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Tasmania

JobSeeker and Youth Allowance recipients

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In March 2024 there were 24,400 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 monthMarch 2024August 2023
Region - LGA/SA2JobSeeker and youth allowance recipients% of 15-64 age populationJobSeeker and Youth allowance recipients % of 15-64 age populationChange
Tasmania24,4007.024,9557.2-555
Albury2,4687.12,4847.2-16
Armidale Regional1,7249.41,6799.1+45
Ballina1,5155.81,5105.8+5
Balranald564.3594.5-3
Bathurst Regional1,4145.21,4265.2-12
Bayside (NSW)3,9563.23,8533.1+103
Bega Valley1,3016.51,3506.7-49
Bellingen74910.074810.0+1
Berrigan2986.63026.7-4
Blacktown14,0285.313,5715.2+457
Bland1504.71554.9-5
Blayney2104.71954.4+15
Blue Mountains1,8273.91,8223.9+5
Bogan15510.516311.0-8
Bourke32221.834623.4-24
Brewarrina19222.120423.5-12
Broken Hill1,23011.71,24511.9-15
Burwood8392.98012.7+38
Byron2,0008.51,9858.4+15
Cabonne3103.92893.6+21
Camden2,2873.02,2022.8+85
Campbelltown (NSW)7,4776.57,4056.5+72
Canada Bay1,1111.91,0371.7+74
Canterbury-Bankstown14,9046.214,5726.0+332
Carrathool764.1814.3-5
Central Coast (NSW)12,5206.012,6256.1-105
Central Darling17916.720118.7-22
Cessnock2,9567.43,0467.6-90
Clarence Valley3,07510.03,10310.1-28
Cobar1857.21706.6+15
Coffs Harbour3,9518.54,0098.6-58
Coolamon923.7963.9-4
Coonamble31514.334315.6-28
Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional3806.14006.4-20
Cowra6759.46979.7-22
Cumberland10,0556.39,3535.8+702
Dubbo Regional2,4347.22,5597.5-125
Dungog2905.13155.6-25
Edward River3577.33727.6-15
Eurobodalla1,7768.21,8388.5-62
Fairfield13,68410.013,83010.1-146
Federation4466.44576.6-11
Forbes3456.53596.8-14
Georges River3,5003.43,3663.3+134
Gilgandra24910.225410.4-5
Glen Innes Severn62512.463512.6-10
Goulburn Mulwaree1,2016.11,1996.1+2
Greater Hume Shire2473.82523.9-5
Griffith7814.58164.7-35
Gunnedah5697.55557.3+14
Gwydir2128.02248.5-12
Hawkesbury1,6753.91,6653.9+10
Hay1005.71005.70
Hilltops7576.97717.0-14
Hornsby1,8141.91,7781.9+36
Hunters Hill1562.01451.8+11
Inner West4,6233.54,3643.3+259
Inverell1,03210.01,07210.3-40
Junee1954.71854.5+10
Kempsey2,01511.52,09011.9-75
Kiama3452.73452.70
Ku-ring-gai8251.17551.0+70
Kyogle63111.760511.2+26
Lachlan3269.33409.7-14
Lake Macquarie6,5995.26,7245.3-125
Lane Cove3631.43201.2+43
Leeton4526.54586.6-6
Lismore2,4308.82,5009.1-70
Lithgow9908.09757.9+15
Liverpool10,5246.810,2956.6+229
Liverpool Plains44010.145010.3-10
Lockhart603.3623.4-2
Maitland2,9555.22,9675.2-12
Mid-Coast5,02510.05,10010.1-75
Mid-Western Regional8805.89156.0-35
Moree Plains92311.593711.7-14
