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Tuesday, 13 May 1997
Page: 3440

(Question No. 1390)


Mr Slipper asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs, upon notice, on 27 February 1997:

(1) How many recipients of (a) Austudy and (b) Abstudy reside in the postcode areas of (i) 4306,

(ii) 4313, (iii) 4405, (iv) 4514, (v) 4515, (vi) 4517, (vii) 4518, (viii) 4519, (ix) 4550, (x) 4551, (xi) 4552, (xii) 4553, (xiii) 4557, (xiv) 4558, (xv) 4572), (xvi) 4575, (xvii) 4610, (xviii) 4614, and (xix) 4615 and within the electoral divisions of (A) Fisher (B) Fairfax, (C) Wide Bay and (D) Longman.

(2) How many households within the electoral division of Fisher have as their primary source of household income a person on either (a) Austudy or (b) Abstudy.


Dr Kemp —The Minister for Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs has provided the following answer to the honourable member's question:

(1) In 1996 the number of Austudy and Abstudy beneficiaries in the requested postcodes and electoral divisions were as follows:

<SPANSPEC> </SPANSPEC> <SPANSPEC> </SPANSPEC> <SPANSPEC> </SPANSPEC> <SPANSPEC> </SPANSPEC>
FisherFairfaxWide BayLongman
AustudyAbstudyAustudyAbstudyAustudyAbstudyAustudyAbstudy
43064822,120108
4313495
4405
451411061106
4515507101
45177
451876
451914511
4550877
455176835
45521972
45531243
455737611
455843524
4572761
457545423
46103696
4614242
461518718101
2,3261218873638982,230114

Note: Numbers derived by applying weightings supplied by the Australian Bureau of Statistics to student home postcodes (except in Longman where no weightings were applied)

(2) Data are not available on the number of households that have as their primary source of income a person on either Austudy or Abstudy. These data are not collected for Austudy or Abstudy purposes.