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PARENTING PAYMENT

The Parenting Payment for single people is paid to primary carers of at least one child aged under 8.

For further information about Parenting Payment see http://www.centrelink.gov.au and follow these headings: Individuals, Parent or Guardian, Payments to help you raise children, Parenting Payment.

As at 30 June 2003, there were 45.2 persons receiving the Parenting Payment per 1,000 persons in the local government area of Brighton, the highest rate in the state. Hobart recorded 15.6 recipients per 1,000 persons, the lowest rate in the state.

RECIPIENTS OF PARENTING PAYMENT (SINGLE), 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	591	45.2	13,070	37
	Central Highlands	93	39.7	2,341	46
	Clarence	1,331	26.7	49,861	36
	Derwent Valley	311	33.1	9,402	37
	Glamorgan/Spring Bay	95	23.3	4,071	48
	Glenorchy	1,620	36.3	44,577	36
	Hobart	749	15.6	48,069	36
	Huon Valley	419	29.8	14,080	41
	Kingborough	595	19.6	30,327	36
	Sorell	394	35.3	11,155	41
	Southern Midlands	221	38.5	5,742	37
	Tasman	61	27.7	2,199	46
	Total	6,480	27.6	234,894	40
Northern
	Break O'Day	178	30.0	5,938	37
	Dorset	162	22.3	7,254	37
	Flinders	36	41.1	875	48
	George Town	na	na	6,680	44
	Launceston	1,848	29.2	63,337	36
	Meander Valley	449	24.6	18,275	37
	Northern Midlands	247	20.5	12,035	37
	West Tamar	na	na	20,673	36
	Total	2,920	21.6	135,067	39
Mersey-Lyell
	Burnie	664	34.9	19,029	38
	Central Coast	530	25.2	21,032	37
	Circular Head	162	20.0	8,086	40
	Devonport	817	33.3	24,567	36
	Kentish	148	26.7	5,533	49
	King Island	na	na	1,677	47
	Latrobe	na	na	8,518	45
	Waratah/Wynyard	401	29.7	13,485	39
	West Coast	142	27.4	5,189	37
	Total	2,864	26.7	107,116	41
Tasmania(e)		12,264	25.7	477,077	40
na not available (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 derived only from the available data. Source: Department of Family and Community Services, data extracted to ABS definitions.