Appendix A

DVA facts and figures

This appendix contains facts and figures about the veteran community, supplementing information in the Department overview and the performance information sections of the Outcome chapters.These tables are:

Table 86: Estimated number of survivors by conflict and service
Table 87: Summary of benefit recipients
Table 88: Pension and allowance rates
Table 89: Number of income support beneficiaries by age group and state
Table 90: Service pensions payable by conflict or service and state
Table 91: Service pension participation rates
Table 92: Partner and war widow/widower service pensions payable by conflict or service and state
Table 93: Number of compensation pensioners by age group
Table 94: Disability pensions payable to incapacitated veterans by conflict or service and state
Table 95: Disability pensions payable to incapacitated veterans by conflict or service and rate
Table 96: Disability pensions payable to incapacitated veterans by rate of pension
Table 97: Disability pension participation rates
Table 98: Pensions payable to war widows/widowers and orphans of deceased veterans
Table 99: Treatment population by age group
Table 100: Gold Card and White Card holders
Table 101: Treatment population projections
Table 102: Orange Card holders by age group

Table 86: Estimated number of survivors by conflict and service
	June 2004	June 2005
Australian Forces
World War I¹	5	2
World War II²	189 800	170 400
Korean War, Malayan Emergency & FESR³	16 200	15 800
Vietnam War⁴	50 300	49 800
Other pre-1972 conflicts⁵	6 500	6 400
Post-1972 conflicts⁶	5 200	5 200
Conflicts 1999 and after⁷	20 000	20 000
Peacetime Defence Force⁸	161 800	161 100
British Commonwealth & Allied⁹	51 200	48 500
Total¹⁰	499 900	476 000

1.Figures for World War I are sourced from DVA Commemorations Branch database.
2.Figures for World War II are based on nominal roll data.
3.Korean War, Malayan Emergency & Far Eastern Strategic Reserve (FESR) are estimated from a 1984 Australian Bureau of Statistics Labour Force Survey. Where the veteran has more than one service, they are recorded by most recent conflict.
4.Figures for Vietnam are based on nominal roll data and include veterans with prior service in earlier conflicts.
5.Other pre-1972 conflicts include Japan Occupying Forces, British Commonwealth Occupying Forces, FESR Navy and a number of other minor conflicts. They are estimated from a 1984 Australian Labour Force Survey.
6.Post-1972 conflicts include Cambodia, Gulf War, Namibia and Somalia.
7.Conflicts that have occurred since 2000, which include East Timor, Afghanistan and Iraq, have been identified separately because there are unknown overlaps within and between these conflicts. Due to the lack of accurate information, these figures represent a best estimate at the time of publication.
8.Peacetime Defence Force figures are based on Australian Defence Force data and record those with three or more years of service post-1972 who are potentially eligible under the VEA. It includes ‘conflicts’ related to peacekeeping operations. It may include unknown numbers of veterans with service in conflicts prior to 1972.
9.Figures are sourced from a 1984 Australian Bureau of Statistics Labour Force Survey. It includes British Commonwealth & Allied veterans with qualifying service. They were engaged primarily in WW2, Korea/Malaya and Vietnam.
10.Total includes those potentially eligible for a service pension and/or disability pension. All figures are rounded except for World War I. Components will not add exactly to total due to rounding and overlaps. Figures for 2005 have been derived using the latest available mortality rates.

Compensation

Table 87: Summary of benefit recipients as at 30 June 2004 and 30 June 2005
	Number of recipients at 30 June 2004	Number of recipients at 30 June 2005
Service pension includes	252 751	239 317
- veterans	138 740	130 719
- partners	114 011	108 598
Income support supplement	88 269	88 493
Age pension	6 663	6 526
Commonwealth Seniors Health Card	7 992	9 975
Disability pension	154 602	150 615
War widow’s/widower’s pension	114 418	114 239
Orphan’s pension	270	239
Attendant allowance	1 403	1 309
Rent assistance	26 819	27 532
Guardians allowance	14	8
Dependent child add-on	22	17
Remote area allowance	1 315	1 261
Decoration allowance	1 071	888
Loss of earnings allowance	82	119
Recreation transport allowance	3 939	3 827
Vehicle assistance schemeAllowance for running cars Driving devices Vehicle purchase assistance	71	73
Funeral benefit	10 076	10 522
Telephone allowance	347 847¹	338 395 ²
Temporary incapacity allowance³	100	71
Veterans’ Children Education Scheme	5 117	4 803
Clothing allowance	1 241	1 199
Homes insured	100 022	95 843
Housing loan subsidies	45 755	41 393

