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City of Whittlesea

JobSeeker and Youth Allowance recipients

In September 2020 there were 15,790 JobSeeker and Youth Allowance recipients in the City of Whittlesea.

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 monthSeptember 2020March 2020
Region - LGA/SA2JobSeeker and youth allowance recipients% of 15-64 age populationJobSeeker and Youth allowance recipients % of 15-64 age populationChange
City of Whittlesea15,79010.46,9884.6+8,802
Bundoora - North3907.41532.9+237
Bundoora - West43611.01894.8+247
Mill Park - North1,28310.65844.8+699
Mill Park - South89611.84445.8+452
Thomastown1,85114.89877.9+864
Whittlesea5157.61952.9+320
Epping - East1,03011.95115.9+519
Epping - South80914.83977.3+412
Epping (Vic.) - West85710.53534.3+504
South Morang - North7268.32663.0+460
South Morang - South7989.63564.3+442
Wollert1,3048.14472.8+857
Doreen - North8698.33153.0+554
Doreen - South4266.21542.2+272
Lalor - East94214.94787.6+464
Lalor - West1,19514.06067.1+589
Mernda - North74910.32833.9+466
Mernda - South7148.92703.4+444
Greater Melbourne299,8509.1130,6534.0+169,197
Victoria401,1609.5193,5914.6+207,569
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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