Residential aged care in Australia 2007–08
A statistical overview
June 2009

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2009. Residential aged care in Australia 2007–08: a statistical overview. Aged care statistic series 28. Cat. no. AGE 58. Canberra: AIHW.
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Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Summary
Introduction
1	Aged care provision
1.1	Operational places and packages
1.2  State and territory variations
1.3	Allocated places and packages to approved provider
2	Residential aged care services
2.1	Type of organisation providing services
3	Patterns of use
3.1	Usage rates
3.2	Resident-occupied place-days
3.3	Occupancy
3.4	Length of stay
3.5	Turnover
3.6	Admissions and separations
4	Resident characteristics
4.1	Residents at 30 June 2008
4.2	Newly admitted residents 2007–08
4.3	Care levels of residents
Appendix 1	Additional time series data
Appendix 2	Population data
Appendix 3	Aged Care Funding Instrument
Appendix 4	Financial support arrangements
Appendix 5	Data and their limitations
Glossary
References
List of tables
List of figures

Acknowledgments
This report was compiled by Peter Braun. Contributions from a number of colleagues are gratefully acknowledged.
Ann Peut, Fadwa Al-Yaman and Penny Allbon of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare provided critical comments and other valuable assistance with the compilation of the report. 
Technical support and advice from within the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare was given by the Data and Information Technology Unit.
Thanks are due to colleagues in the Ageing and Aged Care Division of the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. In particular, members of the former Modelling, Information, Reporting and Analysis Group and members of the Evaluation Section in the Policy and Evaluation Branch have been very helpful.

Abbreviations
ABS	Australian Bureau of Statistics
ACAT			Aged Care Assessment Team(s)
ACFI			Aged Care Funding Instrument
ACCMIS		Aged and Community Care Management Information System 
ADL			Activities of Daily Living
AIHW			Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
ARIA 			Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia
ASGC			Australian Standard Geographical Classification
BEH			Mental and Behavioural Diagnosis
CACP			Community Aged Care Package(s)
CD			Census Collection District
CHC			Complex Health Care
CHIPS			Commonwealth Hostel Information Payment System (the previous 			             payment system for hostels)
DoHA 			Department of Health and Ageing (Australian Government)
DVA			Department of Veterans’ Affairs (Australian Government)
EACH			Extended Aged Care at Home Package(s)
EACH Dementia	Extended Aged Care at Home Dementia Package(s)
HACC			Home and Community Care
MPS			Multi-purpose Service(s)
NHPS			Nursing Home Payment System (the previous payment system for 			             nursing homes)
RCS 			Resident Classification Scale
SEIFA			Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas
SPARC		System for the Payment of Aged Residential Care (the current				             payment system for residential care)
TCP			Transition Care Place(s)

Summary
This report presents statistics on the Australian residential aged care system over the period 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008. 
Major changes in appraisal of resident care needs and health conditions
From 20 March 2008 a new method of appraising the care needs of permanent residents was introduced. The Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI) replaced the Resident Classification Scale (RCS). The ACFI is designed to measure a resident’s need for care rather than the care provided. It underpins a new set of funding arrangements in residential aged care designed to reflect the costs associated with such care. 
This report includes data about the 47,338 residents who had received an ACFI appraisal by 30 June 2008. Over three-quarters of these residents (76%) were classified as high care.
For the first time, this report includes data about the health conditions of permanent residents with an ACFI appraisal. Almost half (48%) had a recorded diagnosis of dementia. Other recorded health conditions affecting residents included circulatory diseases (14,000 residents) and diseases of the musculoskeletal and connective tissue (8,200 residents). 
Aged care provision continues to increase
At 30 June 2008, there were 175,472 residential aged care places, an increase of 5,401 compared with 30 June 2007. The current planning target for residential aged care provision is 88 places per 1,000 persons aged 70 years and over. Although it is intended that this will be achieved by June 2011, the target was close to being achieved by June 2008 when there were 87.7 operational places per 1,000 persons (up from 86.9 at 30 June 2007).
Including other aged care programs such as aged care packages in the community, the corresponding ratio of available places and packages increased from 109.5 to 111.9 during the 
12-month period to 30 June 2008, relative to the overall planning target of 113 places and packages per 1,000 persons aged 70 or over. Current planning has set this target to also be achieved by June 2011. 
Average occupancy in residential aged care from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008 was 93.5% compared to 94.3% in the previous year.
Average length of stay continues to increase
There were 105,030 admissions to residential aged care between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008, of which 53,737 were for permanent care. During the same period there were 53,819 separations from permanent care, with the most common reason for separation being death (88%).
On average, the length of time people spend in residential aged care is increasing. The average completed length of stay for permanent residents who left residential aged care during 2007–08 was 147.8 weeks compared with 131.3 weeks in 1998–99 and 145.9 weeks in 2006–07. Length of stay was longer for women (170.4 weeks) than for men (109.8 weeks). 
Respite care is an important component of residential service provision
While at any one time the number of respite residents is small, almost half (49%) of admissions to residential aged care during 2007–08 were for respite care. Respite care is usually of short duration with an average length of stay of 3.3 weeks. The majority of respite residents (77%) return to the community, but 16% continue in residential care (either permanent care or additional respite care).
Introduction
This report presents statistics on the Australian residential aged care system over the period 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008. It is the eleventh such report in the Aged care statistics series produced by the Ageing and Aged Care Unit of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, under an agreement with the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.
Residential aged care is one of the main types of formal care delivery for frail or disabled older people administered under the Aged Care Act 1997. The other main types of care are provided through Community Aged Care Packages (CACP), flexible care provided through Extended Aged Care at Home Packages (EACH), Extended Aged Care at Home Dementia Packages (EACH Dementia), Innovative Care, and Transition Care Places (TCP). Multi-purpose Services (MPS) also provide residential places and community aged care.
Government planning of service provision aims to maintain a national provision level of operational aged care places and packages for every 1,000 people aged 70 years and over, across the programs administered under the Aged Care Act 1997. The current provision target is 113 places and packages per 1,000 persons aged 70 years and over, to be achieved by June 2011. In addition, the planning process aims to provide access to an array of care options to meet the needs and preferences of care recipients. 
From a service use perspective, access to assistance from each of these types of care requires approval from a multidisciplinary Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT). ACATs operate throughout Australia as a single point of entry to these aged care services, and also act as a source of advice and referral about other community services. In addition, care recipients may sometimes receive assistance from more than one aged care program, for example, a CACP and residential respite care. As their care needs change, care recipients may also move from one program of assistance to another, for example, from a CACP to an EACH. 
Residential aged care
The Australian Government funds aged care facilities to provide residential aged care to older Australians whose care needs are such that they can no longer remain in their own homes. Facilities provide suitable accommodation and related services (such as laundry, meals and cleaning) and personal care services (such as assistance with the activities of daily living). Nursing care and specialised equipment are provided to residents requiring such assistance.
Residential respite gives short-term care in aged care facilities on a planned or emergency basis.
Community care and flexible care
There is a continuing strong emphasis on the provision of innovative and flexible community care to help people stay in their own homes. The largest source of community care assistance is provided through the Australian Government and state/territory funded Home and Community Care (HACC) program administered under the Home and Community Care Act 1985. In 2007–08, an estimated 831,500 people received assistance from the HACC program. 
Community care in the person’s home is also provided as tailored packages through CACP. These packages provide care for frail or disabled older people whose dependency and complex care needs would qualify them for entry to an aged care facility, at least for low-level care. They are complemented by EACH and EACH Dementia, whose aim is to deliver care at home that is equivalent to high-level residential care. EACH Dementia are individually tailored packages of care for approved care recipients who have complex care needs because of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia that affect their ability to live independently in the community.
Transition Care Places (TCP) are relatively new and are jointly funded by the Australian Government and the state and territory governments. TCP provide time-limited, goal-oriented and therapy-focused care for older people after a hospital stay. TCP provide older people with a package of services that includes low-intensity therapy (such as physiotherapy), care management, and either nursing support and/or personal care. Transition care can be provided for up to 12 weeks (with a possible extension of another 6 weeks) in either a home-like residential setting or in a person’s home. The places are aimed at older people who would otherwise be eligible for residential aged care, and gives them and their families and carers time to consider long-term care arrangements. It also aims to optimise the independent functioning of these older people prior to their making longer term arrangements.
Multi-purpose Services (MPS) are also a joint initiative between the Australian Government and those states and territories that need such services. They deliver a mix of aged care, health and community services in rural and remote communities, many of which cannot sustain separate services. The services may be delivered at central locations or in the local community.
In addition, flexible models of care are provided under the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program. The services funded under this program provide culturally appropriate aged care, mainly in rural and remote areas. Services delivered under this program are outside the Aged Care Act 1997.
Structure of the report
This publication is primarily concerned with residential aged care. However, the first chapter on provision of aged care places also includes data about CACP, EACH and EACH Dementia, and TCP.
Chapter 2 reports data on the number, size and location of residential aged care services, while Chapter 3 looks at patterns of service use by residents, including admissions and separations. Chapter 4 describes characteristics of residents as at 30 June 2008, and characteristics of newly admitted and separated residents during 2007–08. 
Four appendixes provide additional time series data, population data, details of important changes in the aged care system and notes on the data and their limitations. 
Cases where data are not applicable, unknown or not reported have been excluded in relevant calculations of percentages and rates presented in the text, and may create minor variance to the totals in relevant tables. 

1	Aged care provision 
1.1	Operational places and packages
Residential aged care provision increased in absolute terms from 170,071 operational places at 30 June 2007 to 175,472 places at 30 June 2008 (Table 1.1). In the same period the provision of CACP rose from 37,997 to 40,280. Available packages for EACH and EACH Dementia increased from 3,302 and 1,271 respectively, at 30 June 2007 to 4,244 and 1,996 at 30 June 2008. 
As well as reporting provision by mainstream services, the data in this section of the report also incorporate aged care places and packages delivered by flexible care through MPS and places and packages provided under the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program. The exception is the data about allocated places (Figure 1.1), which only include mainstream service allocations.
In 2004, the Australian Government increased the planning target for aged care provision to 108 places and packages per 1,000 persons aged 70 years and over. Of these 108 places and packages, 88 were aimed at residential aged care, (40 high-care places and 48 low-care places), and 20 were CACP and EACH. The previous target was 100 places and packages per 1,000 persons aged 70 years and over, comprising 50 low-care places, 40 high-care places and 10 CACP. The provision ratio measures operational places and packages per 1,000 persons aged 70 years and over, and now also includes TCP. This target was intended to be reached by December 2008.
In February 2008, the provision ratio was further increased to 113 places and packages per 1,000 persons aged 70 years and over, to be achieved by June 2011. The intended mix was set at 44 high-care and 44 low-care places, and 25 community care packages, including four for 
high-level care.
The combined provision ratio declined in the late 1980s and early 1990s, but stabilised in the mid-to-late 1990s at around 93–94 places and packages per 1,000 persons aged 70 years and over (AIHW 1995; AIHW 1997). Since 2001, the ratio has risen each year as a consequence of new aged care places and packages being made available (Table 1.1; Figure 1.1). 
For this report, provision ratios have been recalculated back to 2001 using revised Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) population data. The combined ratio of residential aged care places, CACP, EACH, EACH Dementia and TCP per 1,000 persons aged 70 years and over increased from 109.5 at 30 June 2007 to 111.9 at 30 June 2008. The provision ratio for residential care increased from 86.9 to 87.7. The provision ratio for other care programs also increased over this period; the CACP ratio increased from 19.4 to 20.1, and the EACH/EACH Dementia ratio increased from 2.3 to 3.1. TCP contributed 1,963 places at 30 June 2008, which added 1.0 to the Australia-wide provision ratio.
The increase in provision of places and packages over the years is in line with potential demand from an ageing population. The planning targets and the allocations of future places and packages to approved providers attempt to keep pace with potential demand. The planning process also attempts to achieve equitable distribution of services throughout the country.

Table 1.1: Number of operational residential aged care places, CACP, EACH, EACH Dementia and TCP, and the provision ratio per 1,000 persons aged 70 years and over, 30 June 1995 to 30 June 2008
	Places and packages		Provision ratio(a)	
Year	 Residential aged care 	CACP(b) 	EACH and EACH Dementia 	TCP	 Total		Residential places 	CACP ratio	EACH and EACH Dementia 	TCP 	Total	
1995	134,810	2,542	..	..	137,352		92.2	1.7	..	..	93.9	
1996	136,851	4,431	..	..	141,282		90.6	2.9	..	..	93.5	
1997	139,058	6,124	..	..	145,182		89.2	3.9	..	..	93.1	
1998	139,917	10,046	..	..	149,963		87.1	6.3	..	..	93.3	
1999	141,697	13,896	..	..	155,593		85.6	8.4	..	..	94.0	
2000	142,342	18,308	..	..	160,650		83.6	10.8	..	..	94.4	
2001	144,013	24,629	..	..	168,642		82.2	14.0	..	..	96.2	
2002	146,268	26,425	..	..	172,693		81.9	14.8	..	..	96.7	
2003	151,181	27,881	255	..	179,062		83.3	15.4	0.1	..	98.8	
2004	156,580	29,063	860	..	186,503		85.0	15.8	0.5	..	101.2	
2005	161,765	30,973	1,673	..	194,411		86.3	16.5	0.9	..	103.7	
2006	166,291	35,383	3,181	595	205,450		87.0	18.5	1.7	0.3	107.5	
2007	170,071	37,997	4,573	1,609	214,250		86.9	19.4	2.3	0.8	109.5	
2008	175,472	40,280	6,240	1,963	223,955	 	87.7	20.1	3.1	1.0	111.9	
(a) 	The ratios are based on ABS population estimates released in December 2008 (ABS 2008). Total provision may vary from the sum of the component parts because of rounding. 
(b) 	From 1999, the data in this table include places and packages provided by Multi-purpose Services, and funding under the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program. Non-residential flexible care packages are counted under CACP.
Notes		
1. 	The 2008 EACH/EACH Dementia total includes 1,996 EACH Dementia.
2. 	The ratios may differ slightly from those published by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing which, for reporting purposes, may use different population data. The report also includes programs not covered by the Aged Care Act 1997 and uses a different refresh of the Aged and Community Care Management Information System (ACCMIS). 
..       Not applicable.
1.2 State and territory variations
The residential aged care provision ratios at 30 June 2008 showed some variation by state and territory (Table 1.3). Provision ratios for residential places were highest in the Northern Territory (94.6), South Australia (94.5), and Victoria (88.4). Western Australia (83.5) and the Australian Capital Territory (76.6) had the lowest ratios of residential aged care provision. 
The combined ratios of all aged care places and packages per 1,000 persons aged 70 years and over at the state/territory level were: Northern Territory (226.1), South Australia (118.2), Victoria (112.5), Tasmania (111.6), New South Wales (111.6), Queensland (109.1), Western Australia (108.0) and the Australian Capital Territory (107.4) (Table 1.3).
The Northern Territory has a much higher proportion of Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander people than other states or territories (29% compared to at most 4% in any other state or territory). As a result of the poorer health status of Indigenous Australians they need to access aged care programs at younger ages compared to non-Indigenous Australians. If the population figures used in the denominator to calculate the places ratio include Indigenous people aged between 50 years and 69 years, as well as the general population aged 70 years and over, a different picture emerges. For the Northern Territory, the ratio for residential aged care reduces from 93.6 to 47.6, whereas the aggregate Australian ratio reduces only from 87.7 to 85.5. The combined ratio reduces from 226.1 to 113.8 in the Northern Territory, while the ratio for Australia reduces only from 111.9 to 109.2. This phenomenon is taken into account in the planning of aged care provision generally. 
Provision of residential aged care places per 1,000 population aged 70+ in  remoteness areas was: Major cities (89.2), Inner regional (87.2), Outer regional (78.3), Remote (83.9) and Very remote (103.3).
1.3	Allocated places and packages to approved provider
Aged Care Approval Rounds cater for the ongoing provision of new places and packages that are needed to achieve the planning targets, as detailed earlier. There are time lags between residential places, EACH/EACH Dementia and CACP being approved, allocated and then becoming operational. Service providers who receive an allocation of new places and/or packages are required to make them operational within 2 years or the places are either reallocated or renegotiated. 
In 2007–08, the overall allocation included 2,110 low-care residential places, 4,415 high-care residential places, 2,377 CACP and 1,616 EACH/EACH Dementia packages.
Additional detail regarding specific allocations may be found at: <http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/ageing-acar2007-index.htm>.
Further statistics on CACP, EACH, EACH Dementia and TCP over the same reporting period will be published as a separate report in this series (AIHW 2009 forthcoming). Other detailed information about CACP and EACH care recipients and the type of assistance they receive was collected in 2002 (AIHW 2004). An updated Community Care Census was conducted early in 2008 (<http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/ageing-communitycare-census-2008.htm>). The results of this census are not available at the time of this publication but will provide detailed information on recent service provision through the CACP, EACH and EACH Dementia Programs as well as the National Respite for Carers Program. 
Figure 1.1: Number of new aged care places, CACP, EACH and EACH Dementia allocated to approved providers, 1995–96 to 2007–08
Vertical bar chart showing number of new places on y-axis and year on x-axis. Key shows ‘EACH and EACH Dementia’, ‘CACPs’, ‘High-care residential places’ and ‘Low-care residential places.’
Source: AIHW 2007 and data supplied by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.	
Notes:   1. This figure includes revised numbers for 2006–07.
2. EACH were introduced in 2002–03 and EACH Dementia were introduced in 2005–06.

Table 1.2: Residential aged care, CACP, EACH, EACH Dementia and TCP, by state/territory and remoteness,(a) 30 June 2008
State/territory	Major cities	Inner regional	Outer regional	Remote	Very remote	All regions	
	Number
	
Residential places							
NSW	41,615	14,399	4,018	217	9	60,258	
Vic	32,326	10,405	2,533	53	..	45,317	
Qld	19,173	7,539	3,867	454	238	31,271	
WA	11,027	1,964	1,440	317	171	14,919	
SA	12,695	1,800	1,783	363	146	16,787	
Tas	..	3,300	1,161	66	23	4,550	
ACT	1,793	0	..	..	..	1,793	
NT	..	..	241	241	95	577	
Australia	118,629	39,407	15,043	1,711	682	175,472	
CACP							
NSW	9,284	3,449	768	52	15	13,568	
Vic	7,541	2,206	453	14	..	10,214	
Qld	4,096	1,541	1,006	192	237	7,072	
WA	2,629	388	360	199	54	3,630	
SA	2,491	568	327	77	60	3,523	
Tas	0	801	223	32	15	1,071	
ACT	529	0	..	..	..	529	
NT	..	..	200	170	303	673	
Australia	26,570	8,953	3,337	736	684	40,280	
EACH and EACH Dementia(b)	
NSW	1,426	504	160	0	0	2,090	
Vic	1,160	351	90	2	..	1,603	
Qld	616	277	111	4	5	1,013	
WA	462	76	35	7	0	580	
SA	387	60	67	0	0	514	
Tas	0	145	25	2	0	172	
ACT	155	0	..	..	..	155	
NT	..	..	93	20	0	113	
Australia	4,206	1,413	581	35	5	6,240	
 (continued)

Table 1.2 (continued): Residential aged care, CACP, EACH, EACH Dementia and TCP, by state/territory and remoteness,(a) 30 June 2008
State/territory	Major cities	Inner regional	Outer regional	Remote	Very remote	 All regions	
	Number
	
TCP							
NSW	502	148	24	0	0	674	
Vic	449	53	0	0	..	502	
Qld	206	83	54	0	0	343	
WA	100	20	40	0	0	160	
SA	176	0	0	0	0	176	
Tas	..	57	0	0	0	57	
ACT	35	0	..	..	..	35	
NT	..	..	4	4	8	16	
Australia	1,468	361	122	4	8	1,963	
	Number	
Total (places and packages)	
NSW	52,827	18,500	4,970	269	24	76,590	
Vic	41,476	13,015	3,076	69	..	57,636	
Qld	24,091	9,440	5,038	650	480	39,699	
WA	14,218	2,448	1,875	523	225	19,289	
SA	15,749	2,428	2,177	440	206	21,000	
Tas	..	4,303	1,409	100	38	5,850	
ACT	2,512	0	..	..	..	2,512	
NT	..	..	538	435	406	1,379	
Australia	150,873	50,134	19,083	2,486	1,379	223,955	
	Per cent	
Total (places and packages)	
NSW	69.0	24.2	6.5	0.4	0.0	100.0	
Vic	72.0	22.6	5.3	0.1	..	100.0	
Qld	60.7	23.8	12.7	1.6	1.2	100.0	
WA	73.7	12.7	9.7	2.7	1.2	100.0	
SA	75.0	11.6	10.4	2.1	1.0	100.0	
Tas	..	73.6	24.1	1.7	0.6	100.0	
ACT	100.0	0.0	..	..	..	100.0	
NT	..	..	39.0	31.5	29.4	100.0	
Australia	67.4	22.4	8.5	1.1	0.6	100.0	
(a) 	Refers to the location of the services. The table uses the ASGC Remoteness Structure as developed by the ABS.		
(b) 	Includes 1,996 EACH Dementia. More detail may be found in AIHW 2009 (forthcoming)			
					
Note:	These figures include places and packages provided by Multi-purpose Services and places and packages funded under the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program.	
.. 	Not applicable.	

Table 1.3: Residential aged care, CACP, EACH, EACH Dementia and TCP per 1,000 persons aged 
70 years and over, by state/territory and remoteness,(a) 30 June 2008	
State/territory	Major
 cities	Inner regional	Outer regional	Remote	Very
 remote	Total (70+)	Total (70+ population and Indigenous population aged 50–69 years)	
	Ratio	
Residential places	
NSW	  89.6	  87.6	  74.3	  70.0	  30.0	  87.8	85.7	
Vic	  88.3	  91.7	  78.9	  75.7	..	  88.4	87.9	
Qld	  88.2	  82.8	  81.8	  82.5	  85.0	  85.9	83.2	
WA	  85.4	  72.7	  87.8	  72.0	  114.0	  83.5	80.1	
SA	  98.0	  83.7	  84.5	  77.2	  162.2	  94.5	92.7	
Tas	..	  95.9	  67.9	  94.3	  76.7	  86.8	83.8	
ACT	  77.0	0.0	..	..	..	  76.6	75.6	
NT	..	..	  61.8	  185.4	  105.6	  94.6	47.6	
Australia	  89.2	  87.2	  78.3	  83.9	  103.3	  87.7	85.5	
CACP	
NSW	  20.0	  21.0	  14.2	  16.8	  50.0	  19.8	19.3	
Vic	  20.6	  19.4	  14.1	  20.0	..	  19.9	19.8	
Qld	  18.8	  16.9	  21.3	  34.9	  84.6	  19.4	18.8	
WA	  20.4	  14.4	  22.0	  45.2	  36.0	  20.3	19.5	
SA	  19.2	  26.4	  15.5	  16.4	  66.7	  19.8	19.5	
Tas	..	  23.3	  13.0	  45.7	  50.0	  20.4	19.7	
ACT	  22.7	0.0	..	..	..	  22.6	22.3	
NT	..	..	  51.3	  130.8	  336.7	  110.3	55.5	
Australia	  20.0	  19.8	  17.4	  36.1	  103.6	  20.1	19.6	
EACH and EACH Dementia(b)	
NSW	  3.1	  3.1	  3.0	..	..	  3.0	3.0	
Vic	  3.2	  3.1	  2.8	  2.9	..	  3.1	3.1	
Qld	  2.8	  3.0	  2.3	  0.7	  1.8	  2.8	2.7	
WA	  3.6	  2.8	  2.1	  1.6	..	  3.2	3.1	
SA	  3.0	  2.8	  3.2	..	..	  2.9	2.8	
Tas	..	  4.2	  1.5	  2.9	..	  3.3	3.2	
ACT	  6.7	0.0	..	..	..	  6.6	6.5	
NT	..	..	  23.8	  15.4	..	  18.5	9.3	
Australia	  3.2	  3.1	  3.0	  1.7	  0.8	  3.1	3.0	
    (continued)

Table 1.3 (continued): Residential aged care, CACP, EACH, EACH Dementia and TCP per 1,000 persons aged 70 years and over, by state/territory and remoteness,(a) 30 June 2008
State/territory	Major
 cities	Inner regional	Outer regional	Remote	Very
 remote	Total (70+)	Total (70+ population and Indigenous population aged 50–69 years)	
	Ratio
	
TCP	
NSW	1.1	0.9	0.4	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	
Vic	1.2	0.5	0.0	0.0	..	1.0	1.0	
Qld	0.9	0.9	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.9	0.9	
WA	0.8	0.7	2.4	0.0	0.0	0.9	0.9	
SA	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	
Tas	..	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	1.0	
ACT	1.5	0.0	..	..	..	1.5	1.5	
NT	..	..	1.0	3.1	8.9	2.6	1.3	
Australia	1.1	0.8	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.0	1.0	
Combined places and packages	
NSW	113.8	112.6	91.9	86.8	80.0	111.6	109.0	
Vic	113.3	114.7	95.8	98.6	..	112.5	111.8	
Qld	110.8	103.7	106.5	118.2	171.4	109.1	105.6	
WA	110.1	90.7	114.3	118.9	150.0	108.0	103.6	
SA	121.5	112.9	103.2	93.6	228.9	118.2	116.0	
Tas	..	125.1	82.4	142.9	126.7	111.6	107.8	
ACT	107.8	0.0	..	..	..	107.4	106.0	
NT	..	..	137.9	334.6	451.1	226.1	113.8	
Australia	113.4	111.0	99.4	121.9	208.9	111.9	109.2	
(a) 	Refers to the location of the places. The table uses the ASGC Remoteness Structure as developed by the ABS.
(b) 	Includes 1,996 EACH Dementia. For more information, see AIHW 2009 (forthcoming).
Notes
1. 	These figures include places and packages provided by Multi-purpose Services and places and packages funded under the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program.
2. 	The remoteness population data used in the calculations is from Appendix Table 12A (SGRGSP 2009).
3. 	The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population aged 50–69 years uses ABS projections (ABS 2004).
.. 	Not applicable.

2	Residential aged care services
As at 30 June 2008, there were 2,830 mainstream residential aged care services with approved places in Australia providing a total of 172,657 places. At 30 June 2007, 2,872 mainstream services delivered 167,578 places.
Australia-wide, there were 117 Multi-purpose Services, and 30 services receiving funding under the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program. Not all these services provided packages or places. 
At 30 June 2008, Multi-purpose Services provided 2,429 residential care places, and services receiving funding under the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program provided 386 residential care places. At 30 June 2007, the comparable figures were 2,133 residential care places from Multi-purpose Services and 360 residential care places from services receiving funding under the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program. 
Because of the nature of the services provided by Multi-purpose Services and services which receive funding under the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program, only limited data are available on these services. Consequently, the remainder of this report presents data on mainstream residential aged care services only.
The number of mainstream services has declined since 30 June 1998 when a total of 3,015 services provided residential aged care. During the same time period, the corresponding number of operational places has risen from 139,917 to 172,657. This has resulted in an increase in the average number of places per facility from 46 at 30 June 1998 to 61 at 30 June 2008.
Figure 2.1: Changes in the size of mainstream residential aged care services, 1998–2008 (per cent)
Vertical bar chart showing per cent on y-axis and year on x-axis. Key shows ‘1-40 places’, ’41-60 places’ and ‘61+ places’.
Source: Table A1.4.
Figure 2.1 illustrates changes in the size of aged care services since 30 June 1998. At that date, services with 61 or more places accounted for 20% of total services; at 30 June 2008, 39% of services had 61 or more places. There was a reduction in the number of services with 40 or fewer places, from 1,590 in 1998 to 891 in 2008. In 1998, 53% of services were in this size range, while in 2008 they accounted for 31% of services (Table A1.4). 
The average number of places provided by aged care services differed across jurisdictions. At the larger end of the continuum were services in the Australian Capital Territory (75 places per service), New South Wales (66) and Queensland (64). Below the Australian average of 61 beds per service  were South Australia (58), Western Australia (57), Victoria (57), Tasmania (51) and the Northern Territory (30) (unpublished data). 
The average number of places provided by aged care services across remoteness areas related directly to the level of remoteness: major cities (68), inner regional (55), outer regional (41), remote (28) and very remote (16) (unpublished data). This highlights the difficulty of providing financially viable services in remote Australia.
Seventy-one per cent of services in the Australian Capital Territory had more than 60 places. In the Northern Territory, 7 of the 15 services had 20 or fewer places, and there was only one service in that Territory with more than 60 places. Tasmania also had a comparatively large proportion of small services with 20 or fewer places (15%) and 40 or fewer places (45%) 
(Table 2.2).
To some extent, these state/territory patterns were associated with geographic differences; 51% of services in remote areas and 75% of services in very remote areas had 20 or fewer places and most of the remainder in these regions had 40 or fewer places. In the Northern Territory, 60% of services were located in remote and very remote regions. Services in regional areas also tended to be smaller than those in major cities. Eighty-three per cent of services in outer regional areas and 68% of services in inner regional areas had 60 or fewer places compared with 54% of services in major cities. Tasmania had no services categorised in a major city location, while all services in the Australian Capital Territory were categorised as major city services (tables 2.1 and 2.3). 
2.1	Type of organisation providing services
At a national level, the main providers of residential aged care services were religious organisations (29%), private providers (28%), community-based providers (17%) and charitable organisations (16%) (Table 2.4). The profile of organisational types of service providers varied considerably across states and territories (Figure 2.2). Victoria had, by far, the highest private sector involvement and a correspondingly small charitable sector. The Northern Territory, the Australian Capital Territory and Queensland had high proportions of services operated by religious organisations, at 53%, 50% and 45%, respectively, compared to the national average of 29%. Combined local and state governments had varying involvement with provision with Victoria 24%, Tasmania 13%, South Australia 12%, Queensland 6%, New South Wales 5% and Western Australia 4% (Table 2.4). There were no direct local government services in the territories. 
Private and religious organisations were most highly represented in major cities at 39% and 32% respectively. Community-based services were most prominent in remote areas (44%), outer regional areas (33%) and very remote areas (30%) (Table 2.5).
Community and religious-based services provided over 50% of services in all remoteness areas with the exception of major cities (41%). The proportions of services located in remote and very remote areas by these organisations were 62% and 60% respectively.
Figure 2.2: Organisation type of service by state/territory, 30 June 2008 (per cent)
Vertical bar chart showing per cent on y-axis and state/territory on x-axis. Key shows ‘State government’, ‘Religious’, ‘Private’, ‘Local government’, ‘Community based’ and ‘Charitable’.
Source: Table 2.4.
Figure 2.3: Organisation type of service by remoteness, 30 June 2008 (per cent)
Vertical bar chart showing per cent on y-axis and remoteness on x-axis. Key shows ‘State government’, ‘Religious’, ‘Private’, ‘Local government’, ‘Community based’ and ‘Charitable’.
Source: Table 2.5.

Table 2.1: Services, by state/territory and remoteness,(a) 30 June 2008	
State/territory	Major cities	Inner regional	Outer regional	Remote	Very remote	All regions	
	Number	
NSW	567	237	88	7	0	899	
Vic	499	216	71	4	..	790	
Qld	257	134	71	11	8	481	
WA	188	29	24	4	6	251	
SA	196	36	48	3	0	283	
Tas	..	53	27	3	4	87	
ACT	24	0	..	..	..	24	
NT	..	..	6	7	2	15	
Australia	1,731	705	335	39	20	2,830	
	Per cent	
NSW	63.1	26.4	9.8	0.8	0.0	100.0	
Vic	63.2	27.3	9.0	0.5	..	100.0	
Qld	53.4	27.9	14.8	2.3	1.7	100.0	
WA	74.9	11.6	9.6	1.6	2.4	100.0	
SA	69.3	12.7	17.0	1.1	0.0	100.0	
Tas	..	60.9	31.0	3.4	4.6	100.0	
ACT	100.0	0.0	..	..	..	100.0	
NT	..	..	40.0	46.7	13.3	100.0	
Australia	61.2	24.9	11.8	1.4	0.7	100.0	
(a)    Refers to the location of the services. The table uses the ASGC Remoteness Structure as developed by the ABS. 
. .      Not applicable.

Table 2.2: Size of services, by state/territory, 30 June 2008
Number of places	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
1–20	47	69	35	14	10	13	1	7	196	
21–40	198	210	101	68	88	26	1	3	695	
41–60	253	260	136	77	88	25	5	4	848	
61–80	173	99	90	50	45	8	9	1	475	
81–100	93	73	50	20	26	5	3	0	270	
101–120	55	48	37	14	11	6	3	0	174	
121+	80	31	32	8	15	4	2	0	172	
Total	899	790	481	251	283	87	24	15	2,830	
	Per cent	
1–20	5.2	8.7	7.3	5.6	3.5	14.9	4.2	46.7	6.9	
21–40	22.0	26.6	21.0	27.1	31.1	29.9	4.2	20.0	24.6	
41–60	28.1	32.9	28.3	30.7	31.1	28.7	20.8	26.7	30.0	
61–80	19.2	12.5	18.7	19.9	15.9	9.2	37.5	6.7	16.8	
81–100	10.3	9.2	10.4	8.0	9.2	5.7	12.5	0.0	9.5	
101–120	6.1	6.1	7.7	5.6	3.9	6.9	12.5	0.0	6.1	
121+	8.9	3.9	6.7	3.2	5.3	4.6	8.3	0.0	6.1	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	

Table 2.3: Size of services, by remoteness,(a) 30 June 2008
Number of places	Major cities	Inner regional	Outer regional	Remote	Very remote	Australia	
	Number	
1–20	31	59	71	20	15	196	
21–40 	341	216	124	10	4	695	
41–60 	555	205	82	5	1	848	
61–80 	329	110	33	3	0	475	
81–100 	198	55	16	1	0	270	
101–120 	139	30	5	0	0	174	
121+ 	138	30	4	0	0	172	
Australia	1,731	705	335	39	20	2,830	
	Per cent	
1–20	1.8	8.4	21.2	51.3	75.0	6.9	
21–40 	19.7	30.6	37.0	25.6	20.0	24.6	
41–60 	32.1	29.1	24.5	12.8	5.0	30.0	
61–80 	19.0	15.6	9.9	7.7	0.0	16.8	
81–100 	11.4	7.8	4.8	2.6	0.0	9.5	
101–120 	8.0	4.3	1.5	0.0	0.0	6.1	
121+ 	8.0	4.3	1.2	0.0	0.0	6.1	
Australia	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a) 	 Refers to the location of the services. The table uses the ASGC Remoteness Structure as developed by the ABS.

Table 2.4: Services, by state/territory(a) and organisation type, 30 June 2008
Organisation type	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Charitable 	203	52	51	42	66	15	7	3	439	
Community-based 	167	124	73	34	49	23	2	4	476	
Local government 	25	14	9	9	6	2	0	0	65	
Private	234	304	110	72	58	8	3	0	789	
Religious 	254	117	217	92	77	30	12	8	807	
State government 	16	179	21	2	27	9	0	0	254	
Total services	899	790	481	251	283	87	24	15	2,830	
	Per cent	
Charitable 	22.6	6.6	10.6	16.7	23.3	17.2	29.2	20.0	15.5	
Community-based 	18.6	15.7	15.2	13.5	17.3	26.4	8.3	26.7	16.8	
Local government 	2.8	1.8	1.9	3.6	2.1	2.3	0.0	0.0	2.3	
Private	26.0	38.5	22.9	28.7	20.5	9.2	12.5	0.0	27.9	
Religious 	28.3	14.8	45.1	36.7	27.2	34.5	50.0	53.3	28.5	
State government 	1.8	22.7	4.4	0.8	9.5	10.3	0.0	0.0	9.0	
Total services	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)     Refers to the location of the services.

