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State Growth Tasmania

JobSeeker and Youth Allowance recipients

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In May 2024 there were 24,480 JobSeeker and Youth Allowance recipients in State Growth Tasmania.

This new dataset released by the Department of Social Services is updated monthly. This represents the number of people who are eligible recipients of JobSeeker allowance (generally aged 22+) and youth allowance (excluding students, generally aged 21 and under). To be eligible for JobSeeker, which replaced Newstart allowance in March 2020, participants must be unemployed and looking for work, though certain activity criteria have been relaxed during the COVID-19 period.

JobSeeker rates are a good updated measure of socio-economic disadvantage in an area, and should be looked at in conjunction with 2016 Census SEIFA indexes, employment status, income and education levels. They can also provide an indication of which areas within your region are most affected by the impacts of COVID-19 containment measures.

JobSeeker data are shown for Local Government Areas, and SA2s which have a significant population within the LGA or region.

JobSeeker
Current monthMay 2024July 2023
Region - LGA/SA2JobSeeker and youth allowance recipients% of 15-64 age populationJobSeeker and Youth allowance recipients % of 15-64 age populationChange
Tasmania24,4807.024,7007.1-220
Albury2,4937.22,4377.1+56
Armidale Regional1,7599.61,6489.0+111
Ballina1,5656.01,4855.7+80
Balranald534.0564.3-3
Bathurst Regional1,4285.21,4165.2+12
Bayside (NSW)4,0523.33,8443.1+208
Bega Valley1,3286.61,3376.7-9
Bellingen7249.77399.9-15
Berrigan3076.82986.6+9
Blacktown14,3695.513,4385.1+931
Bland1504.71655.2-15
Blayney2305.21954.4+35
Blue Mountains1,8373.91,8323.9+5
Bogan15210.316311.0-11
Bourke32622.034323.2-17
Brewarrina19322.320323.4-10
Broken Hill1,20511.51,24511.9-40
Burwood8452.98012.7+44
Byron2,0408.61,9708.3+70
Cabonne3103.92983.7+12
Camden2,3613.12,1382.8+223
Campbelltown (NSW)7,6746.77,4206.5+254
Canada Bay1,1311.91,0231.7+108
Canterbury-Bankstown15,1386.314,4586.0+680
Carrathool764.1814.3-5
Central Coast (NSW)12,8656.212,6056.1+260
Central Darling19418.119418.10
Cessnock2,9907.53,0387.6-48
Clarence Valley3,09510.13,08710.1+8
Cobar1756.81706.6+5
Coffs Harbour3,9118.43,9888.6-77
Coolamon953.8963.9-1
Coonamble31514.333315.1-18
Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional3906.33956.4-5
Cowra6829.56929.6-10
Cumberland10,2406.49,3575.8+883
Dubbo Regional2,4107.12,5247.4-114
Dungog3005.33155.6-15
Edward River3627.43747.7-12
Eurobodalla1,7798.21,8068.3-27
Fairfield13,5579.913,80510.1-248
Federation4526.54626.6-10
Forbes3506.63686.9-18
Georges River3,5603.53,3583.3+202
Gilgandra24410.026410.8-20
Glen Innes Severn64012.763012.5+10