Mosman2051.21751.0+30
Murray River3124.43234.6-11
Murrumbidgee1014.91055.1-4
Muswellbrook8758.48758.40
Nambucca Valley1,44013.01,40012.7+40
Narrabri6218.06348.2-13
Narrandera2858.83149.7-29
Narromine3058.43259.0-20
Newcastle6,4785.76,3865.7+92
North Sydney7621.66991.4+63
Northern Beaches2,6901.62,5401.5+150
Oberon1464.51494.6-3
Orange1,4195.41,4255.4-6
Parkes6447.66447.60
Parramatta5,9163.35,6613.2+255
Penrith7,4945.27,3455.1+149
Port Macquarie-Hastings3,1906.73,2156.8-25
Port Stephens2,9927.03,0527.1-60
Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional1,1522.71,1682.8-16
Randwick2,3602.52,2552.4+105
Richmond Valley1,2389.31,2399.3-1
Ryde2,1202.41,9002.1+220
Shellharbour2,8055.92,7305.7+75
Shoalhaven4,1286.84,1466.8-18
Singleton7644.87294.6+35
Snowy Monaro Regional5343.95083.7+26
Snowy Valleys5206.05005.8+20
Strathfield8952.78702.6+25
Sutherland Shire3,1182.23,0182.1+100
Sydney5,9633.45,5533.2+410
Tamworth Regional2,9417.82,9427.8-1
Temora2196.62236.8-4
Tenterfield56015.555515.3+5
The Hills Shire2,1101.71,8971.5+213
Tweed3,8306.93,8957.0-65
Upper Hunter Shire4255.04505.2-25
Upper Lachlan Shire1974.01883.8+9
Uralla2256.42246.3+1
Wagga Wagga2,5476.02,4525.7+95
Walcha1247.71388.5-14
Walgett72223.074123.6-19
Warren15010.415810.9-8
Warrumbungle Shire53410.654910.9-15
Waverley8651.87801.6+85
Weddin1457.41557.9-10
Wentworth3557.93778.4-22
Willoughby7411.57531.5-12
Wingecarribee8502.98102.8+40
Wollondilly1,0373.11,0113.0+26
Wollongong7,8055.77,7305.6+75
Woollahra5311.54921.4+39
Yass Valley2742.62712.5+3
Unincorporated NSW6810.87511.9-7
Alpine2703.52893.7-19
Ararat6248.75647.9+60
Ballarat4,7916.84,6516.6+140
Banyule2,9303.72,7603.4+170
Bass Coast1,5196.71,6097.1-90
Baw Baw1,7675.21,7725.2-5
Bayside (Vic.)1,1401.81,0501.7+90
Benalla6007.36207.6-20
Boroondara1,9251.71,7451.6+180
Brimbank9,7007.59,7057.5-5
Buloke2457.12507.2-5
Campaspe1,3956.21,4856.6-90
Cardinia3,0954.03,0804.0+15
Casey12,4655.111,3804.7+1,085
Central Goldfields91612.594112.9-25
Colac Otway7055.37405.6-35
Corangamite5255.65455.8-20
Darebin5,4305.25,0154.8+415
East Gippsland2,4509.32,4959.5-45
Frankston5,1405.75,0605.6+80
Gannawarra4357.54257.4+10
Glen Eira2,3652.42,2102.2+155
Glenelg9958.49958.40
Golden Plains6103.95653.6+45
Greater Bendigo4,6326.24,7576.4-125
Greater Dandenong7,5907.27,1356.7+455
Greater Geelong8,9315.38,8155.2+116
Greater Shepparton3,2107.63,2957.8-85
Hepburn5235.55355.6-12
Hindmarsh2588.02547.8+4
Hobsons Bay2,4474.12,3213.9+126
Horsham6905.67205.8-30
Hume12,0057.411,5507.1+455
Indigo4254.24054.0+20
Kingston (Vic.)3,2403.23,1353.1+105
Knox3,6253.53,4903.4+135
Latrobe (Vic.)4,72210.04,81210.2-90
