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Appendix A – DVA facts and figures

This appendix contains facts and figures about DVA’s client communities, supplementing information in the Department overview and the performance information sections of the Outcome chapters.

These tables are:

 

Table 89: Estimated number of survivors by conflict and service
  June 2005 June 2006
Australian Forces    
World War I1 2 1
World War II2 170 400 152 800
Korean War, Malayan Emergency & FESR3 15 800 15 300
Vietnam War4 49800 49 200
Other pre-1972 conflicts5 6 400 8 600
Post-1972 conflicts6 5 200 5 200
Conflicts 1997 and after7 20 000 25 700
Peacetime Defence Force8 161 100 160 300
British Commonwealth & Allied9 48 500 45 600
Total10 476 000 461 800

1 Figures for World War I  are sourced from DVA Commemorations Group 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 Occupation Forces, British Commonwealth Occupation Forces, FESR Navy and a number of other minor conflicts. They are estimated from a 1984 Australian Labour Force Survey. The figure for 2006 differs from that previously published because of an adjustment to the number of Japan Occupying Forces.

6 Post-1972 conflicts include Cambodia, Gulf War, Namibia and Somalia.

7 Conflicts and operations that have occurred since 1997,  which include East Timor, Afghanistan and Iraq, with Bougainville and Solomon Islands now  included in the 2006 figures. The figures have been updated following more recent  information of overlaps within these conflicts. However, due to the lack of accurate information on overlaps between conflicts, these figures still 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 WWII, 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 2006 have been derived using the latest available mortality rates.

Compensation

Table 90: Summary of benefit recipients
  Number of recipients at
30 June 2005		 Number of recipients at
30 June 2006
Service pension includes 239 317 225 568
- veterans 130 719 122 458
- partners 108 598 103 110
Income support supplement 88 493 87 003
Age pension 6 526 6 385
Commonwealth Seniors Health Card 9 975 10 685
Disability pension 150 615 145 546
War widow’s/widower’s pension 114 239 112 882
Orphan's pension 239 222
Attendant allowance1 1 305 1 186
Rent assistance1 27 035 25 787
Guardians allowance1 8 5
Dependent child add-on1 14 10
Remote area allowance1 1 258 1192
Decoration allowance1 1 017 951
Loss of earnings allowance2 119 119
Recreation transport allowance1 3 729 3 518
Vehicle assistance scheme2
(includes an allowance for running cars, driving devices and vehicle purchase)		 73 70
Funeral benefit2 10 522 9 591
Telephone allowance2 338 395 327 147
Temporary incapacity allowance2 71 78
Veterans’ Children Education Scheme 4 803 4 428
Clothing allowance1 1 206 1 128
Homes insured 95 843 91 352
Housing loan subsidies 41 393 37 509

1 The numbers for 2005 are derived from a different source to allow for greater consistency in their count at 30 June 
2 Number of payments as at 11 August 2006

 