Goulburn Mulwaree1,2076.21,1966.1+11
Greater Hume Shire2473.82433.8+4
Griffith7914.68114.7-20
Gunnedah5457.25507.2-5
Gwydir2087.92318.7-23
Hawkesbury1,7194.01,6503.8+69
Hay1056.01005.7+5
Hilltops7576.97626.9-5
Hornsby1,9042.01,7501.8+154
Hunters Hill1682.11491.9+19
Inner West4,7313.64,3563.3+375
Inverell1,0209.81,07810.4-58
Junee1904.61854.5+5
Kempsey2,05511.72,07511.8-20
Kiama3352.63502.7-15
Ku-ring-gai8501.17451.0+105
Kyogle64011.960711.3+33
Lachlan3269.33309.4-4
Lake Macquarie6,7655.36,6985.2+67
Lane Cove3751.43131.2+62
Leeton4476.44486.4-1
Lismore2,4208.82,4659.0-45
Lithgow1,0058.29707.9+35
Liverpool10,6936.910,1806.6+513
Liverpool Plains44510.243510.0+10
Lockhart623.4633.5-1
Maitland2,9755.22,9625.2+13
Mid-Coast5,09010.15,06010.0+30
Mid-Western Regional9085.99045.9+4
Moree Plains93811.794311.8-5
Mosman2001.11650.9+35
Murray River3164.53304.7-14
Murrumbidgee1025.01045.0-2
Muswellbrook8958.68758.4+20
Nambucca Valley1,43012.91,36512.4+65
Narrabri6097.96398.3-30
Narrandera3049.43099.6-5
Narromine3058.43309.1-25
Newcastle6,5935.86,3745.6+219
North Sydney7921.66951.4+97
Northern Beaches2,7401.62,5501.5+190
Oberon1474.51544.8-7
Orange1,4335.41,4275.4+6
Parkes6587.86397.6+19
Parramatta6,1263.45,6373.2+489
Penrith7,7065.47,2115.0+495
Port Macquarie-Hastings3,2456.83,1806.7+65
Port Stephens3,0127.02,9907.0+22
Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional1,1722.81,1542.7+18
Randwick2,4002.62,2452.4+155
Richmond Valley1,2249.21,2479.3-23
Ryde2,2062.51,8942.1+312
Shellharbour2,8606.02,7105.7+150
Shoalhaven4,2737.04,0876.7+186
Singleton7554.77384.6+17
Snowy Monaro Regional5544.05033.6+51
Snowy Valleys5206.05005.8+20
Strathfield9382.88552.6+83
Sutherland Shire3,1592.22,9782.1+181
Sydney6,0553.55,5393.2+516
Tamworth Regional2,9767.92,8977.7+79
Temora2146.52146.50
Tenterfield57015.754515.1+25
The Hills Shire2,2251.81,8851.5+340
Tweed3,9057.13,8306.9+75
Upper Hunter Shire4305.04455.2-15
Upper Lachlan Shire2034.11873.8+16
Uralla2266.42166.1+10
Wagga Wagga2,6176.12,4305.7+187
Walcha1147.01388.5-24
Walgett72223.076024.2-38
Warren14710.215810.9-11
Warrumbungle Shire54110.754010.7+1
Waverley9201.97751.6+145
Weddin1457.41407.1+5
Wentworth3648.13808.5-16
Willoughby7991.67341.5+65
Wingecarribee8803.08052.8+75
Wollondilly1,0523.11,0253.0+27
Wollongong7,9305.87,7155.6+215
Woollahra5381.64721.4+66
Yass Valley2932.72792.6+14
Unincorporated NSW7311.66810.8+5
Alpine2943.82983.8-4
Ararat6048.55647.9+40
Ballarat4,9046.94,5456.4+359
Banyule3,0853.92,7353.4+350
Bass Coast1,5446.81,5947.1-50
Baw Baw1,8075.31,7525.1+55
Bayside (Vic.)1,1601.91,0301.7+130
Benalla6007.36107.5-10
Boroondara1,9301.81,7101.6+220
Brimbank9,9007.79,6357.5+265
Buloke2406.92507.2-10
Campaspe1,3956.21,4556.5-60
Cardinia3,2054.23,0454.0+160
Casey12,9055.311,2304.6+1,675
