Description
- Number and rate (per 1,000) of First Nations children (0-17 years old) in out-of-home care
- Rate (per 1,000) of non-Indigenous children (0-17 years old) in out-of-home care
Data period
Data source
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) Child Protection National Minimum Dataset (CP NMDS) via the Productivity Commission website < https://www.pc.gov.au/closing-the-gap-data/dashboard/socioeconomic/outcome-area12 >.
Region types reported
- Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) 2021 Main Structure regions: States and Territories, Australia.
Suppression rules
Measure based on publicly available data. No further suppression rules applied.
Notes
- Numerator includes children in out-of-home care including where a financial payment was offered but declined by the carer.
- Relevant population is calculated from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population estimates and projections at 30 June of the reference period (series
- 2019 (to 30 June) was the first year that a single nationally consistent definition of out-of-home care has been applied across all states and territories. Prior to this, reporting of out-of-home care was not nationally consistent, and therefore historical data are not provided for this target.
- Data by Indigenous status are influenced by the quality of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander identification of young people in the CP NMDS (not stated categories are reported separately in the data table).
Reference material
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2023, Child protection: Overview, AIHW website, accessed 17 November 2023.
Productivity Commission (PC) (2023), Socioeconomic outcome area 12, Productivity Commission website, accessed 3 October 2023.