Loddon4099.443510.0-26
Macedon Ranges8102.68302.6-20
Manningham1,8952.51,7812.3+114
Mansfield2053.52143.7-9
Maribyrnong3,6655.83,5105.6+155
Maroondah2,5863.52,5263.4+60
Melbourne4,3803.43,8603.0+520
Melton6,9155.86,5055.5+410
Mildura2,7707.92,8258.0-55
Mitchell1,7955.71,7605.5+35
Moira1,1406.71,1556.7-15
Monash3,3202.63,1402.5+180
Moonee Valley3,1603.92,8953.6+265
Moorabool1,0234.31,0244.3-1
Moreland5,5714.65,0674.2+504
Mornington Peninsula3,8054.03,8454.0-40
Mount Alexander6175.36175.30
Moyne4144.04344.2-20
Murrindindi5205.85105.6+10
Nillumbik8402.17851.9+55
Northern Grampians5658.15758.3-10
Port Phillip3,0954.02,9203.8+175
Pyrenees3527.93377.6+15
Queenscliffe352.3412.7-6
South Gippsland9395.49695.6-30
Southern Grampians6456.86607.0-15
Stonnington1,8752.51,6152.2+260
Strathbogie3956.34006.4-5
Surf Coast5392.45342.3+5
Swan Hill7956.08406.3-45
Towong1955.62055.9-10
Wangaratta1,0055.89955.7+10
Warrnambool1,1855.51,2645.8-79
Wellington1,9407.11,9957.3-55
West Wimmera1617.11657.3-4
Whitehorse2,9992.72,8142.5+185
Whittlesea7,7755.17,5305.0+245
Wodonga1,6706.21,6856.3-15
Wyndham9,3134.88,9444.6+369
Yarra3,0944.42,8484.1+246
Yarra Ranges3,5803.63,6493.7-69
Yarriambiack3158.73158.70
Unincorporated Vic354.5374.8-2
Aurukun45558.351065.3-55
Balonne2258.32258.30
Banana4855.34605.0+25
Barcaldine955.5895.1+6
Barcoo125.9115.4+1
Blackall Tambo605.4565.1+4
Boulia155.3145.0+1
Brisbane32,1773.731,5873.7+590
Bulloo2610.82912.1-3
Bundaberg5,97510.45,87010.3+105
Burdekin8008.08008.00
Burke8830.18830.10
Cairns9,3808.69,1958.4+185
Carpentaria40529.640529.60
Cassowary Coast2,05011.82,00011.5+50
Central Highlands (Qld)1,0965.91,2026.4-106
Charters Towers6509.36509.30
Cherbourg11416.111616.4-2
Cloncurry2017.82017.80
Cook77126.376526.1+6
Croydon179.2158.1+2
Diamantina115.3104.8+1
Doomadgee26929.426929.40
Douglas81510.37359.3+80
Etheridge399.1358.2+4
Flinders (Qld)576.4556.2+2
Fraser Coast6,99011.56,97011.5+20
Gladstone3,6408.93,7659.2-125
Gold Coast19,2204.819,1754.7+45
Goondiwindi3956.43806.2+15
Gympie3,0559.93,0009.7+55
Hinchinbrook6009.95609.2+40
Hope Vale16326.316226.1+1
Ipswich10,8487.310,7837.2+65
Isaac3902.53952.5-5
Kowanyama32544.035948.6-34
Livingstone1,1504.71,2055.0-55
Lockhart River11026.810926.5+1
Lockyer Valley1,8857.21,8457.1+40
Logan17,8658.117,3257.8+540
Longreach1205.21154.9+5
Mackay4,3005.54,3655.6-65
McKinlay376.3366.1+1
Mapoon7126.67126.60
Maranoa4355.44655.8-30
Mareeba1,89513.31,84512.9+50
Moreton Bay17,7356.017,5955.9+140
Mornington21129.321129.30
Mount Isa1,37510.71,33010.4+45
Murweh2359.42108.4+25
Napranum15226.215126.0+1
Noosa1,5704.91,6735.2-103
North Burnett65511.469512.1-40
