Australia Yearbook - 2001

Chapter 7—Income and welfare 263
7.11 FAMILY ALLOWANCE(a)
Unit June 1997 June 1998 June 1999 June 2000
Family Allowance at the minimum rate
Customers no. 893 207 866 440 839 580 911 283
Children no. 1 669 930 1 619 438 1 566 845 1 573 122
Family Allowance above the minimum rate
Customers no. 918 538 909 223 896 192 832 284
Children no. 1 821 230 1 799 427 1 770 622 1 791 337
Total on Family Allowance
Customers no. 1 811 745 1 775 663 1 735 762 1 743 567
Children no. 3 491 160 3 418 865 3 337 467 3 364 459
Total payments for financial year ending 30 June $’000 6 279 001 6 363 712 6 391 490 6 564 761
(a) Expenditure for 1998–99 onwards is reported on an accrual basis and is not directly comparable to expenditure in previous
years.
Source: Department of Family and Community Services.
Prior to 1 July 2000, a third form of Parenting
Payment, known as Basic Parenting Payment, was
available to partnered parents. It was income
tested only on the income of the recipient, and
was not asset tested. From 1 July 2000 this form
of the payment was subsumed by Family Tax
Benefit Part B.
To qualify for the Parenting Payment, a person
must:
care for a dependent child or children aged
under 16 years;
have income and assets under certain
amounts; and
have been an Australian resident for at least
two years, or be a refugee, or have become a
lone parent while an Australian resident.
Table 7.12 shows the number of customers
receiving Parenting Payment (single) at end June
for the years 1997 to 2000, and total payments for
those financial years. Table 7.13 shows the
corresponding information for Parenting Payment
(partnered).
7.12 PARENTING PAYMENT (SINGLE)(a)
Unit June 1997 June 1998 June 1999 June 2000
Age group (years)
Under 20 no. 10 477 10 478 10 676 10 943
20–29 no. 112 797 114 570 116 760 118 655
30–39 no. 150 652 155 740 159 497 163 634
40–49 no. 75 114 80 626 86 298 91 142
50–59 no. 9 531 10 435 11 258 12 383
60 and over no. 322 437 453 557
Males no. 23 920 25 546 27 128 28 463
Females no. 334 973 346 740 357 814 368 851
Persons no. 358 893 372 286 384 942 387 314
Total payments for financial year ending 30 June $’000 2 992 322 3 079 547 3 266 957 3 407 804
(a) Expenditure for 1998–99 onwards is reported on an accrual basis and is not directly comparable to expenditure in previous
years.
Source: Department of Family and Community Services.
7.13 PARENTING PAYMENT (PARTNERED)(a)
Unit June 1997 June 1998 June 1999 June 2000
Non-benefit Parenting Allowance no. 425 378 407 345 394 966 377 648
Benefit Parenting Allowance no. 239 488 238 386 227 988 218 189
Total no. 664 866 645 731 622 321 595 837
Total payments for financial year ending 30 June $’000 2 216 628 2 152 752 2 135 987 2 086 426
(a) Expenditure for 1998–99 onwards is reported on an accrual basis and is not directly comparable to expenditure in previous
years.
Source: Department of Family and Community Services.