Table 2.5: Services, by remoteness(a) and organisation type, 30 June 2008	
Organisation type	Major cities	Inner regional	Outer regional	Remote	Very remote	Australia	
	Number	
Charitable 	290	102	43	2	2	439	
Community-based 	153	188	112	17	6	476	
Local government 	23	15	22	4	1	65	
Private	668	98	22	0	1	789	
Religious 	550	182	62	7	6	807	
State government 	47	120	74	9	4	254	
Total services	1,731	705	335	39	20	2,830	
	Per cent (column)	
Charitable 	16.8	14.5	12.8	5.1	10.0	15.5	
Community-based 	8.8	26.7	33.4	43.6	30.0	16.8	
Local government 	1.3	2.1	6.6	10.3	5.0	2.3	
Private	38.6	13.9	6.6	0.0	5.0	27.9	
Religious 	31.8	25.8	18.5	17.9	30.0	28.5	
State government 	2.7	17.0	22.1	23.1	20.0	9.0	
Total services	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
	Per cent (row)	
Charitable 	66.1	23.2	9.8	0.5	0.5	100.0	
Community-based 	32.1	39.5	23.5	3.6	1.3	100.0	
Local government 	35.4	23.1	33.8	6.2	1.5	100.0	
Private	84.7	12.4	2.8	0.0	0.1	100.0	
Religious 	68.2	22.6	7.7	0.9	0.7	100.0	
State government 	18.5	47.2	29.1	3.5	1.6	100.0	
Total services	61.2	24.9	11.8	1.4	0.7	100.0	
(a)     Refers to the location of the services. The table uses the ASGC Remoteness Structure as developed by the ABS.

 3	Patterns of use
This section explores various aspects of residential aged care use and some of the dynamics of the system. In particular, the rates of usage of residential aged care for various population groups are discussed. Other measures of use are also provided, including occupied bed-days and average occupancy between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008. System dynamics are explored through reporting the two measures of length of stay, and resident turnover during the year, along with admissions to, and separations from, residential aged care.
3.1	Usage rates
Overall, usage rates for permanent residential aged care increase with age. They are higher for women than men, particularly among older age groups. At 30 June 2008, those aged 85 years and over had the highest rate of use, at 235.5 persons per 1,000, continuing the general decrease in usage rates by people in this age group since 1998. The corresponding measures for the age groups 80–84 and 75–79 were 78.5 and 32.3 per 1,000, respectively. Generally, usage rates in the age groups over 70 years were lower in 2008 compared with 1998 (Table A1.3).
Age-specific usage rates for permanent residential aged care have also been calculated for different subgroups in the Australian population.
Usage rates for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population also rise with age. However, the usage rates for Indigenous Australians are considerably higher at younger ages than for the non-Indigenous population. The overall usage rates in those aged 75 years and over were slightly higher for Indigenous Australians, but the female rate was lower and the male rate higher than the corresponding rates for non-Indigenous Australians (Table 3.4).
Usage rates by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, at 30 June 2008, were 17.7 per 1,000 Indigenous persons aged 65–69 years, 27.5 per 1,000 aged 70–74 years, and 110.2 per 1,000 aged 75 years and over. By comparison, rates for non-Indigenous people were lower: 5.9 per 1,000 non‑Indigenous persons aged 65–69 years, 12.9 per 1,000 aged 70–74 years, and 102.3 per 1,000 aged 75 years and over. For those aged 75 years and over, the female Indigenous usage rate was 118.0 per 1,000 compared with 129.7 for non-Indigenous females. In this age group, the usage rates for males were reversed; the male Indigenous usage rate was 98.7 per 1,000 compared with 63.7 for non-Indigenous males (Table 3.4).
The number of Australian-born people receiving permanent care at 30 June 2008 was estimated to be 55.6 per 1,000 persons aged 75–84 years and 242.3 per 1,000 aged 85 years and over. The corresponding rates for English-speaking people who were born overseas were lower at 47.8 and 236.9 per 1,000 respectively, and the corresponding usage rates for overseas-born people whose main language was not English were even lower at 45.1 and 201.5 per 1,000 respectively. Overall, usage rates were highest for Australian-born people in all age groups (Table 3.3). It is believed that overseas-born Australians have a stronger preference for providing aged care within a family setting and this is supported by usage rates in community care programs (AIHW 2009 forthcoming).

3.2	Resident-occupied place-days 
During the 12-month period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008, 58.1 million place-days were used in aged care services in Australia, consisting of 56.9 million place-days for permanent care and 1.2 million place-days for respite care (Table 3.5). Just over 2% of occupied place-days were used for respite purposes. Respite days compared with total days varied somewhat across the states and territories, with the smallest proportions provided in Queensland and Western Australia (1.3% and 1.5%, respectively). Higher proportions were seen in both New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory (2.6%), with the highest being in the Northern Territory (5.9%). The corresponding rate for respite-occupied place-days also varied with remoteness, from 1.9% in major cities to 3.8% in very remote areas (Table 3.5).
3.3	Occupancy
The overall occupancy rate ranged from 92% in Victoria and the Northern Territory to 97% in South Australia (Table 3.6). Australia-wide, the occupancy rate was 94%, a slight decrease from the previous year (95%). The occupancy rate was 93% in major cities, 95% in inner regional areas and 94% in outer regional areas. It was 90% in remote areas and 80% in very remote areas. 
Between 1998–99 and 2007–08, the occupancy rate at the national level has oscillated in a narrow band between 94% and 96% but with a declining trend since 2002–03. Over the decade, the Northern Territory, Victoria and Western Australia have shown relatively lower occupancy rates, with averages over the 10 years of 94%, 94% and 95%, respectively. On the other hand, South Australia, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory have had relatively higher occupancy rates, averaging 97%, 97% and 96% respectively (Table A1.5).
3.4	Length of stay 
Two standard measurements related to length of stay are the total or completed length of stay of a separated resident up to the point of leaving residential aged care, and the length of stay of an existing resident up to a particular point in time (in this publication, up to 30 June 2008). In measuring complete length of stay, a resident’s move from one service to another in less than 2 days (a transfer) is ignored, and the admission date used in the measure is the earlier admission date. For existing residents, length of stay is an incomplete measure, showing the time that residents have already spent in residential aged care, but not how much more time will be spent before leaving. 
The distribution of length of stay for existing permanent residents at 30 June 2008 was towards longer periods of stay (Table 3.7). Only 7% of permanent residents had been in residential aged care for less than 3 months, while 19% had been resident for between 3 months and 1 year, 52% for 1 to 5 years and 21% for 5 years or more. 
For completed length of stay, 18% of permanent residents stayed less than 3 months, 19% stayed between 3 months and 1 year, 44% for 1 to 5 years, and 18% for 5 years or more (Table 3.9). 
The average (mean) length of stay for permanent residents leaving residential care between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008 was 170.4 weeks for women and 109.8 weeks for men. In aggregate, the average length of stay was 147.8 weeks (Table 3.10). The length of stay of residents at the time of separation varied among the states and territories. Permanent separations in the Northern Territory had the longest average length of stay (172.6 weeks) and those in New South Wales had the shortest (143.6 weeks). 
For those who left respite care during the year under review, the average length of stay was 3.3 weeks (Table 3.11). In this group, the average length of stay varied from 2.2 weeks in Tasmania to 3.8 weeks in New South Wales. 
The longest average length of stay was in very remote areas (3.9 weeks), with the lowest in remote areas at 2.7 weeks. Major cities had an average length of respite stay of 3.5 weeks (Table 3.11).
From 1998–99 to 2007–08, average completed length of stay for permanent residents has increased overall from 131.3 weeks to 147.8 weeks. On the other hand, average completed length of stay for respite care had initially declined and then stabilised at 3.1 weeks, before increasing in 2006–07 and 2007–08 to 3.3 weeks (Table 3.1).
Table 3.1: Admissions, separations and completed length of stay in residential aged care,
 1998–99 to 2007–08
Year	Permanent admissions	Respite admissions	Permanent separations	Respite separations	Complete length of stay (permanent, weeks)	Complete length of stay (respite, weeks)	
1998–99	45,258	40,806	44,079	40,939	131.3	3.5	
1999–00	45,476	42,531	44,615	42,422	137.0	3.3	
2000–01	46,545	43,606	45,481	43,586	142.4	3.2	
2001–02	47,345	43,309	45,284	43,503	145.5	3.2	
2002–03	51,200	45,445	47,467	45,334	143.0	3.1	
2003–04	53,356	46,632	48,723	46,544	143.7	3.1	
2004–05	52,462	48,295	48,503	48,120	143.3	3.1	
2005–06	52,964	49,727	50,720	49,402	145.8	3.1	
2006–07	52,196	50,987	51,026	50,977	145.9	3.3	
2007–08	53,737	51,293	53,819	51,280	147.8	3.3	
Note:    Transfers are excluded from admissions and separations.
3.5	Turnover
The amount of turnover in the system is a function of the number of admissions, length of stay and the overall growth or reduction in the size of the system. Generally, the turnover for permanent and respite residents have been relatively stable over the 10 years to 2007–08 and fluctuated in narrow bands according to changes in these factors and limitations in the method of calculation (see footnote to Table 3.2). 
Approximately one-third of permanent places are associated with new admissions in a year, whereas nominal respite places are used by about 15 to 17 people per year (Table 3.2).

Table 3.2: Admissions and turnover, by type of care in residential aged care services, 1999–2008	
Type of care	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	
Permanent care											
Admissions	45,258	45,476	46,545	47,345	51,200	53,356	52,462	52,964	52,196	53,737	
Turnover	0.33	0.33	0.33	0.33	0.36	0.35	0.34	0.33	0.32	0.32	
Respite care											
Admissions	40,806	42,531	43,606	43,309	45,445	46,632	48,295	49,727	50,987	51,293	
Turnover	15.79	15.73	16.04	17.17	17.07	16.84	16.32	14.98	15.34	15.05	
Permanent and respite care	
Admissions	86,064	88,007	90,151	90,654	96,645	99,988	100,757	102,691	103,183	105,030	
Turnover	0.61	0.62	0.63	0.63	0.65	0.64	0.63	0.63	0.62	0.61	
Note:    Turnover is calculated separately for permanent and respite residents by firstly allocating permanent and respite places according to the number of residents in each category as at 30 June. Turnover is defined as admissions over the financial year divided by places.
3.6	Admissions and separations 
Permanent care
There were 105,030 admissions to residential aged care between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008, of which 51% (53,737) were for permanent care. In 1998–99, there were fewer (86,064) admissions, but nearly the same proportion (53%), were admissions for permanent care (Table 3.2). Between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008 there were 105,099 separations from residential aged care. Separations after a period of permanent care totalled 53,819, which accounted for 51% of total separations. There were fewer separations in 1998–99 (85,018), but a similar proportion (52%), were after a period of permanent care (Table 3.1). 
The reasons for separation are given as: death, return to community, admission to hospital, move to another aged care service and other. For 2007–08, 1.6% of permanent separations were classified as ‘other’. 
In 2007–08, for those persons whose reason for separation was specified, death was the major reason for separation from permanent care (89%), while 3% returned to the community, 4% moved to a different residential aged care setting and 4% were discharged to hospitals (Table 3.13). Among those who died, 17% had stayed for less than 3 months, 19% for between 3 months and 1 year, 45% for 1 to 5 years and 19% for 5 years or more. People leaving residential aged care after a shorter period of stay were more likely to return to the community and less likely to die in residential aged care than those with longer periods of stay (Table 3.15). 
There was also variation across states and territories with respect to outcome on separation.  After excluding  ‘other ‘ separations, Tasmania,  South Australia and the Australian Capital Territory had the highest percentage of permanent separations through death (96%, 94% and 94% respectively), while Western Australia and the Northern Territory had the lowest percentage of separations through death (84% and 87%, respectively). Western Australia and the Northern Territory had the highest percentage separating to hospital (6%) (Table 3.13). 

Respite care
On 30 June 2008, respite residents made up 2% of all residents (tables 4.2 and 4.4). The figure under-represents the importance of respite care, however, as it accounted for some 49% of the 105,030 admissions from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008 (Table 3.2). This is explained by the short‑term nature of respite care; while there were a large number of admissions for respite care (51,293) over the course of the 12-month period, there were relatively few respite residents at any one point in time. For example, there were 3,163 respite residents at 30 June 2008 (Table 4.4).
About 16% of respite separations had an unspecified reason for separation from residential care (Table 3.14). Of those persons for whom the reason on separation was specified, 77% returned to the community, 5% were discharged to hospitals and 2% died. Continuation of residential care was given as the reason for 16% of those separating from respite care. These residents may be moving to permanent care, either in the same service or a new service, or they may be receiving additional respite care in a new service.
For respite residents, state and territory variations in destination on separation were also evident (Table 3.14). After excluding those with an unspecified destination, Tasmania, the Northern Territory, Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory had the highest proportions returning to the community (91%, 83%, 82% and 82%, respectively), while  South Australia and New South Wales had the lowest (72% and 70%, respectively). A common pattern is that those states and territories with lower rates of return to the community tended to have higher rates of movement to another residential aged care service. Excluding unknown data, New South Wales, Western Australia and South Australia had higher rates of moving to further residential aged care and lower rates of returning to the community. The reason for this requires further investigation.

Table 3.3: Age- and sex-specific usage rates for permanent residents, by English-speaking status, 
based on country of birth, 30 June 2008 (per 1,000 population)
Sex/age (years)	Australian-born	Overseas-born, English-speaking	Overseas-born, language other than English	Total	
Females					
50–64	                      1.7 	                           0.9 	                         0.8 	                            1.4 	
65–74	                    10.5 	                           7.1 	                         6.8 	                            9.2 	
75–84	                    65.8 	                         59.6 	                       55.9 	                          63.1 	
85+	                  284.6 	                       284.1 	                     243.1 	                        278.8 	
Total females (50+)	                   35.8 	                        29.6 	                      21.8 	                          32.1 	
Males					
50–64	                      1.9 	                           1.1 	                         1.1 	                            1.6 	
65–74	                    10.5 	                           6.5 	                         6.8 	                            9.0 	
75–84	                    42.0 	                         35.1 	                       33.2 	                          39.0 	
85+	                  154.0 	                       151.3 	                     135.5 	                        150.4 	
Total males (50+)	                   15.5 	                        12.3 	                      11.3 	                          14.1 	
Persons					
50–64	                      1.8 	                           1.0 	                         0.9 	                            1.5 	
65–74	                    10.5 	                           6.8 	                         6.8 	                            9.1 	
75–84	                    55.6 	                         47.8 	                       45.1 	                          52.4 	
85+	                  242.3 	                       236.9 	                     201.5 	                        235.5 	
Total persons (50+)	                    26.2 	                         20.9 	                       16.7 	                          23.5 	
Notes	
1. 	Recipients with unknown language status have been pro rated.				
2. 	Usage rates were calculated at the AIHW using ABS migration statistics and the ABS population estimates released in December 2008 (ABS 2007; ABS 2008).			
3. 	Due to the unavailability of regular population estimates by language preference, English-speaking status is based on country of birth. People born in Australia, Ireland, United Kingdom, New Zealand, United States of America, Canada and South Africa are assumed to be from an English‑speaking background. 	

Table 3.4: Age- and sex-specific usage rates for permanent residents,(a) by Indigenous status, 30 June 2008 (per 1,000 population)(b)							
	Indigenous		Non-Indigenous	
Age (years)	Females	Males	Persons		Females	Males	Persons	
0–49	0.1	0.1	0.1		0.1	0.1	0.1	
50–54	2.0	2.4	2.2		0.5	0.7	0.6	
55–59	4.8	5.6	5.2		1.3	1.4	1.3	
60–64	7.4	7.9	7.7		2.5	2.9	2.7	
65–69 	17.1	18.4	17.7		5.6	6.1	5.9	
70–74 	27.4	27.6	27.5		13.3	12.6	12.9	
75+	118.0	98.7	110.2		129.7	63.7	102.3	
Total	2.1	1.6	1.8	 	10.6	4.3	7.5	
(a)    Recipients with unknown Indigenous status have been pro rated.
(b)    Ratios are calculated using ABS projections released in December 2004 (ABS 2004) and the Australian population figures released in    
        December 2008 (ABS 2008).

Table 3.5: Occupied place-days, type of care, by state/territory and remoteness,(a) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008 
State/territory	Major cities	Inner regional	Outer regional	Remote	Very remote	All regions	
Permanent care	Number	
NSW	13,652,996	4,601,504	1,182,356	42,680	0	19,479,536	
Vic	10,372,814	3,429,064	783,406	15,607	..	14,600,891	
Qld	6,359,745	2,551,638	1,231,425	92,172	41,232	10,276,212	
WA	3,732,824	623,433	334,048	53,351	34,981	4,778,637	
SA	4,303,041	625,331	581,925	68,822	0	5,579,119	
Tas	..	1,122,280	353,400	19,770	7,462	1,502,912	
ACT	574,739	0	..	..	..	574,739	
NT	..	..	76,424	58,364	5,042	139,830	
Australia	38,996,159	12,953,250	4,542,984	350,766	88,717	56,931,876	
Respite care	
NSW	363,489	124,276	40,656	537	0	528,958	
Vic	167,809	79,032	21,353	267	..	268,461	
Qld	74,710	45,348	16,892	2,568	655	140,173	
WA	47,097	11,592	9,096	1,439	1,258	70,482	
SA	86,948	15,611	14,660	2,161	0	119,380	
Tas	..	20,286	7,955	1,005	283	29,529	
ACT	15,590	0	..	..	..	15,590	
NT	..	..	4,026	3,392	1,345	8,763	
Australia	755,643	296,145	114,638	11,369	3,541	1,181,336	
Permanent and respite care	
NSW	14,016,485	4,725,780	1,223,012	43,217	0	20,008,494	
Vic	10,540,623	3,508,096	804,759	15,874	..	14,869,352	
Qld	6,434,455	2,596,986	1,248,317	94,740	41,887	10,416,385	
WA	3,779,921	635,025	343,144	54,790	36,239	4,849,119	
SA	4,389,989	640,942	596,585	70,983	0	5,698,499	
Tas	..	1,142,566	361,355	20,775	7,745	1,532,441	
ACT	590,329	0	..	..	..	590,329	
NT	..	..	80,450	61,756	6,387	148,593	
Australia	39,751,802	13,249,395	4,657,622	362,135	92,258	58,113,212	
                                                                                                                                                                                        (continued)                                                                                                                                                   

Table 3.5 (continued): Occupied place-days, type of care by state/territory and remoteness,(a) 
1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008						
State/territory	Major cities	Inner regional	Outer regional	Remote	Very remote	All regions	
Permanent care	Per cent	
NSW	70.1	23.6	6.1	0.2	0.0	100.0	
Vic	71.0	23.5	5.4	0.1	..	100.0	
Qld	61.9	24.8	12.0	0.9	0.4	100.0	
WA	78.1	13.0	7.0	1.1	0.7	100.0	
SA	77.1	11.2	10.4	1.2	0.0	100.0	
Tas	..	74.7	23.5	1.3	0.5	100.0	
ACT	100.0	0.0	..	..	..	100.0	
NT	..	..	54.7	41.7	3.6	100.0	
Australia	68.5	22.8	8.0	0.6	0.2	100.0	
Respite care							
NSW	68.7	23.5	7.7	0.1	0.0	100.0	
Vic	62.5	29.4	8.0	0.1	..	100.0	
Qld	53.3	32.4	12.1	1.8	0.5	100.0	
WA	66.8	16.4	12.9	2.0	1.8	100.0	
SA	72.8	13.1	12.3	1.8	0.0	100.0	
Tas	..	68.7	26.9	3.4	0.0	100.0	
ACT	100.0	0.0	..	..	..	100.0	
NT	..	..	45.9	38.7	15.3	100.0	
Australia	64.0	25.1	9.7	1.0	0.3	100.0	
Permanent and respite care	
NSW	70.1	23.6	6.1	0.2	0.0	100.0	
Vic	70.9	23.6	5.4	0.1	..	100.0	
Qld	61.8	24.9	12.0	0.9	0.4	100.0	
WA	78.0	13.1	7.1	1.1	0.7	100.0	
SA	77.0	11.2	10.5	1.2	0.0	100.0	
Tas	..	74.6	23.6	1.4	0.0	100.0	
ACT	100.0	0.0	..	..	..	100.0	
NT	..	..	54.1	41.6	4.3	100.0	
Australia	68.4	22.8	8.0	0.6	0.2	100.0	
(a)    Refers to the location of the services. The table uses the ASGC Remoteness Structure as developed by the ABS. 
. .     Not applicable.
Table 3.6: Average occupancy rate, by state/territory and remoteness,(a)	1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
State/territory	Major cities	Inner regional	Outer regional	Remote	Very remote	All regions	
NSW	93.1	94.2	94.0	95.2	0(b)	93.4	
Vic	91.2	94.5	95.0	82.0	..	92.2	
Qld	93.3	95.2	92.8	85.9	70.8	93.5	
WA	94.7	93.3	93.0	87.7	90.1	94.2	
SA	96.7	97.9	96.2	94.4	0(b)	96.8	
Tas	..	95.3	94.9	89.4	92.3	95.1	
ACT	93.2	0(b)	..	..	..	93.2	
NT	..	..	91.5	93.2	92.1	92.2	
Australia	93.1	94.7	94.1	90.1	80.4	93.5	
(a)      Refers to the location of the services. The table uses the ASGC Remoteness Structure as developed by the ABS.
(b)      No places in this region.						
Note:	The average occupancy rate = 
(The sum of resident bed-days in the period/The sum of approved places in the period) ×100, for each cell, where / represents division.     Occupancy will be underestimated to the extent that current places are temporarily offline.
. .  	Not applicable.
Source: AIHW calculation from Aged and Community Care Management Information System (ACCMIS) database. 

 Table 3.7: Permanent residents, length of stay to date, by sex and state/territory,(a) 30 June 2008
Sex/length of stay	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
<4 weeks	819	590	409	223	248	54	28	6	2,377	
4–<8 weeks	780	599	411	214	252	70	28	4	2,358	
8–<13 weeks	887	735	434	231	286	64	36	6	2,679	
13–<26 weeks	2,396	1,790	1,255	609	668	192	69	7	6,986	
26–<39 weeks	2,199	1,720	1,075	581	617	192	69	16	6,469	
39–<52 weeks	2,372	1,686	1,256	556	596	185	58	8	6,717	
1–<2 years	7,183	5,577	3,621	1,759	2,072	559	209	49	21,029	
2–<3 years	5,354	4,240	2,793	1,384	1,651	462	159	38	16,081	
3–<4 years	4,239	3,052	2,140	1,102	1,228	336	123	26	12,246	
4–<5 years	3,063	2,469	1,735	830	1,056	254	100	26	9,533	
5–<8 years	5,050	3,838	2,738	1,233	1,490	388	162	31	14,930	
8+ years	3,733	2,378	1,901	759	1,035	251	89	22	10,168	
Total females	38,075	28,674	19,768	9,481	11,199	3,007	1,130	239	111,573	
Males	        									
<4 weeks	516	346	238	146	127	36	11	1	1,421	
4–<8 weeks	460	326	275	105	145	37	14	5	1,367	
8–<13 weeks	518	400	266	134	132	48	12	5	1,515	
13–<26 weeks	1,219	952	696	323	335	101	38	14	3,678	
26–<39 weeks	1,077	851	617	293	286	96	43	5	3,268	
39–<52 weeks	1,113	825	671	225	310	86	30	9	3,269	
1–<2 years	3,182	2,513	1,689	788	826	250	104	26	9,378	
2–<3 years	2,144	1,693	1,161	527	628	160	59	19	6,391	
3–<4 years	1,520	1,111	809	371	426	102	40	6	4,385	
4–<5 years	1,042	851	613	254	315	68	29	21	3,193	
5–<8 years	1,488	1,120	817	338	426	104	59	7	4,359	
8+ years	1,239	795	667	224	238	77	28	22	3,290	
Total males	15,518	11,783	8,519	3,728	4,194	1,165	467	140	45,514	
Persons	        									
Persons										
<4 weeks	1,335	936	647	369	375	90	39	7	3,798	
4–<8 weeks	1,240	925	686	319	397	107	42	9	3,725	
8–<13 weeks	1,405	1,135	700	365	418	112	48	11	4,194	
13–<26 weeks	3,615	2,742	1,951	932	1,003	293	107	21	10,664	
26–<39 weeks	3,276	2,571	1,692	874	903	288	112	21	9,737	
39–<52 weeks	3,485	2,511	1,927	781	906	271	88	17	9,986	
1–<2 years	10,365	8,090	5,310	2,547	2,898	809	313	75	30,407	
2–<3 years	7,498	5,933	3,954	1,911	2,279	622	218	57	22,472	
3–<4 years	5,759	4,163	2,949	1,473	1,654	438	163	32	16,631	
4–<5 years	4,105	3,320	2,348	1,084	1,371	322	129	47	12,726	
5–<8 years	6,538	4,958	3,555	1,571	1,916	492	221	38	19,289	
8+ years	4,972	3,173	2,568	983	1,273	328	117	44	13,458	
Total persons	53,593	40,457	28,287	13,209	15,393	4,172	1,597	379	157,087	
    (continued)
Table 3.7 (continued): Permanent residents, length of stay to date, by sex and state/territory,(a) 30 June 2008
Sex/length of stay	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Per cent	
Females										
<4 weeks	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.4	2.2	1.8	2.5	2.5	2.1	
4–<8 weeks	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.5	1.7	2.1	
8–<13 weeks	2.3	2.6	2.2	2.4	2.6	2.1	3.2	2.5	2.4	
13–<26 weeks	6.3	6.2	6.3	6.4	6.0	6.4	6.1	2.9	6.3	
26–<39 weeks	5.8	6.0	5.4	6.1	5.5	6.4	6.1	6.7	5.8	
39–<52 weeks	6.2	5.9	6.4	5.9	5.3	6.2	5.1	3.3	6.0	
1–<2 years	18.9	19.4	18.3	18.6	18.5	18.6	18.5	20.5	18.8	
2–<3 years	14.1	14.8	14.1	14.6	14.7	15.4	14.1	15.9	14.4	
3–<4 years	11.1	10.6	10.8	11.6	11.0	11.2	10.9	10.9	11.0	
4–<5 years	8.0	8.6	8.8	8.8	9.4	8.4	8.8	10.9	8.5	
5–<8 years	13.3	13.4	13.9	13.0	13.3	12.9	14.3	13.0	13.4	
8+ years	9.8	8.3	9.6	8.0	9.2	8.3	7.9	9.2	9.1	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
<4 weeks	3.3	2.9	2.8	3.9	3.0	3.1	2.4	0.7	3.1	
4–<8 weeks	3.0	2.8	3.2	2.8	3.5	3.2	3.0	3.6	3.0	
8–<13 weeks	3.3	3.4	3.1	3.6	3.1	4.1	2.6	3.6	3.3	
13–<26 weeks	7.9	8.1	8.2	8.7	8.0	8.7	8.1	10.0	8.1	
26–<39 weeks	6.9	7.2	7.2	7.9	6.8	8.2	9.2	3.6	7.2	
39–<52 weeks	7.2	7.0	7.9	6.0	7.4	7.4	6.4	6.4	7.2	
1–<2 years	20.5	21.3	19.8	21.1	19.7	21.5	22.3	18.6	20.6	
2–<3 years	13.8	14.4	13.6	14.1	15.0	13.7	12.6	13.6	14.0	
3–<4 years	9.8	9.4	9.5	10.0	10.2	8.8	8.6	4.3	9.6	
4–<5 years	6.7	7.2	7.2	6.8	7.5	5.8	6.2	15.0	7.0	
5–<8 years	9.6	9.5	9.6	9.1	10.2	8.9	12.6	5.0	9.6	
8+ years	8.0	6.7	7.8	6.0	5.7	6.6	6.0	15.7	7.2	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
<4 weeks	2.5	2.3	2.3	2.8	2.4	2.2	2.4	1.8	2.4	
4–<8 weeks	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.4	2.4	
8–<13 weeks	2.6	2.8	2.5	2.8	2.7	2.7	3.0	2.9	2.7	
13–<26 weeks	6.7	6.8	6.9	7.1	6.5	7.0	6.7	5.5	6.8	
26–<39 weeks	6.1	6.4	6.0	6.6	5.9	6.9	7.0	5.5	6.2	
39–<52 weeks	6.5	6.2	6.8	5.9	5.9	6.5	5.5	4.5	6.4	
1–<2 years	19.3	20.0	18.8	19.3	18.8	19.4	19.6	19.8	19.4	
2–<3 years	14.0	14.7	14.0	14.5	14.8	14.9	13.7	15.0	14.3	
3–<4 years	10.7	10.3	10.4	11.2	10.7	10.5	10.2	8.4	10.6	
4–<5 years	7.7	8.2	8.3	8.2	8.9	7.7	8.1	12.4	8.1	
5–<8 years	12.2	12.3	12.6	11.9	12.4	11.8	13.8	10.0	12.3	
8+ years	9.3	7.8	9.1	7.4	8.3	7.9	7.3	11.6	8.6	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)   Refers to the location of the services.
Table 3.8: Permanent residents, length of stay to date, by sex and remoteness,(a) 30 June 2008
Sex/length of stay	Major cities	Inner regional	Outer regional	Remote	Very remote	Australia	
	Number	
Females							
<4 weeks	1,645	533	178	18	3	2,377	
4–<8 weeks	1,628	550	168	10	2	2,358	
8–<13 weeks	1,852	615	200	9	3	2,679	
13–<26 weeks	4,841	1,592	517	28	8	6,986	
26–<39 weeks	4,343	1,567	511	41	7	6,469	
39–<52 weeks	4,551	1,618	510	36	2	6,717	
1–<2 years	14,395	4,940	1,551	122	21	21,029	
2–<3 years	10,995	3,762	1,206	103	15	16,081	
3–<4 years	8,403	2,829	951	47	16	12,246	
4–<5 years	6,513	2,152	811	51	6	9,533	
5–<8 years	10,401	3,228	1,190	94	17	14,930	
8+ years	7,245	2,068	787	47	21	10,168	
Total females	76,812	25,454	8,580	606	121	111,573	
Males	        						
<4 weeks	977	330	104	9	1	1,421	
4–<8 weeks	920	318	117	10	2	1,367	
8–<13 weeks	1,050	322	129	12	2	1,515	
13–<26 weeks	2,475	869	301	27	6	3,678	
26–<39 weeks	2,220	755	255	29	9	3,268	
39–<52 weeks	2,154	774	311	27	3	3,269	
1–<2 years	6,314	2,220	769	58	17	9,378	
2–<3 years	4,347	1,482	510	42	10	6,391	
3–<4 years	2,998	982	361	29	15	4,385	
4–<5 years	2,163	717	278	29	6	3,193	
5–<8 years	2,980	936	401	28	14	4,359	
8+ years	2,258	674	306	39	13	3,290	
Total males	30,856	10,379	3,842	339	98	45,514	
Persons	        						
<4 weeks	2,622	863	282	27	4	3,798	
4–<8 weeks	2,548	868	285	20	4	3,725	
8–<13 weeks	2,902	937	329	21	5	4,194	
13–<26 weeks	7,316	2,461	818	55	14	10,664	
26–<39 weeks	6,563	2,322	766	70	16	9,737	
39–<52 weeks	6,705	2,392	821	63	5	9,986	
1–<2 years	20,709	7,160	2,320	180	38	30,407	
2–<3 years	15,342	5,244	1,716	145	25	22,472	
3–<4 years	11,401	3,811	1,312	76	31	16,631	
4–<5 years	8,676	2,869	1,089	80	12	12,726	
5–<8 years	13,381	4,164	1,591	122	31	19,289	
8+ years	9,503	2,742	1,093	86	34	13,458	
Total persons	107,668	35,833	12,422	945	219	157,087	
 (continued)
Table 3.8 (continued): Permanent residents, length of stay to date, by sex and remoteness,(a) 30 June 2008
Sex/length of stay	Major cities	Inner regional	Outer regional	Remote	Very remote	Australia	
	Per cent	
Females							
<4 weeks	2.1	2.1	2.1	3.0	2.5	2.1	
4–<8 weeks	2.1	2.2	2.0	1.7	1.7	2.1	
8–<13 weeks	2.4	2.4	2.3	1.5	2.5	2.4	
13–<26 weeks	6.3	6.3	6.0	4.6	6.6	6.3	
26–<39 weeks	5.7	6.2	6.0	6.8	5.8	5.8	
39–<52 weeks	5.9	6.4	5.9	5.9	1.7	6.0	
1–<2 years	18.7	19.4	18.1	20.1	17.4	18.8	
2–<3 years	14.3	14.8	14.1	17.0	12.4	14.4	
3–<4 years	10.9	11.1	11.1	7.8	13.2	11.0	
4–<5 years	8.5	8.5	9.5	8.4	5.0	8.5	
5–<8 years	13.5	12.7	13.9	15.5	14.0	13.4	
8+ years	9.4	8.1	9.2	7.8	17.4	9.1	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males							
<4 weeks	3.2	3.2	2.7	2.7	1.0	3.1	
4–<8 weeks	3.0	3.1	3.0	2.9	2.0	3.0	
8–<13 weeks	3.4	3.1	3.4	3.5	2.0	3.3	
13–<26 weeks	8.0	8.4	7.8	8.0	6.1	8.1	
26–<39 weeks	7.2	7.3	6.6	8.6	9.2	7.2	
39–<52 weeks	7.0	7.5	8.1	8.0	3.1	7.2	
1–<2 years	20.5	21.4	20.0	17.1	17.3	20.6	
2–<3 years	14.1	14.3	13.3	12.4	10.2	14.0	
3–<4 years	9.7	9.5	9.4	8.6	15.3	9.6	
4–<5 years	7.0	6.9	7.2	8.6	6.1	7.0	
5–<8 years	9.7	9.0	10.4	8.3	14.3	9.6	
8+ years	7.3	6.5	8.0	11.5	13.3	7.2	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons							
<4 weeks	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.9	1.8	2.4	
4–<8 weeks	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.1	1.8	2.4	
8–<13 weeks	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.2	2.3	2.7	
13–<26 weeks	6.8	6.9	6.6	5.8	6.4	6.8	
26–<39 weeks	6.1	6.5	6.2	7.4	7.3	6.2	
39–<52 weeks	6.2	6.7	6.6	6.7	2.3	6.4	
1–<2 years	19.2	20.0	18.7	19.0	17.4	19.4	
2–<3 years	14.2	14.6	13.8	15.3	11.4	14.3	
3–<4 years	10.6	10.6	10.6	8.0	14.2	10.6	
4–<5 years	8.1	8.0	8.8	8.5	5.5	8.1	
5–<8 years	12.4	11.6	12.8	12.9	14.2	12.3	
8+ years	8.8	7.7	8.8	9.1	15.5	8.6	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)   Refers to the location of the services. The table uses the ASGC Remoteness Structure as developed by the ABS.						