1.Number of payments made as at 1 October 2004Number of payments made during the year
2.Recipients as at March 2004 and March 2005

Table 88: Pension and allowance rates as at 30 June 2004 and 30 June 2005
(fortnightly rates unless otherwise indicated)
	30 June 2004 $	30 June 2005 $
Service Pension
Not a member of a couple	464.20	476.30
Partnered	387.60	397.70
Income Support Supplement	137.90	141.60
Disability Pension
Special rate	771.00	798.80
Intermediate rate	532.20	550.00
Extreme Disablement Adjustment	438.45	452.40
General rate (100%)	292.30	300.00
War and Defence Widow’s/Widower’s Pension (inc Domestic allowance)	489.20	501.30
Orphan’s Pension
Double orphan	144.80	148.40
Low rate – single orphan	72.40	74.20
Rent Assistance
Not a member of a couple	95.40	98.00
Partnered – combined	90.20	92.40
Attendant Allowance
High rate	237.10	243.00
Low rate	118.40	121.40
Clothing Allowance
High rate	9.90	10.10
Low rate	4.60	4.70
Telephone Allowance (quarterly rate)
Base rate	19.20	19.80
WWI rate	70.50	79.20
Section 27 (increased rates of pension)
Items 1 – 6	478.70	491.20
Item 7	158.10	162.10
Item 8	106.70	109.40
Items 9 and 10	91.50	93.80
Items 11 and 13	45.80	46.90
Items 12 and 14	23.90	24.50
Item 15	35.40	36.30
Recreation Transport Allowance
High rate	63.20	64.80
Low rate	31.50	32.30
Pharmaceutical Allowance
Not a member of a couple	5.80	5.80
Partnered	2.90	2.90
Illness separated	5.80	5.80
Widow’s/widower’s rate	5.80	5.80
Orphan’s rate	5.80	5.80
Remote Area Allowance
Not a member of a couple	18.20	18.20
Partnered rate	15.60	15.60
Spouse and widow/widower	18.20	18.20
Dependent child	7.30	7.30

Table 89: Number of income support beneficiaries by age group and state as at 30 June 2005
(Includes persons receiving service pension, income support supplement, age pension and Commonwealth Seniors Health Card)
Age	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	Australia
Under 55	2 687	1 223	2 584	928	948	374	8 744
55-59	5 766	3 393	6 314	2 191	2 473	957	21 094
60-64	4 511	2 654	5 432	1 497	2 002	596	16 692
65-69	4 966	2 680	4 952	1 297	1 993	632	16 520
70-74	8 619	5 331	6 388	2 271	2 787	1 093	26 489
75-79	22 876	16 345	13 988	6 841	6 484	2 763	69 297
80-84	40 177	29 526	23 847	12 144	10 367	4 660	120 721
85-89	16 488	12 585	10 267	5 065	4 492	1 784	50 681
90 or over	4 454	3 670	2 803	1 266	1 387	493	14 073
Unknown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	110 544	77 407	76 575	33 500	32 933	13 352	344 311

Table 90: Service pensions payable by conflict or service and state as at 30 June 2005
(excludes partner service pension)
	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	Australia
WWI	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
WWII	24 306	17 921	15 285	6 838	6 298	3 180	73 828
Korean War & Malaya	2 501	1 202	1 946	486	701	252	7 088
FESR	784	361	764	219	379	83	2 590
Special overseas service (inc Vietnam)	6 196	3 441	8 434	2 330	2 997	1 029	24 427
British Commonwealth Forces	3 749	3 006	2 976	2 322	2 161	662	14 876
Allied Forces	2 528	1 407	637	453	452	217	5 694
British, Commonwealth & Allied mariners	259	168	191	107	112	32	869
Australian mariners	478	162	246	91	107	38	1 122
Gulf War	9	5	3	1	7	1	26
East Timor	16	8	37	7	3	0	71
Unknown	34	23	43	6	17	4	127
Total	40 860	27 705	30 562	12 860	13 234	5 498	130 719

