Data on job seeker numbers and use of financial assistance used in calculating the proportion of people receiving assistance or registered as job seekers

Table A3.1 Trends in numbers of clients aged 18 years or over and receiving Work and Income assistance (used in figure 2.1)

Population group and assistance received at the end of June Clients receiving Work and Income assistance
2004 Number 2005 Number 2006 Number 2007 Number 2008 Number
Working age clients receiving a main benefit1 309,360 290,466 280,299 261,009 258,317
Working age clients registered as job seekers2 104,360 80,869 75,020 58,090 45,643
Clients aged 65 years or over receiving a pension3 455,090 467,201 482,637 498,318 511,372
People aged 18 or over receiving one or more supplementary benefits, Temporary Additional Support or a Special Benefit4 434,423 447,115 461,298 460,386 463,847

Notes

  1. Numbers of working age clients recorded in SWIFTT as receiving a main benefit at the end of June.
  2. Numbers of working age job seekers registered in SOLO at the end of June.
  3. Numbers of clients aged 65 years or over recorded in SWIFTT as receiving a pension (including New Zealand Superannuation) at the end of June. Excludes clients receiving War Disablement Pensions.
  4. Numbers of clients aged 18 years or over recorded in SWIFTT as receiving one or more supplementary benefits (including an Unsupported Child's Benefit or an Orphan's Benefit), Temporary Additional Support or a Special Benefit. Includes some clients receiving one or more supplementary benefits and Temporary Additional Support or a Special Benefit.

Table A3.2 Trends in the ages of children aged under 18 years and dependent on clients receiving a main benefit (used in figure 2.2)

Age of child at the end of June Children under 18 years dependent on clients receiving a main benefit1
2004 Number 2005 Number 2006 Number 2007 Number 2008 Number
0-4 years 75,190 70,914 67,173 63,775 64,661
5-9 years 74,220 69,967 65,665 59,872 57,651
10-13 years 54,405 51,374 48,154 43,906 42,452
14-17 years 41,148 40,552 39,759 37,116 35,414
Total children aged under 18 years 244,963 232,807 220,751 204,669 200,178

Note

  1. Numbers of children aged under 18 years and recorded in SWIFTT as dependent on clients receiving a main benefit at the end of June.

Table A3.3 Trends in the ages of children aged under 18 years and dependent on registered job seekers (used in figure 2.3)

Age of child at the end of June Children under 18 years dependent on registered jobseekers1,2
2004 Number 2005 Number 2006 Number 2007 Number 2008 Number
0-4 years 13,819 10,801 9,843 7,661 4,425
5-9 years 15,790 11,594 11,041 8,518 4,789
10-13 years 13,774 9,725 9,059 7,159 4,120
14-17 years 11,226 8,219 8,044 6,795 3,989
Total children aged under 18 years 54,609 40,339 37,987 30,133 17,323

Notes

  1. Information on the numbers and ages of children dependent on job seekers is only available for job seekers who were also receiving financial assistance from Work and Income. Between 2004 and 2008, the proportion of registered job seekers receiving such assistance decreased markedly, but remains a significant majority of all registered job seekers.
  2. Numbers of children recorded in SWIFTT as dependent on job seekers who are registered in SOLO at the end of June.

Table A3.4 Trends in the ages of working age clients receiving an unemployment-related benefit (used in figure 3.1)

Age of client at the end of June Working age clients receiving an unemployment-related benefit1,2
2004 Number 2005 Number 2006 Number 2007 Number 2008 Number
18-24 years 20,269 15,281 12,137 7,500 7,016
25-39 years 22,195 16,764 14,278 9,149 7,547
40-49 years 10,911 8,187 7,091 4,849 4,208
50-59 years 9,671 6,745 5,551 3,647 3,040
60-64 years 10,526 8,365 6,441 4,343 2,474
Total working age clients 73,572 55,342 45,498 29,488 24,285

Notes

  1. Comprises Unemployment Benefits and Unemployment Benefits - Hardship paid to unemployed people or to those in training, and Independent Youth Benefits.
  2. Numbers of working age clients recorded in SWIFTT as receiving an unemployment-related benefit at the end of June.

