City of Townsville

JobSeeker and Youth Allowance recipients

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In March 2021 there were 12,409 JobSeeker and Youth Allowance recipients in the City of Townsville.

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.

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JobSeeker
Current month	March 2021		March 2020
Region - LGA/SA2	JobSeeker and youth allowance recipients	% of 15-64 age population	JobSeeker and Youth allowance recipients	% of 15-64 age population	Change
City of Townsville	12,409	9.7	9,450	7.4	+2,959
Aitkenvale	440	14.2	345	11.1	+95
Annandale (Qld)	265	3.7	188	2.6	+77
Belgian Gardens - Pallarenda	147	7.8	105	5.6	+42
Bohle Plains	190	3.3	108	1.9	+82
Condon - Rasmussen	957	14.3	761	11.4	+196
Cranbrook	513	14.0	418	11.4	+95
Douglas	251	4.2	156	2.6	+95
Garbutt - West End	727	16.7	651	15.0	+76
Gulliver - Currajong - Vincent	772	15.6	647	13.1	+125
Heatley	417	17.3	336	13.9	+81
Hermit Park - Rosslea	507	13.3	361	9.5	+146
Hyde Park - Pimlico	497	15.6	408	12.8	+89
Kelso	929	13.5	728	10.6	+201
Kirwan - East	697	14.9	546	11.7	+151
Kirwan - West	680	6.8	538	5.4	+142
Magnetic Island	245	17.1	151	10.6	+94
Mount Louisa	468	7.0	327	4.9	+141
Mundingburra	189	9.0	158	7.5	+31
Northern Beaches	430	10.6	284	7.0	+146
Oonoonba	277	5.5	168	3.3	+109
South Townsville - Railway Estate	467	12.4	366	9.7	+101
Townsville - South	191	6.3	131	4.3	+60
Townsville City - North Ward	764	11.4	578	8.6	+186
Wulguru - Roseneath	390	9.2	304	7.2	+86
Burdell - Mount Low	743	5.8	511	4.0	+232
Deeragun - Jensen	256	6.5	176	4.5	+80
Regional QLD	164,803	10.1	120,068	7.3	+44,735
Queensland	297,638	9.0	210,242	6.3	+87,396

Source: Department of Social Services - JobSeeker and Youth Allowance recipients - monthly profile via data.gov.au. Compiled and presented by .id - informed decisions

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