Northern Peninsula Area37022.035521.1+15
Palm Island59545.061046.1-15
Paroo10811.112012.4-12
Pormpuraaw19243.821248.4-20
Quilpie5011.15512.2-5
Redland4,8305.04,7454.9+85
Richmond316.4296.0+2
Rockhampton4,1458.04,2258.2-80
Scenic Rim1,7256.71,7106.7+15
Somerset1,2308.21,2608.3-30
South Burnett2,27012.22,25812.1+12
Southern Downs1,7588.61,7438.5+15
Sunshine Coast10,1804.910,2134.9-33
Tablelands1,55010.41,54510.4+5
Toowoomba6,8826.56,7966.4+86
Torres28512.633514.8-50
Torres Strait Island76530.568527.3+80
Townsville9,3307.39,3057.3+25
Weipa953.3802.7+15
Western Downs1,7058.21,6908.1+15
Whitsunday1,7357.11,6106.6+125
Winton375.5355.2+2
Woorabinda6410.46811.1-4
Wujal Wujal4827.04827.00
Yarrabah80049.080049.00
Adelaide1,4107.11,3356.8+75
Adelaide Hills6352.56252.5+10
Adelaide Plains4657.14356.6+30
Alexandrina1,1937.81,2348.1-41
Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yunkunytjatjara81048.560035.9+210
Barossa6864.67164.8-30
Barunga West1319.91319.90
Berri Barmera73011.774011.8-10
Burnside6302.36002.2+30
Campbelltown (SA)1,4304.11,3854.0+45
Ceduna34115.933015.4+11
Charles Sturt4,5975.84,5965.8+1
Clare and Gilbert Valleys3206.02955.6+25
Cleve535.4535.40
Coober Pedy30532.429030.9+15
Copper Coast1,00012.599512.4+5
Elliston416.8467.6-5
Flinders Ranges10211.29510.4+7
Franklin Harbour385.3385.30
Gawler1,1507.51,1297.4+21
Goyder27011.627011.60
Grant3175.73255.9-8
Holdfast Bay8373.78533.8-16
Kangaroo Island1505.41605.7-10
Karoonda East Murray386.5386.50
Kimba315.4315.40
Kingston (SA)735.8675.3+6
Light5195.14964.9+23
Lower Eyre Peninsula2527.12486.9+4
Loxton Waikerie5838.96009.2-17
Maralinga Tjarutja1925.31317.3+6
Marion3,3785.53,4775.7-99
Mid Murray63112.162511.9+6
Mitcham1,2062.91,2212.9-15
Mount Barker1,0454.21,0804.4-35
Mount Gambier1,4038.61,4759.1-72
Mount Remarkable17410.818511.4-11
Murray Bridge1,45611.11,48511.3-29
Naracoorte Lucindale2805.32705.1+10
Northern Areas1907.51957.6-5
Norwood Payneham and St Peters8603.58503.5+10
Onkaparinga7,9797.38,4297.7-450
Orroroo Carrieton4910.35210.9-3
Peterborough10110.910711.6-6
Playford8,38613.18,40113.2-15
Port Adelaide Enfield6,6467.46,6537.5-7
Port Augusta1,36615.51,39915.8-33
Port Lincoln8009.18409.6-40
Port Pirie1,33513.01,36513.3-30
Prospect4753.14703.1+5
Renmark Paringa5709.661010.3-40
Robe525.9485.5+4
Roxby Downs551.9602.1-5
Salisbury8,4858.98,4498.9+36
Southern Mallee867.2867.20
Streaky Bay18315.016613.7+17
Tatiara1403.31503.5-10
Tea Tree Gully2,9374.72,9714.7-34
Coorong32010.035010.9-30
Tumby Bay886.0825.6+6
Unley6302.66252.6+5
Victor Harbor7039.67259.9-22
Wakefield40210.140210.10
Walkerville1803.71753.6+5
Wattle Range6158.86309.0-15