Central Goldfields91612.593612.8-20
Colac Otway7355.57255.4+10
Corangamite5255.65505.8-25
Darebin5,5005.34,9254.7+575
East Gippsland2,4909.42,4709.4+20
Frankston5,2705.84,9955.5+275
Gannawarra4407.64257.4+15
Glen Eira2,4452.52,1852.2+260
Glenelg9708.29958.4-25
Golden Plains6354.15653.6+70
Greater Bendigo4,6976.34,7376.3-40
Greater Dandenong7,8707.47,0656.7+805
Greater Geelong9,1435.48,7655.2+378
Greater Shepparton3,2657.83,2357.7+30
Hepburn5145.45205.4-6
Hindmarsh2668.22547.8+12
Hobsons Bay2,5064.22,3323.9+174
Horsham7055.77155.8-10
Hume12,1557.511,5107.1+645
Indigo4204.14003.9+20
Kingston (Vic.)3,3753.33,1053.1+270
Knox3,7053.63,4653.3+240
Latrobe (Vic.)4,75710.14,73710.0+20
Loddon4159.643510.0-20
Macedon Ranges8502.78152.6+35
Manningham1,9502.51,8012.3+149
Mansfield2193.82093.6+10
Maribyrnong3,7606.03,5605.7+200
Maroondah2,6313.62,5013.4+130
Melbourne4,4803.53,8953.0+585
Melton7,2556.16,4255.4+830
Mildura2,8508.12,7957.9+55
Mitchell1,8355.81,7355.5+100
Moira1,1356.61,1356.60
Monash3,3952.73,0802.4+315
Moonee Valley3,2404.02,8503.5+390
Moorabool1,0594.51,0154.3+44
Moreland5,6824.75,0074.1+675
Mornington Peninsula3,9154.13,8104.0+105
Mount Alexander6425.56125.3+30
Moyne4194.14244.1-5
Murrindindi5255.84955.5+30
Nillumbik8652.17751.9+90
Northern Grampians5758.35808.4-5
Port Phillip3,1904.22,8653.7+325
Pyrenees3618.13287.4+33
Queenscliffe382.5412.7-3
South Gippsland9305.49345.4-4
Southern Grampians6406.86506.9-10
Stonnington1,9702.61,5702.1+400
Strathbogie3906.24056.5-15
Surf Coast5392.45192.3+20
Swan Hill7855.98356.3-50
Towong1905.52055.9-15
Wangaratta1,0205.99655.5+55
Warrnambool1,2105.61,2545.8-44
Wellington1,9707.21,9707.20
West Wimmera1787.91607.1+18
Whitehorse3,0442.72,7792.5+265
Whittlesea7,9555.37,5055.0+450
Wodonga1,6956.31,6706.2+25
Wyndham9,7945.08,7924.5+1,002
Yarra3,1634.52,8034.0+360
Yarra Ranges3,6203.63,5943.6+26
Yarriambiack3158.73158.70
Unincorporated Vic374.8384.9-1
Aurukun47060.250064.0-30
Balonne2358.62208.1+15
Banana4855.34705.2+15
Barcaldine1015.8895.1+12
Barcoo125.9125.90
Blackall Tambo645.8565.1+8
Boulia155.3165.7-1
Brisbane32,4473.831,5523.7+895
Bulloo2811.72912.1-1
Bundaberg6,04010.65,87510.3+165
Burdekin7958.07958.00
Burke8629.58629.50
Cairns9,3098.59,2378.5+72
Carpentaria39628.939628.90
Cassowary Coast2,03611.71,95211.2+84
Central Highlands (Qld)1,1035.91,1716.3-68
Charters Towers6459.36559.4-10
Cherbourg11416.111516.3-1
Cloncurry1967.62017.8-5
Cook75625.877126.3-15
Croydon189.7147.6+4
Diamantina115.3125.8-1
Doomadgee26428.826428.80
Douglas80510.27359.3+70
Etheridge429.8327.5+10
Flinders (Qld)576.4556.2+2
Fraser Coast6,96011.56,89011.3+70
Gladstone3,6258.83,7559.1-130
Gold Coast19,4354.819,0354.7+400
Goondiwindi4156.83756.1+40
Gympie3,0609.92,9259.4+135
Hinchinbrook6059.95809.5+25
Hope Vale16025.816326.3-3
Ipswich11,0337.410,7737.2+260