Table A3.5 Trends in the number of clients aged 16–17 years and receiving an Independent Youth Benefit (used in figure 3.2)

  Clients aged 16–17 years receiving an Independent Youth Benefit1
2004 Number 2005 Number 2006 Number 2007 Number 2008 Number
Total aged 16-17 years 2,169 1,914 1,611 1,203 1,190

Note

  1. Numbers of clients aged 16–17 years recorded in SWIFTT as receiving an Independent Youth Benefit at the end of June.

Table A3.6 Trends in the ages of working age clients receiving a Domestic Purposes Benefit - Sole Parent or an Emergency Maintenance Allowance (used in figure 3.4)

Age of client at the end of June Working age clients receiving a Domestic Purposes Benefit - Sole Parent or an Emergency Maintenance Allowance1
2004 Number 2005 Number 2006 Number 2007 Number 2008 Number
18-24 years 18,499 17,911 17,479 17,274 17,906
25-39 years 57,657 54,823 51,609 47,348 45,765
40-49 years 22,518 22,285 21,500 20,433 20,252
50-59 years 3,451 3,629 3,835 3,894 4,145
60-64 years 199 181 190 195 284
Total working age clients 102,324 98,829 94,613 89,144 88,352

Note

  1. Numbers of working age clients recorded in SWIFTT as receiving a Domestic Purposes Benefit - Sole Parent or Emergency Maintenance Allowance at the end of June.

Table A3.7 Trends in the ages of working age clients receiving a sickness-related benefit (used in figure 3.6)

Age of client at the end of June Working age clients receiving a sickness-related benefit1,2
2004 Number 2005 Number 2006 Number 2007 Number 2008 Number
18-24 years 5,486 5,705 6,530 6,763 7,278
25-39 years 13,201 13,194 13,669 13,835 13,393
40-49 years 10,533 10,689 11,140 11,254 10,887
50-59 years 11,235 11,682 11,489 11,406 10,191
60-64 years 3,243 3,906 4,244 4,805 4,522
Total working age clients 43,698 45,176 47,072 48,063 46,271

Notes

  1. Includes Sickness Benefits and Sickness Benefits - Hardship.
  2. Numbers of working age clients recorded in SWIFTT as receiving a sickness-related benefit at the end of June.

Table A3.8 Trends in the ages of working age clients receiving an Invalid's Benefit (used in figure 3.8)

Age of client at the end of June Working age clients receiving an Invalid's Benefit1
2004 Number 2005 Number 2006 Number 2007 Number 2008 Number
18-24 years 5,077 5,273 5,456 5,592 5,948
25-39 years 16,652 16,600 16,546 16,485 16,943
40-49 years 16,976 17,757 18,351 18,711 19,879
50-59 years 20,180 21,160 22,108 22,852 24,406
60-64 years 11,922 12,396 12,888 13,661 15,703
Total working age clients 70,807 73,186 75,349 77,301 82,879

Note

  1. Numbers of working age clients recorded in SWIFTT as receiving an Invalid's Benefit at the end of June.

Table A3.9 Trends in the ages of working age clients receiving a Widow's Benefit (used in figure 3.10)

Age of client at the end of June working age clients receiving a Widow's Benefit1
2004 Number 2005 Number 2006 Number 2007 Number 2008 Number
18-24 years 9 10 13 11 6
25-39 years 348 330 298 257 237
40-49 years 996 936 838 762 702
50-59 years 2,839 2,662 2,530 2,237 2,020
60-64 years 4,069 3,699 3,322 3,020 2,838
Total working age clients 8,261 7,637 7,001 6,287 5,803

Note

  1. Numbers of working age clients recorded in SWIFTT as receiving a Widow's Benefit at the end of June.

Table A3.10 Trends in the ages of working age registered job seekers (used in figure 3.12)

Age of registered job seeker at the end of June Working age registered job seekers1
2004 Number 2005 Number 2006 Number 2007 Number 2008 Number
18-24 years 27,093 21,408 19,452 14,190 12,302
25-39 years 39,265 29,516 27,765 20,710 14,673
40-49 years 21,210 16,303 15,264 12,252 9,199
50-59 years 15,662 11,814 10,920 8,957 6,761
60-64 years 1,130 1,828 1,619 1,981 2,708
Total working age clients 104,360 80,869 75,020 58,090 45,643