Table 3.9: Separations of permanent residents, completed length of stay, by sex and state/territory,(a)       1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Sex/length of stay	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
<4 weeks	873	461	325	157	209	52	24	1	2,102	
4–<8 weeks	595	356	241	119	130	36	18	3	1,498	
8–<13 weeks	486	332	216	102	137	33	14	4	1,324	
13–<26 weeks	899	631	402	209	217	73	22	5	2,458	
26–<39 weeks	627	473	273	142	165	49	15	3	1,747	
39–<52 weeks	513	415	262	126	122	39	23	1	1,501	
1–<2 years	1,748	1,298	875	444	494	133	58	9	5,059	
2–<3 years	1,362	1,054	707	398	390	115	49	10	4,085	
3–<4 years	1,138	889	641	322	344	97	40	12	3,483	
4–<5 years	948	749	477	225	279	83	31	7	2,799	
5–<8 years	1,526	1,152	823	381	452	135	62	12	4,543	
8+ years	1,046	759	596	274	332	109	22	6	3,144	
Total females	11,761	8,569	5,838	2,899	3,271	954	378	73	33,743	
Males	        									
<4 weeks	872	452	387	147	220	50	22	3	2,153	
4–<8 weeks	528	306	272	127	109	44	11	4	1,401	
8–<13 weeks	470	298	231	104	81	33	17	2	1,236	
13–<26 weeks	751	563	397	158	208	52	23	3	2,155	
26–<39 weeks	523	350	281	127	130	35	18	2	1,466	
39–<52 weeks	393	307	201	90	105	21	6	3	1,126	
1–<2 years	1,142	924	631	279	298	74	36	7	3,391	
2–<3 years	767	569	425	210	235	49	18	7	2,280	
3–<4 years	536	375	333	123	151	45	11	8	1,582	
4–<5 years	316	264	177	108	114	34	15	3	1,031	
5–<8 years	476	346	288	104	141	34	12	3	1,404	
8+ years	316	177	172	73	82	18	9	4	851	
Total males	7,090	4,931	3,795	1,650	1,874	489	198	49	20,076	
Persons	        									
<4 weeks	1,745	913	712	304	429	102	46	4	4,255	
4–<8 weeks	1,123	662	513	246	239	80	29	7	2,899	
8–<13 weeks	956	630	447	206	218	66	31	6	2,560	
13–<26 weeks	1,650	1,194	799	367	425	125	45	8	4,613	
26–<39 weeks	1,150	823	554	269	295	84	33	5	3,213	
39–<52 weeks	906	722	463	216	227	60	29	4	2,627	
1–<2 years	2,890	2,222	1,506	723	792	207	94	16	8,450	
2–<3 years	2,129	1,623	1,132	608	625	164	67	17	6,365	
3–<4 years	1,674	1,264	974	445	495	142	51	20	5,065	
4–<5 years	1,264	1,013	654	333	393	117	46	10	3,830	
5–<8 years	2,002	1,498	1,111	485	593	169	74	15	5,947	
8+ years	1,362	936	768	347	414	127	31	10	3,995	
Total persons	18,851	13,500	9,633	4,549	5,145	1,443	576	122	53,819	
         (continued)
Table 3.9 (continued): Separations of permanent residents, completed length of stay, by sex and state/territory,(a) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Sex/length of stay	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Per cent	
Females										
<4 weeks	7.4	5.4	5.6	5.4	6.4	5.5	6.3	1.4	6.2	
4–<8 weeks	5.1	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0	3.8	4.8	4.1	4.4	
8–<13 weeks	4.1	3.9	3.7	3.5	4.2	3.5	3.7	5.5	3.9	
13–<26 weeks	7.6	7.4	6.9	7.2	6.6	7.7	5.8	6.8	7.3	
26–<39 weeks	5.3	5.5	4.7	4.9	5.0	5.1	4.0	4.1	5.2	
39–<52 weeks	4.4	4.8	4.5	4.3	3.7	4.1	6.1	1.4	4.4	
1–<2 years	14.9	15.1	15.0	15.3	15.1	13.9	15.3	12.3	15.0	
2–<3 years	11.6	12.3	12.1	13.7	11.9	12.1	13.0	13.7	12.1	
3–<4 years	9.7	10.4	11.0	11.1	10.5	10.2	10.6	16.4	10.3	
4–<5 years	8.1	8.7	8.2	7.8	8.5	8.7	8.2	9.6	8.3	
5–<8 years	13.0	13.4	14.1	13.1	13.8	14.2	16.4	16.4	13.5	
8+ years	8.9	8.9	10.2	9.5	10.1	11.4	5.8	8.2	9.3	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
<4 weeks	12.3	9.2	10.2	8.9	11.7	10.2	11.1	6.1	10.7	
4–<8 weeks	7.4	6.2	7.2	7.7	5.8	9.0	5.6	8.2	7.0	
8–<13 weeks	6.6	6.0	6.1	6.3	4.3	6.7	8.6	4.1	6.2	
13–<26 weeks	10.6	11.4	10.5	9.6	11.1	10.6	11.6	6.1	10.7	
26–<39 weeks	7.4	7.1	7.4	7.7	6.9	7.2	9.1	4.1	7.3	
39–<52 weeks	5.5	6.2	5.3	5.5	5.6	4.3	3.0	6.1	5.6	
1–<2 years	16.1	18.7	16.6	16.9	15.9	15.1	18.2	14.3	16.9	
2–<3 years	10.8	11.5	11.2	12.7	12.5	10.0	9.1	14.3	11.4	
3–<4 years	7.6	7.6	8.8	7.5	8.1	9.2	5.6	16.3	7.9	
4–<5 years	4.5	5.4	4.7	6.5	6.1	7.0	7.6	6.1	5.1	
5–<8 years	6.7	7.0	7.6	6.3	7.5	7.0	6.1	6.1	7.0	
8+ years	4.5	3.6	4.5	4.4	4.4	3.7	4.5	8.2	4.2	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
<4 weeks	9.3	6.8	7.4	6.7	8.3	7.1	8.0	3.3	7.9	
4–<8 weeks	6.0	4.9	5.3	5.4	4.6	5.5	5.0	5.7	5.4	
8–<13 weeks	5.1	4.7	4.6	4.5	4.2	4.6	5.4	4.9	4.8	
13–<26 weeks	8.8	8.8	8.3	8.1	8.3	8.7	7.8	6.6	8.6	
26–<39 weeks	6.1	6.1	5.8	5.9	5.7	5.8	5.7	4.1	6.0	
39–<52 weeks	4.8	5.3	4.8	4.7	4.4	4.2	5.0	3.3	4.9	
1–<2 years	15.3	16.5	15.6	15.9	15.4	14.3	16.3	13.1	15.7	
2–<3 years	11.3	12.0	11.8	13.4	12.1	11.4	11.6	13.9	11.8	
3–<4 years	8.9	9.4	10.1	9.8	9.6	9.8	8.9	16.4	9.4	
4–<5 years	6.7	7.5	6.8	7.3	7.6	8.1	8.0	8.2	7.1	
5–<8 years	10.6	11.1	11.5	10.7	11.5	11.7	12.8	12.3	11.1	
8+ years	7.2	6.9	8.0	7.6	8.0	8.8	5.4	8.2	7.4	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)    Refers to the location of the services.									

Table 3.10: Average length of stay (weeks), separations of permanent residents, by state/territory,(a) 
sex and remoteness,(b) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008 
Sex/state/territory	Major cities	Inner regional	Outer regional	Remote	Very remote	All regions	
Females							
NSW	164.6	164.2	178.1	155.1	0(c)	165.2	
Vic	166.9	166.1	176.4	354.7	..	167.4	
Qld	177.4	182.7	189.5	165.4	133.9	179.7	
WA	172.8	161.1	188.7	209.8	93.0	172.5	
SA	178.3	158.3	168.7	165.5	0(c)	174.9	
Tas	..	183.4	190.0	113.1	275.4	184.6	
ACT	161.6	0(c)	..	..	..	161.6	
NT	..	..	197.9	184.8	70.7	188.6	
Australia	169.5	169.4	181.6	176.9	128.4	170.4	
Males	        						
NSW	108.7	102.6	113.8	198.8	0(c)	107.8	
Vic	106.7	110.4	102.7	158.5	..	107.5	
Qld	112.1	107.3	130.2	119.4	89.7	112.8	
WA	116.6	89.0	115.7	81.1	112.2	112.2	
SA	112.3	117.0	122.1	126.2	0(c)	114.1	
Tas	..	108.6	111.5	158.8	78.5	109.5	
ACT	112.3	0(c)	..	..	..	112.3	
NT	..	..	145.3	157.0	..	148.9	
Australia	109.9	105.9	117.9	135.3	92.3	109.8	
Persons	        						
NSW	143.6	141.2	152.5	169.4	0(c)	143.6	
Vic	145.1	145.3	149.4	270.6	..	145.5	
Qld	152.0	152.7	165.7	147.5	108.8	153.4	
WA	152.7	133.1	162.1	160.8	99.8	150.6	
SA	154.2	144.1	151.2	149.9	0(c)	152.8	
Tas	..	158.8	160.9	125.6	177.0	159.2	
ACT	144.6	0(c)	..	..	..	144.6	
NT	..	..	175.9	173.8	70.7	172.6	
Australia	147.4	145.7	157.1	161.2	110.6	147.8	
(a)     Refers to the location of the services.						
(b)     Refers to the location of the services. The table uses the ASGC Remoteness Structure as developed by the ABS.
(c)     No places in this region.
. .      Not applicable.						
	
Table 3.11: Average length of stay (weeks), separations of respite residents, by state/territory,(a) sex 
and remoteness,(b) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Sex/state/territory	Major cities	Inner regional	Outer regional	Remote	Very remote	Australia	
Females							
NSW	4.2	3.4	3.5	9.3	0(c)	3.9	
Vic	3.0	2.7	2.8	1.7	..	2.9	
Qld	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.4	4.5	3.0	
WA	3.0	3.0	3.7	2.1	3.3	3.1	
SA	3.9	3.0	3.1	2.3	0(c)	3.6	
Tas	..	2.1	2.2	2.4	2.3	2.2	
ACT	2.9	0(c)	..	..	..	2.9	
NT	..	..	3.6	2.9	19.0	3.8	
Australia	3.6	3.0	3.1	2.7	5.4	3.4	
Males	        						
NSW	3.9	3.2	3.8	16.9	0(c)	3.7	
Vic	2.8	2.5	3.0	2.7	..	2.7	
Qld	2.8	2.7	2.9	3.3	2.6	2.8	
WA	2.7	2.9	3.5	2.0	1.7	2.8	
SA	3.6	3.2	3.1	2.1	0(c)	3.4	
Tas	..	2.1	2.2	2.4	2.8	2.2	
ACT	2.7	0(c)	..	..	..	2.7	
NT	..	..	3.2	2.7	5.0	3.2	
Australia	3.3	2.8	3.2	2.7	2.6	3.2	
Persons	        						
NSW	4.1	3.3	3.6	14.1	0(c)	3.8	
Vic	3.0	2.6	2.9	2.1	..	2.8	
Qld	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.4	3.4	2.9	
WA	2.9	3.0	3.6	2.1	2.5	3.0	
SA	3.8	3.1	3.1	2.2	0(c)	3.6	
Tas	..	2.1	2.2	2.4	2.6	2.2	
ACT	2.9	0(c)	..	..	..	2.9	
NT	..	..	3.4	2.9	10.2	3.5	
Australia	3.5	2.9	3.2	2.7	3.9	3.3	
(a)     Refers to the location of the services.						
(b)     Refers to the location of the services. The table uses the ASGC Remoteness Structure as developed by the ABS. 
(c)     No places in this area.
. .      Not applicable.						

Table 3.12: All separations, separation mode, by sex and state/territory,(a) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Sex/separation mode	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number
	
Females										
Death	10,404	7,636	5,376	2,457	3,067	930	363	67	30,300	
Return to community	7,026	6,177	3,101	1,404	2,015	985	326	126	21,160	
To hospital	1,063	564	266	247	239	31	15	14	2,439	
To continuing residential  care another aged care service	2,372	1,331	769	539	514	81	68	14	5,688	
Other	3,362	1,063	374	195	625	90	94	47	5,850	
Total females	24,227	16,771	9,886	4,842	6,460	2,117	866	268	65,437	
Males	        			        						
Death	6,268	4,382	3,424	1,388	1,782	465	186	44	17,939	
Return to community	4,155	4,039	2,185	1,083	1,010	704	221	105	13,502	
To hospital	745	397	249	175	144	23	15	11	1,759	
To continuing residential  care another aged care service	1,248	713	470	299	258	42	30	10	3,070	
Other	1,901	628	272	177	299	43	39	33	3,392	
Total males	14,317	10,159	6,600	3,122	3,493	1,277	491	203	39,662	
Persons	        			        						
Death	16,672	12,018	8,800	3,845	4,849	1,395	549	111	48,239	
Return to community	11,181	10,216	5,286	2,487	3,025	1,689	547	231	34,662	
To hospital	1,808	961	515	422	383	54	30	25	4,198	
To continuing residential  care another aged care service	3,620	2,044	1,239	838	772	123	98	24	8,758	
Other	5,263	1,691	646	372	924	133	133	80	9,242	
Total persons	38,544	26,930	16,486	7,964	9,953	3,394	1,357	471	105,099	
	Per cent
	
Females										
Death	42.9	45.5	54.4	50.7	47.5	43.9	41.9	25.0	46.3	
Return to community	29.0	36.8	31.4	29.0	31.2	46.5	37.6	47.0	32.3	
To hospital	4.4	3.4	2.7	5.1	3.7	1.5	1.7	5.2	3.7	
To continuing residential  care another aged care service	9.8	7.9	7.8	11.1	8.0	3.8	7.9	5.2	8.7	
Other	13.9	6.3	3.8	4.0	9.7	4.3	10.9	17.5	8.9	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
Death	43.8	43.1	51.9	44.5	51.0	36.4	37.9	21.7	45.2	
Return to community	29.0	39.8	33.1	34.7	28.9	55.1	45.0	51.7	34.0	
To hospital	5.2	3.9	3.8	5.6	4.1	1.8	3.1	5.4	4.4	
To continuing residential  care another aged care service	8.7	7.0	7.1	9.6	7.4	3.3	6.1	4.9	7.7	
Other	13.3	6.2	4.1	5.7	8.6	3.4	7.9	16.3	8.6	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
Death	43.3	44.6	53.4	48.3	48.7	41.1	40.5	23.6	45.9	
Return to community	29.0	37.9	32.1	31.2	30.4	49.8	40.3	49.0	33.0	
To hospital	4.7	3.6	3.1	5.3	3.8	1.6	2.2	5.3	4.0	
To continuing residential  care another aged care service	9.4	7.6	7.5	10.5	7.8	3.6	7.2	5.1	8.3	
Other	13.7	6.3	3.9	4.7	9.3	3.9	9.8	17.0	8.8	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)     Refers to the location of the services.

Table 3.13: Separations of permanent residents, separation mode, by sex and state/territory,(a) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Sex/separation mode	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number
	
Females										
Death	10,117	7,575	5,328	2,430	3,003	918	357	65	29,793	
Return to community	398	250	199	82	88	11	8	3	1,039	
To hospital	457	290	144	172	48	8	3	4	1,126	
To continuing residential  care another aged care service	533	369	124	186	56	13	9	0	1,290	
Other	256	85	43	29	76	4	1	1	495	
Total females	11,761	8,569	5,838	2,899	3,271	954	378	73	33,743	
Males	        									
Death	6,001	4,310	3,375	1,366	1,720	456	179	38	17,445	
Return to community	315	178	150	57	58	14	7	2	781	
To hospital	314	192	135	106	39	8	5	3	802	
To continuing residential  care another aged care service	255	189	80	97	28	8	5	4	666	
Other	205	62	55	24	29	3	2	2	382	
Total males	7,090	4,931	3,795	1,650	1,874	489	198	49	20,076	
Persons	        									
Death	16,118	11,885	8,703	3,796	4,723	1,374	536	103	47,238	
Return to community	713	428	349	139	146	25	15	5	1,820	
To hospital	771	482	279	278	87	16	8	7	1,928	
To continuing residential  care another aged care service	788	558	204	283	84	21	14	4	1,956	
Other	461	147	98	53	105	7	3	3	877	
Total persons	18,851	13,500	9,633	4,549	5,145	1,443	576	122	53,819	
	Per cent
	
Females										
Death	86.0	88.4	91.3	83.8	91.8	96.2	94.4	89.0	88.3	
Return to community	3.4	2.9	3.4	2.8	2.7	1.2	2.1	4.1	3.1	
To hospital	3.9	3.4	2.5	5.9	1.5	0.8	0.8	5.5	3.3	
To continuing residential  care another aged care service	4.5	4.3	2.1	6.4	1.7	1.4	2.4	0.0	3.8	
Other	2.2	1.0	0.7	1.0	2.3	0.4	0.3	1.4	1.5	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
Death	84.6	87.4	88.9	82.8	91.8	93.3	90.4	77.6	86.9	
Return to community	4.4	3.6	4.0	3.5	3.1	2.9	3.5	4.1	3.9	
To hospital	4.4	3.9	3.6	6.4	2.1	1.6	2.5	6.1	4.0	
To continuing residential  care another aged care service	3.6	3.8	2.1	5.9	1.5	1.6	2.5	8.2	3.3	
Other	2.9	1.3	1.4	1.5	1.5	0.6	1.0	4.1	1.9	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
Death	85.5	88.0	90.3	83.4	91.8	95.2	93.1	84.4	87.8	
Return to community	3.8	3.2	3.6	3.1	2.8	1.7	2.6	4.1	3.4	
To hospital	4.1	3.6	2.9	6.1	1.7	1.1	1.4	5.7	3.6	
To continuing residential  care another aged care service	4.2	4.1	2.1	6.2	1.6	1.5	2.4	3.3	3.6	
Other	2.4	1.1	1.0	1.2	2.0	0.5	0.5	2.5	1.6	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)     Refers to the location of the services.	

Table 3.14: Separations of respite residents, separation mode, by sex and state/territory,(a) 1 July 2007 
to 30 June 2008
Sex/separation mode	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number
	
Females										
Death	287	61	48	27	64	12	6	2	507	
Return to community	6,628	5,927	2,902	1,322	1,927	974	318	123	20,121	
To hospital	606	274	122	75	191	23	12	10	1,313	
To continuing residential  care another aged care service	1,839	962	645	353	458	68	59	14	4,398	
Other	3,106	978	331	166	549	86	93	46	5,355	
Total females	12,466	8,202	4,048	1,943	3,189	1,163	488	195	31,694	
Males	        									
Death	267	72	49	22	62	9	7	6	494	
Return to community	3,840	3,861	2,035	1,026	952	690	214	103	12,721	
To hospital	431	205	114	69	105	15	10	8	957	
To continuing residential  care another aged care service	993	524	390	202	230	34	25	6	2,404	
Other	1,696	566	217	153	270	40	37	31	3,010	
Total males	7,227	5,228	2,805	1,472	1,619	788	293	154	19,586	
Persons	        									
Death	554	133	97	49	126	21	13	8	1,001	
Return to community	10,468	9,788	4,937	2,348	2,879	1,664	532	226	32,842	
To hospital	1,037	479	236	144	296	38	22	18	2,270	
To continuing residential  care another aged care service	2,832	1,486	1,035	555	688	102	84	20	6,802	
Other	4,802	1,544	548	319	819	126	130	77	8,365	
Total persons	19,693	13,430	6,853	3,415	4,808	1,951	781	349	51,280	
	Per cent	
Females										
Death	2.3	0.7	1.2	1.4	2.0	1.0	1.2	1.0	1.6	
Return to community	53.2	72.3	71.7	68.0	60.4	83.7	65.2	63.1	63.5	
To hospital	4.9	3.3	3.0	3.9	6.0	2.0	2.5	5.1	4.1	
To continuing residential  care another aged care service	14.8	11.7	15.9	18.2	14.4	5.8	12.1	7.2	13.9	
Other	24.9	11.9	8.2	8.5	17.2	7.4	19.1	23.6	16.9	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
Death	3.7	1.4	1.7	1.5	3.8	1.1	2.4	3.9	2.5	
Return to community	53.1	73.9	72.5	69.7	58.8	87.6	73.0	66.9	64.9	
To hospital	6.0	3.9	4.1	4.7	6.5	1.9	3.4	5.2	4.9	
To continuing residential  care another aged care service	13.7	10.0	13.9	13.7	14.2	4.3	8.5	3.9	12.3	
Other	23.5	10.8	7.7	10.4	16.7	5.1	12.6	20.1	15.4	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
Death	2.8	1.0	1.4	1.4	2.6	1.1	1.7	2.3	2.0	
Return to community	53.2	72.9	72.0	68.8	59.9	85.3	68.1	64.8	64.0	
To hospital	5.3	3.6	3.4	4.2	6.2	1.9	2.8	5.2	4.4	
To continuing residential  care another aged care service	14.4	11.1	15.1	16.3	14.3	5.2	10.8	5.7	13.3	
Other	24.4	11.5	8.0	9.3	17.0	6.5	16.6	22.1	16.3	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)     Refers to the location of the services.															

Table 3.15: Separations of permanent residents, length of stay, by separation mode, 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008						
Length of stay	Death 	Return to community	To hospital	To another aged care service	Other	Total	
	Number	
<4 weeks 	3,357	451	164	152	131	4,255	
4–<8 weeks 	2,373	238	119	110	59	2,899	
8–<13 weeks 	2,100	202	120	87	51	2,560	
13–<26 weeks 	3,808	290	215	196	104	4,613	
26–<39 weeks 	2,712	166	122	145	68	3,213	
39–<52 weeks 	2,263	92	108	118	46	2,627	
1–<2 years 	7,476	174	343	326	131	8,450	
2–<3 years 	5,753	86	222	219	85	6,365	
3–<4 years 	4,625	44	143	181	72	5,065	
4–<5 years 	3,497	21	139	134	39	3,830	
5–<8 years 	5,519	42	149	185	52	5,947	
8+ years 	3,755	14	84	103	39	3,995	
Total	47,238	1,820	1,928	1,956	877	53,819	
	Per cent (column)	
<4 weeks 	7.1	24.8	8.5	7.8	14.9	7.9	
4–<8 weeks 	5.0	13.1	6.2	5.6	6.7	5.4	
8–<13 weeks 	4.4	11.1	6.2	4.4	5.8	4.8	
13–<26 weeks 	8.1	15.9	11.2	10.0	11.9	8.6	
26–<39 weeks 	5.7	9.1	6.3	7.4	7.8	6.0	
39–<52 weeks 	4.8	5.1	5.6	6.0	5.2	4.9	
1–<2 years 	15.8	9.6	17.8	16.7	14.9	15.7	
2–<3 years 	12.2	4.7	11.5	11.2	9.7	11.8	
3–<4 years 	9.8	2.4	7.4	9.3	8.2	9.4	
4–<5 years 	7.4	1.2	7.2	6.9	4.4	7.1	
5–<8 years 	11.7	2.3	7.7	9.5	5.9	11.1	
8+ years 	7.9	0.8	4.4	5.3	4.4	7.4	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
	Per cent (row)	
<4 weeks 	78.9	10.6	3.9	3.6	3.1	100.0	
4–<8 weeks 	81.9	8.2	4.1	3.8	2.0	100.0	
8–<13 weeks 	82.0	7.9	4.7	3.4	2.0	100.0	
13–<26 weeks 	82.5	6.3	4.7	4.2	2.3	100.0	
26–<39 weeks 	84.4	5.2	3.8	4.5	2.1	100.0	
39–<52 weeks 	86.1	3.5	4.1	4.5	1.8	100.0	
1–<2 years 	88.5	2.1	4.1	3.9	1.6	100.0	
2–<3 years 	90.4	1.4	3.5	3.4	1.3	100.0	
3–<4 years 	91.3	0.9	2.8	3.6	1.4	100.0	
4–<5 years 	91.3	0.5	3.6	3.5	1.0	100.0	
5–<8 years 	92.8	0.7	2.5	3.1	0.9	100.0	
8+ years 	94.0	0.4	2.1	2.6	1.0	100.0	
Total	87.8	3.4	3.6	3.6	1.6	100.0	

4	Resident characteristics
4.1	Residents at 30 June 2008
There were 160,250 residents in mainstream residential aged care services at 30 June 2008, compared with 156,549 residents in aged care services at 30 June 2007 and 135,991 residents at 30 June 2000 (tables 4.2 and A1.1). Over half (55%) of the residents in aged care services at 30 June 2008 were aged 85 years and over, and over one-quarter (27%) were aged 90 years and over. At 30 June 2000, 50% were aged 85 years and over, and 23% were aged 90 years and over (Table A1.1 and AIHW 2001). Nationally, there were 6,752 residents aged less than 65 years accommodated in aged care services, comprising 4% of all residents (Table 4.2). 
This pattern was similar across the states and territories, with the exception of the Northern Territory, where just 32% of residents were aged 85 years and over, and 11% were aged less than 65 (Table 4.2). Residents of services in remote and very remote areas tended to have a younger age profile, with 44% of residents aged 85 years and over in remote areas, and 35% aged 85 years and over in very remote areas (Table 4.5). The different age profile in the Northern Territory is to be expected given the relatively high proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples living in that territory and in the light of their poorer health across age groups. Aged care planning for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples includes the general 70 plus population and the Indigenous population aged between 50 and 69 years.
In remote areas, 9% of residents were under 65 years of age, while in very remote areas 21% of residents were under 65 years of age. In other regions, the representation of this age group was nearer the national average of 4% (Table 4.5).
Permanent residents
The majority (98%) of residents in aged care services on 30 June 2008 were permanent residents (157,087) (Table 4.3). Over half (55%) of permanent residents were aged 85 years and over, and 71% of permanent residents were women (Table 4.3). Female residents were on average older than male residents; 60% of female residents were 85 years of age or older, compared with 41% of male residents.
Marital status 
About 98% of permanent residents at 30 June 2008 had their marital status recorded at their admission time. Excluding those with unknown status, 56% were widowed at the time of admission, 26% were either married or in a de facto relationship, 10% had never married and 8% were divorced or separated (Table 4.6). Female permanent residents were over two times as likely to be widowed than their male counterparts (68% compared with 28%), and less than half as likely to be married or in a de facto relationship (19% compared with 43%). 
A much lower proportion of permanent residents in the Northern Territory were in a married or de facto relationship (18%) compared with any other jurisdiction. Other states and territories had around 26% of newly admitted residents in a married or de facto relationship. 
Data about current marital status are not available.
Indigenous status
Of the 97% of permanent residents for whom data on Indigenous status were recorded, 912  (0.6%) identified as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander (Table 4.8). Only 57% of Indigenous permanent residents were female, compared with 71% of non-Indigenous residents. 
The Northern Territory reported the highest proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples among its permanent residents (36%). Although Queensland recorded only 1% of permanent residents as being Indigenous, it had the highest number of Indigenous residents (239), followed closely by Western Australia (233).
Pension status
A high proportion of permanent residents were in receipt of a government pension, with 71% receiving a Centrelink pension, and 18% an Australian Government Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) pension (Table 4.10). Similar proportions of female and male permanent residents were receiving Centrelink pensions (71% females, 70% males) or DVA pensions (18% females, 19% males). 
Self-funded retirees comprised 9% of permanent residents and there was little difference between males and females. The Australian Capital Territory had a much higher proportion of self‑funded retirees (21%) among its permanent residents compared with other states and territories. The only states with proportions of self-funded retirees similar to or above the Australian average of 9% were New South Wales (10%), Western Australia (9%) and Victoria (9%). Queensland (8%), Tasmania (8%), the Northern Territory (7%) and South Australia (7%) had the lowest proportion of self-funded retirees.
Concessional, assisted and supported residents
People with relatively low levels of income and assets have long been recognised as a group who need assistance to access residential aged care. The financial criteria for assessing eligibility for such assistance altered significantly in October 1997 with the passing of the Aged Care Act 1997 and again in March 2008 with the Aged Care Amendment Act 2008. 
Financially disadvantaged persons who were admitted as permanent residents prior to the October 1997 reforms received assistance with their care fees.
The terms ‘concessional’ and ‘assisted’ applied to financially disadvantaged permanent residents admitted between 1 October 1997 and 20 March 2008. Residents who met the eligibility criteria for concessional status (see Appendix 4) were eligible for a concessional supplement which was paid to the service provider. Concessional residents were exempt from accommodation charges or bonds. The supplement for assisted residents was lower and, unlike a concessional resident, an assisted resident may have been required to pay an accommodation bond or an accommodation charge, subject to certain conditions.
From 20 March 2008 the term ‘supported’ resident applies to financially disadvantaged permanent residents admitted from that date. Existing residents prior to 20 March 2008 retain their conditions and benefits for being financially disadvantaged unless they separate from residential aged care for more than 28 days (see tables 4.11 and 4.12).
The eligibility to be a supported resident is simplified to an assets test. Fully supported residents are analogous to concessional residents but a sliding scale of accommodation charges applies as assets increase. Partially supported residents pay some level of accommodation charge depending on their assets (see Appendix 4).
Services are expected to meet regional targets for places for concessional, assisted and supported residents. These targets range from 16 per cent to 40 per cent and are calculated using the Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) applied to aged care planning regions.
The population of permanent residents at 30 June 2008 includes permanent residents who were admitted prior to the 1997 reforms, permanent residents admitted during the period between 1 October 1997 and 20 March 2008 and permanent residents admitted during the period between 20 March 2008 and 30 June 2008. These three groups are separated in tables 4.11 and 4.12. 
Omitting the ‘pre-reform’ group, 36% of permanent residents at 30 June 2008 were receiving financial assistance, disaggregated as concessional (29%), assisted (3%), supported (2%) and partially supported (1%). The Northern Territory had the highest proportion of permanent residents receiving assistance (67%) and the Australian Capital Territory had the lowest proportion (29%). All other jurisdictions had aggregate proportions close to the national average (36%).
Geographically, the proportions of residents receiving assistance increased with the level of remoteness: major cities (35%), inner regional (36%), outer regional (40%), remote (48%) and very remote (62%). 
Country of birth and preferred language
Over 99% of all permanent residents had their birthplace and preferred language recorded before admission. Of these, about 27% of residents were born overseas, including 11% in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and 11% in other areas of Europe (Table 4.13). 
Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory had the highest proportions of overseas‑born permanent residents (39% and 34%, respectively) and Tasmania had the lowest (16%) (Table 4.13).
Nationally, 90% of permanent residents indicated that English was their preferred language, while 9% preferred other European languages (Table 4.15). Among states and territories, the Northern Territory had the highest proportion preferring a language other than English, with 32% expressing this preference (including 23% who preferred an Australian Indigenous language). Queensland and Tasmania reported small proportions of permanent residents preferring a language other than English (3%). Of the 15,139 permanent residents who preferred to speak a language other than English, the majority lived in New South Wales (5,638) and Victoria (5,386).
Respite residents 
Only 3,163 residents in aged care services on 30 June 2008 were receiving respite care, representing 2% of all residents (Table 4.4). The age profile of respite residents was younger than that of permanent residents. Only 47% of respite residents were aged 85 years and over, with a further 39% aged 75–84 years. A lower proportion of respite residents were female (64%) compared with permanent residents (71%). 
The age–sex profile of respite residents varied across states and territories. The Northern Territory had the highest proportion (21%) of respite residents under 65 years of age. South Australia had the smallest proportion (2%) in this age group, while other states and territories were closer to the national average (4.6%) (Table 4.4). In the Northern Territory only 24% of respite residents were aged 85 years and over. The age profile of respite residents was oldest in Tasmania, where 58% of residents were aged 85 years and over. Other states and territories were closer to the national average (47%).
For those who had marital status recorded, a higher proportion of respite residents were either married or in a de facto relationship (34%) compared with permanent residents (26%) (tables 4.6 and 4.7). A slightly smaller proportion of respite residents compared with permanent residents were widowed, but this group still comprised more than half of respite residents (54%).
Indigenous status was reported for all respite residents, with 0.9% identifying as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander (Table 4.9). 
Thirty per cent of respite residents were born overseas, and their country of birth profile was similar to that for permanent residents. Excluding unknown cases, 90% of respite residents indicated that English was their preferred language, while 8% preferred other European languages, especially Southern European languages (4%) (tables 4.14 and 4.16).
4.2	Newly admitted residents 2007–08
There were 52,641 people admitted at least once to residential aged care services for permanent care during 2007–08, and 37,085 people were admitted for respite care at least once during the same period (tables 4.20 and 4.21). 
People admitted for respite care were slightly younger than those admitted for permanent care, with 69% of respite admissions aged 80 years and over compared with 73% of permanent admissions (tables 4.18 and 4.19). There has been a steady increase in the proportion of newly admitted residents aged 80 years and over. In 1998–99, 60% of people admitted for respite care, and 64% of people admitted for permanent care, were aged 80 years and over (Table A1.2). 
Permanent residents admitted between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008 were more likely to be married or in a de facto relationship (32%), compared with all permanent residents on 30 June 2008 (26%) (tables 4.6 and 4.20). While the vast majority of people admitted for permanent or respite care were either married or widowed, those admitted for respite care were more likely to be married than those admitted for permanent care (37% and 32%, respectively) (tables 4.20 and 4.21).
A high proportion of newly admitted residents had been living in a house or flat before admission during the reporting period; 79% of permanent residents and 88% of respite residents for whom these data were reported (tables 4.22 and 4.23).
For those permanent residents where information about prior outside living arrangements were relevant and available, 50% of admitted permanent residents lived alone before their admission, 46% lived with family and 4% lived with others (Table 4.24). Residents admitted for respite care differed considerably from those admitted for permanent care with regard to their living arrangements. While residents admitted for respite care were less likely to be living alone than those admitted for permanent care, it is noteworthy that 40% of respite admissions were for people living alone at the time of entry (Table 4.25). This was particularly true of women; 48% of women admitted for respite were living alone compared with 26% of men.
The proportion of newly admitted permanent residents who were receiving an Australian Government DVA pension was marginally higher, at 20%, than for all permanent residents at 30 June 2008 (18%). The corresponding proportions of people receiving a Centrelink pension were 68% and 71%, respectively (tables 4.26 and 4.10). 
4.3	Care levels of residents
Resident dependency levels were determined by the Resident Classification Scale (RCS) up to 20 March 2008. The RCS has eight categories which represent eight levels of care in descending order of need from 1 to 8. The level of Australian Government care subsidy is based on the level of care need indicated by each RCS category. No basic subsidy is paid for residents in category RCS 8. Categories 1 to 4 represent high-care status and categories 5 to 8 represent low-care status. 
From 20 March 2008, the Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI) was introduced as a new funding model for residential aged care. A description of this new model may be found at           <http://www.health.gov.au/acfi> and it is also briefly discussed in the Report on the Operations of the Aged Care Act 1997 (1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008), which may be viewed at <http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/ageing-reports-acarep-2008.htm>.
The ACFI attempts to separate and measure only those care elements that most contribute to the cost of care. Each resident is appraised in respect of three domains: Activities of Daily Living, Behaviour Characteristics and Complex Health Care Needs (see Appendix 3). Scores in each of these domains determine the level of care (high, medium or low) for that domain, and the overall level of resident subsidy is derived from this. The concepts of ACFI high care and ACFI low care are defined through various combinations of scores in the three domains, and this enables an approximate comparison with RCS high care and RCS low care. 
All new permanent admissions after 20 March 2008 are appraised using the ACFI. Existing residents before 20 March 2008 will be appraised by the ACFI if and when the requirement for a review of their current classification occurs. 
This year’s report thus covers both classification systems, since only approximately one-third of the latest client appraisals at 30 June 2008 were ACFI appraisals. The ACFI will replace the RCS completely by April 2009.
Of the 153,995 permanent residents at 30 June 2008 who had an accessible current appraisal recorded on the database, 106,657 were RCS appraisals and 47,338 were ACFI appraisals.  Among those with a RCS appraisals, 70% were in RCS high-care categories (RCS 1 to 4) and 30% in low-care categories (RCS 5 to 8), whereas among those with an ACFI appraisal, 76% were evaluated as high care and 24% as low care. 
Residents with a Resident Classification Scale score
This year’s reporting of the RCS covers a sufficiently large proportion of permanent clients for many of the trends which have been evident over the last 10 years to be further reinforced in the current data.
RCS categories 1, 2 and 3 comprised the highest proportion of permanent residents (24%, 24% and 16%, respectively). The lowest level of care (RCS 8) contained 0.3% of residents at 30 June 2008 (Table 4.28). 
Tables 4.29a and 4.30a both look at resident dependency at 30 June 2008, but the former focuses on younger ages and the latter on older ages. Among older residents (65 years and over) there were few differences between men and women in relation to dependency levels except in the 
95 years and over age group, where 27% of women were RCS 1 but only 19% of men were at this level. A higher proportion of younger residents than older residents were classified as high dependency. For example, 50% of residents aged under 40 years were classified RCS 1 compared with 22% for residents aged 65 years and above. Generally, in these younger age groups, the proportions of residents in each age group who are classified as RCS 1 or RCS 2 declined with increasing age.
Between 30 June 1998 and 30 June 2008, there was a consistent increase in the proportion of residents classified as high care (RCS 1 to 4), from 58% to 70%, while the proportion of those classified as low care (RCS 5 to 8) fell from 42% to 30% (Table 4.1). This decline has been most marked in RCS 8, reflecting an increasing emphasis on providing services to those with personal care needs, rather than primarily accommodation needs. From 1998 to 2008, the proportion in RCS 8 has dropped from 5% to 0.3% and the proportion in other low care (RCS 5 to 7) has dropped from 38% to 30% (Table 4.1). Residential care places have thus been provided to a progressively more dependent group of people. During this same period, the supply of Community Aged Care Packages, aimed at providing the equivalent of low-care residential support to people still living in their homes, has expanded significantly. This pattern is in keeping with established government policy, which aims to provide a greater proportion of care for people in their homes who would otherwise be eligible for low-care residential support. 
The dependency profile of newly admitted residents during 2007–08 provides a useful indication of possible future trends in residential care. The dependency levels of admitted permanent residents during the period suggest that we may expect similar proportions of people in residential aged care at high-care levels in the future. Sixty-three per cent of admitted permanent residents were classified as high care and 37% as low care (Table 4.27a). The proportion of those admitted as high-care residents is lower than for existing residents (70%), as admitted residents are, by definition, at the beginning of their residential aged care stay—some will progress to higher levels of dependency during the course of their stay. 
The increase in dependency in many residents during their stay in aged care is apparent when we consider that 21% of new admissions were categorised as RCS 1, but 24% of current residents at the end of June 2008 were in the RCS 1 category, and 39% of separations during that year were in that category (tables 4.27a, 4.30a and 4.32a).
Residents with an Aged Care Funding Instrument appraisal
There were 47,338 permanent residents with ACFI appraisals at 30 June 2008—approximately 
one-third of permanent residents at that date. The early trends occurring may be different from results which would be available if every permanent resident had an ACFI appraisal at that date. In addition, the ACFI appraisal for some residents may change following review of the accuracy of some classifications which occurs as part of Government funding accountability requirements.
Admissions with an ACFI appraisal
This applies to admissions with the introduction of the ACFI from the 20 March 2008 to 30 June 2008. There were 14,356 client admissions in the period with at least one ACFI appraisal.
An ACFI appraisal results in scores of high, medium, low or nil in each of the three domains: Activities of Daily Living (ADL care), Mental and Behavioural Diagnosis (BEH) and Complex Health Care (CHC).
For ADL care, 30% of new admissions were classified as high care, 30% as medium and 32% as low. Only 8% of clients required no ADL care. A higher proportion of clients did not require BEH care (19%) but 31% required high care in this domain. For CHC care, a low proportion of admissions required high care (19%) with 56% needing low or nil care (tables 4.27b, 4.27c and 4.27d).
Across age groups, the proportion requiring high ADL care in the 95+ age group was noticeably higher (39%) than for other age groups which were all closer to the average of 30% (Table 4.31b).
Residents as at 30 June 2008 with an ACFI appraisal
Compared with new admissions, a higher proportion of residents with an ACFI appraisal at 30 June 2008 had higher levels of care requirements in relation to ADL and BEH care (tables 4.28b and 4.28c). Thirty-four per cent of residents required high care with ADL and 35% with BEH care. The distribution of care level for CHC care was similar to that of admissions. Only 14% required high level care and 57% required either low care or had no CHC care needs. The increased care need of residents in the younger age group (<65) compared to the overall population was also marked in some domains. Forty-three per cent of residents under age 65 required high level BEH care compared to the overall proportion of 35% (tables 4.29c and 4.30c). The same difference occurred with CHC care where the corresponding proportions were 21% and 14% (tables 4.29d and 4.30d). 
Figure 4.1 shows the proportions in the care levels for each of the domains of care at 30 June 2008.
Figure 4.4: The level of care across the ACFI domains for permanent residents at 30 June 2008
Vertical bar chart showing per cent on y-axis and care level in ACR domains on x-axis. Key shows ‘high’, ‘medium’, ‘low’ and ‘nil’.
Source: Tables 4.30b, 4.30c and 4.30d.
Health conditions
With the introduction of the ACFI, it is possible, for the first time, to report on resident health conditions. Such reporting is only available for residents with an ACFI appraisal.
Table 4.34 lists the top 10 main health categories (excluding dementia and other mental illness) for permanent residents at 30 June 2008 who had an ACFI classification. Eighty-six per cent of such residents (47,338) were in the top 10 categories. Thirty per cent of residents in this group had circulatory diseases listed as their main health condition. Circulatory diseases include heart disease, cerebrovascular disease and hypertension. Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue which includes rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis were the main condition for 17% of residents. 
Coding of health conditions in the ACFI come from those used in the Aged Care Assessment Program and these codes map to equivalent codes in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems—Tenth Revision—Australian Modification (1998) (also known as ICD–10–AM).