Table 91: Service pension participation rates as at 30 June 2005
Age	Estimated veterans with qualifying service	Veterans receiving service pension	Participation rate (%)
Under 55	30 100	1 671	6%
55-59	28 200	11 990	43%
60-64	16 800	8 277	49%
65-69	12 900	5 976	46%
70-74	13 200	6 711	51%
75-79	26 400	13 893	53%
80-84	71 900	54 419	76%
85-89	29 200	22 837	78%
90 or over	800	4 945	62%
Total	236 600	130 719	55%

Table 92: Partner and war widow/widower service pensions payable by conflict or service and state as at 30 June 2005
	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	Australia
WWI	11	9	10	7	7	1	45
WWII	18 970	14 274	11 700	5 954	5 497	2 456	58 851
Korean War & Malaya	1 847	894	1 418	354	539	178	5 230
FESR	600	270	584	168	280	65	1 967
Special overseas service (inc Vietnam)	4 708	2 700	6 461	1 796	2 277	781	18 723
British Commonwealth Forces	4 107	3 417	3 121	2 609	2 412	710	16 376
Allied forces	2 355	1 393	626	449	443	241	5 507
British, Commonwealth & Allied mariners	265	182	186	122	111	26	892
Australian mariners	350	115	203	68	103	33	872
Gulf War	5	2	3	1	4	0	15
East Timor	8	6	29	3	3	0	49
Unknown	18	15	26	3	8	1	71
Total	33 244	23 277	24 367	11 534	11 684	4 492	108 598

Table 93: Number of compensation pensioners by age group and state as at 30 June 2005
(includes people receiving disability pension, war widow’s/widower’s pension and orphans pension)
Age	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	Australia
Under 55	7 037	3 752	8 736	2 212	2 984	948	25 669
55-59	6 450	4 084	7 062	2 243	2 549	952	23 340
60-64	3 380	1 807	4 087	997	1 288	439	11 998
65-69	2 795	1 393	3 059	538	905	336	9 026
70-74	4 871	2 778	3 533	840	1 111	568	13 701
75-79	15 368	10 377	8 876	3 364	3 049	1 528	42 562
80-84	30 789	21 633	16 940	6 774	5 718	2 982	84 836
85-89	14 221	10 185	7 869	3 219	2 933	1 288	39 715
90 or over	4 423	3 505	2 394	1 033	1 103	403	12 861
Unknown	2	11	10	3	3	2	31
Total	89 336	59 525	62 566	21 223	21 643	9 446	263 739

1. There are an additional 39 557 partners, war widows/widowers and children of incapacitated veterans also receiving payment.

Table 94: Disability pensions payable to incapacitated veterans by conflict or service and state as at 30 June 2005
	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	Australia
WWI	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
WWII	29 057	19 991	16 200	5 952	5 936	2 857	79 993
WWII mariners	261	72	101	28	47	16	525
Korean War & Malaya	2 626	1 136	2 457	525	905	288	7 937
FESR	894	415	1 136	157	400	120	3 122
Special overseas service (inc Vietnam)	8 379	5 207	9 390	2 838	3 250	1 238	30 302
Gulf War	128	33	54	12	44	9	280
East Timor	299	128	506	61	152	43	1 189
Peacekeeping forces	304	165	440	59	97	38	1 103
Peacetime/ serving member	7 191	3 671	8 973	2 138	2 950	846	25 769
Unknown	101	97	84	55	40	18	395
Total	49 240	30 915	39 341	11 825	13 821	5 473	150 615

Table 95: Disability pensions payable to incapacitated veterans by conflict or service and rate as at 30 June 2005
	Special rate	Intermediate rate	EDA	General rate 100 per cent	General rate 10-95 per cent	Total
WWI	0	0	0	0	0	0
WWII	5 966	317	13 415	16 235	44 060	79 993
WWII mariners	11	1	98	117	298	525
Korean War & Malaya	1 758	49	844	1 331	3 955	7 937
FESR	614	22	152	421	1 913	3 122
Special overseas service (inc Vietnam)	17 672	331	186	2 468	9 645	30 302
Gulf War	45	2	0	36	197	280
East Timor	143	8	0	59	979	1 189
Peacekeeping forces	253	15	0	99	736	1 103
Peacetime/ serving member	2 298	222	17	1 234	21 998	25 769
Unknown	26	0	11	211	147	395
Total	28 786	967	14 723	22 211	83 928	150 615

Table 96: Disability pensions payable to incapacitated veterans by rate of pension
	Number of recipients at 30 June 2004	Number of recipients at 30 June 2005	Variation
Special rate	28 449	28 786	1.18%
Intermediate rate	973	967	-0.62%
Extreme Disablement Adjustment	14 603	14 723	0.82%
General rate - 100 per cent	23 337	22 211	-4.82%
General rate - 10-95 per cent	87 240	83 928	-3.80%
Total	154 602	150 615	-2.58%