Isaac3952.53952.50
Kowanyama33144.936349.2-32
Livingstone1,1454.71,2055.0-60
Lockhart River10826.311026.8-2
Lockyer Valley1,8707.21,8507.1+20
Logan18,2408.217,1457.7+1,095
Longreach1154.91154.90
Mackay4,2905.54,3705.6-80
McKinlay376.3366.1+1
Mapoon7026.27126.6-1
Maranoa4605.74605.70
Mareeba1,89013.21,85513.0+35
Moreton Bay17,9706.017,4655.9+505
Mornington20628.720628.70
Mount Isa1,38910.81,33510.4+54
Murweh2309.22058.2+25
Napranum15025.915226.2-2
Noosa1,5744.91,6585.1-84
North Burnett66511.567511.7-10
Northern Peninsula Area39523.536521.7+30
Palm Island57043.162046.9-50
Paroo11411.812012.4-6
Pormpuraaw19644.721448.9-18
Quilpie5211.55512.2-3
Redland4,8805.04,6954.8+185
Richmond316.4296.0+2
Rockhampton4,1308.04,2258.2-95
Scenic Rim1,7656.91,7006.6+65
Somerset1,2008.01,2308.2-30
South Burnett2,28512.22,24912.1+36
Southern Downs1,7538.61,7188.4+35
Sunshine Coast10,2914.910,0534.8+238
Tablelands1,57510.61,53510.3+40
Toowoomba6,9076.56,7326.4+175
Torres28012.434015.0-60
Torres Strait Island77030.768527.3+85
Townsville9,3407.39,2107.2+130
Weipa903.1903.10
Western Downs1,7308.31,6758.0+55
Whitsunday1,7257.01,5956.5+130
Winton375.5395.8-2
Woorabinda6210.16510.6-3
Wujal Wujal4827.04827.00
Yarrabah77047.281049.7-40
Adelaide1,4207.21,3356.8+85
Adelaide Hills6452.56202.4+25
Adelaide Plains4807.34506.9+30
Alexandrina1,2248.01,2238.0+1
Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yunkunytjatjara80548.258034.7+225
Barossa7304.97114.7+19
Barunga West1299.81299.80
Berri Barmera71511.473511.7-20
Burnside6402.36002.2+40
Campbelltown (SA)1,4104.11,3854.0+25
Ceduna34115.933615.6+5
Charles Sturt4,5675.84,5615.7+6
Clare and Gilbert Valleys3055.73055.70
Cleve535.4535.40
Coober Pedy31033.030532.4+5
Copper Coast99512.498012.2+15
Elliston416.8467.6-5
Flinders Ranges9810.79510.4+3
Franklin Harbour385.3385.30
Gawler1,1497.51,1227.3+27
Goyder27011.626011.2+10
Grant3215.83195.8+2
Holdfast Bay8163.68333.7-17
Kangaroo Island1405.01555.6-15
Karoonda East Murray386.5376.3+1
Kimba315.4315.40
Kingston (SA)735.8614.9+12
Light5265.24884.8+38
Lower Eyre Peninsula2446.82497.0-5
Loxton Waikerie5838.95939.1-10
Maralinga Tjarutja1925.31317.3+6
Marion3,4345.63,4625.6-28
Mid Murray62712.062712.00
Mitcham1,2162.91,1952.9+21
Mount Barker1,0604.31,0654.3-5
Mount Gambier1,3948.61,4669.0-72
Mount Remarkable18211.318211.30
Murray Bridge1,46511.21,46511.20
Naracoorte Lucindale2805.32604.9+20
Northern Areas1957.61907.5+5
Norwood Payneham and St Peters8703.68503.5+20
Onkaparinga7,9997.38,4207.7-421
Orroroo Carrieton5210.95210.90
Peterborough10611.510611.50
Playford8,41413.28,31713.0+97
Port Adelaide Enfield6,6817.56,6157.4+66
Port Augusta1,34015.21,37915.6-39
Port Lincoln7838.98449.6-61
Port Pirie1,35513.21,37013.3-15
Prospect4903.24703.1+20
Renmark Paringa5709.660510.2-35
