Public Sector Employment

175 Ms SANDERSON (Adelaide) (25 September 2015). In relation to full time equivalents in Budget Paper 4, Volume 2, page 28—

1. Can the minister please provide the breakdown by area for all FTEs listed for 13-14, and 14-15 years?

2. Can the minister provide the population being serviced figures for country, Southern and Northern areas?

The Hon. S.E. CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Minister for Education and Child Development, Minister for Higher Education and Skills): I have been advised:

1. The breakdown by area for all FTEs listed for 13-14 and 14-15 years is:

2. It is assumed the Member for Adelaide is referring to the population of 0-17 year old children and young people in each of the geographic locations.

Population figures are provided for northern, central and southern metropolitan regions as this is the configuration used for Assessment and Support and Guardianship services.

Australian Bureau of Statistics 2011 Census data has been used to calculate the geographic distribution of 0-17 year olds as this data can be disaggregated by geographic boundaries that approximate the metropolitan service hub boundaries, noting that population figures for each area are an estimate only.

Accordingly, the population being serviced includes approximately 101,400 in the Northern Metropolitan region; 80,100 in the Central Metropolitan region; 73,100 in the Southern Metropolitan region and 93,800 in the Country region.