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2.12 Child protection

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Note: This visualisation was last updated in December 2020. More recent data can be found in the data tables (last updated July 2023).

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Data tables: 2.12 Child protection
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Measure 2.12: list of tables


  • Table D2.12.1: Children in the child protection system, by Indigenous status, 2016–17 to 2020–21

  • Table D2.12.2: Number of children who were the subjects of substantiations of notifications, by age, Indigenous status and state/territory, 2020–21

  • Table D2.12.3: Children aged 0–17 who were the subjects of substantiations of notifications, by Indigenous status and state/territory, 2020–21

  • Table D2.12.4: Children who were the subject of a substantiation of a notification received during 2020–21, by primary type of abuse or neglect, Indigenous status and state or territory

  • Table D2.12.5: Rate (per 1,000) of Indigenous children aged 0–17 who were the subject of a substantiation of a notification received during the relevant year, by state/territory, 2016–17 to 2020–21

  • Table D2.12.6: Children on care and protection orders, by age, Indigenous status and state/territory, 30 June 2021

  • Table D2.12.7: Children on care and protection orders, by Indigenous status and state/territory, 30 June 2021

  • Table D2.12.8: Children on care and protection orders, by type of order, Indigenous status and state/territory, 30 June 2021

  • Table D2.12.9: Children discharged from care and protection orders, by length of time on an order and state/territory, 2020–21

  • Table D2.12.10: Number of children on care and protection orders, by Indigenous status and state/territory, 30 June 2017 to 30 June 2021

  • Table D2.12.11: Rate (per 1,000) of children on care and protection orders, by Indigenous status and state/territory, at 30 June 2017 to 30 June 2021

  • Table D2.12.12: Children in out-of-home care, by Indigenous status and state/territory, 30 June 2021

  • Table D2.12.13: Indigenous children in out-of-home care, by relationship of carer and state or territory, 30 June 2021

  • Table D2.12.14: Stressors experienced in childhood, by state/territory, selected Indigenous Australians aged 4–14, 2014–15

  • Table D2.12.15: Stressors experienced in childhood, by remoteness, selected Indigenous Australians aged 4–14, 2014–15

  • Table D2.12.16: Number of children substantiated in 2019–20 and subsequently placed on care and protection orders within 12 months, by Indigenous status and state/territory

Data sources

This measure was last updated on 7 July 2023. See table below for details of updates by data source.

Updates to measure content by data source

Topic

Data source

Latest time period reported

Measure content last updated

Child protection

AIHW Child protection Collection

2020–21

7 July 2023

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