Table 4.1: Dependency levels of permanent residents in residential aged care 
services, 30 June 1998 to 30 June 2008 (per cent)
Sex/year	High care	Low care	Total	
Females				
1998	57.1	42.9	100.0	
1999	60.2	39.8	100.0	
2000	61.2	38.8	100.0	
2001	62.5	37.5	100.0	
2002	63.1	36.9	100.0	
2003	64.2	35.8	100.0	
2004	65.4	34.6	100.0	
2005	67.4	32.6	100.0	
2006	68.7	31.3	100.0	
2007	70.0	30.0	100.0	
2008 (RCS)	70.3	29.7	100.0	
2008 (ACFI)	76.0	24.0	100.0	
Males				
1998	59.6	40.4	100.0	
1999	62.2	37.8	100.0	
2000	63.1	36.9	100.0	
2001	64.1	35.9	100.0	
2002	64.6	35.4	100.0	
2003	64.8	35.2	100.0	
2004	66.0	34.0	100.0	
2005	67.7	32.3	100.0	
2006	69.0	31.0	100.0	
2007	70.4	29.6	100.0	
2008 (RCS)	70.0	30.0	100.0	
2008 (ACFI)	76.6	23.4	100.0	
Persons				
1998	57.8	42.2	100.0	
1999	60.8	39.2	100.0	
2000	61.8	38.2	100.0	
2001	63.1	36.9	100.0	
2002	63.6	36.4	100.0	
2003	64.4	35.6	100.0	
2004	65.6	34.4	100.0	
2005	67.5	32.5	100.0	
2006	68.7	31.3	100.0	
2007	70.1	29.9	100.0	
2008 (RCS)	70.2	29.8	100.0	
2008 (ACFI)	76.1	23.9	100.0	
Note: The classification of permanent residents was in transition from the Resident Classification Scale (RCS) to the Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI) between March 2008 and March 2009. At 30 June 2008 available records showed 106,933 residents with a current RCS and 47,338 with a current ACFI classification. There were 2,816 permanent clients at 30 June 2008 whose current appraisal was not available.
Sources:  Table 4.30a, Table 4.30b and the ACCMIS database.

   Table 4.2: All residents, by age, sex and state/territory,(a) 30 June 2008
Sex/age (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
under 65	1,095	731	665	241	250	76	27	23	3,108	
65–69	824	614	427	244	231	66	37	22	2,465	
70–74	1,609	1,207	802	431	439	135	44	27	4,694	
75–79	3,951	2,860	2,000	930	1,093	328	120	29	11,311	
80–84	8,132	6,103	4,140	1,953	2,386	584	241	58	23,597	
85–89	11,369	8,545	5,859	2,706	3,314	899	325	62	33,079	
90–94	8,417	6,365	4,311	2,105	2,522	702	252	25	24,699	
95+	3,590	2,723	1,800	981	1,162	267	110	10	10,643	
Total females	38,987	29,148	20,004	9,591	11,397	3,057	1,156	256	113,596	
Males	        									
under 65	1,339	918	712	283	247	81	42	22	3,644	
65–69	891	656	511	236	188	61	30	20	2,593	
70–74	1,431	1,074	779	363	330	97	35	20	4,129	
75–79	2,429	1,726	1,255	568	643	182	69	33	6,905	
80–84	3,577	2,666	1,955	833	989	268	92	25	10,405	
85–89	3,670	2,765	1,955	837	1,119	268	120	15	10,749	
90–94	2,051	1,684	1,164	501	596	182	71	14	6,263	
95+	605	547	346	194	191	57	23	3	1,966	
Total males	15,993	12,036	8,677	3,815	4,303	1,196	482	152	46,654	
Persons	        									
under 65	2,434	1,649	1,377	524	497	157	69	45	6,752	
65–69	1,715	1,270	938	480	419	127	67	42	5,058	
70–74	3,040	2,281	1,581	794	769	232	79	47	8,823	
75–79	6,380	4,586	3,255	1,498	1,736	510	189	62	18,216	
80–84	11,709	8,769	6,095	2,786	3,375	852	333	83	34,002	
85–89	15,039	11,310	7,814	3,543	4,433	1,167	445	77	43,828	
90–94	10,468	8,049	5,475	2,606	3,118	884	323	39	30,962	
95+	4,195	3,270	2,146	1,175	1,353	324	133	13	12,609	
Total persons	54,980	41,184	28,681	13,406	15,700	4,253	1,638	408	160,250	
(continued)

Table 4.2 (continued): All residents, by age, sex and state/territory,(a) 30 June 2008
Sex/age (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
Females	Per cent
	
under 65	2.8	2.5	3.3	2.5	2.2	2.5	2.3	9.0	2.7	
65–69	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.5	2.0	2.2	3.2	8.6	2.2	
70–74	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.5	3.9	4.4	3.8	10.5	4.1	
75–79	10.1	9.8	10.0	9.7	9.6	10.7	10.4	11.3	10.0	
80–84	20.9	20.9	20.7	20.4	20.9	19.1	20.8	22.7	20.8	
85–89	29.2	29.3	29.3	28.2	29.1	29.4	28.1	24.2	29.1	
90–94	21.6	21.8	21.6	21.9	22.1	23.0	21.8	9.8	21.7	
95+	9.2	9.3	9.0	10.2	10.2	8.7	9.5	3.9	9.4	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
under 65	8.4	7.6	8.2	7.4	5.7	6.8	8.7	14.5	7.8	
65–69	5.6	5.5	5.9	6.2	4.4	5.1	6.2	13.2	5.6	
70–74	8.9	8.9	9.0	9.5	7.7	8.1	7.3	13.2	8.9	
75–79	15.2	14.3	14.5	14.9	14.9	15.2	14.3	21.7	14.8	
80–84	22.4	22.2	22.5	21.8	23.0	22.4	19.1	16.4	22.3	
85–89	22.9	23.0	22.5	21.9	26.0	22.4	24.9	9.9	23.0	
90–94	12.8	14.0	13.4	13.1	13.9	15.2	14.7	9.2	13.4	
95+	3.8	4.5	4.0	5.1	4.4	4.8	4.8	2.0	4.2	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
under 65	4.4	4.0	4.8	3.9	3.2	3.7	4.2	11.0	4.2	
65–69	3.1	3.1	3.3	3.6	2.7	3.0	4.1	10.3	3.2	
70–74	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.9	4.9	5.5	4.8	11.5	5.5	
75–79	11.6	11.1	11.3	11.2	11.1	12.0	11.5	15.2	11.4	
80–84	21.3	21.3	21.3	20.8	21.5	20.0	20.3	20.3	21.2	
85–89	27.4	27.5	27.2	26.4	28.2	27.4	27.2	18.9	27.3	
90–94	19.0	19.5	19.1	19.4	19.9	20.8	19.7	9.6	19.3	
95+	7.6	7.9	7.5	8.8	8.6	7.6	8.1	3.2	7.9	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)   Refers to the location of the services.

Table 4.3: Permanent residents, by age, sex and state/territory,(a) 30 June 2008
Sex/age (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number
	
Females										
under 65	1,064	720	655	238	245	75	27	21	3,045	
65–69	800	601	424	240	225	64	36	20	2,410	
70–74	1,563	1,180	792	424	426	133	43	25	4,586	
75–79	3,820	2,796	1,966	910	1,067	324	116	28	11,027	
80–84	7,915	5,981	4,082	1,934	2,335	575	237	54	23,113	
85–89	11,101	8,418	5,790	2,680	3,259	883	317	56	32,504	
90–94	8,275	6,284	4,266	2,079	2,488	689	246	25	24,352	
95+	3,537	2,694	1,793	976	1,154	264	108	10	10,536	
Total females	38,075	28,674	19,768	9,481	11,199	3,007	1,130	239	111,573	
Males	        									
under 65	1,305	896	704	276	245	77	40	18	3,561	
65–69	870	644	505	231	187	60	26	18	2,541	
70–74	1,397	1,058	761	357	320	96	34	17	4,040	
75–79	2,356	1,696	1,229	558	619	179	68	32	6,737	
80–84	3,446	2,607	1,914	815	960	261	88	24	10,115	
85–89	3,554	2,691	1,917	814	1,090	258	119	14	10,457	
90–94	1,998	1,653	1,147	486	584	177	70	14	6,129	
95+	592	538	342	191	189	57	22	3	1,934	
Total males	15,518	11,783	8,519	3,728	4,194	1,165	467	140	45,514	
Persons	        									
under 65	2,369	1,616	1,359	514	490	152	67	39	6,606	
65–69	1,670	1,245	929	471	412	124	62	38	4,951	
70–74	2,960	2,238	1,553	781	746	229	77	42	8,626	
75–79	6,176	4,492	3,195	1,468	1,686	503	184	60	17,764	
80–84	11,361	8,588	5,996	2,749	3,295	836	325	78	33,228	
85–89	14,655	11,109	7,707	3,494	4,349	1,141	436	70	42,961	
90–94	10,273	7,937	5,413	2,565	3,072	866	316	39	30,481	
95+	4,129	3,232	2,135	1,167	1,343	321	130	13	12,470	
Total persons	53,593	40,457	28,287	13,209	15,393	4,172	1,597	379	157,087	
   (continued)

Table 4.3 (continued): Permanent residents, by age, sex and state/territory,(a) 30 June 2008
Sex/age (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Per cent	
Females										
under 65	2.8	2.5	3.3	2.5	2.2	2.5	2.4	8.8	2.7	
65–69	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.5	2.0	2.1	3.2	8.4	2.2	
70–74	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.5	3.8	4.4	3.8	10.5	4.1	
75–79	10.0	9.8	9.9	9.6	9.5	10.8	10.3	11.7	9.9	
80–84	20.8	20.9	20.6	20.4	20.9	19.1	21.0	22.6	20.7	
85–89	29.2	29.4	29.3	28.3	29.1	29.4	28.1	23.4	29.1	
90–94	21.7	21.9	21.6	21.9	22.2	22.9	21.8	10.5	21.8	
95+	9.3	9.4	9.1	10.3	10.3	8.8	9.6	4.2	9.4	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
under 65	8.4	7.6	8.3	7.4	5.8	6.6	8.6	12.9	7.8	
65–69	5.6	5.5	5.9	6.2	4.5	5.2	5.6	12.9	5.6	
70–74	9.0	9.0	8.9	9.6	7.6	8.2	7.3	12.1	8.9	
75–79	15.2	14.4	14.4	15.0	14.8	15.4	14.6	22.9	14.8	
80–84	22.2	22.1	22.5	21.9	22.9	22.4	18.8	17.1	22.2	
85–89	22.9	22.8	22.5	21.8	26.0	22.1	25.5	10.0	23.0	
90–94	12.9	14.0	13.5	13.0	13.9	15.2	15.0	10.0	13.5	
95+	3.8	4.6	4.0	5.1	4.5	4.9	4.7	2.1	4.2	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
under 65	4.4	4.0	4.8	3.9	3.2	3.6	4.2	10.3	4.2	
65–69	3.1	3.1	3.3	3.6	2.7	3.0	3.9	10.0	3.2	
70–74	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.9	4.8	5.5	4.8	11.1	5.5	
75–79	11.5	11.1	11.3	11.1	11.0	12.1	11.5	15.8	11.3	
80–84	21.2	21.2	21.2	20.8	21.4	20.0	20.4	20.6	21.2	
85–89	27.3	27.5	27.2	26.5	28.3	27.3	27.3	18.5	27.3	
90–94	19.2	19.6	19.1	19.4	20.0	20.8	19.8	10.3	19.4	
95+	7.7	8.0	7.5	8.8	8.7	7.7	8.1	3.4	7.9	
Total persons  ppersons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)   Refers to the location of the services. 

Table 4.4: Respite residents, by age, sex and state/territory,(a) 30 June 2008
Sex/age (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
under 65	31	11	10	3	5	1	0	2	63	
65–69	24	13	3	4	6	2	1	2	55	
70–74	46	27	10	7	13	2	1	2	108	
75–79	131	64	34	20	26	4	4	1	284	
80–84	217	122	58	19	51	9	4	4	484	
85–89	268	127	69	26	55	16	8	6	575	
90–94	142	81	45	26	34	13	6	0	347	
95+	53	29	7	5	8	3	2	0	107	
Total females	912	474	236	110	198	50	26	17	2,023	
Males	        									
under 65	34	22	8	7	2	4	2	4	83	
65–69	21	12	6	5	1	1	4	2	52	
70–74	34	16	18	6	10	1	1	3	89	
75–79	73	30	26	10	24	3	1	1	168	
80–84	131	59	41	18	29	7	4	1	290	
85–89	116	74	38	23	29	10	1	1	292	
90–94	53	31	17	15	12	5	1	0	134	
95+	13	9	4	3	2	0	1	0	32	
Total males	475	253	158	87	109	31	15	12	1,140	
Persons	        									
under 65	65	33	18	10	7	5	2	6	146	
65–69	45	25	9	9	7	3	5	4	107	
70–74	80	43	28	13	23	3	2	5	197	
75–79	204	94	60	30	50	7	5	2	452	
80–84	348	181	99	37	80	16	8	5	774	
85–89	384	201	107	49	84	26	9	7	867	
90–94	195	112	62	41	46	18	7	0	481	
95+	66	38	11	8	10	3	3	0	139	
Total persons	1,387	727	394	197	307	81	41	29	3,163	
  (continued)

Table 4.4 (continued): Respite residents, by age, sex and state/territory,(a) 30 June 2008
Sex/age (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Per cent	
Females										
under 65	3.4	2.3	4.2	2.7	2.5	2.0	0.0	11.8	3.1	
65–69	2.6	2.7	1.3	3.6	3.0	4.0	3.8	11.8	2.7	
70–74	5.0	5.7	4.2	6.4	6.6	4.0	3.8	11.8	5.3	
75–79	14.4	13.5	14.4	18.2	13.1	8.0	15.4	5.9	14.0	
80–84	23.8	25.7	24.6	17.3	25.8	18.0	15.4	23.5	23.9	
85–89	29.4	26.8	29.2	23.6	27.8	32.0	30.8	35.3	28.4	
90–94	15.6	17.1	19.1	23.6	17.2	26.0	23.1	0.0	17.2	
95+	5.8	6.1	3.0	4.5	4.0	6.0	7.7	0.0	5.3	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
under 65	7.2	8.7	5.1	8.0	1.8	12.9	13.3	33.3	7.3	
65–69	4.4	4.7	3.8	5.7	0.9	3.2	26.7	16.7	4.6	
70–74	7.2	6.3	11.4	6.9	9.2	3.2	6.7	25.0	7.8	
75–79	15.4	11.9	16.5	11.5	22.0	9.7	6.7	8.3	14.7	
80–84	27.6	23.3	25.9	20.7	26.6	22.6	26.7	8.3	25.4	
85–89	24.4	29.2	24.1	26.4	26.6	32.3	6.7	8.3	25.6	
90–94	11.2	12.3	10.8	17.2	11.0	16.1	6.7	0.0	11.8	
95+	2.7	3.6	2.5	3.4	1.8	0.0	6.7	0.0	2.8	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
under 65	4.7	4.5	4.6	5.1	2.3	6.2	4.9	20.7	4.6	
65–69	3.2	3.4	2.3	4.6	2.3	3.7	12.2	13.8	3.4	
70–74	5.8	5.9	7.1	6.6	7.5	3.7	4.9	17.2	6.2	
75–79	14.7	12.9	15.2	15.2	16.3	8.6	12.2	6.9	14.3	
80–84	25.1	24.9	25.1	18.8	26.1	19.8	19.5	17.2	24.5	
85–89	27.7	27.6	27.2	24.9	27.4	32.1	22.0	24.1	27.4	
90–94	14.1	15.4	15.7	20.8	15.0	22.2	17.1	0.0	15.2	
95+	4.8	5.2	2.8	4.1	3.3	3.7	7.3	0.0	4.4	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)	Refers to the location of the services.

Table 4.5: All residents, by age, sex and remoteness,(a) 30 June 2008
Sex/age (years)	Major cities	Inner regional	Outer regional	Remote	Very remote	Australia	
	Number	
Females							
under 65	2,112	655	280	37	24	3,108	
65–69	1,681	545	199	31	9	2,465	
70–74	3,206	1,067	366	47	8	4,694	
75–79	7,723	2,624	884	62	18	11,311	
80–84	16,390	5,322	1,751	114	20	23,597	
85–89	22,662	7,671	2,553	167	26	33,079	
90–94	16,935	5,746	1,893	113	12	24,699	
95+	7,414	2,328	840	50	11	10,643	
Total females	78,123	25,958	8,766	621	128	113,596	
Males	        						
under 65	2,506	721	341	52	24	3,644	
65–69	1,801	529	217	35	11	2,593	
70–74	2,766	942	375	33	13	4,129	
75–79	4,634	1,577	618	65	11	6,905	
80–84	7,039	2,407	879	68	12	10,405	
85–89	7,278	2,544	854	56	17	10,749	
90–94	4,204	1,494	521	31	13	6,263	
95+	1,344	466	144	11	1	1,966	
Total males	31,572	10,680	3,949	351	102	46,654	
Persons	        						
under 65	4,618	1,376	621	89	48	6,752	
65–69	3,482	1,074	416	66	20	5,058	
70–74	5,972	2,009	741	80	21	8,823	
75–79	12,357	4,201	1,502	127	29	18,216	
80–84	23,429	7,729	2,630	182	32	34,002	
85–89	29,940	10,215	3,407	223	43	43,828	
90–94	21,139	7,240	2,414	144	25	30,962	
95+	8,758	2,794	984	61	12	12,609	
Total persons	109,695	36,638	12,715	972	230	160,250	
 (continued)

Table 4.5 (continued): All residents, by age, sex and remoteness,(a) 30 June 2008
Sex/age (years)	Major cities	Inner regional	Outer regional	Remote	Very remote	Australia	
	Per cent	
Females							
under 65	2.7	2.5	3.2	6.0	18.8	2.7	
65–69	2.2	2.1	2.3	5.0	7.0	2.2	
70–74	4.1	4.1	4.2	7.6	6.3	4.1	
75–79	9.9	10.1	10.1	10.0	14.1	10.0	
80–84	21.0	20.5	20.0	18.4	15.6	20.8	
85–89	29.0	29.6	29.1	26.9	20.3	29.1	
90–94	21.7	22.1	21.6	18.2	9.4	21.7	
95+	9.5	9.0	9.6	8.1	8.6	9.4	
Total females femailsfemales	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males							
under 65	7.9	6.8	8.6	14.8	23.5	7.8	
65–69	5.7	5.0	5.5	10.0	10.8	5.6	
70–74	8.8	8.8	9.5	9.4	12.7	8.9	
75–79	14.7	14.8	15.6	18.5	10.8	14.8	
80–84	22.3	22.5	22.3	19.4	11.8	22.3	
85–89	23.1	23.8	21.6	16.0	16.7	23.0	
90–94	13.3	14.0	13.2	8.8	12.7	13.4	
95+	4.3	4.4	3.6	3.1	1.0	4.2	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons							
under 65	4.2	3.8	4.9	9.2	20.9	4.2	
65–69	3.2	2.9	3.3	6.8	8.7	3.2	
70–74	5.4	5.5	5.8	8.2	9.1	5.5	
75–79	11.3	11.5	11.8	13.1	12.6	11.4	
80–84	21.4	21.1	20.7	18.7	13.9	21.2	
85–89	27.3	27.9	26.8	22.9	18.7	27.3	
90–94	19.3	19.8	19.0	14.8	10.9	19.3	
95+	8.0	7.6	7.7	6.3	5.2	7.9	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)    Refers to the location of the services. The table uses the ASGC Remoteness Structure as developed by the ABS. 

Table 4.6: Permanent residents, marital status, by sex and state/territory,(a) 30 June 2008
Sex/marital status	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	TAS	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
Divorced	1,869	1,312	931	494	493	136	106	17	5,358	
Married/de facto	6,790	5,498	3,814	1,793	2,240	582	179	40	20,936	
Separated	411	297	225	122	97	33	23	12	1,220	
Single	3,156	2,161	1,469	527	659	192	65	11	8,240	
Widowed	25,247	19,058	13,012	6,426	7,590	2,042	740	152	74,267	
Not reported	602	348	317	119	120	22	17	7	1,552	
Total females	38,075	28,674	19,768	9,481	11,199	3,007	1,130	239	111,573	
Males	        									
Divorced	1,530	1,016	879	396	349	109	56	12	4,347	
Married/de facto	6,264	5,122	3,524	1,597	1,926	509	216	28	19,186	
Separated	590	382	273	159	149	30	16	13	1,612	
Single	2,583	1,828	1,340	496	493	160	40	40	6,980	
Widowed	4,195	3,240	2,326	1,019	1,205	345	132	43	12,505	
Not reported	356	195	177	61	72	12	7	4	884	
Total males	15,518	11,783	8,519	3,728	4,194	1,165	467	140	45,514	
Persons	        									
Divorced	3,399	2,328	1,810	890	842	245	162	29	9,705	
Married/de facto	13,054	10,620	7,338	3,390	4,166	1,091	395	68	40,122	
Separated	1,001	679	498	281	246	63	39	25	2,832	
Single	5,739	3,989	2,809	1,023	1,152	352	105	51	15,220	
Widowed	29,442	22,298	15,338	7,445	8,795	2,387	872	195	86,772	
Not reported	958	543	494	180	192	34	24	11	2,436	
Total persons	53,593	40,457	28,287	13,209	15,393	4,172	1,597	379	157,087	
 (continued)

Table 4.6 (continued): Permanent residents, marital status, by sex and state/territory,(a) 30 June 2008
Sex/marital status	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	TAS	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Per cent	
Females										
Divorced	4.9	4.6	4.7	5.2	4.4	4.5	9.4	7.1	4.8	
Married/de facto	17.8	19.2	19.3	18.9	20.0	19.4	15.8	16.7	18.8	
Separated	1.1	1.0	1.1	1.3	0.9	1.1	2.0	5.0	1.1	
Single	8.3	7.5	7.4	5.6	5.9	6.4	5.8	4.6	7.4	
Widowed	66.3	66.5	65.8	67.8	67.8	67.9	65.5	63.6	66.6	
Not reported	1.6	1.2	1.6	1.3	1.1	0.7	1.5	2.9	1.4	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
Divorced	9.9	8.6	10.3	10.6	8.3	9.4	12.0	8.6	9.6	
Married/de facto	40.4	43.5	41.4	42.8	45.9	43.7	46.3	20.0	42.2	
Separated	3.8	3.2	3.2	4.3	3.6	2.6	3.4	9.3	3.5	
Single	16.6	15.5	15.7	13.3	11.8	13.7	8.6	28.6	15.3	
Widowed	27.0	27.5	27.3	27.3	28.7	29.6	28.3	30.7	27.5	
Not reported	2.3	1.7	2.1	1.6	1.7	1.0	1.5	2.9	1.9	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
Divorced	6.3	5.8	6.4	6.7	5.5	5.9	10.1	7.7	6.2	
Married/de facto	24.4	26.3	25.9	25.7	27.1	26.2	24.7	17.9	25.5	
Separated	1.9	1.7	1.8	2.1	1.6	1.5	2.4	6.6	1.8	
Single	10.7	9.9	9.9	7.7	7.5	8.4	6.6	13.5	9.7	
Widowed	54.9	55.1	54.2	56.4	57.1	57.2	54.6	51.5	55.2	
Not reported	1.8	1.3	1.7	1.4	1.2	0.8	1.5	2.9	1.6	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)    Refers to the location of the services.

Table 4.7: Respite residents, marital status, by sex and state/territory,(a) 30 June 2008	
Sex/marital status	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	TAS	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
Divorced	49	10	10	5	9	1	0	0	84	
Married/de facto	176	129	43	23	44	11	4	0	430	
Separated	7	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	14	
Single	49	14	10	3	8	0	0	2	86	
Widowed	628	312	170	77	134	38	20	14	1,393	
Not reported	3	7	2	1	2	0	1	0	16	
Total females	912	474	236	110	198	50	26	17	2,023	
Males	        									
Divorced	34	12	8	6	4	3	1	2	70	
Married/de facto	233	148	98	54	65	15	6	3	622	
Separated	9	4	3	2	2	1	0	1	22	
Single	56	23	7	3	2	0	3	4	98	
Widowed	136	61	39	22	34	11	5	2	310	
Not reported	7	5	3	0	2	1	0	0	18	
Total males	475	253	158	87	109	31	15	12	1,140	
Persons	        									
Divorced	83	22	18	11	13	4	1	2	154	
Married/de facto	409	277	141	77	109	26	10	3	1,052	
Separated	16	6	4	3	3	1	1	2	36	
Single	105	37	17	6	10	0	3	6	184	
Widowed	764	373	209	99	168	49	25	16	1,703	
Not reported	10	12	5	1	4	1	1	0	34	
Total persons	1,387	727	394	197	307	81	41	29	3,163	
 (continued)

Table 4.7 (continued): Respite residents, marital status, by sex and state/territory,(a) 30 June 2008
Sex/marital status	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	TAS	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Per cent	
Females										
Divorced	5.4	2.1	4.2	4.5	4.5	2.0	0.0	0.0	4.2	
Married/de facto	19.3	27.2	18.2	20.9	22.2	22.0	15.4	0.0	21.3	
Separated	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.9	0.5	0.0	3.8	5.9	0.7	
Single	5.4	3.0	4.2	2.7	4.0	0.0	0.0	11.8	4.3	
Widowed	68.9	65.8	72.0	70.0	67.7	76.0	76.9	82.4	68.9	
Not reported	0.3	1.5	0.8	0.9	1.0	0.0	3.8	0.0	0.8	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
Divorced	7.2	4.7	5.1	6.9	3.7	9.7	6.7	16.7	6.1	
Married/de facto	49.1	58.5	62.0	62.1	59.6	48.4	40.0	25.0	54.6	
Separated	1.9	1.6	1.9	2.3	1.8	3.2	0.0	8.3	1.9	
Single	11.8	9.1	4.4	3.4	1.8	0.0	20.0	33.3	8.6	
Widowed	28.6	24.1	24.7	25.3	31.2	35.5	33.3	16.7	27.2	
Not reported	1.5	2.0	1.9	0.0	1.8	3.2	0.0	0.0	1.6	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
Divorced	6.0	3.0	4.6	5.6	4.2	4.9	2.4	6.9	4.9	
Married/de facto	29.5	38.1	35.8	39.1	35.5	32.1	24.4	10.3	33.3	
Separated	1.2	0.8	1.0	1.5	1.0	1.2	2.4	6.9	1.1	
Single	7.6	5.1	4.3	3.0	3.3	0.0	7.3	20.7	5.8	
Widowed	55.1	51.3	53.0	50.3	54.7	60.5	61.0	55.2	53.8	
Not reported	0.7	1.7	1.3	0.5	1.3	1.2	2.4	0.0	1.1	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)    Refers to the location of the services.

Table 4.8: Permanent residents, Indigenous status, by sex and state/territory,(a) 30 June 2008	
Sex/Indigenous status	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
Indigenous	111	33	115	129	31	13	2	89	523	
Non-Indigenous	36,881	28,317	18,885	9,219	10,850	2,979	1,118	145	108,394	
Not determined	1,083	324	768	133	318	15	10	5	2,656	
Total females	38,075	28,674	19,768	9,481	11,199	3,007	1,130	239	111,573	
Males										
Indigenous	69	21	124	104	15	12	0	44	389	
Non-Indigenous	15,029	11,640	8,037	3,588	4,079	1,144	462	90	44,069	
Not determined	420	122	358	36	100	9	5	6	1,056	
Total males	15,518	11,783	8,519	3,728	4,194	1,165	467	140	45,514	
Persons										
Indigenous	180	54	239	233	46	25	2	133	912	
Non-Indigenous	51,910	39,957	26,922	12,807	14,929	4,123	1,580	235	152,463	
Not determined	1,503	446	1,126	169	418	24	15	11	3,712	
Total persons	53,593	40,457	28,287	13,209	15,393	4,172	1,597	379	157,087	
	Per cent	
Females										
Indigenous	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.4	0.3	0.4	0.2	37.2	0.5	
Non-Indigenous	96.9	98.8	95.5	97.2	96.9	99.1	98.9	60.7	97.2	
Not determined	2.8	1.1	3.9	1.4	2.8	0.5	0.9	2.1	2.4	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
Indigenous	0.4	0.2	1.5	2.8	0.4	1.0	0.0	31.4	0.9	
Non-Indigenous	96.8	98.8	94.3	96.2	97.3	98.2	98.9	64.3	96.8	
Not determined	2.7	1.0	4.2	1.0	2.4	0.8	1.1	4.3	2.3	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
Indigenous	0.3	0.1	0.8	1.8	0.3	0.6	0.1	35.1	0.6	
Non-Indigenous	96.9	98.8	95.2	97.0	97.0	98.8	98.9	62.0	97.1	
Not determined	2.8	1.1	4.0	1.3	2.7	0.6	0.9	2.9	2.4	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)    Refers to the location of the services.	