Note

  1. Numbers of working age job seekers registered in SOLO at the end of June.

Table A3.11 Trends in the ages of clients aged 65 years or over and receiving New Zealand Superannuation (used in figure 3.13)

Age of client at the end of June Clients aged 65 years or over receiving New Zealand Superannuation1
2004 Number 2005 Number 2006 Number 2007 Number 2008 Number
65-69 years 127,786 135,322 144,867 153,900 158,186
70-74 years 111,757 111,329 111,240 113,201 117,332
75-79 years 94,098 95,021 96,754 97,382 97,581
80 years or over 113,661 117,367 120,993 124,447 128,217
Total aged 65 years or over 447,302 459,039 473,854 488,930 501,316

Note

  1. Numbers of clients aged 65 years or over and recorded in SWIFTT as receiving New Zealand Superannuation at the end of June.

Table A3.12 Trends in the ages of clients aged 65 years or over and receiving a Veteran's Pension (used in figure 3.15)

Age of client at the end of June Clients aged 65 years or over receiving a Veteran's Pension1
2004 Number 2005 Number 2006 Number 2007 Number 2008 Number
65-69 years 452 478 562 681 770
70-74 years 779 776 828 887 930
75-79 years 1,793 1,670 1,577 1,514 1,514
80 years or over 4,764 5,238 5,816 6,306 6,842
Total aged 65 years or over 7,788 8,162 8,783 9,388 10,056

Note

  1. Numbers of clients aged 65 years or over and recorded in SWIFTT as receiving a Veteran's Pension at the end of June.

Table A3.13 Trends in the ages of working age clients receiving an Emergency Benefit (used in figure 3.17)

Age of client at the end of June working age clients receiving an Emergency Benefit1
2004 Number 2005 Number 2006 Number 2007 Number 2008 Number
18-24 years 503 425 433 390 368
25-39 years 1,240 1,037 1,017 866 783
40-49 years 843 744 822 659 442
50-59 years 809 783 833 853 540
60-64 years 734 489 633 635 506
Total working age clients 4,129 3,478 3,738 3,403 2,639

Note

  1. Numbers of working age clients recorded in SWIFTT as receiving an Emergency Benefit at the end of June.

Table A3.14 Trends in the ages of clients aged 18 years or over and receiving an Accommodation Supplement (used in figure 4.1)

Age of client at the end of June Clients aged 18 years or over receiving an Accommodation Supplement1
2004 Number 2005 Number 2006 Number 2007 Number 2008 Number
18-24 years 38,638 37,113 36,741 34,220 35,222
25-39 years 90,945 92,576 93,960 90,245 88,805
40-49 years 44,892 47,394 49,860 49,459 49,943
50-59 years 26,285 27,711 29,251 29,008 29,528
60-64 years 12,026 12,299 12,442 12,479 12,758
65 years or over 21,159 22,932 24,682 25,901 27,055
Total aged 18 years or over 233,945 240,025 246,936 241,312 243,311

Note

  1. Numbers of clients aged 18 years or over and recorded in SWIFTT as receiving an Accommodation Supplement at the end of June.

Table A3.15 Trends in the ages of children aged under 18 years and covered by an Unsupported Child's Benefit or an Orphan's Benefit (used in figure 4.3)

Age of child at the end of June Children aged under 18 years covered by an Unsupported Child's Benefit or Orphan's Benefit1
2004 Number 2005 Number 2006 Number 2007 Number 2008 Number
0-4 years 1,107 1,193 1,299 1,364 1,467
5-9 years 2,554 2,637 2,736 2,863 2,978
10-13 years 2,608 2,746 2,862 2,929 3,002
14-17 years 3,024 3,056 3,133 3,127 3,121
Total aged under 18 years 9,293 9,632 10,030 10,283 10,568

Note

  1. Numbers of children aged under 18 years and recorded in SWIFTT as being covered by an Unsupported Child's Benefit or Orphan's Benefit at the end of June.

Table A3.16 Trends in the number of children aged under five years and covered by a Childcare Subsidy (used in figure 4.5)

Children aged under five years covered by a Childcare Subsidy1
2004 Number 2005 Number 2006 Number 2007 Number 2008 Number
Total children aged under five years 24,119 33,181 36,744 42,356 34,782

Note

  1. Numbers of children aged under five years and recorded in SWIFTT as being covered by a Childcare Subsidy at the end of June.

