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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 2018

Status not known yet more data from after the Strategy started are needed

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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 2018 are used. In 2018, 86% of carers reported no unmet need for respite care, as did 87% of carers in both 2012 and 2015.

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 2018, 88% of primary carers in both Victoria and Queensland reported no unmet need for respite care (please note that some categories were not published due to small sample numbers and to protect confidentiality).

* Should be used with caution: proportion has a Margin of Error (MoE) >10 percentage points or proportion ± MoE is <0% or >100%.
n.p. (not published) Category has 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 2018, 87% of non-Indigenous carers reported no unmet need for respite care. Data for First Nations carers could not be published due to low sample numbers.

    n.p. (not published) Category has 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 2018, 89% of males who were primary carers reported no unmet need for respite care, compared with 85% 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 2018, 92% of carers aged 65 and over reported no unmet need for respite care, compared with 82% of those aged 15–44.

    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 2018, 85% of carers from CALD backgrounds reported no unmet need for respite care and 86% among the non-CALD group.

    n.p. (not published) Category has 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 2018, 89% of carers living in inner regional areas reported no unmet need for respite care, and 82% of those in outer regional and remote areas.

    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 2018, 87% of carers with disability and 86% of 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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