Table 4.9: Respite residents, Indigenous status, by sex and state/territory,(a) 30 June 2008
Sex/Indigenous status	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
Indigenous	1	1	4	2	2	1	0	10	21	
Non-Indigenous	911	473	232	108	196	49	26	7	2,002	
Not determined	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	
Total females	912	474	236	110	198	50	26	17	2,023	
Males										
Indigenous	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	9	
Non-Indigenous	473	251	157	87	109	31	15	8	1,131	
Not determined	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	
Total males	475	253	158	87	109	31	15	12	1,140	
Persons										
Indigenous	3	3	5	2	2	1	0	14	30	
Non-Indigenous	1,384	724	389	195	305	80	41	15	3,133	
Not determined	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	
Total persons	1,387	727	394	197	307	81	41	29	3,163	
	Per cent	
Females										
Indigenous	0.1	0.2	1.7	1.8	1.0	2.0	0.0	58.8	1.0	
Non-Indigenous	99.9	99.8	98.3	98.2	99.0	98.0	100.0	41.2	99.0	
Not determined	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
Indigenous	0.4	0.8	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	33.3	0.8	
Non-Indigenous	99.6	99.2	99.4	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	66.7	99.2	
Not determined	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
Indigenous	0.2	0.4	1.3	1.0	0.7	1.2	0.0	48.3	0.9	
Non-Indigenous	99.8	99.6	98.7	99.0	99.3	98.8	100.0	51.7	99.1	
Not determined	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)    Refers to the location of the services.

Table 4.10: Permanent residents, pension status, by sex and state/territory,(a) 30 June 2008
Sex/pension status	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
Centrelink pension	26,628	20,525	13,942	6,662	8,195	2,080	674	200	78,906	
DVA pension	6,516	4,894	3,937	1,724	2,038	673	169	21	19,971	
Self-funded retirees	3,943	2,602	1,518	900	770	220	235	15	10,204	
Means not disclosed	833	564	303	166	160	27	43	3	2,098	
Unknown	154	89	68	29	37	7	10	0	394	
Total females	38,075	28,674	19,768	9,481	11,199	3,007	1,130	239	111,573	
Males										
Centrelink pension	10,835	8,297	5,838	2,586	2,884	769	257	120	31,586	
DVA pension	2,737	2,048	1,821	723	877	286	82	8	8,581	
Self-funded retirees	1,508	1,128	660	327	333	93	104	10	4,162	
Means not disclosed	366	273	165	77	79	14	21	2	997	
Unknown	72	37	36	15	22	4	3	0	189	
Total males	15,518	11,783	8,519	3,728	4,194	1,165	467	140	45,514	
Persons										
Centrelink pension	37,464	28,821	19,780	9,248	11,078	2,849	931	320	110,491	
DVA pension	9,252	6,943	5,758	2,447	2,915	959	251	29	28,553	
Self-funded retirees	5,451	3,731	2,178	1,227	1,102	313	339	25	14,366	
Means not disclosed	1,200	836	467	242	239	41	64	5	3,095	
Unknown	226	126	104	44	59	11	13	0	583	
Total persons	53,593	40,457	28,287	13,209	15,393	4,172	1,597	379	157,087	
 (continued)

Table 4.10 (continued): Permanent residents, pension status, by sex and state/territory,(a) 
30 June 2008
Sex/pension status	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Per cent	
Females										
Centrelink pension	69.9	71.6	70.5	70.3	73.2	69.2	59.6	83.6	70.7	
DVA pension	17.1	17.1	19.9	18.2	18.2	22.4	14.9	8.8	17.9	
Self-funded retirees	10.4	9.1	7.7	9.5	6.9	7.3	20.8	6.3	9.1	
Means not disclosed	2.2	2.0	1.5	1.7	1.4	0.9	3.8	1.3	1.9	
Unknown	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.9	0.0	0.4	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
Centrelink pension	69.8	70.4	68.5	69.4	68.8	66.0	55.0	85.7	69.4	
DVA pension	17.6	17.4	21.4	19.4	20.9	24.5	17.6	5.7	18.9	
Self-funded retirees	9.7	9.6	7.7	8.8	7.9	8.0	22.3	7.1	9.1	
Means not disclosed	2.4	2.3	1.9	2.1	1.9	1.2	4.5	1.4	2.2	
Unknown	0.5	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.6	0.0	0.4	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
Centrelink pension	69.9	71.2	69.9	70.0	72.0	68.3	58.3	84.4	70.3	
DVA pension	17.3	17.2	20.4	18.5	18.9	23.0	15.7	7.7	18.2	
Self-funded retirees	10.2	9.2	7.7	9.3	7.2	7.5	21.2	6.6	9.1	
Means not disclosed	2.2	2.1	1.7	1.8	1.6	1.0	4.0	1.3	2.0	
Unknown	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.8	0.0	0.4	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)	Refers to the location of the services.
Notes
1.	‘DVA’ refers to the Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs. Other pensions are administered by Centrelink.
2. 	The category ‘Unknown’ refers to residents not yet assessed by Centrelink or DVA at the time of reporting.
3. 	The table was supplied by DoHA and has been adjusted slightly to retain consistency with other tables, as different updates of the data were used (see Appendix 5).

Table 4.11:  Financial support status of permanent residents at 30 June 2008 by admission date, sex and state/territory
Sex/state/territory	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
Admitted pre October 1997										
Total females pre reform	1,923	1,092	1,010	357	470	120	48	15	5,035	
Admitted 1 October 1997–19 March 2008	
Concessional	9,718	7,170	5,135	2,670	3,095	830	239	127	28,984	
Assisted	1,003	787	728	345	481	101	23	3	3,471	
Not eligible for support	22,492	17,702	11,341	5,327	6,342	1,700	710	65	65,679	
Total females 	33,213	25,659	17,204	8,342	9,918	2,631	972	195	98,134	
Admitted 20 March 2008–30 June 2008	
Supported	618	431	343	197	244	64	17	9	1,923	
Partially supported	187	134	112	63	78	18	3	0	595	
Unsupported	1,654	1,389	814	391	485	115	73	7	4,928	
Total females 	2,459	1,954	1,269	651	807	197	93	16	7,446	
Males										
Admitted pre October 1997										
Total males pre reform	673	408	355	100	116	40	9	13	1,714	
Admitted 1 October 1997–19 March 2008	
Concessional	5,228	3,640	2,860	1,332	1,346	354	135	78	14,973	
Assisted	557	432	358	155	204	52	17	1	1,776	
Not eligible for support	7,943	6,502	4,334	1,854	2,242	641	277	35	23,828	
Total males 	13,728	10,574	7,552	3,341	3,792	1,047	429	114	40,577	
Admitted 20 March 2008–30 June 2008	
Supported	459	298	269	124	129	45	12	6	1,342	
Partially supported	161	109	92	53	59	15	4	1	494	
Unsupported	808	633	411	194	215	58	22	4	2,345	
Total males 	1,428	1,040	772	371	403	118	38	11	4,181	
Persons										
Admitted pre October 1997										
Total persons pre reform	2,596	1,500	1,365	457	586	160	57	28	6,749	
Admitted 1 October 1997–19 March 2008	
Concessional	14,946	10,810	7,995	4,002	4,441	1,184	374	205	43,957	
Assisted	1,560	1,219	1,086	500	685	153	40	4	5,247	
Not eligible for support	30,435	24,204	15,675	7,181	8,584	2,341	987	100	89,507	
Total persons 	46,941	36,233	24,756	11,683	13,710	3,678	1,401	309	138,711	
Admitted 20 March 2008–30 June 2008	
Supported	1,077	729	612	321	373	109	29	15	3,265	
Partially supported	348	243	204	116	137	33	7	1	1,089	
Unsupported	2,462	2,022	1,225	585	700	173	95	11	7,273	
Total persons 	3,887	2,994	2,041	1,022	1,210	315	131	27	11,627	
Total persons in permanent care	53,424	40,727	28,162	13,162	15,506	4,153	1,589	364	157,087	
       	                                           (continued)				        
Table 4.11 (continued): Financial support status of permanent residents at 30 June 2008 by admission date, sex and state/territory
Sex/state/territory	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Per cent	
Females										
Admitted pre October 1997										
Total females pre reform	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Admitted 1 October 1997–19 March 2008	
Concessional	29.3	27.9	29.8	32.0	31.2	31.5	24.6	65.1	29.5	
Assisted	3.0	3.1	4.2	4.1	4.8	3.8	2.4	1.5	3.5	
Not eligible for support	67.7	69.0	65.9	63.9	63.9	64.6	73.0	33.3	66.9	
Total females 	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Admitted 20 March 2008–30 June 2008	
Supported	25.1	22.1	27.0	30.3	30.2	32.5	18.3	56.3	25.8	
Partially supported	7.6	6.9	8.8	9.7	9.7	9.1	3.2	0.0	8.0	
Unsupported	67.3	71.1	64.1	60.1	60.1	58.4	78.5	43.8	66.2	
Total females 	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
Admitted pre October 1997										
Total males pre reform	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Admitted 1 October 1997–19 March 2008	
Concessional	38.1	34.4	37.9	39.9	35.5	33.8	31.5	68.4	36.9	
Assisted	4.1	4.1	4.7	4.6	5.4	5.0	4.0	0.9	4.4	
Not eligible for support	57.9	61.5	57.4	55.5	59.1	61.2	64.6	30.7	58.7	
Total males 	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Admitted 20 March 2008–30 June 2008	
Supported	32.1	28.7	34.8	33.4	32.0	38.1	31.6	54.5	32.1	
Partially supported	11.3	10.5	11.9	14.3	14.6	12.7	10.5	9.1	11.8	
Unsupported	56.6	60.9	53.2	52.3	53.3	49.2	57.9	36.4	56.1	
Total males 	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
Admitted pre October 1997										
Total persons pre reform	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Admitted 1 October 1997–19 March 2008	
Concessional	31.8	29.8	32.3	34.3	32.4	32.2	26.7	66.3	31.7	
Assisted	3.3	3.4	4.4	4.3	5.0	4.2	2.9	1.3	3.8	
Not eligible for support	64.8	66.8	63.3	61.5	62.6	63.6	70.4	32.4	64.5	
Total persons 	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Admitted 20 March 2008–30 June 2008	
Supported	27.7	24.3	30.0	31.4	30.8	34.6	22.1	55.6	28.1	
Partially supported	9.0	8.1	10.0	11.4	11.3	10.5	5.3	3.7	9.4	
Unsupported	63.3	67.5	60.0	57.2	57.9	54.9	72.5	40.7	62.6	
Total persons 	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Total persons in permanent care	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Table 4.12: Financial support status of permanent residents at 30 June 2008 by admission date, sex and       remoteness area
Sex/Remoteness area	Major cities	Inner regional	Outer regional	Remote	Very remote	Australia	
	Number	
Females							
Admitted pre October 1997							
Total females pre reform	3,548	1,039	407	31	10	5,035	
Admitted 1 October 1997–19 March 2008	
Concessional	19,701	6,529	2,484	215	55	28,984	
Assisted	2,142	915	384	25	5	3,471	
Not eligible for support	45,597	15,061	4,689	286	46	65,679	
Total females 	67,440	22,505	7,557	526	106	98,134	
Admitted 20 March 2008–30 June 2008	
Supported	1,292	448	163	15	5	1,923	
Partially supported	376	167	51	1	0	595	
Unsupported	3,449	1,115	338	22	4	4,928	
Total females 	5,117	1,730	552	38	9	7,446	
Males							
Admitted pre October 1997							
Total males pre reform	1,182	344	160	20	8	1,714	
Admitted 1 October 1997–19 March 2008	
Concessional	10,221	3,250	1,306	140	56	14,973	
Assisted	1,064	514	182	13	3	1,776	
Not eligible for support	16,185	5,542	1,929	145	27	23,828	
Total males 	27,470	9,306	3,417	298	86	40,577	
Admitted 20 March 2008–30 June 2008	
Supported	908	293	124	13	4	1,342	
Partially supported	310	136	44	4	0	494	
Unsupported	1,616	521	193	14	1	2,345	
Total males 	2,834	950	361	31	5	4,181	
Persons							
Admitted pre October 1997							
Total persons pre reform	4,730	1,383	567	51	18	6,749	
Admitted 1 October 1997–19 March 2008	
Concessional	29,922	9,779	3,790	355	111	43,957	
Assisted	3,206	1,429	566	38	8	5,247	
Not eligible for support	61,782	20,603	6,618	431	73	89,507	
Total persons 	94,910	31,811	10,974	824	192	138,711	
Admitted  20 March 2008–30 June 2008	
Supported	2,200	741	287	28	9	3,265	
Partially supported	686	303	95	5	0	1,089	
Unsupported	5,065	1,636	531	36	5	7,273	
Total persons 	7,951	2,680	913	69	14	11,627	
Total persons in permanent care	107,591	35,874	12,454	944	224	157,087	
					                                                                                        (continued)
Table 4.12 (continued): Financial support status of permanent residents at 30 June 2008 by admission date, sex and remoteness area
Sex/Remoteness area	Major cities	Inner regional	Outer regional	Remote	Very remote	Australia	
	Per cent	
Females							
Admitted pre October 1997							
Total females pre reform	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Admitted 1 October 1997–19 March 2008	
Concessional	29.2	29.0	32.9	40.9	51.9	29.5	
Assisted	3.2	4.1	5.1	4.8	4.7	3.5	
Not eligible for support	67.6	66.9	62.0	54.4	43.4	66.9	
Total females 	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Admitted 20 March 2008–30 June 2008	
Supported	25.2	25.9	29.5	39.5	55.6	25.8	
Partially supported	7.3	9.7	9.2	2.6	0.0	8.0	
Unsupported	67.4	64.5	61.2	57.9	44.4	66.2	
Total females 	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males							
Admitted pre October 1997							
Total males pre reform	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Admitted 1 October 1997–19 March 2008	
Concessional	37.2	34.9	38.2	47.0	65.1	36.9	
Assisted	3.9	5.5	5.3	4.4	3.5	4.4	
Not eligible for support	58.9	59.6	56.5	48.7	31.4	58.7	
Total males 	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Admitted 20 March 2008–30 June 2008	
Supported	32.0	30.8	34.3	41.9	80.0	32.1	
Partially supported	10.9	14.3	12.2	12.9	0.0	11.8	
Unsupported	57.0	54.8	53.5	45.2	20.0	56.1	
Total males 	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons							
Admitted pre October 1997							
Total persons pre reform	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Admitted 1 October 1997–19 March 2008	
Concessional	31.5	30.7	34.5	43.1	57.8	31.7	
Assisted	3.4	4.5	5.2	4.6	4.2	3.8	
Not eligible for support	65.1	64.8	60.3	52.3	38.0	64.5	
Total persons 	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Admitted 20 March 2008–30 June 2008	
Supported	27.7	27.6	31.4	40.6	64.3	28.1	
Partially supported	8.6	11.3	10.4	7.2	0.0	9.4	
Unsupported	63.7	61.0	58.2	52.2	35.7	62.6	
Total persons 	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Total persons in permanent care	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
Table 4.13: Permanent residents, birthplace,(a) by sex and state/territory,(b) 30 June 2008
Sex/birthplace	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
Australia	28,722	20,375	15,661	5,811	8,106	2,548	747	182	82,152	
Other Oceania/New Zealand/Antarctica	363	168	387	67	41	15	10	1	1,052	
UK and Ireland	3,129	2,710	1,995	1,956	1,474	254	160	17	11,695	
North/West Europe	906	932	485	290	395	82	56	10	3,156	
South/East Europe	2,807	3,209	699	724	917	60	98	8	8,522	
North Africa/Middle East	390	228	36	34	32	1	7	1	729	
Sub-Saharan Africa/South Africa	173	136	68	124	23	14	7	1	546	
Southeast Asia	312	204	88	169	47	2	10	7	839	
Northeast Asia	573	195	72	33	17	7	11	7	915	
Southern Asia/Central Asia	242	319	75	175	50	7	13	3	884	
North America	85	57	67	23	24	8	3	1	268	
Other America/Caribbean	150	43	36	15	8	1	3	1	257	
Other	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	
Not stated/Not classified	221	96	97	60	65	8	5	0	552	
Total females	38,075	28,674	19,768	9,481	11,199	3,007	1,130	239	111,573	
Males	        									
Australia	11,078	7,954	6,519	2,229	2,770	948	306	98	31,902	
Other Oceania/New Zealand/Antarctica	178	83	164	39	17	14	4	2	501	
UK and Ireland	1,336	1,088	907	714	605	112	59	15	4,836	
North/West Europe	389	410	276	127	156	33	21	7	1,419	
South/East Europe	1,574	1,673	400	369	521	46	48	12	4,643	
North Africa/Middle East	214	118	17	21	22	0	4	0	396	
Sub-Saharan Africa/South Africa	56	51	32	47	10	1	1	0	198	
Southeast Asia	136	106	42	63	24	2	8	2	383	
Northeast Asia	250	76	30	16	8	0	3	1	384	
Southern Asia/Central Asia	106	114	28	66	20	1	6	3	344	
North America	41	41	37	15	11	3	3	0	151	
Other America/Caribbean	59	14	11	3	0	0	2	0	89	
Other	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	
Not stated/Not classified	101	53	55	19	29	5	2	0	264	
Total males	15,518	11,783	8,519	3,728	4,194	1,165	467	140	45,514	
Persons	        									
Australia	39,800	28,329	22,180	8,040	10,876	3,496	1,053	280	114,054	
Other Oceania/New Zealand/Antarctica	541	251	551	106	58	29	14	3	1,553	
UK and Ireland	4,465	3,798	2,902	2,670	2,079	366	219	32	16,531	
North/West Europe	1,295	1,342	761	417	551	115	77	17	4,575	
South/East Europe	4,381	4,882	1,099	1,093	1,438	106	146	20	13,165	
North Africa/Middle East	604	346	53	55	54	1	11	1	1,125	
Sub-Saharan Africa/South Africa	229	187	100	171	33	15	8	1	744	
Southeast Asia	448	310	130	232	71	4	18	9	1,222	
Northeast Asia	823	271	102	49	25	7	14	8	1,299	
Southern Asia/Central Asia	348	433	103	241	70	8	19	6	1,228	
North America	126	98	104	38	35	11	6	1	419	
Other America/Caribbean	209	57	47	18	8	1	5	1	346	
Other	2	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	10	
Not stated/Not classified	322	149	152	79	94	13	7	0	816	
Total persons	53,593	40,457	28,287	13,209	15,393	4,172	1,597	379	157,087	
    (continued)

Table 4.13 (continued): Permanent residents, birthplace,(a) by sex and state/territory,(b) 30 June 2008
Sex/birthplace	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Per cent	
Females										
Australia	75.4	71.1	79.2	61.3	72.4	84.7	66.1	76.2	73.6	
Other Oceania/New Zealand/Antarctica	1.0	0.6	2.0	0.7	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.4	0.9	
UK and Ireland	8.2	9.5	10.1	20.6	13.2	8.4	14.2	7.1	10.5	
North/West Europe	2.4	3.3	2.5	3.1	3.5	2.7	5.0	4.2	2.8	
South/East Europe	7.4	11.2	3.5	7.6	8.2	2.0	8.7	3.3	7.6	
North Africa/Middle East	1.0	0.8	0.2	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.6	0.4	0.7	
Sub-Saharan Africa/South Africa	0.5	0.5	0.3	1.3	0.2	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.5	
Southeast Asia	0.8	0.7	0.4	1.8	0.4	0.1	0.9	2.9	0.8	
Northeast Asia	1.5	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.2	1.0	2.9	0.8	
Southern Asia/Central Asia	0.6	1.1	0.4	1.8	0.4	0.2	1.2	1.3	0.8	
North America	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.2	
Other America/Caribbean	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.4	0.2	
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
Not stated/Not classified	0.6	0.3	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.5	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
Australia	71.4	67.5	76.5	59.8	66.0	81.4	65.5	70.0	70.1	
Other Oceania/New Zealand/Antarctica	1.1	0.7	1.9	1.0	0.4	1.2	0.9	1.4	1.1	
UK and Ireland	8.6	9.2	10.6	19.2	14.4	9.6	12.6	10.7	10.6	
North/West Europe	2.5	3.5	3.2	3.4	3.7	2.8	4.5	5.0	3.1	
South/East Europe	10.1	14.2	4.7	9.9	12.4	3.9	10.3	8.6	10.2	
North Africa/Middle East	1.4	1.0	0.2	0.6	0.5	0.0	0.9	0.0	0.9	
Sub-Saharan Africa/South Africa	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.3	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.4	
Southeast Asia	0.9	0.9	0.5	1.7	0.6	0.2	1.7	1.4	0.8	
Northeast Asia	1.6	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.6	0.7	0.8	
Southern Asia/Central Asia	0.7	1.0	0.3	1.8	0.5	0.1	1.3	2.1	0.8	
North America	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.0	0.3	
Other America/Caribbean	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.2	
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
Not stated/Not classified	0.7	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.6	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
Australia	74.3	70.0	78.4	60.9	70.7	83.8	65.9	73.9	72.6	
Other Oceania/New Zealand/Antarctica	1.0	0.6	1.9	0.8	0.4	0.7	0.9	0.8	1.0	
UK and Ireland	8.3	9.4	10.3	20.2	13.5	8.8	13.7	8.4	10.5	
North/West Europe	2.4	3.3	2.7	3.2	3.6	2.8	4.8	4.5	2.9	
South/East Europe	8.2	12.1	3.9	8.3	9.3	2.5	9.1	5.3	8.4	
North Africa/Middle East	1.1	0.9	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.7	0.3	0.7	
Sub-Saharan Africa/South Africa	0.4	0.5	0.4	1.3	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.5	
Southeast Asia	0.8	0.8	0.5	1.8	0.5	0.1	1.1	2.4	0.8	
Northeast Asia	1.5	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.9	2.1	0.8	
Southern Asia/Central Asia	0.6	1.1	0.4	1.8	0.5	0.2	1.2	1.6	0.8	
North America	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.3	
Other America/Caribbean	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.2	
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
Not stated/Not classified	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.5	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)    ABS 1998.
(b)    Refers to the location of the services.

Table 4.14: Respite residents, birthplace,(a) by sex and state/territory,(b) 30 June 2008
Sex/birthplace	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
Australia	641	331	176	68	134	40	16	15	1,421	
Other Oceania/New Zealand/Antarctica	15	2	4	1	1	0	1	1	25	
UK and Ireland	96	40	30	28	34	7	5	0	240	
North/West Europe	22	8	11	4	5	1	2	0	53	
South/East Europe	87	70	9	4	18	0	2	0	190	
North Africa/Middle East	16	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	22	
Sub-Saharan Africa/South Africa	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	
Southeast Asia	9	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	17	
Northeast Asia	13	4	0	0	2	1	0	0	20	
Southern Asia/Central Asia	5	6	2	3	1	1	0	0	18	
North America	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	
Other America/Caribbean	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	
Other	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	
Not stated/Not classified	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	
Total females	912	474	236	110	198	50	26	17	2,023	
Males	        			        						
Australia	345	168	119	60	62	25	8	12	799	
Other Oceania/New Zealand/Antarctica	3	0	6	3	1	0	1	0	14	
UK and Ireland	45	27	16	13	27	4	2	0	134	
North/West Europe	15	10	7	3	3	0	1	0	39	
South/East Europe	38	35	7	6	14	2	3	0	105	
North Africa/Middle East	10	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	
Sub-Saharan Africa/South Africa	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	
Southeast Asia	6	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	10	
Northeast Asia	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	
Southern Asia/Central Asia	4	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	10	
North America	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	
Other America/Caribbean	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	
Other	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	
Not stated/Not classified	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	
Total males	475	253	158	87	109	31	15	12	1,140	
Persons	        			        						
Australia	986	499	295	128	196	65	24	27	2,220	
Other Oceania/New Zealand/Antarctica	18	2	10	4	2	0	2	1	39	
UK and Ireland	141	67	46	41	61	11	7	0	374	
North/West Europe	37	18	18	7	8	1	3	0	92	
South/East Europe	125	105	16	10	32	2	5	0	295	
North Africa/Middle East	26	8	0	0	2	0	0	0	36	
Sub-Saharan Africa/South Africa	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	
Southeast Asia	15	6	1	3	1	0	0	1	27	
Northeast Asia	16	4	0	0	3	1	0	0	24	
Southern Asia/Central Asia	9	9	4	3	2	1	0	0	28	
North America	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	
Other America/Caribbean	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	8	
Other	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	
Not stated/Not classified	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	
Total persons	1,387	727	394	197	307	81	41	29	3,163	
(continued)

Table 4.14 (continued): Respite residents, birthplace,(a) by sex and state/territory,(b) 30 June 2008	
Sex/birthplace	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Per cent	
Females										
Australia	70.3	69.8	74.6	61.8	67.7	80.0	61.5	88.2	70.2	
Other Oceania/New Zealand/Antarctica	1.6	0.4	1.7	0.9	0.5	0.0	3.8	5.9	1.2	
UK and Ireland	10.5	8.4	12.7	25.5	17.2	14.0	19.2	0.0	11.9	
North/West Europe	2.4	1.7	4.7	3.6	2.5	2.0	7.7	0.0	2.6	
South/East Europe	9.5	14.8	3.8	3.6	9.1	0.0	7.7	0.0	9.4	
North Africa/Middle East	1.8	0.8	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	
Sub-Saharan Africa/South Africa	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	
Southeast Asia	1.0	0.6	0.4	1.8	0.5	0.0	0.0	5.9	0.8	
Northeast Asia	1.4	0.8	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	
Southern Asia/Central Asia	0.5	1.3	0.8	2.7	0.5	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	
North America	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
Other America/Caribbean	0.3	0.2	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
Not stated/Not classified	0.2	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
Australia	72.6	66.4	75.3	69.0	56.9	80.6	53.3	100.0	70.1	
Other Oceania/New Zealand/Antarctica	0.6	0.0	3.8	3.4	0.9	0.0	6.7	0.0	1.2	
UK and Ireland	9.5	10.7	10.1	14.9	24.8	12.9	13.3	0.0	11.8	
North/West Europe	3.2	4.0	4.4	3.4	2.8	0.0	6.7	0.0	3.4	
South/East Europe	8.0	13.8	4.4	6.9	12.8	6.5	20.0	0.0	9.2	
North Africa/Middle East	2.1	1.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	
Sub-Saharan Africa/South Africa	0.8	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	
Southeast Asia	1.3	1.2	0.0	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	
Northeast Asia	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	
Southern Asia/Central Asia	0.8	1.2	1.3	0.0	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	
North America	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	
Other America/Caribbean	0.2	0.0	0.0	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
Not stated/Not classified	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
Australia	71.1	68.6	74.9	65.0	63.8	80.2	58.5	93.1	70.2	
Other Oceania/New Zealand/Antarctica	1.3	0.3	2.5	2.0	0.7	0.0	4.9	3.4	1.2	
UK and Ireland	10.2	9.2	11.7	20.8	19.9	13.6	17.1	0.0	11.8	
North/West Europe	2.7	2.5	4.6	3.6	2.6	1.2	7.3	0.0	2.9	
South/East Europe	9.0	14.4	4.1	5.1	10.4	2.5	12.2	0.0	9.3	
North Africa/Middle East	1.9	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	
Sub-Saharan Africa/South Africa	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	
Southeast Asia	1.1	0.8	0.3	1.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	3.4	0.9	
Northeast Asia	1.2	0.6	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.8	
Southern Asia/Central Asia	0.6	1.2	1.0	1.5	0.7	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.9	
North America	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	
Other America/Caribbean	0.3	0.1	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
Not stated/Not classified	0.1	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)    ABS 1998.
(b)    Refers to the location of the services.	

 Table 4.15: Permanent residents, preferred language,(a) by sex and state/territory,(b) 30 June 2008
Sex/preferred language	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number
	
Females										
Australian Indigenous	2	2	7	54	0	0	0	60	125	
English	34,220	24,986	19,084	8,618	10,156	2,926	1,015	154	101,159	
Other Northern European	373	449	122	117	191	40	19	1	1,312	
Southern European	1,508	1,733	289	384	446	10	30	6	4,406	
Eastern European	1,001	1,049	154	206	307	26	48	4	2,795	
Southwest Asian and North African	172	85	1	7	12	0	1	1	279	
Southern Asian	69	32	6	5	9	0	4	1	126	
Southeast Asian	127	81	19	33	20	0	4	0	284	
Eastern Asian	520	189	51	32	12	3	8	9	824	
African (excluding North African)	1	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	
Oceanic	15	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	22	
Other	26	31	11	4	10	0	0	2	84	
Not stated	41	28	21	21	36	2	0	1	150	
Total females	38,075	28,674	19,768	9,481	11,199	3,007	1,130	239	111,573	
Males	        									
Australian Indigenous	0	0	11	55	1	0	0	25	92	
English	13,677	10,047	8,203	3,324	3,684	1,129	413	103	40,580	
Other Northern European	127	172	44	39	62	11	4	2	461	
Southern European	765	859	110	155	237	13	15	2	2,156	
Eastern European	473	481	96	100	167	10	26	2	1,355	
Southwest Asian and North African	104	50	3	4	4	0	2	0	167	
Southern Asian	25	14	2	0	3	0	1	0	45	
Southeast Asian	69	42	8	19	12	0	4	0	154	
Eastern Asian	227	89	23	17	7	0	2	4	369	
African (excluding North African)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	
Oceanic	13	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	16	
Other	21	16	8	7	4	1	0	1	58	
Not stated	17	10	9	8	13	1	0	1	59	
Total males	15,518	11,783	8,519	3,728	4,194	1,165	467	140	45,514	
Persons	        									
Australian Indigenous	2	2	18	109	1	0	0	85	217	
English	47,897	35,033	27,287	11,942	13,840	4,055	1,428	257	141,739	
Other Northern European	500	621	166	156	253	51	23	3	1,773	
Southern European	2,273	2,592	399	539	683	23	45	8	6,562	
Eastern European	1,474	1,530	250	306	474	36	74	6	4,150	
Southwest Asian and North African	276	135	4	11	16	0	3	1	446	
Southern Asian	94	46	8	5	12	0	5	1	171	
Southeast Asian	196	123	27	52	32	0	8	0	438	
Eastern Asian	747	278	74	49	19	3	10	13	1,193	
African (excluding North African)	1	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	9	
Oceanic	28	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	38	
Other	47	47	19	11	15	1	0	2	142	
Not stated	58	38	30	29	49	3	0	2	209	
Total persons	53,593	40,457	28,287	13,209	15,393	4,172	1,597	379	157,087	
        (continued)

Table 4.15 (continued): Permanent residents, preferred language,(a) by sex and state/territory,(b) 30 June 2008
Sex/preferred language
	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Per cent	
Females										
Australian Indigenous	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	25.1	0.1	
English	89.9	87.1	96.5	90.9	90.7	97.3	89.8	64.4	90.7	
Other Northern European	1.0	1.6	0.6	1.2	1.7	1.3	1.7	0.4	1.2	
Southern European	4.0	6.0	1.5	4.1	4.0	0.3	2.7	2.5	3.9	
Eastern European	2.6	3.7	0.8	2.2	2.7	0.9	4.2	1.7	2.5	
Southwest Asian and North African	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.3	
Southern Asian	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.1	
Southeast Asian	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.3	
Eastern Asian	1.4	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.7	3.8	0.7	
African (excluding North African)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	
Oceanic	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
Other	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.1	
Not stated	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.1	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
Australian Indigenous	0.0	0.0	0.1	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	17.9	0.2	
English	88.1	85.3	96.3	89.2	87.8	96.9	88.4	73.6	89.2	
Other Northern European	0.8	1.5	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.9	0.9	1.4	1.0	
Southern European	4.9	7.3	1.3	4.2	5.7	1.1	3.2	1.4	4.7	
Eastern European	3.0	4.1	1.1	2.7	4.0	0.9	5.6	1.4	3.0	
Southwest Asian and North African	0.7	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.4	
Southern Asian	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.1	
Southeast Asian	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.9	0.0	0.3	
Eastern Asian	1.5	0.8	0.3	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.4	2.9	0.8	
African (excluding North African)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
Oceanic	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
Other	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.7	0.1	
Not stated	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.7	0.1	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
Australian Indigenous	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	22.4	0.1	
English	89.4	86.6	96.5	90.4	89.9	97.2	89.4	67.8	90.2	
Other Northern European	0.9	1.5	0.6	1.2	1.6	1.2	1.4	0.8	1.1	
Southern European	4.2	6.4	1.4	4.1	4.4	0.6	2.8	2.1	4.2	
Eastern European	2.8	3.8	0.9	2.3	3.1	0.9	4.6	1.6	2.6	
Southwest Asian and North African	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.3	
Southern Asian	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.1	
Southeast Asian	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.3	
Eastern Asian	1.4	0.7	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.6	3.4	0.8	
African (excluding North African)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	
Oceanic	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
Other	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.1	
Not stated	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.1	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)   ABS 1997.
(b)   Refers to the location of the services.	

