (Tas)

The number of gaming machines (excluding those from the Wrest Point Casino in Hobart and Country Club Casino in Launceston)

Mean sales price (Tas)

The mean sales price is derived by dividing the total sales value by the number of properties sold for a particular geographical area.

Median value house prices (QLD)

The mid-point of the distribution of recorded house prices.

Medium/high skill occupations

This includes: managers and administrators; professionals; associate professionals; tradespersons and related workers; and advanced clerical and service workers.

Mosaics (WA)

Vegetation which comprises of two or more of the listed categories: forests; woodlands; shrublands; sedgelands; succulent steppe; which are unidentifiable from aerial photography.

Newstart allowance

A payment which provides assistance to working-aged unemployed people, aimed at ensuring recipients participate in activities designed to help their employment prospects. Long term Newstart Allowance customers are those who have been receiving payments for more than 364 days. For the years shown, this payment was the responsibility of the Australian Government Department of Family and Community Services.

Nickel industry (WA)

This industry is involved in the extraction and refinement of the following minerals: Cobalt By-Product; Cobalt Metal; Cobalt Sulphide; Nickel Concentrates; Nickel Metal; Palladium By-Product; and Platinum By-Product.

Non-residential building

A non-residential building is primarily intended for purposes other than long-term residential purposes.

Offences against the person (Vic)

For all crime against the person, the counting unit is the number of principal victims for each separate occurrence of the offence (eg. two persons are assaulted by three offenders - two offences are recorded).

Offences against property (Vic)

For most crime against property, the counting unit is the number of principal victims for each separate occurrence of the offence (eg. two persons suffer property damage inflicted by three offenders - two offences are recorded).

Open forest (WA)

Vegetation dominated by trees at least 3 metres high with a crown cover of at least 50%.

Other (vegetation) (WA)

Includes Health, sparse trees, and tussock grassland.

Other income

Other income reported on the individual tax return that was not allocated to wage and salary income, own unincorporated business income, investment income or superannuation and annuity income.

Other offences (Vic)

For a small number of infrequent offences, such as piracy, the event itself becomes the counting unit.

Other pensions and allowances

These payments contribute to the Total selected income support customer numbers:

• Austudy - The Austudy Payment, introduced 1 July 1998, provides assistance to students aged 25 years and older. It is made to students whose financial circumstances are such that without financial help, full time study would not be possible.
• Carer allowance - A payment for a person providing full-time care to another person who has a physical, intellectual or psychiatric disability and who (for the years shown) received a payment from the Australian Government Department of Family and Community Service or Department of Veteran's Affairs.
• Carer payment - A payment for a person providing full-time care to another person who has a physical, intellectual or psychiatric disability and who (for the years shown) did not receive a payment from the Australian Government Department of Family and Community Service or Department of Veteran's Affairs, subject to an income and assets test on the care recipient.
• Double orphan pension - A payment which provides assistance in meeting the costs of bringing up children who are orphans.
• Exceptional circumstances - This payment provides assistance to farmers living in 'exceptional circumstances' affected areas (e.g. areas affected by drought) who are having difficulty meeting family and personal living expenses.
• Mobility allowance - A payment which provides assistance to disabled people in employment or vocational training, who are unable to use public transport without substantial assistance.
• Newstart mature age allowance - A payment which commenced on 20 March 1994 providing assistance to older, long term unemployed males aged 60 and over, but below the Age Pension age.
• Parenting payment - partnered - The Parenting Payment attempts to ensure that a parent/guardian who is a member of a couple and who has a child under 16 years of age receives an adequate level of income without needing to look for work.
• Partner allowance - This payment provides assistance to older partners of a person receiving Job Search Allowance, Newstart Allowance, Sickness Allowance, Special Benefit, Rehabilitation Allowance, Age Pension, Disability Support pension, Disability Wage Supplement or Mature Age Allowance.
• Sickness allowance - A payment which provides assistance to people who are temporarily incapacitated and unable to work because of sickness or accident.
• Special benefit - A payment which provides assistance to a person in severe financial need due to circumstances outside their control, and for whom no other pension, allowance or other support are available.
• Widow allowance - A payment which commenced in January 1995, that assists women who become widowed, divorced or separated after turning 50 years of age, and who have no recent workforce experience.
• Wife pension - A payment which assists the wife of an Age or Disability Support pensioner, when the wife is not eligible for any other pension. The Wife Pension is being phased out from 1 July 1995.
• Widow class B - A payment which provides income to certain widows who do not have any dependent children, have limited means of income, and have lost the financial support of their partner. The Widow B Pension is gradually being phased out from 1 July 1987.

• Major cities - imposes minimal restriction
• Inner regional - imposes some restriction
• Outer regional - imposes moderate restriction
• Remote - imposes a high restriction
• Very remote - imposes the highest restriction

• Its major activity is the provision of full-time day primary or secondary education or the provision of primary or secondary distance education.
• It is headed by a principal (or equivalent) responsible for its internal operation.
• It is possible for students to enrol for a minimum of 4 continuous weeks, excluding breaks for school vacations.

• mental or physical disability or impairment;
• slow learning ability;
• social or emotional problems;
• in custody, on remand, or in hospital.