West Torrens1,9884.81,9794.7+9
Whyalla2,07515.42,04515.2+30
Wudinna446.5497.3-5
Yankalilla2448.02668.7-22
Yorke Peninsula67511.565011.0+25
Unincorporated SA26712.428113.0-14
Albany1,5856.91,6207.1-35
Armadale4,2907.14,3357.1-45
Ashburton1703.11653.1+5
Augusta Margaret River4554.44754.6-20
Bassendean5905.76105.9-20
Bayswater2,2975.02,3425.1-45
Belmont1,8556.31,8856.4-30
Beverley10111.010111.00
Boddington878.4807.8+7
Boyup Brook595.7595.70
Bridgetown-Greenbushes1665.71665.70
Brookton5110.35811.8-7
Broome1,46512.61,42012.2+45
Broomehill-Tambellup477.3477.30
Bruce Rock478.4519.2-4
Bunbury1,7928.71,8238.9-31
Busselton1,1604.91,1705.0-10
Cambridge3081.72951.6+13
Canning2,6924.22,6114.0+81
Capel5254.55404.6-15
Carnamah4011.73610.5+4
Carnarvon56716.658517.1-18
Chapman Valley858.6858.60
Chittering1002.61102.9-10
Christmas Island100.8100.80
Claremont1382.01261.9+12
Cockburn3,4944.43,5294.5-35
Cocos Islands154.1154.10
Collie57510.959011.2-15
Coolgardie27411.426210.9+12
Coorow6611.46010.4+6
Corrigin5710.16511.5-8
Cottesloe681.4571.1+11
Cranbrook477.2477.20
Cuballing356.7377.1-2
Cue2619.82821.4-2
Cunderdin10212.610212.60
Dalwallinu718.2637.3+8
Dandaragan1326.71296.6+3
Dardanup3634.13864.3-23
Denmark2557.32507.2+5
Derby-West Kimberley1,54031.41,72035.1-180
Donnybrook-Balingup2256.32356.6-10
Dowerin369.8349.2+2
Dumbleyung205.0215.3-1
Dundas5211.34910.6+3
East Fremantle1302.71402.9-10
East Pilbara6478.25376.8+110
Esperance5156.14705.5+45
Exmouth1326.11155.3+17
Fremantle1,4857.11,4506.9+35
Gingin2236.82176.6+6
Gnowangerup425.5344.4+8
Goomalling529.5499.0+3
Gosnells5,4006.55,4306.6-30
Greater Geraldton2,4209.82,4049.7+16
Halls Creek92037.494538.4-25
Harvey9005.19305.3-30
Irwin1457.21557.7-10
Jerramungup405.5324.4+8
Joondalup3,0263.02,9973.0+29
Kalamunda1,4954.11,4854.1+10
Kalgoorlie-Boulder1,2446.21,2486.2-4
Karratha9355.99806.2-45
Katanning29011.527611.0+14
Kellerberrin8812.68812.60
Kent185.6144.4+4
Kojonup817.4817.40
Kondinin265.0275.2-1
Koorda209.8199.3+1
Kulin235.0245.3-1
Kwinana2,3157.52,3357.5-20
Lake Grace415.1425.2-1
Laverton24621.849643.9-250
Leonora26521.753243.5-267
Mandurah4,3548.44,3348.4+20
Manjimup3856.93656.6+20
Meekatharra16718.218520.2-18
Melville1,5962.51,6912.6-95
Menzies9822.319644.5-98
Merredin1668.61799.2-13
Mingenew2711.82410.5+3
Moora1138.21007.3+13
Morawa4111.53710.4+4
Mosman Park1622.81712.9-9
Mount Magnet7918.28720.1-8
Mount Marshall247.9216.9+3
Mukinbudin267.5246.9+2
Mundaring1,0224.11,1004.4-78
Murchison1321.31423.0-1
Murray8598.28378.0+22
Nannup607.4607.40
Narembeen388.6419.3-3
Narrogin2619.12679.3-6
Nedlands1841.41651.2+19
Ngaanyatjarraku21521.643343.5-218