Table A3.17 Trends in the ages of children aged 5-13 years and covered by an OSCAR Subsidy (used in figure 4.6)

Age of child at the end of June Children aged 5-13 years covered by an OSCAR Subsidy1
2004 Number 2005 Number 2006 Number 2007 Number 2008 Number
5-9 years 1,727 3,404 4,355 5,652 7,208
10-13 years 384 881 1,291 1,723 2,258
Total aged 5-13 years 2,111 4,285 5,646 7,375 9,466

Note

  1. Numbers of children aged 5-13 years and recorded in SWIFTT as being covered by an OSCAR Subsidy at the end of June.

Table A3.18 Trends in the ages of people covered by a Disability Allowance (used in figure 4.8)

Age at the end of June People covered by a Disability Allowance1,2
2004 Number 2005 Number 2006 Number 2007 Number 2008 Number
0-14 years 12,619 10,589 9,611 8,981 8,770
15-17 years 2,226 1,971 1,881 1,896 1,939
18-24 years 5,739 5,376 5,220 5,496 5,885
25-39 years 25,260 21,695 20,685 20,780 20,659
40-49 years 24,169 22,626 22,770 23,244 23,921
50-59 years 28,705 27,795 28,079 28,293 28,325
60-64 years 19,816 19,387 19,198 19,465 20,242
65 years or over 112,851 117,395 120,276 123,059 123,854
Total clients covered by a Disability Allowance 231,385 226,834 227,720 231,214 233,595

Notes

  1. Includes Disability Allowances, Disability Allowances - Telephone Support and assistance delivered under the Disability Assistance Programme.
  2. Numbers of people recorded in SWIFTT as being covered by a Disability Allowance at the end of June.

Table A3.19 Trends in the ages of children aged under 18 years and covered by a Child Disability Allowance (used in figure 4.10)

Age of child at the end of June Children aged under 18 covered by a Child Disability Allowance1
2004 Number 2005 Number 2006 Number 2007 Number 2008 Number
0-4 years 7,367 7,581 8,236 8,898 9,865
5-9 years 10,360 11,112 12,201 13,173 14,717
10-13 years 8,469 8,873 9,643 10,420 11,419
14-17 years 5,163 5,378 6,028 6,547 7,052
Total children aged under 18 years 31,359 32,944 36,108 39,038 43,053

Note

  1. Numbers of children aged under 18 years and recorded in SWIFTT as being covered by a Child Disability Allowance at the end of June.

Table A3.20 Trends in the ages of clients aged 65 years or over with a Residential Care Subsidy being paid towards the cost of their care (used in figure 4.13)

Age of client at the end of June Clients aged 65 years or over receiving a Residential Care Subsidy1
2004 Number 2005 Number 2006 Number 2007 Number 2008 Number
65-69 years 906 926 991 1,038 1,050
70-74 years 1,483 1,461 1,564 1,505 1,538
75-79 years 2,392 2,297 2,685 2,593 2,601
80 years or over 10,302 10,214 13,666 13,548 13,655
Total clients aged 65 years or over 15,083 14,898 18,906 18,684 18,844

Note

  1. Numbers of clients aged 65 years or over and recorded in SWIFTT as having a Residential Care Subsidy paid toward the cost of their care at the end of June.

Table A3.21 Trends in the ages of clients aged 18 years or over and receiving a Special Benefit or Temporary Additional Support (used in figure 4.14)

Age of client at the end of June Clients aged 18 years or over receiving a Special Benefit or Temporary Additional Support1,2
2004 Number 2005 Number 2006 Number 2007 Number 2008 Number
18-24 years 6,038 6,325 5,608 4,393 4,856
25-39 years 23,400 22,192 19,236 14,425 14,626
40-49 years 11,881 12,479 11,696 10,063 10,305
50-59 years 6,633 7,933 8,164 7,527 7,614
60-64 years 2,357 2,876 2,998 2,851 3,141
65 years or over 1,043 1,336 1,559 1,587 1,876
Total clients aged 18 years or over 51,352 53,141 49,261 40,846 42,418

Notes

  1. Numbers of clients aged 18 years or over and recorded in SWIFTT as receiving a Special Benefit at the end of June.
  2. Temporary Additional Support was available from 1 April 2006.
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