 Table 4.16: Respite residents, preferred language,(a) by sex and state/territory,(b) 30 June 2008
Sex/preferred language	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number
	
Females										
Australian Indigenous	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	10	
English	814	415	226	101	178	49	22	8	1,813	
Other Northern European	6	3	3	1	2	0	2	0	17	
Southern European	42	33	2	3	8	0	0	1	89	
Eastern European	25	15	5	2	7	1	2	0	57	
Southwest Asian and North African	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	
Southern Asian	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	
Southeast Asian	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	
Eastern Asian	8	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	15	
African (excluding North African)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	
Oceanic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	
Other	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	
Not stated	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	
Total females	912	474	236	110	198	50	26	17	2,023	
Males	        									
Australian Indigenous	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	
English	428	225	150	82	100	29	13	9	1,036	
Other Northern European	4	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	12	
Southern European	18	10	2	2	5	1	0	0	38	
Eastern European	9	12	3	1	2	1	2	0	30	
Southwest Asian and North African	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	
Southern Asian	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	
Southeast Asian	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	
Eastern Asian	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	
African (excluding North African)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	
Oceanic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	
Other	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	
Not stated	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	
Total males	475	253	158	87	109	31	15	12	1,140	
Persons	        									
Australian Indigenous	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	11	13	
English	1,242	640	376	183	278	78	35	17	2,849	
Other Northern European	10	7	5	2	3	0	2	0	29	
Southern European	60	43	4	5	13	1	0	1	127	
Eastern European	34	27	8	3	9	2	4	0	87	
Southwest Asian and North African	13	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	16	
Southern Asian	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	
Southeast Asian	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	9	
Eastern Asian	12	5	0	1	3	0	0	0	21	
African (excluding North African)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	
Oceanic	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	
Other	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	
Not stated	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	
Total persons	1,387	727	394	197	307	81	41	29	3,163	
									 (continued)									
Table 4.16 (continued): Respite residents, preferred language,(a) by sex and state/territory,(b)  30 June 2008
Sex/preferred language	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Per cent	
Females										
Australian Indigenous	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	47.1	0.5	
English	89.3	87.6	95.8	91.8	89.9	98.0	84.6	47.1	89.6	
Other Northern European	0.7	0.6	1.3	0.9	1.0	0.0	7.7	0.0	0.8	
Southern European	4.6	7.0	0.8	2.7	4.0	0.0	0.0	5.9	4.4	
Eastern European	2.7	3.2	2.1	1.8	3.5	2.0	7.7	0.0	2.8	
Southwest Asian and North African	0.9	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	
Southern Asian	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	
Southeast Asian	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	
Eastern Asian	0.9	1.1	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	
African (excluding North African)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
Oceanic	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
Not stated	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
Australian Indigenous	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	25.0	0.3	
English	90.1	88.9	94.9	94.3	91.7	93.5	86.7	75.0	90.9	
Other Northern European	0.8	1.6	1.3	1.1	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	
Southern European	3.8	4.0	1.3	2.3	4.6	3.2	0.0	0.0	3.3	
Eastern European	1.9	4.7	1.9	1.1	1.8	3.2	13.3	0.0	2.6	
Southwest Asian and North African	1.1	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	
Southern Asian	0.2	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	
Southeast Asian	0.6	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	
Eastern Asian	0.8	0.0	0.0	1.1	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	
African (excluding North African)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
Oceanic	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	
Other	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	
Not stated	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
Australian Indigenous	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	37.9	0.4	
English	89.5	88.0	95.4	92.9	90.6	96.3	85.4	58.6	90.1	
Other Northern European	0.7	1.0	1.3	1.0	1.0	0.0	4.9	0.0	0.9	
Southern European	4.3	5.9	1.0	2.5	4.2	1.2	0.0	3.4	4.0	
Eastern European	2.5	3.7	2.0	1.5	2.9	2.5	9.8	0.0	2.8	
Southwest Asian and North African	0.9	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	
Southern Asian	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	
Southeast Asian	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	
Eastern Asian	0.9	0.7	0.0	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	
African (excluding North African)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
Oceanic	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	
Other	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
Not stated	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
 (a) 	ABS 1997.
 (b)	Refers to the location of the services.	
 Table 4.17: All admissions, age at admission, by sex and state/territory,(a) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Sex/age (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
under 65	665	448	375	130	195	78	33	34	1,958	
65–69	673	410	270	135	176	81	25	24	1,794	
70–74	1,315	949	528	308	339	119	43	33	3,634	
75–79	3,160	2,083	1,233	689	845	253	117	35	8,415	
80–84	5,963	4,077	2,482	1,133	1,581	477	206	47	15,966	
85–89	7,139	4,665	2,866	1,309	1,871	598	237	51	18,736	
90–94	4,275	2,797	1,718	897	1,110	374	135	19	11,325	
95+	1,285	840	483	271	297	97	44	12	3,329	
Total females	24,475	16,269	9,955	4,872	6,414	2,077	840	255	65,157	
Males	        									
under 65	907	579	400	232	175	89	24	39	2,445	
65–69	766	516	453	224	148	62	32	25	2,226	
70–74	1,305	950	640	278	301	119	43	32	3,668	
75–79	2,331	1,590	1,058	609	551	215	94	31	6,479	
80–84	3,641	2,518	1,657	771	891	329	148	32	9,987	
85–89	3,456	2,299	1,504	667	918	306	101	24	9,275	
90–94	1,685	1,206	806	333	380	202	43	13	4,668	
95+	406	275	193	100	104	28	15	4	1,125	
Total males	14,497	9,933	6,711	3,214	3,468	1,350	500	200	39,873	
Persons	        									
under 65	1,572	1,027	775	362	370	167	57	73	4,403	
65–69	1,439	926	723	359	324	143	57	49	4,020	
70–74	2,620	1,899	1,168	586	640	238	86	65	7,302	
75–79	5,491	3,673	2,291	1,298	1,396	468	211	66	14,894	
80–84	9,604	6,595	4,139	1,904	2,472	806	354	79	25,953	
85–89	10,595	6,964	4,370	1,976	2,789	904	338	75	28,011	
90–94	5,960	4,003	2,524	1,230	1,490	576	178	32	15,993	
95+	1,691	1,115	676	371	401	125	59	16	4,454	
Total persons	38,972	26,202	16,666	8,086	9,882	3,427	1,340	455	105,030	
 (continued)

Table 4.17 (continued): All admissions, age at admission, by sex and state/territory,(a) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Sex/age (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Per cent	
Females										
under 65	2.7	2.8	3.8	2.7	3.0	3.8	3.9	13.3	3.0	
65–69	2.7	2.5	2.7	2.8	2.7	3.9	3.0	9.4	2.8	
70–74	5.4	5.8	5.3	6.3	5.3	5.7	5.1	12.9	5.6	
75–79	12.9	12.8	12.4	14.1	13.2	12.2	13.9	13.7	12.9	
80–84	24.4	25.1	24.9	23.3	24.6	23.0	24.5	18.4	24.5	
85–89	29.2	28.7	28.8	26.9	29.2	28.8	28.2	20.0	28.8	
90–94	17.5	17.2	17.3	18.4	17.3	18.0	16.1	7.5	17.4	
95+	5.3	5.2	4.9	5.6	4.6	4.7	5.2	4.7	5.1	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
under 65	6.3	5.8	6.0	7.2	5.0	6.6	4.8	19.5	6.1	
65–69	5.3	5.2	6.8	7.0	4.3	4.6	6.4	12.5	5.6	
70–74	9.0	9.6	9.5	8.6	8.7	8.8	8.6	16.0	9.2	
75–79	16.1	16.0	15.8	18.9	15.9	15.9	18.8	15.5	16.2	
80–84	25.1	25.3	24.7	24.0	25.7	24.4	29.6	16.0	25.0	
85–89	23.8	23.1	22.4	20.8	26.5	22.7	20.2	12.0	23.3	
90–94	11.6	12.1	12.0	10.4	11.0	15.0	8.6	6.5	11.7	
95+	2.8	2.8	2.9	3.1	3.0	2.1	3.0	2.0	2.8	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
under 65	4.0	3.9	4.7	4.5	3.7	4.9	4.3	16.0	4.2	
65–69	3.7	3.5	4.3	4.4	3.3	4.2	4.3	10.8	3.8	
70–74	6.7	7.2	7.0	7.2	6.5	6.9	6.4	14.3	7.0	
75–79	14.1	14.0	13.7	16.1	14.1	13.7	15.7	14.5	14.2	
80–84	24.6	25.2	24.8	23.5	25.0	23.5	26.4	17.4	24.7	
85–89	27.2	26.6	26.2	24.4	28.2	26.4	25.2	16.5	26.7	
90–94	15.3	15.3	15.1	15.2	15.1	16.8	13.3	7.0	15.2	
95+	4.3	4.3	4.1	4.6	4.1	3.6	4.4	3.5	4.2	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
 (a)   Refers to the location of the services.		

Table 4.18: Permanent admissions, age at admission, by sex and state/territory,(a) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Sex/age (years)	 NSW 	 Vic 	 Qld 	 WA 	 SA 	 Tas 	 ACT 	 NT 	 Australia 	
	Number	
Females										
under 65	301	189	168	65	93	28	9	7	860	
65–69	296	157	130	79	84	26	11	4	787	
70–74	637	420	298	164	173	55	20	8	1,775	
75–79	1,522	962	742	382	437	122	47	8	4,222	
80–84	2,925	2,001	1,516	682	812	210	86	13	8,245	
85–89	3,555	2,402	1,748	810	915	261	96	10	9,797	
90–94	2,140	1,466	1,007	557	567	175	64	4	5,980	
95+	654	426	300	177	148	41	21	4	1,771	
Total females	12,030	8,023	5,909	2,916	3,229	918	354	58	33,437	
Males										
under 65	414	260	208	109	96	27	11	5	1,130	
65–69	343	202	225	99	81	21	7	4	982	
70–74	597	380	334	143	163	42	17	5	1,681	
75–79	1,201	716	607	282	283	93	36	10	3,228	
80–84	1,864	1,197	978	443	466	134	63	12	5,157	
85–89	1,761	1,170	959	368	500	128	48	5	4,939	
90–94	895	624	491	208	208	91	22	3	2,542	
95+	217	161	107	72	58	18	7	1	641	
Total males	7,292	4,710	3,909	1,724	1,855	554	211	45	20,300	
Persons										
under 65	715	449	376	174	189	55	20	12	1,990	
65–69	639	359	355	178	165	47	18	8	1,769	
70–74	1,234	800	632	307	336	97	37	13	3,456	
75–79	2,723	1,678	1,349	664	720	215	83	18	7,450	
80–84	4,789	3,198	2,494	1,125	1,278	344	149	25	13,402	
85–89	5,316	3,572	2,707	1,178	1,415	389	144	15	14,736	
90–94	3,035	2,090	1,498	765	775	266	86	7	8,522	
95+	871	587	407	249	206	59	28	5	2,412	
Total persons	19,322	12,733	9,818	4,640	5,084	1,472	565	103	53,737	
 (continued)

Table 4.18: (continued) Permanent admissions, age at admission, by sex and state/territory,(a) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Sex/age (years)	 NSW 	 Vic 	 Qld 	 WA 	 SA 	 Tas 	 ACT 	 NT 	 Australia 	
	Number	
Females										
under 65	2.5	2.4	2.8	2.2	2.9	3.1	2.5	12.1	2.6	
65–69	2.5	2.0	2.2	2.7	2.6	2.8	3.1	6.9	2.4	
70–74	5.3	5.2	5.0	5.6	5.4	6.0	5.6	13.8	5.3	
75–79	12.7	12.0	12.6	13.1	13.5	13.3	13.3	13.8	12.6	
80–84	24.3	24.9	25.7	23.4	25.1	22.9	24.3	22.4	24.7	
85–89	29.6	29.9	29.6	27.8	28.3	28.4	27.1	17.2	29.3	
90–94	17.8	18.3	17.0	19.1	17.6	19.1	18.1	6.9	17.9	
95+	5.4	5.3	5.1	6.1	4.6	4.5	5.9	6.9	5.3	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
under 65	5.7	5.5	5.3	6.3	5.2	4.9	5.2	11.1	5.6	
65–69	4.7	4.3	5.8	5.7	4.4	3.8	3.3	8.9	4.8	
70–74	8.2	8.1	8.5	8.3	8.8	7.6	8.1	11.1	8.3	
75–79	16.5	15.2	15.5	16.4	15.3	16.8	17.1	22.2	15.9	
80–84	25.6	25.4	25.0	25.7	25.1	24.2	29.9	26.7	25.4	
85–89	24.1	24.8	24.5	21.3	27.0	23.1	22.7	11.1	24.3	
90–94	12.3	13.2	12.6	12.1	11.2	16.4	10.4	6.7	12.5	
95+	3.0	3.4	2.7	4.2	3.1	3.2	3.3	2.2	3.2	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
under 65	3.7	3.5	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.5	11.7	3.7	
65–69	3.3	2.8	3.6	3.8	3.2	3.2	3.2	7.8	3.3	
70–74	6.4	6.3	6.4	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.5	12.6	6.4	
75–79	14.1	13.2	13.7	14.3	14.2	14.6	14.7	17.5	13.9	
80–84	24.8	25.1	25.4	24.2	25.1	23.4	26.4	24.3	24.9	
85–89	27.5	28.1	27.6	25.4	27.8	26.4	25.5	14.6	27.4	
90–94	15.7	16.4	15.3	16.5	15.2	18.1	15.2	6.8	15.9	
95+	4.5	4.6	4.1	5.4	4.1	4.0	5.0	4.9	4.5	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)   Refers to the location of the services.

	

Table 4.19: Respite admissions, age at admission by sex and state/territory,(a) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Sex/age (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
under 65	364	259	207	65	102	50	24	27	1,098	
65–69	377	253	140	56	92	55	14	20	1,007	
70–74	678	529	230	144	166	64	23	25	1,859	
75–79	1,638	1,121	491	307	408	131	70	27	4,193	
80–84	3,038	2,076	966	451	769	267	120	34	7,721	
85–89	3,584	2,263	1,118	499	956	337	141	41	8,939	
90–94	2,135	1,331	711	340	543	199	71	15	5,345	
95+	631	414	183	94	149	56	23	8	1,558	
Total females	12,445	8,246	4,046	1,956	3,185	1,159	486	197	31,720	
Males	        									
under 65	493	319	192	123	79	62	13	34	1,315	
65–69	423	314	228	125	67	41	25	21	1,244	
70–74	708	570	306	135	138	77	26	27	1,987	
75–79	1,130	874	451	327	268	122	58	21	3,251	
80–84	1,777	1,321	679	328	425	195	85	20	4,830	
85–89	1,695	1,129	545	299	418	178	53	19	4,336	
90–94	790	582	315	125	172	111	21	10	2,126	
95+	189	114	86	28	46	10	8	3	484	
Total males	7,205	5,223	2,802	1,490	1,613	796	289	155	19,573	
Persons	        									
under 65	857	578	399	188	181	112	37	61	2,413	
65–69	800	567	368	181	159	96	39	41	2,251	
70–74	1,386	1,099	536	279	304	141	49	52	3,846	
75–79	2,768	1,995	942	634	676	253	128	48	7,444	
80–84	4,815	3,397	1,645	779	1,194	462	205	54	12,551	
85–89	5,279	3,392	1,663	798	1,374	515	194	60	13,275	
90–94	2,925	1,913	1,026	465	715	310	92	25	7,471	
95+	820	528	269	122	195	66	31	11	2,042	
Total persons	19,650	13,469	6,848	3,446	4,798	1,955	775	352	51,293	
                                                                                                                                                                                             (continued)

Table 4.19 (continued): Respite admissions, age at admission by sex and state/territory,(a) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Sex/age (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Per cent	
Females										
under 65	2.9	3.1	5.1	3.3	3.2	4.3	4.9	13.7	3.5	
65–69	3.0	3.1	3.5	2.9	2.9	4.7	2.9	10.2	3.2	
70–74	5.4	6.4	5.7	7.4	5.2	5.5	4.7	12.7	5.9	
75–79	13.2	13.6	12.1	15.7	12.8	11.3	14.4	13.7	13.2	
80–84	24.4	25.2	23.9	23.1	24.1	23.0	24.7	17.3	24.3	
85–89	28.8	27.4	27.6	25.5	30.0	29.1	29.0	20.8	28.2	
90–94	17.2	16.1	17.6	17.4	17.0	17.2	14.6	7.6	16.9	
95+	5.1	5.0	4.5	4.8	4.7	4.8	4.7	4.1	4.9	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
under 65	6.8	6.1	6.9	8.3	4.9	7.8	4.5	21.9	6.7	
65–69	5.9	6.0	8.1	8.4	4.2	5.2	8.7	13.5	6.4	
70–74	9.8	10.9	10.9	9.1	8.6	9.7	9.0	17.4	10.2	
75–79	15.7	16.7	16.1	21.9	16.6	15.3	20.1	13.5	16.6	
80–84	24.7	25.3	24.2	22.0	26.3	24.5	29.4	12.9	24.7	
85–89	23.5	21.6	19.5	20.1	25.9	22.4	18.3	12.3	22.2	
90–94	11.0	11.1	11.2	8.4	10.7	13.9	7.3	6.5	10.9	
95+	2.6	2.2	3.1	1.9	2.9	1.3	2.8	1.9	2.5	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
under 65	4.4	4.3	5.8	5.5	3.8	5.7	4.8	17.3	4.7	
65–69	4.1	4.2	5.4	5.3	3.3	4.9	5.0	11.6	4.4	
70–74	7.1	8.2	7.8	8.1	6.3	7.2	6.3	14.8	7.5	
75–79	14.1	14.8	13.8	18.4	14.1	12.9	16.5	13.6	14.5	
80–84	24.5	25.2	24.0	22.6	24.9	23.6	26.5	15.3	24.5	
85–89	26.9	25.2	24.3	23.2	28.6	26.3	25.0	17.0	25.9	
90–94	14.9	14.2	15.0	13.5	14.9	15.9	11.9	7.1	14.6	
95+	4.2	3.9	3.9	3.5	4.1	3.4	4.0	3.1	4.0	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
 (a)   Refers to the location of the services.

Table 4.20: People admitted to residential aged care services for permanent care,(a) marital status, by sex and state/territory,(b) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Sex/marital status	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
Divorced	608	328	274	151	166	49	27	2	1,605	
Married/de facto	2,267	1,707	1,185	612	690	188	69	5	6,723	
Separated	103	52	56	40	22	5	5	3	286	
Single	718	447	305	97	131	35	20	3	1,756	
Widowed	7,942	5,243	3,931	1,945	2,149	633	223	42	22,108	
Unknown	95	127	56	21	33	3	1	1	337	
Total females	11,733	7,904	5,807	2,866	3,191	913	345	56	32,815	
Males	        									
Divorced	540	292	334	169	138	39	22	5	1,539	
Married/de facto	3,431	2,370	1,862	811	924	268	106	19	9,791	
Separated	228	120	110	66	63	16	6	1	610	
Single	734	448	367	150	148	46	15	6	1,914	
Widowed	2,028	1,327	1,104	476	549	174	55	14	5,727	
Unknown	89	70	54	12	15	2	3	0	245	
Total males	7,050	4,627	3,831	1,684	1,837	545	207	45	19,826	
Persons	        									
Divorced	1,148	620	608	320	304	88	49	7	3,144	
Married/de facto	5,698	4,077	3,047	1,423	1,614	456	175	24	16,514	
Separated	331	172	166	106	85	21	11	4	896	
Single	1,452	895	672	247	279	81	35	9	3,670	
Widowed	9,970	6,570	5,035	2,421	2,698	807	278	56	27,835	
Unknown	184	197	110	33	48	5	4	1	582	
Total persons	18,783	12,531	9,638	4,550	5,028	1,458	552	101	52,641	
	Per cent	
Females										
Divorced	5.2	4.1	4.7	5.3	5.2	5.4	7.8	3.6	4.9	
Married/de facto	19.3	21.6	20.4	21.4	21.6	20.6	20.0	8.9	20.5	
Separated	0.9	0.7	1.0	1.4	0.7	0.5	1.4	5.4	0.9	
Single	6.1	5.7	5.3	3.4	4.1	3.8	5.8	5.4	5.4	
Widowed	67.7	66.3	67.7	67.9	67.3	69.3	64.6	75.0	67.4	
Unknown	0.8	1.6	1.0	0.7	1.0	0.3	0.3	1.8	1.0	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
Divorced	7.7	6.3	8.7	10.0	7.5	7.2	10.6	11.1	7.8	
Married/de facto	48.7	51.2	48.6	48.2	50.3	49.2	51.2	42.2	49.4	
Separated	3.2	2.6	2.9	3.9	3.4	2.9	2.9	2.2	3.1	
Single	10.4	9.7	9.6	8.9	8.1	8.4	7.2	13.3	9.7	
Widowed	28.8	28.7	28.8	28.3	29.9	31.9	26.6	31.1	28.9	
Unknown	1.3	1.5	1.4	0.7	0.8	0.4	1.4	0.0	1.2	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
Divorced	6.1	4.9	6.3	7.0	6.0	6.0	8.9	6.9	6.0	
Married/de facto	30.3	32.5	31.6	31.3	32.1	31.3	31.7	23.8	31.4	
Separated	1.8	1.4	1.7	2.3	1.7	1.4	2.0	4.0	1.7	
Single	7.7	7.1	7.0	5.4	5.5	5.6	6.3	8.9	7.0	
Widowed	53.1	52.4	52.2	53.2	53.7	55.3	50.4	55.4	52.9	
Unknown	1.0	1.6	1.1	0.7	1.0	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.1	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)    Characteristics are for the last permanent admission in the period. Transfers are excluded.
(b)    Refers to the location of the services.

Table 4.21: People admitted to residential aged care services for respite care,(a) marital status, by sex and state/territory,(b) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Sex/marital status	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
Divorced	463	214	119	65	91	27	22	5	1,006	
Married/de facto	1,897	1,383	669	383	546	174	57	11	5,120	
Separated	75	54	25	15	15	5	6	6	201	
Single	510	218	108	35	76	28	12	17	1,004	
Widowed	6,492	3,770	1,941	960	1,654	521	221	88	15,647	
Unknown	64	64	27	4	21	4	3	4	191	
Total females	9,501	5,703	2,889	1,462	2,403	759	321	131	23,169	
Males	        									
Divorced	364	128	96	59	71	19	19	10	766	
Married/de facto	2,976	2,256	1,230	671	747	293	121	42	8,336	
Separated	148	64	39	26	34	10	3	7	331	
Single	495	192	117	56	54	20	11	15	960	
Widowed	1,438	798	454	186	338	118	45	22	3,399	
Unknown	47	35	23	8	8	1	1	1	124	
Total males	5,468	3,473	1,959	1,006	1,252	461	200	97	13,916	
Persons	        									
Divorced	827	342	215	124	162	46	41	15	1,772	
Married/de facto	4,873	3,639	1,899	1,054	1,293	467	178	53	13,456	
Separated	223	118	64	41	49	15	9	13	532	
Single	1,005	410	225	91	130	48	23	32	1,964	
Widowed	7,930	4,568	2,395	1,146	1,992	639	266	110	19,046	
Unknown	111	99	50	12	29	5	4	5	315	
Total persons	14,969	9,176	4,848	2,468	3,655	1,220	521	228	37,085	
	Per cent	
Females										
Divorced	4.9	3.8	4.1	4.4	3.8	3.6	6.9	3.8	4.3	
Married/de facto	20.0	24.3	23.2	26.2	22.7	22.9	17.8	8.4	22.1	
Separated	0.8	0.9	0.9	1.0	0.6	0.7	1.9	4.6	0.9	
Single	5.4	3.8	3.7	2.4	3.2	3.7	3.7	13.0	4.3	
Widowed	68.3	66.1	67.2	65.7	68.8	68.6	68.8	67.2	67.5	
Unknown	0.7	1.1	0.9	0.3	0.9	0.5	0.9	3.1	0.8	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
Divorced	6.7	3.7	4.9	5.9	5.7	4.1	9.5	10.3	5.5	
Married/de facto	54.4	65.0	62.8	66.7	59.7	63.6	60.5	43.3	59.9	
Separated	2.7	1.8	2.0	2.6	2.7	2.2	1.5	7.2	2.4	
Single	9.1	5.5	6.0	5.6	4.3	4.3	5.5	15.5	6.9	
Widowed	26.3	23.0	23.2	18.5	27.0	25.6	22.5	22.7	24.4	
Unknown	0.9	1.0	1.2	0.8	0.6	0.2	0.5	1.0	0.9	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
Divorced	5.5	3.7	4.4	5.0	4.4	3.8	7.9	6.6	4.8	
Married/de facto	32.6	39.7	39.2	42.7	35.4	38.3	34.2	23.2	36.3	
Separated	1.5	1.3	1.3	1.7	1.3	1.2	1.7	5.7	1.4	
Single	6.7	4.5	4.6	3.7	3.6	3.9	4.4	14.0	5.3	
Widowed	53.0	49.8	49.4	46.4	54.5	52.4	51.1	48.2	51.4	
Unknown	0.7	1.1	1.0	0.5	0.8	0.4	0.8	2.2	0.8	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)     Characteristics are for the last respite admission in the period. Transfers are excluded.
(b)     Refers to the location of the services.

 Table 4.22: People admitted to residential aged care services for permanent care,(a) usual housing status, by sex and state/territory,(b) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Sex/housing status	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
House or flat	9,264	6,165	4,426	2,013	2,431	805	279	32	25,415	
Residential aged care 	712	374	215	288	72	8	8	5	1,682	
Independent unit	1,304	824	834	497	526	70	44	1	4,100	
Other	451	540	325	60	162	30	14	13	1,595	
Not reported	2	1	7	8	0	0	0	5	23	
Total females	11,733	7,904	5,807	2,866	3,191	913	345	56	32,815	
Males	        									
House or flat	5,795	3,795	2,987	1,260	1,497	477	180	10	16,001	
Residential aged care 	349	193	135	133	36	5	3	3	857	
Independent unit	560	334	447	223	214	41	15	1	1,835	
Other	344	305	255	58	90	22	9	29	1,112	
Not reported	2	0	7	10	0	0	0	2	21	
Total males	7,050	4,627	3,831	1,684	1,837	545	207	45	19,826	
Persons	        									
House or flat	15,059	9,960	7,413	3,273	3,928	1,282	459	42	41,416	
Residential aged care 	1,061	567	350	421	108	13	11	8	2,539	
Independent unit	1,864	1,158	1,281	720	740	111	59	2	5,935	
Other	795	845	580	118	252	52	23	42	2,707	
Not reported	4	1	14	18	0	0	0	7	44	
Total persons	18,783	12,531	9,638	4,550	5,028	1,458	552	101	52,641	
	Per cent	
Females										
House or flat	79.0	78.0	76.2	70.2	76.2	88.2	80.9	57.1	77.4	
Residential aged care 	6.1	4.7	3.7	10.0	2.3	0.9	2.3	8.9	5.1	
Independent unit	11.1	10.4	14.4	17.3	16.5	7.7	12.8	1.8	12.5	
Other	3.8	6.8	5.6	2.1	5.1	3.3	4.1	23.2	4.9	
Not reported	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.9	0.1	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
House or flat	82.2	82.0	78.0	74.8	81.5	87.5	87.0	22.2	80.7	
Residential aged care 	5.0	4.2	3.5	7.9	2.0	0.9	1.4	6.7	4.3	
Independent unit	7.9	7.2	11.7	13.2	11.6	7.5	7.2	2.2	9.3	
Other	4.9	6.6	6.7	3.4	4.9	4.0	4.3	64.4	5.6	
Not reported	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.4	0.1	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
House or flat	80.2	79.5	76.9	71.9	78.1	87.9	83.2	41.6	78.7	
Residential aged care 	5.6	4.5	3.6	9.3	2.1	0.9	2.0	7.9	4.8	
Independent unit	9.9	9.2	13.3	15.8	14.7	7.6	10.7	2.0	11.3	
Other	4.2	6.7	6.0	2.6	5.0	3.6	4.2	41.6	5.1	
Not reported	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.9	0.1	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)   Characteristics are for the last permanent admission in the period. Transfers are excluded.
(b)   Refers to the location of the services.
Table 4.23: People admitted to residential aged care services for respite care,(a) usual housing status, 
by sex and state/territory,(b) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Sex/housing status	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
House or flat	8,239	5,219	2,520	1,260	1,962	711	277	80	20,268	
Residential aged care	124	4	11	13	5	0	0	2	159	
Independent unit	853	424	279	165	371	42	35	2	2,171	
Other	283	54	72	10	65	6	9	14	513	
Not reported	2	2	7	14	0	0	0	33	58	
Total females	9,501	5,703	2,889	1,462	2,403	759	321	131	23,169	
Males	        									
House or flat	4,839	3,220	1,683	883	1,066	433	180	53	12,357	
Residential aged care	65	9	9	3	7	1	1	3	98	
Independent unit	391	192	206	96	149	22	16	3	1,075	
Other 	171	51	57	12	30	5	3	13	342	
Not reported	2	1	4	12	0	0	0	25	44	
Total males	5,468	3,473	1,959	1,006	1,252	461	200	97	13,916	
Persons	        									
House or flat	13,078	8,439	4,203	2,143	3,028	1,144	457	133	32,625	
Residential aged care	189	13	20	16	12	1	1	5	257	
Independent unit	1,244	616	485	261	520	64	51	5	3,246	
Other	454	105	129	22	95	11	12	27	855	
Not reported	4	3	11	26	0	0	0	58	102	
Total persons	14,969	9,176	4,848	2,468	3,655	1,220	521	228	37,085	
	Per cent	
Females										
House or flat	86.7	91.5	87.2	86.2	81.6	93.7	86.3	61.1	87.5	
Residential aged care	1.3	0.1	0.4	0.9	0.2	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.7	
Independent unit	9.0	7.4	9.7	11.3	15.4	5.5	10.9	1.5	9.4	
Other	3.0	0.9	2.5	0.7	2.7	0.8	2.8	10.7	2.2	
Not reported	0.0	0.0	0.2	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	25.2	0.3	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
House or flat	88.5	92.7	85.9	87.8	85.1	93.9	90.0	54.6	88.8	
Residential aged care	1.2	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.6	0.2	0.5	3.1	0.7	
Independent unit	7.2	5.5	10.5	9.5	11.9	4.8	8.0	3.1	7.7	
Other 	3.1	1.5	2.9	1.2	2.4	1.1	1.5	13.4	2.5	
Not reported	0.0	0.0	0.2	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	25.8	0.3	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
House or flat	87.4	92.0	86.7	86.8	82.8	93.8	87.7	58.3	88.0	
Residential aged care	1.3	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.2	2.2	0.7	
Independent unit	8.3	6.7	10.0	10.6	14.2	5.2	9.8	2.2	8.8	
Other	3.0	1.1	2.7	0.9	2.6	0.9	2.3	11.8	2.3	
Not reported	0.0	0.0	0.2	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	25.4	0.3	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
   (a)    Characteristics are for the last respite admission in the period. Transfers are excluded.
             (b)    Refers to the location of the services.

Table 4.24: People admitted to residential aged care services for permanent care,(a) prior living arrangement, by sex and state/territory,(b) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Sex/living arrangements	 NSW 	 Vic 	 Qld 	 WA 	 SA 	 Tas 	 ACT 	 NT 	Australia	
	Number
	
Females										
Lives alone	5,998	4,345	3,024	1,484	1,846	552	201	8	17,458	
Lives with family	4,425	2,839	2,303	993	1,097	323	121	25	12,126	
Lives with others	335	200	198	67	123	24	8	7	962	
Undetermined	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	
Not applicable	975	520	282	322	125	14	15	16	2,269	
Total females	11,733	7,904	5,807	2,866	3,191	913	345	56	32,815	
Males	        									
Lives alone	2,408	1,665	1,338	621	710	227	66	3	7,038	
Lives with family	3,801	2,525	2,116	838	959	282	124	9	10,654	
Lives with others	286	162	188	63	96	20	5	2	822	
Undetermined	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	
Not applicable	555	275	189	162	72	16	12	31	1,312	
Total males	7,050	4,627	3,831	1,684	1,837	545	207	45	19,826	
Persons	        									
Lives alone	8,406	6,010	4,362	2,105	2,556	779	267	11	24,496	
Lives with family	8,226	5,364	4,419	1,831	2,056	605	245	34	22,780	
Lives with others	621	362	386	130	219	44	13	9	1,784	
Undetermined	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	
Not applicable	1,530	795	471	484	197	30	27	47	3,581	
Total persons	18,783	12,531	9,638	4,550	5,028	1,458	552	101	52,641	
	Per cent	
Females										
Lives alone	51.1	55.0	52.1	51.8	57.9	60.5	58.3	14.3	53.2	
Lives with family	37.7	35.9	39.7	34.6	34.4	35.4	35.1	44.6	37.0	
Lives with others	2.9	2.5	3.4	2.3	3.9	2.6	2.3	12.5	2.9	
Undetermined	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
Not applicable	8.3	6.6	4.9	11.2	3.9	1.5	4.3	28.6	6.9	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
Lives alone	34.2	36.0	34.9	36.9	38.6	41.7	31.9	6.7	35.5	
Lives with family	53.9	54.6	55.2	49.8	52.2	51.7	59.9	20.0	53.7	
Lives with others	4.1	3.5	4.9	3.7	5.2	3.7	2.4	4.4	4.1	
Undetermined	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
Not applicable	7.9	5.9	4.9	9.6	3.9	2.9	5.8	68.9	6.6	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
Lives alone	44.8	48.0	45.3	46.3	50.8	53.4	48.4	10.9	46.5	
Lives with family	43.8	42.8	45.8	40.2	40.9	41.5	44.4	33.7	43.3	
Lives with others	3.3	2.9	4.0	2.9	4.4	3.0	2.4	8.9	3.4	
Undetermined	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
Not applicable	8.1	6.3	4.9	10.6	3.9	2.1	4.9	46.5	6.8	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
        (a)    Characteristics are for the last permanent admission during the period. Transfers are excluded.
        (b)    Refers to the location of the service.

Table 4.25: People admitted to residential aged care services for respite care,(a) prior living arrangement, by sex and state/territory,(b) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Sex/living arrangements	 NSW 	 Vic 	 Qld 	 WA 	 SA 	 Tas 	 ACT 	 NT 	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
Lives alone	4,641	2,782	1,059	584	1,352	390	161	21	10,990	
Lives with family	4,374	2,797	1,731	838	983	354	150	93	11,320	
Lives with others	210	93	79	24	46	14	7	10	483	
Undetermined	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	
Not applicable	276	31	20	16	22	1	3	7	376	
Total females	9,501	5,703	2,889	1,462	2,403	759	321	131	23,169	
Males	        									
Lives alone	1,617	783	346	197	392	117	51	17	3,520	
Lives with family	3,526	2,587	1,507	775	812	334	139	63	9,743	
Lives with others	158	91	89	31	37	9	9	10	434	
Undetermined	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	
Not applicable	167	12	17	3	11	1	1	7	219	
Total males	5,468	3,473	1,959	1,006	1,252	461	200	97	13,916	
Persons	        									
Lives alone	6,258	3,565	1,405	781	1,744	507	212	38	14,510	
Lives with family	7,900	5,384	3,238	1,613	1,795	688	289	156	21,063	
Lives with others	368	184	168	55	83	23	16	20	917	
Undetermined	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	
Not applicable	443	43	37	19	33	2	4	14	595	
Total persons	14,969	9,176	4,848	2,468	3,655	1,220	521	228	37,085	
	Per cent	
Females										
Lives alone	48.8	48.8	36.7	39.9	56.3	51.4	50.2	16.0	47.4	
Lives with family	46.0	49.0	59.9	57.3	40.9	46.6	46.7	71.0	48.9	
Lives with others	2.2	1.6	2.7	1.6	1.9	1.8	2.2	7.6	2.1	
Undetermined	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
Not applicable	2.9	0.5	0.7	1.1	0.9	0.1	0.9	5.3	1.6	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
Lives alone	29.6	22.5	17.7	19.6	31.3	25.4	25.5	17.5	25.3	
Lives with family	64.5	74.5	76.9	77.0	64.9	72.5	69.5	64.9	70.0	
Lives with others	2.9	2.6	4.5	3.1	3.0	2.0	4.5	10.3	3.1	
Undetermined	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
Not applicable	3.1	0.3	0.9	0.3	0.9	0.2	0.5	7.2	1.6	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
Lives alone	41.8	38.9	29.0	31.6	47.7	41.6	40.7	16.7	39.1	
Lives with family	52.8	58.7	66.8	65.4	49.1	56.4	55.5	68.4	56.8	
Lives with others	2.5	2.0	3.5	2.2	2.3	1.9	3.1	8.8	2.5	
Undetermined	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
Not applicable	3.0	0.5	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.2	0.8	6.1	1.6	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)	Characteristics are for the last respite admission during the period. 
(b) 	Refers to the location of the service.