Table 97: Disability pension participation rates by age group as at 30 June 2005
Age	Estimated veterans eligible for disability pension	Veterans receiving disability pension	Participation rate (%)
Under 55	142 100	24 190	17%
55-59	46 500	21 941	47%
60-64	27 800	10 163	37%
65-69	18 900	5 725	30%
70-74	12 000	4 840	40%
75-79	24 900	14 086	57%
80-84	92 800	45 930	49%
85-89	47 800	19 137	40%
90 or over	13 200	4 589	35%
Unknown		14
Total	426 000	150 615	35%

Table 98: Pensions payable to war widows/widowers and orphans of deceased veterans as at 30 June 2005
	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	Australia
WWI	211	254	150	59	43	36	753
WWII	37 260	27 668	21 046	8 952	7 186	3 732	105 844
Korean War & Malaya	1 096	360	675	158	237	95	2 621
FESR	140	57	93	20	32	12	354
Special overseas service (inc Vietnam)	654	455	638	210	185	99	2 241
Defence/peacekeeping forces	805	73	778	53	234	33	1 976
Seaman’s war pension	367	94	124	51	37	16	689
Total	40 533	28 961	23 504	9 503	7 954	4 023	114 478

Table 99: Treatment population by age group and state as at 30 June 2005
Age	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	Australia
Under 55	8 087	4 044	9 319	2 484	3 332	841	28 107
55-59	7 135	4 214	7 397	2 362	2 740	870	24 718
60-64	3 887	1 931	4 381	1 116	1 459	423	13 197
65-69	3 373	1 561	3 415	699	1 187	337	10 572
70-74	5 951	3 215	4 149	1 114	1 533	613	16 575
75-79	18 219	11 591	9 846	4 037	3 860	1 743	49 296
80-84	39 600	26 533	20 670	9 313	8 156	3 627	107 899
85-89	18 004	12 578	9 684	4 345	3 959	1 468	50 038
90 or over	5 537	4 218	2 886	1 322	1 456	456	15 875
Unknown	7	15	20	7	7	0	56
Total	109 800	69 900	71 767	26 799	27 689	10 378	316 333

Table 100: Gold Card and White Card holders as at 30 June 2004 and 30 June 2005
	Gold Card	White Card	Total
June 2004	269 544	56 254	325 798
June 2005	260 864	55 469	316 333

Table 101: Treatment population projections
(numbers for 2000 to 2005 are actual)
	Under 55	55-59	60-64	65-69	70-74	75-79	80-84	85-89	90 and over	Un-known	Total
'00	41 495	9 944	8 141	13 168	45 176	125 943	70 879	26 409	7 759	82	348 996
'01	39 661	13 564	8 852	11 922	32 660	118 299	80 920	30 366	8 783	104	345 131
'02	36 491	17 980	9 324	11 236	25 579	103 056	91 283	35 412	10 252	103	340 716
'03	33 119	22 262	9 625	10 635	22 929	84 873	100 205	39 786	11 646	80	335 160
'04	29 916	25 511	10 101	10 488	19 388	66 110	106 424	44 183	13 613	64	325 798
'05	28 107	24 718	13 197	10 572	16 575	49 296	107 899	50 038	15 875	56	316 333
'06	27 000	22 500	17 000	10 800	14 400	36 900	102 500	57 200	18 100		306 400
'07	26 200	19 100	21 500	11 000	13 300	29 400	90 600	64 300	20 800		296 300
'08	25 600	16 000	25 700	11 200	12 700	24 100	76 700	70 600	23 500		286 100
'09	25 000	13 300	29 000	11 700	12 500	19 800	62 700	75 400	26 400		275 700
'10	24 300	12 000	28 100	15 000	12 500	16 400	49 400	77 400	30 100		265 300

Table 102: Orange Card holders by age group as at 30 June 2005
Age	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	Australia
70-74	14	17	12	1	13	4	61
75-79	949	666	547	401	406	84	3 053
80-84	3 112	2 256	1 883	1 395	1 345	278	10 269
85-89	1 059	897	788	571	512	131	3 958
90 or over	152	101	107	73	81	19	533
Total	5 286	3 937	3 337	2 441	2 357	516	17 874

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