Robe525.9434.9+9
Roxby Downs501.7551.9-5
Salisbury8,5599.08,4418.9+118
Southern Mallee867.2837.0+3
Streaky Bay18315.016913.9+14
Tatiara1403.31553.6-15
Tea Tree Gully2,9614.72,9064.6+55
Coorong32010.035511.1-35
Tumby Bay845.7825.6+2
Unley6552.76402.7+15
Victor Harbor7129.77039.6+9
Wakefield39810.039810.00
Walkerville1803.71803.70
Wattle Range6158.86208.8-5
West Torrens1,9934.81,9844.8+9
Whyalla2,17516.22,04015.2+135
Wudinna446.5497.3-5
Yankalilla2407.92448.0-4
Yorke Peninsula68011.565011.0+30
Unincorporated SA28213.127212.6+10
Albany1,6407.21,5957.0+45
Armadale4,3707.24,3057.1+65
Ashburton1552.91603.0-5
Augusta Margaret River4754.64804.6-5
Bassendean5955.75805.6+15
Bayswater2,3565.12,3475.1+9
Belmont1,8806.41,8806.40
Beverley10311.210111.0+2
Boddington878.4807.8+7
Boyup Brook605.8605.80
Bridgetown-Greenbushes1705.81705.80
Brookton5210.55811.8-6
Broome1,47012.61,41012.1+60
Broomehill-Tambellup477.3457.0+2
Bruce Rock509.0519.2-1
Bunbury1,8338.91,8248.9+9
Busselton1,1855.01,1655.0+20
Cambridge3231.83031.7+20
Canning2,6964.22,6154.1+81
Capel5304.65404.6-10
Carnamah4011.7349.9+6
Carnarvon59617.458017.0+16
Chapman Valley828.3858.6-3
Chittering1203.21102.9+10
Christmas Island151.3151.30
Claremont1362.01291.9+7
Cockburn3,5194.43,5444.5-25
Cocos Islands154.1154.10
Collie59011.258511.1+5
Coolgardie28511.927011.3+15
Coorow6811.85810.0+10
Corrigin5810.36511.5-7
Cottesloe631.3631.30
Cranbrook477.2467.1+1
Cuballing366.9387.3-2
Cue2619.82922.1-3
Cunderdin10212.610012.3+2
Dalwallinu698.0637.3+6
Dandaragan1367.01256.4+11
Dardanup3824.33914.4-9
Denmark2557.32457.0+10
Derby-West Kimberley1,54531.51,74535.6-200
Donnybrook-Balingup2206.12256.3-5
Dowerin369.8349.2+2
Dumbleyung215.3215.30
Dundas5411.75111.1+3
East Fremantle1252.61402.9-15
East Pilbara6678.55386.8+129
Esperance5136.14705.5+43
Exmouth1255.81185.4+7
Fremantle1,4957.11,4306.8+65
Gingin2296.92106.4+19
Gnowangerup455.8364.7+9
Goomalling529.5499.0+3
Gosnells5,6106.85,4056.5+205
Greater Geraldton2,4289.82,4079.8+21
Halls Creek90536.894538.4-40
Harvey9305.39205.2+10
Irwin1507.51557.7-5
Jerramungup425.8344.7+8
Joondalup3,0473.02,9772.9+70
Kalamunda1,5154.21,4504.0+65
Kalgoorlie-Boulder1,2806.31,2186.0+62
Karratha9506.09806.2-30
Katanning29911.927110.8+28
Kellerberrin8812.68612.4+2
Kent195.9154.7+4
Kojonup817.4787.1+3
Kondinin275.2275.20
Koorda209.8199.3+1
Kulin245.3245.30
Kwinana2,3707.62,2757.3+95
Lake Grace425.2425.20
Laverton24221.449944.2-257
Leonora26021.353643.9-276
Mandurah4,4188.64,2898.3+129
Manjimup3816.93756.8+6
Meekatharra17318.919321.1-20
Melville1,6462.61,6612.6-15
Menzies9621.819744.8-101
Merredin1769.11829.4-6
Mingenew2711.82310.1+4
Moora1108.01007.3+10
Morawa4211.83610.1+6
Mosman Park1672.91712.9-4
Mount Magnet8218.99121.0-9
Mount Marshall237.5206.6+3
Mukinbudin267.5236.6+3
Mundaring1,0714.31,1114.5-40