Table 91: Pension and allowance rates (fortnightly rates unless otherwise indicated)
  30 June 2005 $ 30 June 2006 $
Service Pension    
Not a member of a couple 476.30 488.90
Partnered 397.70 408.20
Income Support Supplement 141.60 145.50
Disability Pension    
Special rate 798.80 832.10
Intermediate rate 550.00 571.00
Extreme Disablement Adjustment 452.40 468.60
General rate (100%) 300.00 308.50
War and Defence Widow’s/Widower’s Pension
(inc Domestic allowance)		 501.30 524.70
Orphan’s Pension    
Double orphan 148.40 152.10
Low rate – single orphan 74.20 76.10
Rent Assistance    
Not a member of a couple 98.00 99.20
Partnered – combined 92.40 93.60
Attendant Allowance    
High rate 243.00 249.10
Low rate 121.40 124.40
Clothing Allowance    
High rate 10.10 10.40
Mid rate 6.90 7.10
Low rate 4.70 4.80
Telephone Allowance (quarterly rate)    
Base rate 19.80 20.40
WWI rate 79.20 80.85
Section 27 (increased rates of pension)    
Items 1 – 6 491.20 505.10
Item 7 162.10 166.20
Item 8 109.40 112.10
Items 9 and 10 93.80 96.10
Items 11 and 13 46.90 48.10
Items 12 and 14 24.50 25.10
Item 15 36.30 37.20
Recreation Transport Allowance    
High rate 64.80 66.40
Low rate 32.30 33.10
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 92: Number of income support beneficiaries by age group as at 30 June 2006 (Includes persons receiving service pension, income support supplement, age pension and Commonwealth Seniors Health Card)
  NSW Vic Qld SA WA Tas Australia
Under 55 214  975 2 108  723  762  305 7 087
55-59 5 474 3 241 5 908 2 155 2 301  849 19 928
60-64 5 291 3 236 6 319 1 848 2 218  719 19 631
65-69 4 745 2 616 5 054 1 237 1 993  641 16 286
70-74 7 202 4 262 5 574 1 844 2 421  912 22 215
75-79 17 890 12 542 11 249 5 185 5 115 2 203 54 184
80-84 38 213 28 031 22 504 11 728 10 043 4 477 114 996
85-89 19 201 14 576 12 053 5 946 5 099 2 101 58 976
90 or over 5 210 4 291 3 263 1 470 1 541  563 16 338
Unknown  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
Total 105 440 73 770 74 032 32 136 31 493 12 770 329 641

 

Table 93: Service pensions payable by conflict or service as at 30 June 2006
(excludes partner service pension)
  NSW VIC QLD SA WA TAS Australia
WWI  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
WWII 21 610 16 005 13 746 6 111 5 592 2 859 65 923
Korean War & Malaya 2 409 1 151 1 905  455  665  242 6 827
FESR  822  380  783  228  373  78 2 664
Special overseas service (inc Vietnam) 6 426 3 670 8 799 2 450 3 066 1 057 25 468
British Commonwealth Forces 3 443 2 758 2 756 2 124 2 015  625 13 721
Allied Forces 2 550 1 447  646  435  448  194 5 720
British, Commonwealth & Allied mariners  241  158  177  99  112  29  816
Australian mariners  438  147  227  88  97  35 1 032
Gulf War  9  6  6  2  7  1  31
East Timor  22  5  41  8  3  1  80
Unknown  50  31  62  9  19  5  176
Total 38 020 25 758 29 148 12 009 12 397 5 126 122 458

 

Table 94: Service pension participation rates as at 30 June 2006
Age Estimated veterans with qualifying service Veterans receiving service pension Participation rate
Under 55 34 200 1 037 3%
55-59 22 900 10 362 45%
60-64 21 600 10 720 50%
65-69 11 800 6 253 53%
70-74 13 100 6 114 47%
75-79 16 900 7 829 46%
80-84 66 200 48 139 73%
85-89 33 000 26 221 79%
90 or over 9 200 5 783 63%
Total 228 800 122 458 54%

 

Table 95: Partner and war widow/widower service pensions payable by conflict or service as at 30 June 2006
  NSW VIC QLD SA WA TAS Australia
WWI  10  6  7  5  6  1  35
WWII 17 030 12 899 10 589 5 413 5 025 2 244 53 200
Korean War & Malaya 1 783  859 1 395  342  515  172 5 066
FESR  618  282  594  176  279  62 2 011
Special overseas service (inc Vietnam) 4 898 2 885 6 766 1 911 2 336  807 19 603
British Commonwealth Forces 3 935 3 262 3 012 2 509 2 321  685 15 724
Allied forces 2 397 1 438  654  449  448  234 5 620
British, Commonwealth & Allied mariners  260  175  177  124  111  24  871
Australian mariners  315  110  191  65  92  32  805
Gulf War  5  3  4  0  4  0  16
East Timor  10  4  32  4  3  1  54
Unknown  31  22  37  6  8  1  105
Total 31 292 21 945 23 458 11 004 11 148 4 263 103 110

