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Access to alternative care

What is being tracked?

Measure: Proportion of informal carers of people with disability who report no unmet need for respite care

The Strategy would like to see the following tracked – proportion of informal carers of people with disability who report that alternative care arrangements are available and affordable. Available data do not currently allow this.

This measure is part of the Informal and carer supports priority of the Strategy. This priority is about providing enough services and alternative care arrangements to give carers of people with disability the support they need.

The desired outcome is that more carers of people with disability say they can access alternative care arrangements when they need to.

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Outcome area: Personal and community support Priority: Informal and carer supports

  • Baseline value

    86%in 2018

  • Latest value

    86%in 2022

No change the latest data are similar to the baseline

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Trends

Has the proportion of carers who have no unmet need for respite care changed over time?

The data in the graph and the table below show the proportion of primary carers (aged 15 and over) who have no unmet need for respite care. Data from 2012 to 2022 are used. In 2022, 86% of carers reported no unmet need for respite care, as did 87% of carers in 2012. The baseline used to track change over time was 86% in 2018.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics – Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (SDAC) | Data source overview

State and territory

Does the proportion of carers who have no unmet need for respite care vary between states and territories?

The data in the graph and the table below show the proportion of primary carers (aged 15 and over) who have no unmet need for respite care, grouped by Australian states and territories. In 2022, 88% of primary carers in Queensland and 80% in Western Australia reported no unmet need for respite care (please note that results for some jurisdictions were not published due to small sample numbers and to protect confidentiality).

n.p. (not published) Data have been suppressed to avoid identifying individual people.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics – Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (SDAC) | Data source overview

Population groups

How this measure varies by…

  • Does the proportion of carers who have no unmet need for respite care vary for First Nations people and non-Indigenous Australians?

    The data in the graph and the table below show the proportion of primary carers (aged 15 and over) who have no unmet need for respite care, by Indigenous status. In 2022, 86% of non-Indigenous carers reported no unmet need for respite care. Data for First Nations carers could not be published due to small sample numbers and to protect confidentiality.

    n.p. (not published) Data have been suppressed to avoid identifying individual people.

    Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics – Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (SDAC) | Data source overview

  • Does the proportion of carers who have no unmet need for respite care vary by sex?

    The data in the graph and the table below show the proportion of primary carers aged 15 and over who have no unmet need for respite care, for males and females. In 2022, 90% of males who were primary carers reported no unmet need for respite care, compared with 84% of females.

    Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics – Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (SDAC) | Data source overview

  • Does the proportion of carers who have no unmet need for respite care vary by age?

    The data in the graph and the table below show the proportion of primary carers (aged 15 and over) who have no unmet need for respite care, grouped by age. In 2022, 87% of carers aged 65 and over reported no unmet need for respite care, compared with 85% of those aged 45–64.

    Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics – Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (SDAC) | Data source overview

  • Does the proportion of carers who have no unmet need for respite care vary by cultural and linguistic diversity background?

    The data in the graph and the table below show the proportion of primary carers (aged 15 and over) who have no unmet need for respite care, by culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) status. In 2022, 86% of carers from both CALD and non-CALD backgrounds reported no unmet need for respite care.

    n.p. (not published) Data have been suppressed to avoid identifying individual people.

    Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics – Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (SDAC) | Data source overview

  • Does the proportion of carers who have no unmet need for respite care vary by remoteness?

    The data in the graph and the table below show the proportion of primary carers (aged 15 and over) who have no unmet need for respite care, grouped by remoteness. In 2022, 89% of carers living in inner regional areas reported no unmet need for respite care, and 85% of those in major cities.

    Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics – Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (SDAC) | Data source overview

  • Does the proportion of carers who have no unmet need for respite care vary by carer's disability status?

    The data in the graph and the table below show the proportion of primary carers (aged 15 and over) who have no unmet need for respite care, grouped by carer's disability status. In 2022, 86% of both carers with disability and carers without disability reported no unmet need for respite care.

    More detailed data by age group are shown in the table.

    Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics – Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (SDAC) | Data source overview

Where did these data come from?

Data on access to alternative care come from survey data collected by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

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