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YOUTH ALLOWANCE

Youth Allowance, which was introduced by the Commonwealth Government in July 1998, is a payment for young Australians who are either:

• studying
  
• undertaking training
  
• looking for work, or
  
• temporarily incapacitated.

RECIPIENTS OF YOUTH ALLOWANCE, 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	380	29.1	13,070	37
	Central Highlands	64	27.3	2,341	46
	Clarence	1,203	24.1	49,861	36
	Derwent Valley	230	24.5	9,402	37
	Glamorgan/Spring Bay	59	14.5	4,071	48
	Glenorchy	1,323	29.7	44,577	36
	Hobart	1,868	38.9	48,069	36
	Huon Valley	354	25.1	14,080	41
	Kingborough	640	21.1	30,327	36
	Sorell	305	27.3	11,155	41
	Southern Midlands	164	28.6	5,742	37
	Tasman	42	19.1	2,199	46
	Total	6,632	28.2	234,894	40
Northern
	Break O'Day	142	23.9	5,938	37
	Dorset	na	na	7,254	37
	Flinders	na	na	875	48
	George Town	na	na	6,680	44
	Launceston	2,024	32.0	63,337	36
	Meander Valley	482	26.4	18,275	37
	Northern Midlands	215	17.9	12,035	37
	West Tamar	na	na	20,673	36
	Total	2,863	21.2	135,067	39
Mersey-Lyell
	Burnie	583	30.6	19,029	38
	Central Coast	495	23.5	21,032	37
	Circular Head	137	16.9	8,086	40
	Devonport	615	25.0	24,567	36
	Kentish	151	27.3	5,533	49
	King Island	na	na	1,677	47
	Latrobe	na	na	8,518	45
	Waratah/Wynyard	332	24.6	13,485	39
	West Coast	91	17.5	5,189	37
	Total	2,404	22.4	107,116	41
Tasmania(e)		11,899	24.9	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 for Tasmania include those recipients whose local government area is unknown. Source: Department of Family and Community Services, data extracted to ABS definitions.