Northam82511.982011.8+5
Northampton20411.422012.3-16
Nungarin127.9117.2+1
Peppermint Grove282.8292.9-1
Perenjori5311.74810.6+5
Perth1,4196.11,3545.8+65
Pingelly5810.26611.6-8
Plantagenet2909.12808.8+10
Port Hedland9428.49828.8-40
Quairading6412.86412.80
Ravensthorpe705.3654.9+5
Rockingham5,1806.05,3006.1-120
Sandstone1317.81520.5-2
Serpentine-Jarrahdale8203.98153.9+5
Shark Bay406.1355.3+5
South Perth9603.39553.3+5
Stirling6,6374.46,7724.5-135
Subiaco3052.83002.7+5
Swan6,0625.95,9555.8+107
Tammin3112.73112.70
Three Springs3811.63510.7+3
Toodyay2308.42057.5+25
Trayning158.7137.5+2
Upper Gascoyne76.165.2+1
Victoria Park1,2184.61,2094.6+9
Victoria Plains418.1367.1+5
Vincent9033.48733.2+30
Wagin656.5707.0-5
Wandering3410.43911.9-5
Wanneroo7,0795.17,1935.2-114
Waroona26510.625010.0+15
West Arthur306.5337.1-3
Westonia118.0107.3+1
Wickepin204.9215.1-1
Williams396.5427.0-3
Wiluna7318.08120.0-8
Wongan-Ballidu739.6709.2+3
Woodanilling3011.52911.1+1
Wyalkatchem249.3238.9+1
Wyndham-East Kimberley1,00019.395518.4+45
Yalgoo5118.75620.5-5
Yilgarn687.9617.1+7
York19811.019811.00
Break O'Day52514.052514.00
Brighton1,24210.31,29010.7-48
Burnie1,1719.31,1999.6-28
Central Coast (Tas.)9106.79427.0-32
Central Highlands (Tas.)17111.31459.6+26
Circular Head3356.73306.6+5
Clarence1,9285.12,0005.3-72
Derwent Valley71210.371310.3-1
Devonport1,4269.01,4849.4-58
Dorset3458.73859.7-40
Flinders (Tas.)5010.85010.80
George Town53012.953513.0-5
Glamorgan-Spring Bay2007.12057.3-5
Glenorchy2,5927.82,6327.9-40
Hobart1,6204.31,5704.2+50
Huon Valley9908.99808.8+10
Kentish3007.23007.20
King Island353.7353.70
Kingborough9954.01,0004.0-5
Latrobe (Tas.)4236.04506.3-27
Launceston3,7018.23,8098.5-108
Meander Valley6745.47446.0-70
Northern Midlands5306.55606.8-30
Sorell6546.26656.3-11
Southern Midlands3057.23107.3-5
Tasman1459.815010.2-5
Waratah-Wynyard6507.96708.1-20
West Coast37013.739014.5-20
West Tamar8695.78865.9-17
Alice Springs1,96010.91,98511.0-25
Barkly1,53035.51,44433.5+86
Belyuen2119.82119.80
Central Desert1,22650.91,06844.4+158
Coomalie13617.513417.2+2
Darwin3,1505.52,9135.1+237
Darwin Waterfront Precinct155.8135.0+2
East Arnhem3,08348.33,04447.7+39
Katherine1,03015.51,10016.6-70
Litchfield7825.27515.0+31
MacDonnell1,58638.31,31731.8+269
Palmerston1,6406.41,6306.4+10
Roper Gulf2,03044.22,02544.1+5
Tiwi Islands77045.048528.4+285
Victoria Daly73238.575139.5-19
Wagait4417.54317.1+1
West Arnhem2,00844.31,72138.0+287
West Daly1,06051.71,11654.4-56
Unincorporated NT68414.21,50431.2-820
Unincorporated ACT8,2352.78,0152.6+220
Unincorp. Other Territories704.7654.3+5
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