Murchison1321.31524.6-2
Murray8958.68318.0+64
Nannup597.3607.4-1
Narembeen409.0419.3-1
Narrogin2629.12588.9+4
Nedlands1871.41641.2+23
Ngaanyatjarraku21121.243543.7-224
Northam82011.879511.5+25
Northampton19911.121712.1-18
Nungarin127.9117.2+1
Peppermint Grove282.8292.9-1
Perenjori5411.94610.2+8
Perth1,3685.81,3605.8+8
Pingelly5910.46611.6-7
Plantagenet2959.22858.9+10
Port Hedland9478.59678.6-20
Quairading6412.86212.4+2
Ravensthorpe725.5705.3+2
Rockingham5,3506.15,2306.0+120
Sandstone1419.21520.5-1
Serpentine-Jarrahdale8203.98053.9+15
Shark Bay385.8365.5+2
South Perth1,0053.59553.3+50
Stirling6,6264.46,6964.5-70
Subiaco3002.73002.70
Swan6,1586.05,9145.8+244
Tammin3112.73112.70
Three Springs3911.93310.1+6
Toodyay2258.22057.5+20
Trayning148.1137.5+1
Upper Gascoyne76.165.2+1
Victoria Park1,2094.61,1904.5+19
Victoria Plains407.9367.1+4
Vincent8863.38563.2+30
Wagin686.8727.2-4
Wandering3510.73911.9-4
Wanneroo7,2185.27,1385.2+80
Waroona26510.625010.0+15
West Arthur326.9347.3-2
Westonia107.396.6+1
Wickepin215.1215.10
Williams416.8437.1-2
Wiluna7518.58420.7-9
Wongan-Ballidu739.6709.2+3
Woodanilling3111.82810.7+3
Wyalkatchem249.3238.9+1
Wyndham-East Kimberley99519.296018.5+35
Yalgoo5219.05821.2-6
Yilgarn667.7596.8+7
York20211.319811.0+4
Break O'Day54014.452514.0+15
Brighton1,25210.41,27910.6-27
Burnie1,1899.51,1819.4+8
Central Coast (Tas.)9076.79256.8-18
Central Highlands (Tas.)17511.61409.2+35
Circular Head3256.53256.50
Clarence1,9035.01,9775.2-74
Derwent Valley6829.970210.1-20
Devonport1,4219.01,4609.3-39
Dorset3558.93959.9-40
Flinders (Tas.)5511.85511.80
George Town52512.853012.9-5
Glamorgan-Spring Bay2057.32007.1+5
Glenorchy2,5837.82,6277.9-44
Hobart1,6154.31,5304.1+85
Huon Valley9858.99758.8+10
Kentish3007.23007.20
King Island353.7404.2-5
Kingborough1,0354.29753.9+60
Latrobe (Tas.)4386.24456.3-7
Launceston3,6948.23,7928.5-98
Meander Valley6845.57345.9-50
Northern Midlands5506.75356.5+15
Sorell6836.56636.3+20
Southern Midlands3057.23057.20
Tasman15010.215010.20
Waratah-Wynyard6457.86708.1-25
West Coast38514.339014.5-5
West Tamar8565.78735.8-17
Alice Springs1,99011.02,01011.1-20
Barkly1,51135.11,45533.8+56
Belyuen2220.82220.80
Central Desert1,22650.91,05243.7+174
Coomalie13717.613717.60
Darwin3,1645.62,9435.2+221
Darwin Waterfront Precinct155.8135.0+2
East Arnhem3,11948.83,05147.8+68
Katherine1,06016.01,07516.2-15
Litchfield7675.17565.0+11
MacDonnell1,57938.21,31431.8+265
Palmerston1,6606.51,6156.3+45
Roper Gulf2,02044.01,99043.4+30
Tiwi Islands78545.950029.2+285
Victoria Daly73038.474138.9-11
Wagait4417.54417.50
West Arnhem1,93942.81,70437.6+235
West Daly1,09753.51,10854.0-11
Unincorporated NT69414.41,52531.7-831
Unincorporated ACT8,3502.77,8502.5+500
Unincorp. Other Territories704.7654.3+5
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