 

Table 96: Number of compensation pensioners by age group as at 30 June 2006
(includes people receiving disability pension, war widow’s/widower’s pension and orphans pension)1
  NSW Vic Qld SA WA Tas Australia
Under 55 6 660 3 523 8 361 2 036 2 839  953 24 372
55-59 5 778 3 546 6 536 2 041 2 356  857 21 114
60-64 4 378 2 620 5 110 1 368 1 597  596 15 669
65-69 2 813 1 391 3 192  585  958  368 9 307
70-74 4 152 2 228 3 254  693 1 018  461 11 806
75-79 12 006 7 871 7 039 2 474 2 366 1 246 33 002
80-84 29 375 20 703 16 175 6 611 5 541 2 812 81 217
85-89 16 469 11 782 9 186 3 749 3 268 1 512 45 966
90 or over 5 128 4 037 2 786 1 158 1 242  464 14 815
Unknown  0  1  0  0  1  0  2
Total 86 759 57 702 61 639 20 715 21 186 9 269 257 270

1 There are an additional 32 797 partners, war widows/widowers and children of incapacitated veterans also receiving payment.

 

Table 97: Disability pensions payable to incapacitated veterans by conflict or service as at 30 June 2006
  NSW Vic Qld SA WA Tas Australia
WWI  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
WWII 26 595 18 435 14 891 5 430 5 403 2 627 73 381
WWII mariners  253  71  102  28  42  16  512
Korean War & Malaya 2 668 1 142 2 495  532  916  308 8 061
FESR  911  430 1 162  155  398  124 3 180
Special overseas service (inc Vietnam) 8 485 5 334 9 578 2 870 3 294 1 259 30 820
Gulf War  133  35  62  14  44  15  303
East Timor  339  154  607  83  173  54 1 410
Peacekeeping forces  323  172  487  66  106  40 1 194
Peacetime/ serving member 7 302 3 704 9 218 2 159 3 009  898 26 290
Unknown  101  90  87  53  44  20  395
Total 47 110 29 567 38 689 11 390 13 429 5 361 145 546

 

Table 98: Disability pensions payable to incapacitated veterans by conflict or service and rate as at 30 June 2006
  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 5 364  288 12 852 14 940 39 937 73 381
WWII mariners  13  0  100  117  282  512
Korean War & Malaya 1 775  52  895 1 363 3 976 8 061
FESR  613  19  174  443 1 931 3 180
Special overseas service (inc Vietnam) 18 252  319  208 2 525 9 516 30 820
Gulf War  49  2  0  34  218  303
East Timor  169  6  0  91 1 144 1 410
Peacekeeping forces  278  14  1  117  784 1 194
Peacetime/ serving member 2 417  233  19 1 365 22 256 26 290
Unknown  25  0  10  193  167  395
Total 28 955  933 14 259 21 188 80 211 145 546

 

Table 99: Disability pensions payable to incapacitated veterans by rate
  Number of recipients at 30 June 2005 Number of recipients at 30 June 2006 Variation (%)
Special rate 28 786 28 955 0.59%
Intermediate rate  967  933 -3.52%
Extreme Disablement Adjustment 14 723 14 259 -3.15%
General rate - 100 per cent 22 211 21 188 -4.61%
General rate - 10-95 per cent 83 928 80 211 -4.43%
Total 150 615 145 546 -3.37%

 

Table 100: Disability pension participation rates by age group as at 30 June 2006
Age Estimated veterans eligible for disability pension Veterans receiving disability pension Participation rate
Under 55 142 700 23 029 16%
55-59 42 600 19 677 46%
60-64 33 600 13 880 41%
65-69 19 300 6 239 32%
70-74 12 800 4 709 37%
75-79 13 800 8 368 61%
80-84 84 900 41 953 49%
85-89 51 600 22 289 43%
90 or over 14 700 5 402 37%
Total 416 200 145 546 35%