Table 4.26: People admitted to residential aged care services for permanent care,(a) pension status, by sex and state/territory,(b) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Sex/pension status	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
Centrelink pension	7,807	5,357	3,871	1,940	2,227	615	195	49	22,062	
DVA pension	2,078	1,426	1,248	578	598	205	37	4	6,173	
Self-funded retirees	1,135	736	474	248	240	69	78	2	2,981	
Means not disclosed	396	218	120	68	71	11	18	2	904	
Unknown	316	167	94	32	56	14	16	0	696	
Total females	11,733	7,904	5,807	2,866	3,191	913	345	56	32,815	
Males										
Centrelink pension	4,500	3,045	2,447	1,077	1,200	336	113	34	12,752	
DVA pension	1,271	838	833	352	386	137	31	6	3,854	
Self-funded retirees	752	472	352	164	153	50	44	4	1,990	
Means not disclosed	234	134	109	56	40	5	12	1	591	
Unknown	293	138	90	36	59	17	7	0	639	
Total males	7,050	4,627	3,831	1,684	1,837	545	207	45	19,826	
Persons										
Centrelink pension	12,307	8,402	6,319	3,017	3,427	951	308	83	34,814	
DVA pension	3,349	2,264	2,081	930	984	342	69	9	10,027	
Self-funded retirees	1,887	1,207	826	411	393	119	122	6	4,970	
Means not disclosed	631	353	229	123	110	16	31	3	1,495	
Unknown	609	305	184	69	115	30	23	0	1,335	
Total persons	18,783	12,531	9,638	4,550	5,028	1,458	552	101	52,641	
	Per cent	
Females										
Centrelink pension	66.5	67.8	66.7	67.7	69.8	67.4	56.6	87.1	67.2	
DVA pension	17.7	18.0	21.5	20.2	18.7	22.4	10.8	6.5	18.8	
Self-funded retirees	9.7	9.3	8.2	8.6	7.5	7.5	22.7	3.2	9.1	
Means not disclosed	3.4	2.8	2.1	2.4	2.2	1.2	5.2	3.2	2.8	
Unknown	2.7	2.1	1.6	1.1	1.8	1.5	4.7	0.0	2.1	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
Centrelink pension	63.8	65.8	63.9	63.9	65.3	61.7	54.4	76.6	64.3	
DVA pension	18.0	18.1	21.7	20.9	21.0	25.2	15.2	12.8	19.4	
Self-funded retirees	10.7	10.2	9.2	9.7	8.3	9.2	21.2	8.5	10.0	
Means not disclosed	3.3	2.9	2.8	3.3	2.2	0.9	6.0	2.1	3.0	
Unknown	4.2	3.0	2.4	2.2	3.2	3.1	3.2	0.0	3.2	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
Centrelink pension	65.5	67.0	65.6	66.3	68.2	65.3	55.8	82.4	66.1	
DVA pension	17.8	18.1	21.6	20.4	19.6	23.5	12.4	9.3	19.0	
Self-funded retirees	10.0	9.6	8.6	9.0	7.8	8.1	22.1	5.6	9.4	
Means not disclosed	3.4	2.8	2.4	2.7	2.2	1.1	5.5	2.7	2.8	
Unknown	3.2	2.4	1.9	1.5	2.3	2.1	4.1	0.0	2.5	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a) 	Each person is counted once regardless of the number of admissions the resident had during the period. The status at the first admission is reported.
(b) 	Refers to the location of the services.
Notes
1. 	‘DVA’ refers to the Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs. Other pensions are administered by Centrelink.
2. 	The table was supplied by DoHA and has been adjusted to retain consistency with other tables as different updates of the data were used. 
3. 	The category 'Unknown' refers to clients not yet assessed by DVA or Centrelink. 
Table 4.27a: RCS level at admission,(a)  permanent residents admitted to residential aged care, 
by sex  and state/territory,(b) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
	High dependency		Low dependency		
State/territory/sex	RCS 1	RCS 2	RCS 3	RCS 4		RCS 5	RCS 6	RCS 7	RCS 8	Total	
	Number	
Females											
NSW	1,613	2,127	909	320		1,355	912	679	21	7,936	
Vic	916	917	530	213		1,218	684	449	21	4,948	
Qld	488	866	654	276		736	488	375	19	3,902	
WA	318	405	244	96		350	289	146	3	1,851	
SA	475	484	348	97		334	213	111	2	2,064	
Tas	71	132	144	64		96	65	40	0	612	
ACT	48	43	21	3		40	20	23	0	198	
NT	2	9	8	0		5	0	2	0	26	
Total females	3,931	4,983	2,858	1,069		4,134	2,671	1,825	66	21,537	
Males	        										
NSW	1,247	1,347	571	170		533	413	343	21	4,645	
Vic	740	643	342	129		509	347	233	5	2,948	
Qld	457	688	492	158		338	245	210	16	2,604	
WA	242	251	149	61		157	101	89	2	1,052	
SA	391	298	171	46		132	96	58	1	1,193	
Tas	58	90	105	22		35	32	22	1	365	
ACT	49	31	15	3		12	14	13	0	137	
NT	3	6	7	2		1	0	0	0	19	
Total males	3,187	3,354	1,852	591		1,717	1,248	968	46	12,963	
Persons	        										
NSW	2,860	3,474	1,480	490		1,888	1,325	1,022	42	12,581	
Vic	1,656	1,560	872	342		1,727	1,031	682	26	7,896	
Qld	945	1,554	1,146	434		1,074	733	585	35	6,506	
WA	560	656	393	157		507	390	235	5	2,903	
SA	866	782	519	143		466	309	169	3	3,257	
Tas	129	222	249	86		131	97	62	1	977	
ACT	97	74	36	6		52	34	36	0	335	
NT	5	15	15	2		6	0	2	0	45	
Total persons	7,118	8,337	4,710	1,660	 	5,851	3,919	2,793	112	34,500	
 (continued)

Table 4.27a (continued): RCS level at admission(a), permanent residents admitted to residential 
aged care, by sex and state/territory,(b) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
	High dependency		Low dependency		
State/territory/sex	RCS 1	RCS 2	RCS 3	RCS 4		RCS 5	RCS 6	RCS 7	RCS 8	Total	
	Per cent		
Females											
NSW	20.3	26.8	11.5	4.0		17.1	11.5	8.6	0.3	100.0	
Vic	18.5	18.5	10.7	4.3		24.6	13.8	9.1	0.4	100.0	
Qld	12.5	22.2	16.8	7.1		18.9	12.5	9.6	0.5	100.0	
WA	17.2	21.9	13.2	5.2		18.9	15.6	7.9	0.2	100.0	
SA	23.0	23.4	16.9	4.7		16.2	10.3	5.4	0.1	100.0	
Tas	11.6	21.6	23.5	10.5		15.7	10.6	6.5	0.0	100.0	
ACT	24.2	21.7	10.6	1.5		20.2	10.1	11.6	0.0	100.0	
NT	7.7	34.6	30.8	0.0		19.2	0.0	7.7	0.0	100.0	
Total females	18.3	23.1	13.3	5.0		19.2	12.4	8.5	0.3	100.0	
Males											
NSW	26.8	29.0	12.3	3.7		11.5	8.9	7.4	0.5	100.0	
Vic	25.1	21.8	11.6	4.4		17.3	11.8	7.9	0.2	100.0	
Qld	17.5	26.4	18.9	6.1		13.0	9.4	8.1	0.6	100.0	
WA	23.0	23.9	14.2	5.8		14.9	9.6	8.5	0.2	100.0	
SA	32.8	25.0	14.3	3.9		11.1	8.0	4.9	0.1	100.0	
Tas	15.9	24.7	28.8	6.0		9.6	8.8	6.0	0.3	100.0	
ACT	35.8	22.6	10.9	2.2		8.8	10.2	9.5	0.0	100.0	
NT	15.8	31.6	36.8	10.5		5.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	
Total males	24.6	25.9	14.3	4.6		13.2	9.6	7.5	0.4	100.0	
Persons											
NSW	22.7	27.6	11.8	3.9		15.0	10.5	8.1	0.3	100.0	
Vic	21.0	19.8	11.0	4.3		21.9	13.1	8.6	0.3	100.0	
Qld	14.5	23.9	17.6	6.7		16.5	11.3	9.0	0.5	100.0	
WA	19.3	22.6	13.5	5.4		17.5	13.4	8.1	0.2	100.0	
SA	26.6	24.0	15.9	4.4		14.3	9.5	5.2	0.1	100.0	
Tas	13.2	22.7	25.5	8.8		13.4	9.9	6.3	0.1	100.0	
ACT	29.0	22.1	10.7	1.8		15.5	10.1	10.7	0.0	100.0	
NT	11.1	33.3	33.3	4.4		13.3	0.0	4.4	0.0	100.0	
Total persons	20.6	24.2	13.7	4.8	 	17.0	11.4	8.1	0.3	100.0	
(a)	The RCS is the classification associated with the last admission. 
(b)	Refers to the location of the services.
        Note:   The table is for clients whose last appraisal during the time period is from the RCS.

Table 4.27b: ACFI care level at admission,(a)  for activities of daily living, permanent residents admitted to residential aged care, by sex and state/territory,(b) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Activities of daily living/sex
	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
High	1,041	526	374	213	274	48	19	6	2,501	
Medium	920	546	479	216	354	66	35	1	2,617	
Low	892	930	482	307	308	84	42	5	3,050	
Nil	235	209	155	69	50	24	9	3	754	
Total females	3,088	2,211	1,490	805	986	222	105	15	8,922	
Males	        									
High	721	360	278	152	205	34	14	3	1,767	
Medium	609	359	334	139	183	48	18	9	1,699	
Low	496	413	272	161	140	46	13	3	1,544	
Nil	136	114	91	45	18	17	3	0	424	
Total males 	1,962	1,246	975	497	546	145	48	15	5,434	
Persons	        									
High	1,762	886	652	365	479	82	33	9	4,268	
Medium	1,529	905	813	355	537	114	53	10	4,316	
Low	1,388	1,343	754	468	448	130	55	8	4,594	
Nil	371	323	246	114	68	41	12	3	1,178	
Total persons	5,050	3,457	2,465	1,302	1,532	367	153	30	14,356	
	Per cent	
Females										
High	33.7	23.8	25.1	26.5	27.8	21.6	18.1	40.0	28.0	
Medium	29.8	24.7	32.1	26.8	35.9	29.7	33.3	6.7	29.3	
Low	28.9	42.1	32.3	38.1	31.2	37.8	40.0	33.3	34.2	
Nil	7.6	9.5	10.4	8.6	5.1	10.8	8.6	20.0	8.5	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
High	36.7	28.9	28.5	30.6	37.5	23.4	29.2	20.0	32.5	
Medium	31.0	28.8	34.3	28.0	33.5	33.1	37.5	60.0	31.3	
Low	25.3	33.1	27.9	32.4	25.6	31.7	27.1	20.0	28.4	
Nil	6.9	9.1	9.3	9.1	3.3	11.7	6.3	0.0	7.8	
Total males 	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
High	34.9	25.6	26.5	28.0	31.3	22.3	21.6	30.0	29.7	
Medium	30.3	26.2	33.0	27.3	35.1	31.1	34.6	33.3	30.1	
Low	27.5	38.8	30.6	35.9	29.2	35.4	35.9	26.7	32.0	
Nil	7.3	9.3	10.0	8.8	4.4	11.2	7.8	10.0	8.2	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)    The level is that associated with the last admission in the period.
(b)    Refers to the location of the services.
Note:  The table is for clients whose last appraisal during the time period is from the ACFI.

Table 4.27c: ACFI behaviour care level at admission,(a)  permanent residents admitted to residential 
aged care, by sex and state/territory,(b) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Behaviour care/sex	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
High	954	604	340	257	363	48	31	2	2,599	
Medium	771	566	336	205	277	32	33	4	2,224	
Low	742	571	425	195	207	64	21	5	2,230	
Nil	621	470	389	148	139	78	20	4	1,869	
Total females	3,088	2,211	1,490	805	986	222	105	15	8,922	
Males	        									
High	701	415	263	165	241	40	13	5	1,843	
Medium	481	344	257	119	126	35	16	3	1,381	
Low	451	280	272	125	107	38	12	6	1,291	
Nil	329	207	183	88	72	32	7	1	919	
Total males malemalesfemales	1,962	1,246	975	497	546	145	48	15	5,434	
Persons	        									
High	1,655	1,019	603	422	604	88	44	7	4,442	
Medium	1,252	910	593	324	403	67	49	7	3,605	
Low	1,193	851	697	320	314	102	33	11	3,521	
Nil	950	677	572	236	211	110	27	5	2,788	
Total persons	5,050	3,457	2,465	1,302	1,532	367	153	30	14,356	
	Per cent	
Females										
High	30.9	27.3	22.8	31.9	36.8	21.6	29.5	13.3	29.1	
Medium	25.0	25.6	22.6	25.5	28.1	14.4	31.4	26.7	24.9	
Low	24.0	25.8	28.5	24.2	21.0	28.8	20.0	33.3	25.0	
Nil	20.1	21.3	26.1	18.4	14.1	35.1	19.0	26.7	20.9	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
High	35.7	33.3	27.0	33.2	44.1	27.6	27.1	33.3	33.9	
Medium	24.5	27.6	26.4	23.9	23.1	24.1	33.3	20.0	25.4	
Low	23.0	22.5	27.9	25.2	19.6	26.2	25.0	40.0	23.8	
Nil	16.8	16.6	18.8	17.7	13.2	22.1	14.6	6.7	16.9	
Total males malemalesfemales	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
High	32.8	29.5	24.5	32.4	39.4	24.0	28.8	23.3	30.9	
Medium	24.8	26.3	24.1	24.9	26.3	18.3	32.0	23.3	25.1	
Low	23.6	24.6	28.3	24.6	20.5	27.8	21.6	36.7	24.5	
Nil	18.8	19.6	23.2	18.1	13.8	30.0	17.6	16.7	19.4	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)   The level is that associated with the last admission in the period.
(b)   Refers to the location of the services.
Note:   The table is for clients whose last appraisal during the time period is from the ACFI.

Table 4.27d: ACFI complex health care level at admission,(a) permanent residents admitted to 
residential aged care, by sex and state/territory,(b) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Complex health care/sex	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
High	593	318	196	116	214	43	20	1	1,501	
Medium	814	535	335	198	252	52	26	5	2,217	
Low	1,108	883	623	319	376	84	40	5	3,438	
Nil	573	475	336	172	144	43	19	4	1,766	
Total females	3,088	2,211	1,490	805	986	222	105	15	8,922	
Males	        									
High	528	247	210	100	163	34	12	3	1,297	
Medium	492	314	221	126	144	38	16	2	1,353	
Low	611	439	343	182	175	40	10	9	1,809	
Nil	331	246	201	89	64	33	10	1	975	
Total males malemalesfemales	1,962	1,246	975	497	546	145	48	15	5,434	
Persons	        									
High	1,121	565	406	216	377	77	32	4	2,798	
Medium	1,306	849	556	324	396	90	42	7	3,570	
Low	1,719	1,322	966	501	551	124	50	14	5,247	
Nil	904	721	537	261	208	76	29	5	2,741	
Total persons	5,050	3,457	2,465	1,302	1,532	367	153	30	14,356	
	Per cent	
Females										
High	19.2	14.4	13.2	14.4	21.7	19.4	19.0	6.7	16.8	
Medium	26.4	24.2	22.5	24.6	25.6	23.4	24.8	33.3	24.8	
Low	35.9	39.9	41.8	39.6	38.1	37.8	38.1	33.3	38.5	
Nil	18.6	21.5	22.6	21.4	14.6	19.4	18.1	26.7	19.8	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
High	26.9	19.8	21.5	20.1	29.9	23.4	25.0	20.0	23.9	
Medium	25.1	25.2	22.7	25.4	26.4	26.2	33.3	13.3	24.9	
Low	31.1	35.2	35.2	36.6	32.1	27.6	20.8	60.0	33.3	
Nil	16.9	19.7	20.6	17.9	11.7	22.8	20.8	6.7	17.9	
Total males malemalesfemales	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
High	22.2	16.3	16.5	16.6	24.6	21.0	20.9	13.3	19.5	
Medium	25.9	24.6	22.6	24.9	25.8	24.5	27.5	23.3	24.9	
Low	34.0	38.2	39.2	38.5	36.0	33.8	32.7	46.7	36.5	
Nil	17.9	20.9	21.8	20.0	13.6	20.7	19.0	16.7	19.1	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)    The level is that associated with the last admission in the period.
(b)    Refers to the location of the services.
Note:    The table is for clients whose last appraisal during the time period is from the ACFI.

Table 4.28a: RCS level of dependency for permanent residents, by sex and state/territory,(a) at 30 June 2008
	High-dependency		Low-dependency		
State/territory/sex	RCS 1	RCS 2	RCS 3	RCS 4		RCS 5	RCS 6	RCS 7	RCS 8	Total	
	Number		
Females											
NSW	5,952	6,892	4,054	1,560		3,249	2,402	1,961	92	26,162	
Vic	5,288	3,936	2,849	1,230		2,840	1,925	1,215	46	19,329	
Qld	2,375	3,518	2,699	959		1,737	1,339	1,117	59	13,803	
WA	1,555	1,322	1,039	464		952	698	394	13	6,437	
SA	2,144	1,912	1,332	439		868	585	329	7	7,616	
Tas	390	534	452	176		238	176	142	3	2,111	
ACT	199	144	125	51		116	67	76	2	780	
NT	38	54	35	6		10	9	7	3	162	
Total females	17,941	18,312	12,585	4,885		10,010	7,201	5,241	225	76,400	
Males	        										
NSW	2,500	2,607	1,614	568		1,202	988	909	60	10,448	
Vic	2,108	1,657	1,140	432		1,103	770	601	16	7,827	
Qld	975	1,516	1,148	386		654	568	518	42	5,807	
WA	595	514	382	148		338	234	214	6	2,431	
SA	778	733	475	164		262	227	149	2	2,790	
Tas	128	221	197	57		77	63	56	3	802	
ACT	111	63	45	15		37	31	27	0	329	
NT	23	29	21	5		5	6	10	0	99	
Total males	7,218	7,340	5,022	1,775		3,678	2,887	2,484	129	30,533	
Persons	        										
NSW	8,452	9,499	5,668	2,128		4,451	3,390	2,870	152	36,610	
Vic	7,396	5,593	3,989	1,662		3,943	2,695	1,816	62	27,156	
Qld	3,350	5,034	3,847	1,345		2,391	1,907	1,635	101	19,610	
WA	2,150	1,836	1,421	612		1,290	932	608	19	8,868	
SA	2,922	2,645	1,807	603		1,130	812	478	9	10,406	
Tas	518	755	649	233		315	239	198	6	2,913	
ACT	310	207	170	66		153	98	103	2	1,109	
NT	61	83	56	11		15	15	17	3	261	
Total persons	25,159	25,652	17,607	6,660	 	13,688	10,088	7,725	354	106,933	
(continued)

Table 4.28a (continued): RCS level of dependency for permanent residents, by sex and 
state/territory,(a) at 30 June 2008
	High-dependency		Low-dependency		
State/territory/sex
	RCS 1	RCS 2	RCS 3	RCS 4		RCS 5	RCS 6	RCS 7	RCS 8	Total	
	Per cent		
Females											
NSW	22.8	26.3	15.5	6.0		12.4	9.2	7.5	0.4	100.0	
Vic	27.4	20.4	14.7	6.4		14.7	10.0	6.3	0.2	100.0	
Qld	17.2	25.5	19.6	6.9		12.6	9.7	8.1	0.4	100.0	
WA	24.2	20.5	16.1	7.2		14.8	10.8	6.1	0.2	100.0	
SA	28.2	25.1	17.5	5.8		11.4	7.7	4.3	0.1	100.0	
Tas	18.5	25.3	21.4	8.3		11.3	8.3	6.7	0.1	100.0	
ACT	25.5	18.5	16.0	6.5		14.9	8.6	9.7	0.3	100.0	
NT	23.5	33.3	21.6	3.7		6.2	5.6	4.3	1.9	100.0	
Total females	23.5	24.0	16.5	6.4		13.1	9.4	6.9	0.3	100.0	
Males											
NSW	23.9	25.0	15.4	5.4		11.5	9.5	8.7	0.6	100.0	
Vic	26.9	21.2	14.6	5.5		14.1	9.8	7.7	0.2	100.0	
Qld	16.8	26.1	19.8	6.6		11.3	9.8	8.9	0.7	100.0	
WA	24.5	21.1	15.7	6.1		13.9	9.6	8.8	0.2	100.0	
SA	27.9	26.3	17.0	5.9		9.4	8.1	5.3	0.1	100.0	
Tas	16.0	27.6	24.6	7.1		9.6	7.9	7.0	0.4	100.0	
ACT	33.7	19.1	13.7	4.6		11.2	9.4	8.2	0.0	100.0	
NT	23.2	29.3	21.2	5.1		5.1	6.1	10.1	0.0	100.0	
Total males	23.6	24.0	16.4	5.8		12.0	9.5	8.1	0.4	100.0	
Persons											
NSW	23.1	25.9	15.5	5.8		12.2	9.3	7.8	0.4	100.0	
Vic	27.2	20.6	14.7	6.1		14.5	9.9	6.7	0.2	100.0	
Qld	17.1	25.7	19.6	6.9		12.2	9.7	8.3	0.5	100.0	
WA	24.2	20.7	16.0	6.9		14.5	10.5	6.9	0.2	100.0	
SA	28.1	25.4	17.4	5.8		10.9	7.8	4.6	0.1	100.0	
Tas	17.8	25.9	22.3	8.0		10.8	8.2	6.8	0.2	100.0	
ACT	28.0	18.7	15.3	6.0		13.8	8.8	9.3	0.2	100.0	
NT	23.4	31.8	21.5	4.2		5.7	5.7	6.5	1.1	100.0	
Total persons	23.5	24.0	16.5	6.2	 	12.8	9.4	7.2	0.3	100.0	
(a)     Refers to the location of the services. 
Note:  The table is for clients whose last appraisal at 30 June 2008 was from the RCS.

Table 4.28b: ACFI care level for activities of daily living, for permanent residents, by sex and state/territory,(a) at 30 June 2008
Activities of daily living/sex	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
High	4,222	2,841	1,836	927	1,212	258	97	31	11,424	
Medium	3,234	2,312	1,727	781	1,139	254	101	18	9,566	
Low	2,920	2,708	1,543	932	898	258	93	16	9,368	
Nil	989	749	584	243	216	95	23	5	2,904	
Total females	11,365	8,610	5,690	2,883	3,465	865	314	70	33,262	
Males	        									
High	1,641	1,145	773	414	497	120	39	12	4,641	
Medium	1,433	967	794	331	430	95	36	12	4,098	
Low	1,196	1,113	688	363	337	95	32	10	3,834	
Nil	541	396	291	132	88	40	14	1	1,503	
Total males malemalesfemales	4,811	3,621	2,546	1,240	1,352	350	121	35	14,076	
Persons	        									
High	5,863	3,986	2,609	1,341	1,709	378	136	43	16,065	
Medium	4,667	3,279	2,521	1,112	1,569	349	137	30	13,664	
Low	4,116	3,821	2,231	1,295	1,235	353	125	26	13,202	
Nil	1,530	1,145	875	375	304	135	37	6	4,407	
Total persons	16,176	12,231	8,236	4,123	4,817	1,215	435	105	47,338	
	Per cent	
Females										
High	37.1	33.0	32.3	32.2	35.0	29.8	30.9	44.3	34.3	
Medium	28.5	26.9	30.4	27.1	32.9	29.4	32.2	25.7	28.8	
Low	25.7	31.5	27.1	32.3	25.9	29.8	29.6	22.9	28.2	
Nil	8.7	8.7	10.3	8.4	6.2	11.0	7.3	7.1	8.7	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
High	34.1	31.6	30.4	33.4	36.8	34.3	32.2	34.3	33.0	
Medium	29.8	26.7	31.2	26.7	31.8	27.1	29.8	34.3	29.1	
Low	24.9	30.7	27.0	29.3	24.9	27.1	26.4	28.6	27.2	
Nil	11.2	10.9	11.4	10.6	6.5	11.4	11.6	2.9	10.7	
Total males malemalesfemales	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
High	36.2	32.6	31.7	32.5	35.5	31.1	31.3	41.0	33.9	
Medium	28.9	26.8	30.6	27.0	32.6	28.7	31.5	28.6	28.9	
Low	25.4	31.2	27.1	31.4	25.6	29.1	28.7	24.8	27.9	
Nil	9.5	9.4	10.6	9.1	6.3	11.1	8.5	5.7	9.3	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)    Refers to the location of the services. 
Note:  The table is for clients whose last appraisal at 30 June 2008 was from the ACFI.
 
Table 4.28c: ACFI behaviour care level for permanent residents, by sex and state/territory,(a) at 30 June 2008 
Behaviour care/sex	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
High	4,050	2,954	1,614	1,025	1,480	213	107	15	11,458	
Medium	2,844	2,266	1,421	776	892	169	89	20	8,477	
Low	2,660	1,960	1,490	653	689	258	74	26	7,810	
Nil	1,811	1,430	1,165	429	404	225	44	9	5,517	
Total females	11,365	8,610	5,690	2,883	3,465	865	314	70	33,262	
Males	        									
High	1,890	1,340	776	481	637	103	38	10	5,275	
Medium	1,197	982	647	299	348	95	37	6	3,611	
Low	1,005	805	672	299	238	87	28	13	3,147	
Nil	719	494	451	161	129	65	18	6	2,043	
Total males malemalesfemales	4,811	3,621	2,546	1,240	1,352	350	121	35	14,076	
Persons	        									
High	5,940	4,294	2,390	1,506	2,117	316	145	25	16,733	
Medium	4,041	3,248	2,068	1,075	1,240	264	126	26	12,088	
Low	3,665	2,765	2,162	952	927	345	102	39	10,957	
Nil	2,530	1,924	1,616	590	533	290	62	15	7,560	
Total persons	16,176	12,231	8,236	4,123	4,817	1,215	435	105	47,338	
	Per cent	
Females										
High	35.6	34.3	28.4	35.6	42.7	24.6	34.1	21.4	34.4	
Medium	25.0	26.3	25.0	26.9	25.7	19.5	28.3	28.6	25.5	
Low	23.4	22.8	26.2	22.7	19.9	29.8	23.6	37.1	23.5	
Nil	15.9	16.6	20.5	14.9	11.7	26.0	14.0	12.9	16.6	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
High	39.3	37.0	30.5	38.8	47.1	29.4	31.4	28.6	37.5	
Medium	24.9	27.1	25.4	24.1	25.7	27.1	30.6	17.1	25.7	
Low	20.9	22.2	26.4	24.1	17.6	24.9	23.1	37.1	22.4	
Nil	14.9	13.6	17.7	13.0	9.5	18.6	14.9	17.1	14.5	
Total males malemalesfemales	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
High	36.7	35.1	29.0	36.5	43.9	26.0	33.3	23.8	35.3	
Medium	25.0	26.6	25.1	26.1	25.7	21.7	29.0	24.8	25.5	
Low	22.7	22.6	26.3	23.1	19.2	28.4	23.4	37.1	23.1	
Nil	15.6	15.7	19.6	14.3	11.1	23.9	14.3	14.3	16.0	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)     Refers to the location of the services. 
Note:  The table is for clients whose last appraisal at 30 June 2008 was from the ACFI.

Table 4.28d: ACFI complex health care level for permanent residents, by sex and state/territory,(a) at 30 June 2008 
Complex health care/sex	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
High	1,537	1,145	551	342	577	102	42	5	4,301	
Medium	3,475	2,527	1,429	849	1,085	234	99	29	9,727	
Low	4,423	3,348	2,427	1,208	1,350	363	126	22	13,267	
Nil	1,930	1,590	1,283	484	453	166	47	14	5,967	
Total females	11,365	8,610	5,690	2,883	3,465	865	314	70	33,262	
Males	        									
High	799	550	353	182	268	54	16	4	2,226	
Medium	1,343	1,027	630	378	411	106	42	4	3,941	
Low	1,736	1,322	971	468	500	117	41	21	5,176	
Nil	933	722	592	212	173	73	22	6	2,733	
Total males malemalesfemales	4,811	3,621	2,546	1,240	1,352	350	121	35	14,076	
Persons	        									
High	2,336	1,695	904	524	845	156	58	9	6,527	
Medium	4,818	3,554	2,059	1,227	1,496	340	141	33	13,668	
Low	6,159	4,670	3,398	1,676	1,850	480	167	43	18,443	
Nil	2,863	2,312	1,875	696	626	239	69	20	8,700	
Total persons	16,176	12,231	8,236	4,123	4,817	1,215	435	105	47,338	
	Per cent	
Females										
High	13.5	13.3	9.7	11.9	16.7	11.8	13.4	7.1	12.9	
Medium	30.6	29.3	25.1	29.4	31.3	27.1	31.5	41.4	29.2	
Low	38.9	38.9	42.7	41.9	39.0	42.0	40.1	31.4	39.9	
Nil	17.0	18.5	22.5	16.8	13.1	19.2	15.0	20.0	17.9	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
High	16.6	15.2	13.9	14.7	19.8	15.4	13.2	11.4	15.8	
Medium	27.9	28.4	24.7	30.5	30.4	30.3	34.7	11.4	28.0	
Low	36.1	36.5	38.1	37.7	37.0	33.4	33.9	60.0	36.8	
Nil	19.4	19.9	23.3	17.1	12.8	20.9	18.2	17.1	19.4	
Total males malemalesfemales	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
High	14.4	13.9	11.0	12.7	17.5	12.8	13.3	8.6	13.8	
Medium	29.8	29.1	25.0	29.8	31.1	28.0	32.4	31.4	28.9	
Low	38.1	38.2	41.3	40.7	38.4	39.5	38.4	41.0	39.0	
Nil	17.7	18.9	22.8	16.9	13.0	19.7	15.9	19.0	18.4	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)     Refers to the location of the services. 
Note:  The table is for clients whose last appraisal at 30 June 2008 was from the ACFI.

Table 4.29a: RCS level for younger permanent residents, by age group and sex at 30 June 2008
	High-dependency		Low-dependency		
Age/sex (years)	RCS 1	RCS 2	RCS 3	RCS 4		RCS 5	RCS 6	RCS 7	RCS 8	Total	
	Number	
Females											
under 40	28	14	3	1		2	0	1	0	49	
40–44	33	20	9	3		3	4	3	0	75	
45–49	41	54	22	8		9	7	2	0	143	
50–54	106	75	45	11		22	11	6	0	276	
55–59	187	161	91	27		39	39	25	2	571	
60–64	285	248	168	54		83	59	50	2	949	
Females <65	680	572	338	104		158	120	87	4	2,063	
Males	        										
under 40	41	30	11	1		3	2	2	0	90	
40–44	21	16	13	3		3	3	3	0	62	
45–49	61	44	30	10		18	7	11	1	182	
50–54	113	82	43	18		33	28	24	2	343	
55–59	175	157	119	44		72	56	29	1	653	
60–64	272	248	205	56		152	123	89	2	1,147	
Males <65	683	577	421	132		281	219	158	6	2,477	
Persons	        										
under 40	69	44	14	2		5	2	3	0	139	
40–44	54	36	22	6		6	7	6	0	137	
45–49	102	98	52	18		27	14	13	1	325	
50–54	219	157	88	29		55	39	30	2	619	
55–59	362	318	210	71		111	95	54	3	1,224	
60–64	557	496	373	110		235	182	139	4	2,096	
Persons <65	1,363	1,149	759	236		439	339	245	10	4,540	
	Per cent	
Females											
under 40	4.1	2.4	0.9	1.0		1.3	0.0	1.1	0.0	2.4	
40–44	4.9	3.5	2.7	2.9		1.9	3.3	3.4	0.0	3.6	
45–49	6.0	9.4	6.5	7.7		5.7	5.8	2.3	0.0	6.9	
50–54	15.6	13.1	13.3	10.6		13.9	9.2	6.9	0.0	13.4	
55–59	27.5	28.1	26.9	26.0		24.7	32.5	28.7	50.0	27.7	
60–64	41.9	43.4	49.7	51.9		52.5	49.2	57.5	50.0	46.0	
Females <65	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0		100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males											
under 40	6.0	5.2	2.6	0.8		1.1	0.9	1.3	0.0	3.6	
40–44	3.1	2.8	3.1	2.3		1.1	1.4	1.9	0.0	2.5	
45–49	8.9	7.6	7.1	7.6		6.4	3.2	7.0	16.7	7.3	
50–54	16.5	14.2	10.2	13.6		11.7	12.8	15.2	33.3	13.8	
55–59	25.6	27.2	28.3	33.3		25.6	25.6	18.4	16.7	26.4	
60–64	39.8	43.0	48.7	42.4		54.1	56.2	56.3	33.3	46.3	
Males <65	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0		100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons											
under 40	5.1	3.8	1.8	0.8		1.1	0.6	1.2	0.0	3.1	
40–44	4.0	3.1	2.9	2.5		1.4	2.1	2.4	0.0	3.0	
45–49	7.5	8.5	6.9	7.6		6.2	4.1	5.3	10.0	7.2	
50–54	16.1	13.7	11.6	12.3		12.5	11.5	12.2	20.0	13.6	
55–59	26.6	27.7	27.7	30.1		25.3	28.0	22.0	30.0	27.0	
60–64	40.9	43.2	49.1	46.6		53.5	53.7	56.7	40.0	46.2	
Persons <65	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	 	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Note:   The table is for clients whose last appraisal at 30 June 2008 was from the RCS.
	
Table 4.29b: ACFI care level for activities of daily living, younger people assessed in 
permanent residential aged care, by age group and sex at 30 June 2008 
Activities of daily living/sex	<40	40–44	45–49	50–54	55–59	60–64	<65	
	Number	
Females								
High	9	14	35	44	97	168	367	
Medium	14	10	9	39	83	128	283	
Low	7	3	11	18	53	114	206	
Nil	2	3	7	9	23	28	72	
Total females	32	30	62	110	256	438	928	
Males	        				        			
High	10	11	19	56	79	146	321	
Medium	8	13	19	46	78	140	304	
Low	9	7	19	47	68	132	282	
Nil	0	1	3	14	40	61	119	
Total males malemalesfemales	27	32	60	163	265	479	1,026	
Persons	        				        			
High	19	25	54	100	176	314	688	
Medium	22	23	28	85	161	268	587	
Low	16	10	30	65	121	246	488	
Nil	2	4	10	23	63	89	191	
Total persons	59	62	122	273	521	917	1,954	
	                   Per cent		
Females								
High	28.1	46.7	56.5	40.0	37.9	38.4	39.5	
Medium	43.8	33.3	14.5	35.5	32.4	29.2	30.5	
Low	21.9	10.0	17.7	16.4	20.7	26.0	22.2	
Nil	6.3	10.0	11.3	8.2	9.0	6.4	7.8	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males								
High	37.0	34.4	31.7	34.4	29.8	30.5	31.3	
Medium	29.6	40.6	31.7	28.2	29.4	29.2	29.6	
Low	33.3	21.9	31.7	28.8	25.7	27.6	27.5	
Nil	0.0	3.1	5.0	8.6	15.1	12.7	11.6	
Total males malemalesfemales	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons								
High	32.2	40.3	44.3	36.6	33.8	34.2	35.2	
Medium	37.3	37.1	23.0	31.1	30.9	29.2	30.0	
Low	27.1	16.1	24.6	23.8	23.2	26.8	25.0	
Nil	3.4	6.5	8.2	8.4	12.1	9.7	9.8	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
    Note:   The table is for clients whose last appraisal at 30 June 2008 was from the ACFI.