 

Table 101: Pensions payable to war widows/widowers and orphans of deceased veterans as at 30 June 2006
  NSW Vic Qld SA WA Tas Australia
WWI 175  207  128  47  40  33  630
WWII 36 725 27 179 20 708 8 859 7 073 3 650 104 194
Korean War & Malaya 1 117  380  675  170  247  102 2 691
FESR  146  61  97  22  33  14  373
Special overseas service (inc Vietnam)  683  485  689  226  198  112 2 393
Defence/peacekeeping forces  862  83  823  55  248  36 2 107
Seaman’s war pension  390  93  123  50  42  15  713
Gulf War  0  0  0  3  0  0  3
Total 40 098 28 488 23 243 9 432 7 881 3 962 113 104

 

Table 102: Treatment population by age group as at 30 June 2006
  NSW Vic Qld SA WA Tas Australia
Under 55 7 686 3 830 8 898 2 281 3 194  837 26 726
55-59 6 388 3 671 6 808 2 155 2 521  778 22 321
60-64 4 966 2 760 5 413 1 509 1 792  557 16 997
65-69 3 342 1 543 3 547  722 1 210  366 10 730
70-74 5 140 2 633 3 796  950 1 397  489 14 405
75-79 13 697 8 446 7 595 2 836 2 873 1 324 36 771
80-84 37 362 25 061 19 410 8 862 7 765 3 413 101 873
85-89 20 585 14 315 11 206 5 015 4 427 1 713 57 261
90 or over 6 342 4 871 3 327 1 492 1 595  511 18 138
Unknown  3  1  1  0  2  0  7
Total 105 511 67 131 70 001 25 822 26 776 9 988 305 229

 

Table 103: Gold Card and White Card holders as at 30 June 2005 and 30 June 2006
  Gold Card White Card Total
June 2005 260 864 55 469 316 333
June 2006 250 957 54 272 305 229

 

Table 104: Treatment population projections (numbers for 2000 to 2006 are actual)
  Under 55 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85-89 90 or over Un-
known		 Total
2000 41 495 9 944 8 141 13 168 45 176 125 943 70 879 26 409 7 759 82 348 996
2001 39 661 13 564 8 852 11 922 32 660 118 299 80 920 30 366 8 783 104 345 131
2002 36 491 17 980 9 324 11 236 25 579 103 056 91 283 35 412 10 252 103 340 716
2003 33 119 22 262 9 625 10 635 22 929 84 873 100 205 39 786 11 646  80 335 160
2004 29 916 25 511 10 101 10 488 19 388 66 110 106 424 44 183 13 613  64 325 798
2005 28 107 24 718 13 197 10 572 16 575 49 296 107 899 50 038 15 875  56 316 333
2006 26 726 22 321 16 997 10 730 14 405 36 771 101 873 57 261 18 138  7 305 229
2007 25 700 18 800 21 600 10 800 13 200 29 100 89 200 64 100 20 700   293 200
2008 25 000 15 300 25 800 10 900 12 300 23 800 74 300 69 800 23 300   280 500
2009 24 300 12 400 28 900 11 200 12 000 19 400 59 600 73 800 26 000   267 600
2010 23 400 11 000 27 800 14 400 11 800 16 100 45 700 74 800 29 400   254 600

 

Table 105: Orange Card holders by age group as at 30 June 2006
  NSW Vic Qld SA WA Tas Australia
70-74  2  4  3  1  8  1  19
75-79  367  291  215  147  174  44 1 238
80-84 3 010 2 120 1 754 1 285 1 298  250 9 717
85-89 1 299 1 091  955  668  593  144 4 750
90 or over  208  140  138  98  99  31  714
Total 4 886 3 646 3 065 2 199 2 172  470 16 438