Table 4.29c: ACFI behaviour care level for younger permanent residents, by age group and 
sex at 30 June 2008
Behaviour care/sex	<40	40–44	45–49	50–54	55–59	60–64	<65	
	Number	
Females								
High	12	9	34	47	109	182	393	
Medium	13	14	12	30	62	116	247	
Low	6	6	10	19	54	91	186	
Nil	1	1	6	14	31	49	102	
Total females	32	30	62	110	256	438	928	
Males	        			        				
High	11	19	21	86	125	190	452	
Medium	9	10	18	34	63	133	267	
Low	6	1	17	28	55	101	208	
Nil	1	2	4	15	22	55	99	
Total males malemalesfemales	27	32	60	163	265	479	1,026	
Persons	        			        				
High	23	28	55	133	234	372	845	
Medium	22	24	30	64	125	249	514	
Low	12	7	27	47	109	192	394	
Nil	2	3	10	29	53	104	201	
Total persons	59	62	122	273	521	917	1,954	
	Per cent	
Females								
High	37.5	30.0	54.8	42.7	42.6	41.6	42.3	
Medium	40.6	46.7	19.4	27.3	24.2	26.5	26.6	
Low	18.8	20.0	16.1	17.3	21.1	20.8	20.0	
Nil	3.1	3.3	9.7	12.7	12.1	11.2	11.0	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males								
High	40.7	59.4	35.0	52.8	47.2	39.7	44.1	
Medium	33.3	31.3	30.0	20.9	23.8	27.8	26.0	
Low	22.2	3.1	28.3	17.2	20.8	21.1	20.3	
Nil	3.7	6.3	6.7	9.2	8.3	11.5	9.6	
Total males malemalesfemales	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons								
High	39.0	45.2	45.1	48.7	44.9	40.6	43.2	
Medium	37.3	38.7	24.6	23.4	24.0	27.2	26.3	
Low	20.3	11.3	22.1	17.2	20.9	20.9	20.2	
Nil	3.4	4.8	8.2	10.6	10.2	11.3	10.3	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
    Note:   The table is for clients whose last appraisal at 30 June 2008 was from the ACFI.

Table 4.29d: ACFI complex health care level, younger people assessed in permanent 
residential aged care, by age group and sex at 30 June 2008
Complex health care/sex	<40	40–44	45–49	50–54	55–59	60–64	65+	
	Number	
Females								
High	11	11	20	26	45	86	199	
Medium	10	11	19	35	71	137	283	
Low	4	5	15	33	104	142	303	
Nil	7	3	8	16	36	73	143	
Total females	32	30	62	110	256	438	928	
Males	        							
High	15	10	15	37	50	93	220	
Medium	4	7	10	37	66	133	257	
Low	8	11	20	50	81	169	339	
Nil	0	4	15	39	68	84	210	
Total males malemalesfemales	27	32	60	163	265	479	1,026	
Persons	        							
High	26	21	35	63	95	179	419	
Medium	14	18	29	72	137	270	540	
Low	12	16	35	83	185	311	642	
Nil	7	7	23	55	104	157	353	
Total persons	59	62	122	273	521	917	1,954	
	Per cent	
Females								
High	34.4	36.7	32.3	23.6	17.6	19.6	21.4	
Medium	31.3	36.7	30.6	31.8	27.7	31.3	30.5	
Low	12.5	16.7	24.2	30.0	40.6	32.4	32.7	
Nil	21.9	10.0	12.9	14.5	14.1	16.7	15.4	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males								
High	55.6	31.3	25.0	22.7	18.9	19.4	21.4	
Medium	14.8	21.9	16.7	22.7	24.9	27.8	25.0	
Low	29.6	34.4	33.3	30.7	30.6	35.3	33.0	
Nil	0.0	12.5	25.0	23.9	25.7	17.5	20.5	
Total males malemalesfemales	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons								
High	44.1	33.9	28.7	23.1	18.2	19.5	21.4	
Medium	23.7	29.0	23.8	26.4	26.3	29.4	27.6	
Low	20.3	25.8	28.7	30.4	35.5	33.9	32.9	
Nil	11.9	11.3	18.9	20.1	20.0	17.1	18.1	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
 Note:   The table is for clients whose last appraisal at 30 June 2008 was from the ACFI.

Table 4.30a: RCS level for permanent residents, by age group and sex at 30 June 2008
	High-dependency		Low-dependency		
Age/sex (years)	RCS 1	RCS 2	RCS 3	RCS 4		RCS 5	RCS 6	RCS 7	RCS 8	Total	
	 Number		
Females											
under 65	680	572	338	104		158	120	87	4	2,063	
65–69	447	415	252	100		173	144	87	4	1,622	
70–74	798	763	466	201		357	275	205	8	3,073	
75–79	1,886	1,827	1,163	412		923	680	514	16	7,421	
80–84	3,587	3,664	2,490	1,034		2,132	1,557	1,148	43	15,655	
85–89	4,801	5,203	3,686	1,427		3,083	2,284	1,692	86	22,262	
90–94	3,778	3,973	2,895	1,124		2,363	1,597	1,159	50	16,939	
95+	1,964	1,895	1,295	483		821	544	349	14	7,365	
Total females	17,941	18,312	12,585	4,885		10,010	7,201	5,241	225	76,400	
Males	        										
under 65	683	577	421	132		281	219	158	6	2,477	
65–69	423	410	292	106		192	157	132	7	1,719	
70–74	739	642	438	163		305	241	187	7	2,722	
75–79	1,150	1,219	736	234		507	380	323	17	4,566	
80–84	1,637	1,626	1,088	365		791	586	553	29	6,675	
85–89	1,515	1,639	1,154	431		903	680	576	28	6,926	
90–94	818	891	679	259		544	461	440	27	4,119	
95+	253	336	214	85		155	163	115	8	1,329	
Total males	7,218	7,340	5,022	1,775		3,678	2,887	2,484	129	30,533	
Persons	        										
under 65	1,363	1,149	759	236		439	339	245	10	4,540	
65–69	870	825	544	206		365	301	219	11	3,341	
70–74	1,537	1,405	904	364		662	516	392	15	5,795	
75–79	3,036	3,046	1,899	646		1,430	1,060	837	33	11,987	
80–84	5,224	5,290	3,578	1,399		2,923	2,143	1,701	72	22,330	
85–89	6,316	6,842	4,840	1,858		3,986	2,964	2,268	114	29,188	
90–94	4,596	4,864	3,574	1,383		2,907	2,058	1,599	77	21,058	
95+	2,217	2,231	1,509	568		976	707	464	22	8,694	
Total persons	25,159	25,652	17,607	6,660		13,688	10,088	7,725	354	106,933	
      (continued)

Table 4.30a (continued): RCS level for permanent residents, by age group and sex at 30 June 2008 
	High-dependency		Low-dependency
		
Age/sex
(years)	RCS 1	RCS 2	RCS 3	RCS 4		RCS 5	RCS 6	RCS 7	RCS 8	Total	
	Per cent
	
Females											
under 65	33.0	27.7	16.4	5.0		7.7	5.8	4.2	0.2	100.0	
65–69	27.6	25.6	15.5	6.2		10.7	8.9	5.4	0.2	100.0	
70–74	26.0	24.8	15.2	6.5		11.6	8.9	6.7	0.3	100.0	
75–79	25.4	24.6	15.7	5.6		12.4	9.2	6.9	0.2	100.0	
80–84	22.9	23.4	15.9	6.6		13.6	9.9	7.3	0.3	100.0	
85–89	21.6	23.4	16.6	6.4		13.8	10.3	7.6	0.4	100.0	
90–94	22.3	23.5	17.1	6.6		14.0	9.4	6.8	0.3	100.0	
95+	26.7	25.7	17.6	6.6		11.1	7.4	4.7	0.2	100.0	
Total females	23.5	24.0	16.5	6.4		13.1	9.4	6.9	0.3	100.0	
Males											
under 65	27.6	23.3	17.0	5.3		11.3	8.8	6.4	0.2	100.0	
65–69	24.6	23.9	17.0	6.2		11.2	9.1	7.7	0.4	100.0	
70–74	27.1	23.6	16.1	6.0		11.2	8.9	6.9	0.3	100.0	
75–79	25.2	26.7	16.1	5.1		11.1	8.3	7.1	0.4	100.0	
80–84	24.5	24.4	16.3	5.5		11.9	8.8	8.3	0.4	100.0	
85–89	21.9	23.7	16.7	6.2		13.0	9.8	8.3	0.4	100.0	
90–94	19.9	21.6	16.5	6.3		13.2	11.2	10.7	0.7	100.0	
95+	19.0	25.3	16.1	6.4		11.7	12.3	8.7	0.6	100.0	
Total males	23.6	24.0	16.4	5.8		12.0	9.5	8.1	0.4	100.0	
Persons											
under 65	30.0	25.3	16.7	5.2		9.7	7.5	5.4	0.2	100.0	
65–69	26.0	24.7	16.3	6.2		10.9	9.0	6.6	0.3	100.0	
70–74	26.5	24.2	15.6	6.3		11.4	8.9	6.8	0.3	100.0	
75–79	25.3	25.4	15.8	5.4		11.9	8.8	7.0	0.3	100.0	
80–84	23.4	23.7	16.0	6.3		13.1	9.6	7.6	0.3	100.0	
85–89	21.6	23.4	16.6	6.4		13.7	10.2	7.8	0.4	100.0	
90–94	21.8	23.1	17.0	6.6		13.8	9.8	7.6	0.4	100.0	
95+	25.5	25.7	17.4	6.5		11.2	8.1	5.3	0.3	100.0	
Total persons	23.5	24.0	16.5	6.2	 	12.8	9.4	7.2	0.3	100.0	
Note:   The table is for clients whose last appraisal at 30 June 2008 was from the RCS.

Table 4.30b: ACFI care level for activities of daily living for permanent residents, by age group and sex
at 30 June 2008
Activities of daily living/sex	<65	65–69	70–74	75–79	80–84	85–89	90–94	95+	Total	
	Number	
Females		
High	367	257	536	1,166	2,304	3,123	2,396	1,275	11,424	
Medium	283	241	419	1,008	2,007	2,758	1,978	872	9,566	
Low	206	170	353	962	2,045	2,854	2,081	697	9,368	
Nil	72	81	123	283	686	942	558	159	2,904	
Total females	928	749	1,431	3,419	7,042	9,677	7,013	3,003	33,262	
Males	        					        				
High	321	220	401	717	1,127	1,091	577	187	4,641	
Medium	304	212	370	622	945	946	531	168	4,098	
Low	282	242	331	503	806	926	580	164	3,834	
Nil	119	101	123	202	344	359	200	55	1,503	
Total males	1,026	775	1,225	2,044	3,222	3,322	1,888	574	14,076	
Persons	        					        				
High	688	477	937	1,883	3,431	4,214	2,973	1,462	16,065	
Medium	587	453	789	1,630	2,952	3,704	2,509	1,040	13,664	
Low	488	412	684	1,465	2,851	3,780	2,661	861	13,202	
Nil	191	182	246	485	1,030	1,301	758	214	4,407	
Total persons	1,954	1,524	2,656	5,463	10,264	12,999	8,901	3,577	47,338	
	Per cent	
Females										
High	39.5	34.3	37.5	34.1	32.7	32.3	34.2	42.5	34.3	
Medium	30.5	32.2	29.3	29.5	28.5	28.5	28.2	29.0	28.8	
Low	22.2	22.7	24.7	28.1	29.0	29.5	29.7	23.2	28.2	
Nil	7.8	10.8	8.6	8.3	9.7	9.7	8.0	5.3	8.7	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
High	31.3	28.4	32.7	35.1	35.0	32.8	30.6	32.6	33.0	
Medium	29.6	27.4	30.2	30.4	29.3	28.5	28.1	29.3	29.1	
Low	27.5	31.2	27.0	24.6	25.0	27.9	30.7	28.6	27.2	
Nil	11.6	13.0	10.0	9.9	10.7	10.8	10.6	9.6	10.7	
Total males malemalesfemales	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
High	35.2	31.3	35.3	34.5	33.4	32.4	33.4	40.9	33.9	
Medium	30.0	29.7	29.7	29.8	28.8	28.5	28.2	29.1	28.9	
Low	25.0	27.0	25.8	26.8	27.8	29.1	29.9	24.1	27.9	
Nil	9.8	11.9	9.3	8.9	10.0	10.0	8.5	6.0	9.3	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
   Note:   The table is for clients whose last appraisal at 30 June 2008 was from the ACFI.

 Table 4.30c: ACFI behaviour care level, all permanent residents, by age group and sex at 30 June 2008
Behaviour care/sex	<65	65–69	70–74	75–79	80–84	85–89	90–94	95+	Total	
	Number	
Females										
High	393	298	575	1,327	2,534	3,234	2,129	968	11,458	
Medium	247	201	383	835	1,728	2,404	1,847	832	8,477	
Low	186	163	301	750	1,621	2,284	1,731	774	7,810	
Nil	102	87	172	507	1,159	1,755	1,306	429	5,517	
Total females	928	749	1,431	3,419	7,042	9,677	7,013	3,003	33,262	
Males	        						        			
High	452	295	488	829	1,249	1,195	604	163	5,275	
Medium	267	198	339	516	844	852	453	142	3,611	
Low	208	168	255	441	689	736	498	152	3,147	
Nil	99	114	143	258	440	539	333	117	2,043	
Total males malemalesfemales	1,026	775	1,225	2,044	3,222	3,322	1,888	574	14,076	
Persons	        						        			
High	845	593	1,063	2,156	3,783	4,429	2,733	1,131	16,733	
Medium	514	399	722	1,351	2,572	3,256	2,300	974	12,088	
Low	394	331	556	1,191	2,310	3,020	2,229	926	10,957	
Nil	201	201	315	765	1,599	2,294	1,639	546	7,560	
Total persons	1,954	1,524	2,656	5,463	10,264	12,999	8,901	3,577	47,338	
	Per cent	
Females										
High	42.3	39.8	40.2	38.8	36.0	33.4	30.4	32.2	34.4	
Medium	26.6	26.8	26.8	24.4	24.5	24.8	26.3	27.7	25.5	
Low	20.0	21.8	21.0	21.9	23.0	23.6	24.7	25.8	23.5	
Nil	11.0	11.6	12.0	14.8	16.5	18.1	18.6	14.3	16.6	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
High	44.1	38.1	39.8	40.6	38.8	36.0	32.0	28.4	37.5	
Medium	26.0	25.5	27.7	25.2	26.2	25.6	24.0	24.7	25.7	
Low	20.3	21.7	20.8	21.6	21.4	22.2	26.4	26.5	22.4	
Nil	9.6	14.7	11.7	12.6	13.7	16.2	17.6	20.4	14.5	
Total males malemalesfemales	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
High	43.2	38.9	40.0	39.5	36.9	34.1	30.7	31.6	35.3	
Medium	26.3	26.2	27.2	24.7	25.1	25.0	25.8	27.2	25.5	
Low	20.2	21.7	20.9	21.8	22.5	23.2	25.0	25.9	23.1	
Nil	10.3	13.2	11.9	14.0	15.6	17.6	18.4	15.3	16.0	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
 Note:   The table is for clients whose last appraisal at 30 June 2008 was from the ACFI.

Table 4.30d: ACFI complex health care level, all permanent residents, by age group and sex at 30 June 2008
Complex health care/sex	<65	65–69	70–74	75–79	80–84	85–89	90–94	95+	Total	
	Number	
Females										
High	199	140	231	522	835	1,130	861	383	4,301	
Medium	283	236	418	1,020	2,109	2,711	2,048	902	9,727	
Low	303	256	553	1,318	2,812	3,986	2,820	1,219	13,267	
Nil	143	117	229	559	1,286	1,850	1,284	499	5,967	
Total females	928	749	1,431	3,419	7,042	9,677	7,013	3,003	33,262	
Males	        									
High	220	139	220	349	516	457	257	68	2,226	
Medium	257	216	366	583	915	937	510	157	3,941	
Low	339	241	416	754	1,204	1,245	750	227	5,176	
Nil	210	179	223	358	587	683	371	122	2,733	
Total males malemalesfemales	1,026	775	1,225	2,044	3,222	3,322	1,888	574	14,076	
Persons	        									
High	419	279	451	871	1,351	1,587	1,118	451	6,527	
Medium	540	452	784	1,603	3,024	3,648	2,558	1,059	13,668	
Low	642	497	969	2,072	4,016	5,231	3,570	1,446	18,443	
Nil	353	296	452	917	1,873	2,533	1,655	621	8,700	
Total persons	1,954	1,524	2,656	5,463	10,264	12,999	8,901	3,577	47,338	
	Per cent	
Females										
High	21.4	18.7	16.1	15.3	11.9	11.7	12.3	12.8	12.9	
Medium	30.5	31.5	29.2	29.8	29.9	28.0	29.2	30.0	29.2	
Low	32.7	34.2	38.6	38.5	39.9	41.2	40.2	40.6	39.9	
Nil	15.4	15.6	16.0	16.3	18.3	19.1	18.3	16.6	17.9	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
High	21.4	17.9	18.0	17.1	16.0	13.8	13.6	11.8	15.8	
Medium	25.0	27.9	29.9	28.5	28.4	28.2	27.0	27.4	28.0	
Low	33.0	31.1	34.0	36.9	37.4	37.5	39.7	39.5	36.8	
Nil	20.5	23.1	18.2	17.5	18.2	20.6	19.7	21.3	19.4	
Total males malemalesfemales	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
High	21.4	18.3	17.0	15.9	13.2	12.2	12.6	12.6	13.8	
Medium	27.6	29.7	29.5	29.3	29.5	28.1	28.7	29.6	28.9	
Low	32.9	32.6	36.5	37.9	39.1	40.2	40.1	40.4	39.0	
Nil	18.1	19.4	17.0	16.8	18.2	19.5	18.6	17.4	18.4	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
    Note:   The table is for clients whose last appraisal at 30 June 2008 was from the ACFI.

Table 4.31a: RCS level at admission,(a) permanent residents admitted from 1 July 2007 to 
30 June 2008, by sex and age group at admission 
	High-dependency		Low-dependency		
Age/sex (years)	RCS 1	RCS 2	RCS 3	RCS 4		RCS 5	RCS 6	RCS 7	RCS 8	Total	
	Number		
Females											
under 65	137	149	84	34		52	36	37	1	530	
65–69	117	150	61	23		69	52	35	0	507	
70–74	251	301	127	43		199	139	87	2	1,149	
75–79	534	629	388	105		511	290	250	5	2,712	
80–84	909	1,121	694	293		1,081	717	452	13	5,280	
85–89	1,058	1,350	843	310		1,314	865	565	27	6,332	
90–94	682	948	502	205		730	466	336	17	3,886	
95+	243	335	159	56		178	106	63	1	1,141	
Total females	3,931	4,983	2,858	1,069		4,134	2,671	1,825	66	21,537	
Males	        										
under 65	192	163	110	29		78	99	51	0	722	
65–69	153	148	94	27		76	60	55	2	615	
70–74	274	271	170	47		101	101	76	3	1,043	
75–79	552	580	285	102		285	161	134	9	2,108	
80–84	801	870	477	147		458	302	250	14	3,319	
85–89	740	776	433	156		470	307	233	9	3,124	
90–94	369	431	232	65		208	172	148	8	1,633	
95+	106	115	51	18		41	46	21	1	399	
Total males	3,187	3,354	1,852	591		1,717	1,248	968	46	12,963	
Persons	        										
under 65	329	312	194	63		130	135	88	1	1,252	
65–69	270	298	155	50		145	112	90	2	1,122	
70–74	525	572	297	90		300	240	163	5	2,192	
75–79	1,086	1,209	673	207		796	451	384	14	4,820	
80–84	1,710	1,991	1,171	440		1,539	1,019	702	27	8,599	
85–89	1,798	2,126	1,276	466		1,784	1,172	798	36	9,456	
90–94	1,051	1,379	734	270		938	638	484	25	5,519	
95+	349	450	210	74		219	152	84	2	1,540	
Total persons	7,118	8,337	4,710	1,660		5,851	3,919	2,793	112	34,500	
(continued)

Table 4.31a (continued): RCS level at admission,(a)  permanent residents admitted from 1 July 2007 
to 30 June 2008, by sex and age group at admission 
	High-dependency		Low-dependency		
Age/sex    (years)	RCS 1	RCS 2	RCS 3	RCS 4		RCS 5	RCS 6	RCS 7	RCS 8	Total	
	                                                                Per cent	
Females											
under 65	25.8	28.1	15.8	6.4		9.8	6.8	7.0	0.2	100.0	
65–69	23.1	29.6	12.0	4.5		13.6	10.3	6.9	0.0	100.0	
70–74	21.8	26.2	11.1	3.7		17.3	12.1	7.6	0.2	100.0	
75–79	19.7	23.2	14.3	3.9		18.8	10.7	9.2	0.2	100.0	
80–84	17.2	21.2	13.1	5.5		20.5	13.6	8.6	0.2	100.0	
85–89	16.7	21.3	13.3	4.9		20.8	13.7	8.9	0.4	100.0	
90–94	17.6	24.4	12.9	5.3		18.8	12.0	8.6	0.4	100.0	
95+	21.3	29.4	13.9	4.9		15.6	9.3	5.5	0.1	100.0	
Total females	18.3	23.1	13.3	5.0		19.2	12.4	8.5	0.3	100.0	
Males											
under 65	26.6	22.6	15.2	4.0		10.8	13.7	7.1	0.0	100.0	
65–69	24.9	24.1	15.3	4.4		12.4	9.8	8.9	0.3	100.0	
70–74	26.3	26.0	16.3	4.5		9.7	9.7	7.3	0.3	100.0	
75–79	26.2	27.5	13.5	4.8		13.5	7.6	6.4	0.4	100.0	
80–84	24.1	26.2	14.4	4.4		13.8	9.1	7.5	0.4	100.0	
85–89	23.7	24.8	13.9	5.0		15.0	9.8	7.5	0.3	100.0	
90–94	22.6	26.4	14.2	4.0		12.7	10.5	9.1	0.5	100.0	
95+	26.6	28.8	12.8	4.5		10.3	11.5	5.3	0.3	100.0	
Total males	24.6	25.9	14.3	4.6		13.2	9.6	7.5	0.4	100.0	
Persons											
under 65	26.3	24.9	15.5	5.0		10.4	10.8	7.0	0.1	100.0	
65–69	24.1	26.6	13.8	4.5		12.9	10.0	8.0	0.2	100.0	
70–74	24.0	26.1	13.5	4.1		13.7	10.9	7.4	0.2	100.0	
75–79	22.5	25.1	14.0	4.3		16.5	9.4	8.0	0.3	100.0	
80–84	19.9	23.2	13.6	5.1		17.9	11.9	8.2	0.3	100.0	
85–89	19.0	22.5	13.5	4.9		18.9	12.4	8.4	0.4	100.0	
90–94	19.0	25.0	13.3	4.9		17.0	11.6	8.8	0.5	100.0	
95+	22.7	29.2	13.6	4.8		14.2	9.9	5.5	0.1	100.0	
Total persons	20.6	24.2	13.7	4.8	 	17.0	11.4	8.1	0.3	100.0	
Note:  The table is for clients whose last appraisal during the time period is from the RCS.

Table 4.31b: ACFI care level at admission for activities of daily living, permanent residents admitted from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008, by sex and age group at admission
Activities of daily living/sex	<65	65–69	70–74	75–79	80–84	85–89	90–94	95+	Total	
	Number	
Females										
High	81	47	142	307	574	717	447	186	2,501	
Medium	88	74	139	348	658	746	418	146	2,617	
Low	66	60	149	397	775	908	567	128	3,050	
Nil	18	23	49	90	214	228	116	16	754	
Total females	253	204	479	1,142	2,221	2,599	1,548	476	8,922	
Males	        						        			
High	90	80	132	280	445	447	217	76	1,767	
Medium	98	82	157	284	414	409	203	52	1,699	
Low	86	83	112	209	383	418	204	49	1,544	
Nil	30	25	36	57	103	111	49	13	424	
Total males malemalesfemales	304	270	437	830	1,345	1,385	673	190	5,434	
Persons	        						        			
High	171	127	274	587	1,019	1,164	664	262	4,268	
Medium	186	156	296	632	1,072	1,155	621	198	4,316	
Low	152	143	261	606	1,158	1,326	771	177	4,594	
Nil	48	48	85	147	317	339	165	29	1,178	
Total persons	557	474	916	1,972	3,566	3,984	2,221	666	14,356	
	Per cent	
Females										
High	32.0	23.0	29.6	26.9	25.8	27.6	28.9	39.1	28.0	
Medium	34.8	36.3	29.0	30.5	29.6	28.7	27.0	30.7	29.3	
Low	26.1	29.4	31.1	34.8	34.9	34.9	36.6	26.9	34.2	
Nil	7.1	11.3	10.2	7.9	9.6	8.8	7.5	3.4	8.5	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
High	29.6	29.6	30.2	33.7	33.1	32.3	32.2	40.0	32.5	
Medium	32.2	30.4	35.9	34.2	30.8	29.5	30.2	27.4	31.3	
Low	28.3	30.7	25.6	25.2	28.5	30.2	30.3	25.8	28.4	
Nil	9.9	9.3	8.2	6.9	7.7	8.0	7.3	6.8	7.8	
Total males malemalesfemales	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
High	30.7	26.8	29.9	29.8	28.6	29.2	29.9	39.3	29.7	
Medium	33.4	32.9	32.3	32.0	30.1	29.0	28.0	29.7	30.1	
Low	27.3	30.2	28.5	30.7	32.5	33.3	34.7	26.6	32.0	
Nil	8.6	10.1	9.3	7.5	8.9	8.5	7.4	4.4	8.2	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
 Note:  The table is for clients whose last appraisal during the time period is from the ACFI.

Table 4.31c: ACFI behaviour care level at admission, permanent residents admitted from 1 July 2007 
to 30 June 2008, by sex and age group at admission
Behaviour care/sex	<65	65–69	70–74	75–79	80–84	85–89	90–94	95+	Total	
	Number	
Females											
High	113	72	166	384	692	715	342	115	2,599	
Medium	58	44	131	274	525	656	420	116	2,224	
Low	47	62	98	270	539	660	404	150	2,230	
Nil	35	26	84	214	465	568	382	95	1,869	
Total females	253	204	479	1,142	2,221	2,599	1,548	476	8,922	
Males	        									
High	133	79	162	319	471	458	178	43	1,843	
Medium	77	70	110	205	354	355	161	49	1,381	
Low	54	73	102	176	305	336	197	48	1,291	
Nil	40	48	63	130	215	236	137	50	919	
Total males malemalesfemales	304	270	437	830	1,345	1,385	673	190	5,434	
Persons	        									
High	246	151	328	703	1,163	1,173	520	158	4,442	
Medium	135	114	241	479	879	1,011	581	165	3,605	
Low	101	135	200	446	844	996	601	198	3,521	
Nil	75	74	147	344	680	804	519	145	2,788	
Total persons	557	474	916	1,972	3,566	3,984	2,221	666	14,356	
	Per cent	
Females										
High	44.7	35.3	34.7	33.6	31.2	27.5	22.1	24.2	29.1	
Medium	22.9	21.6	27.3	24.0	23.6	25.2	27.1	24.4	24.9	
Low	18.6	30.4	20.5	23.6	24.3	25.4	26.1	31.5	25.0	
Nil	13.8	12.7	17.5	18.7	20.9	21.9	24.7	20.0	20.9	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
High	43.8	29.3	37.1	38.4	35.0	33.1	26.4	22.6	33.9	
Medium	25.3	25.9	25.2	24.7	26.3	25.6	23.9	25.8	25.4	
Low	17.8	27.0	23.3	21.2	22.7	24.3	29.3	25.3	23.8	
Nil	13.2	17.8	14.4	15.7	16.0	17.0	20.4	26.3	16.9	
Total males malemalesfemales	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
High	44.2	31.9	35.8	35.6	32.6	29.4	23.4	23.7	30.9	
Medium	24.2	24.1	26.3	24.3	24.6	25.4	26.2	24.8	25.1	
Low	18.1	28.5	21.8	22.6	23.7	25.0	27.1	29.7	24.5	
Nil	13.5	15.6	16.0	17.4	19.1	20.2	23.4	21.8	19.4	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
 Note:  The table is for clients whose last appraisal during the time period is from the ACFI.

Table 4.31d: ACFI complex health care level at admission, permanent residents admitted from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008, by sex and age group at admission
Complex health care/sex	<65	65–69	70–74	75–79	80–84	85–89	90–94	95+	Total	
	Number	
Females										
High	62	47	107	204	345	423	233	80	1,501	
Medium	75	59	105	283	559	603	397	136	2,217	
Low	78	60	176	437	867	1,036	606	178	3,438	
Nil	38	38	91	218	450	537	312	82	1,766	
Total females	253	204	479	1,142	2,221	2,599	1,548	476	8,922	
Males		        								
High	94	79	119	217	314	288	142	44	1,297	
Medium	68	74	113	185	358	341	166	48	1,353	
Low	82	74	141	296	441	475	241	59	1,809	
Nil	60	43	64	132	232	281	124	39	975	
Total males malemalesfemales	304	270	437	830	1,345	1,385	673	190	5,434	
Persons		        								
High	156	126	226	421	659	711	375	124	2,798	
Medium	143	133	218	468	917	944	563	184	3,570	
Low	160	134	317	733	1,308	1,511	847	237	5,247	
Nil	98	81	155	350	682	818	436	121	2,741	
Total persons	557	474	916	1,972	3,566	3,984	2,221	666	14,356	
	Per cent	
Females										
High	24.5	23.0	22.3	17.9	15.5	16.3	15.1	16.8	16.8	
Medium	29.6	28.9	21.9	24.8	25.2	23.2	25.6	28.6	24.8	
Low	30.8	29.4	36.7	38.3	39.0	39.9	39.1	37.4	38.5	
Nil	15.0	18.6	19.0	19.1	20.3	20.7	20.2	17.2	19.8	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
High	30.9	29.3	27.2	26.1	23.3	20.8	21.1	23.2	23.9	
Medium	22.4	27.4	25.9	22.3	26.6	24.6	24.7	25.3	24.9	
Low	27.0	27.4	32.3	35.7	32.8	34.3	35.8	31.1	33.3	
Nil	19.7	15.9	14.6	15.9	17.2	20.3	18.4	20.5	17.9	
Total males malemalesfemales	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
High	28.0	26.6	24.7	21.3	18.5	17.8	16.9	18.6	19.5	
Medium	25.7	28.1	23.8	23.7	25.7	23.7	25.3	27.6	24.9	
Low	28.7	28.3	34.6	37.2	36.7	37.9	38.1	35.6	36.5	
Nil	17.6	17.1	16.9	17.7	19.1	20.5	19.6	18.2	19.1	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
 Note:  The care level is that associated with the last admission during the period.

Table 4.32a: RCS level at separation for permanent residents separating between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008, by sex and separation mode
	High-dependency		Low-dependency		
Separation mode/sex	RCS 1	RCS 2	RCS 3	RCS 4		RCS 5 	RCS 6	RCS 7	RCS 8	Total	
	Number		
Females											
Death	11,447	8,851	3,668	914		1,466	730	419	8	27,503	
Return to community	147	211	122	54		118	92	90	3	837	
To hospital	98	159	207	98		174	77	38	1	852	
To continuing residential care	66	131	242	107		185	91	66	2	890	
Other	71	79	66	25		51	42	54	9	397	
Total females	11,829	9,431	4,305	1,198		1,994	1,032	667	23	30,479	
Males	       										
Death	6,677	5,129	2,009	456		753	494	293	16	15,827	
Return to community	100	131	97	38		83	69	67	2	587	
To hospital	128	109	104	45		98	52	33	0	569	
To continuing residential care	64	82	104	48		83	41	29	2	453	
Other	58	73	38	17		39	25	45	2	297	
Total males	7,027	5,524	2,352	604		1,056	681	467	22	17,733	
Persons	       										
Death	18,124	13,980	5,677	1,370		2,219	1,224	712	24	43,330	
Return to community	247	342	219	92		201	161	157	5	1,424	
To hospital	226	268	311	143		272	129	71	1	1,421	
To continuing residential care	130	213	346	155		268	132	95	4	1,343	
Other	129	152	104	42		90	67	99	11	694	
Total persons	18,856	14,955	6,657	1,802		3,050	1,713	1,134	45	48,212	
	Per cent		
Females											
Death	41.6	32.2	13.3	3.3		5.3	2.7	1.5	0.0	100.0	
Return to community	17.6	25.2	14.6	6.5		14.1	11.0	10.8	0.4	100.0	
To hospital	11.5	18.7	24.3	11.5		20.4	9.0	4.5	0.1	100.0	
To continuing residential care	7.4	14.7	27.2	12.0		20.8	10.2	7.4	0.2	100.0	
Other	17.9	19.9	16.6	6.3		12.8	10.6	13.6	2.3	100.0	
Total females	38.8	30.9	14.1	3.9		6.5	3.4	2.2	0.1	100.0	
Males											
Death	42.2	32.4	12.7	2.9		4.8	3.1	1.9	0.1	100.0	
Return to community	17.0	22.3	16.5	6.5		14.1	11.8	11.4	0.3	100.0	
To hospital	22.5	19.2	18.3	7.9		17.2	9.1	5.8	0.0	100.0	
To continuing residential care	14.1	18.1	23.0	10.6		18.3	9.1	6.4	0.4	100.0	
Other	19.5	24.6	12.8	5.7		13.1	8.4	15.2	0.7	100.0	
Total males	39.6	31.2	13.3	3.4		6.0	3.8	2.6	0.1	100.0	
Persons											
Death	41.8	32.3	13.1	3.2		5.1	2.8	1.6	0.1	100.0	
Return to community	17.3	24.0	15.4	6.5		14.1	11.3	11.0	0.4	100.0	
To hospital	15.9	18.9	21.9	10.1		19.1	9.1	5.0	0.1	100.0	
To continuing residential care	9.7	15.9	25.8	11.5		20.0	9.8	7.1	0.3	100.0	
Other	18.6	21.9	15.0	6.1		13.0	9.7	14.3	1.6	100.0	
Total persons	39.1	31.0	13.8	3.7	 	6.3	3.6	2.4	0.1	100.0	
   Note:  The table is for clients whose last appraisal during the time period is from the RCS.
Table 4.32b: ACFI level of care for activities of daily living at separation, for permanent residents separating between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008, by sex and separation mode
	Level of care (Activities of daily living)	
Separation mode/sex	High 	Medium	Low	None	Total	
	Number	
Females						
Death	1,059	332	101	19	1,511	
Return to community	15	26	11	7	59	
To hospital	12	19	15	2	48	
To continuing residential care	15	14	13	1	43	
Other	8	1	6	2	17	
Total females	1,109	392	146	31	1,678	
Males	        					
Death	682	267	76	19	1,044	
Return to community	20	19	22	9	70	
To hospital	15	15	7	0	37	
To continuing residential care	11	15	4	1	31	
Other	7	4	2	3	16	
Total males	735	320	111	32	1,198	
Persons	        					
Death	1,741	599	177	38	2,555	
Return to community	35	45	33	16	129	
To hospital	27	34	22	2	85	
To continuing residential care	26	29	17	2	74	
Other	15	5	8	5	33	
Total persons	1,844	712	257	63	2,876	
	Per cent
	
Females						
Death	95.5	84.7	69.2	61.3	90.0	
Return to community	1.4	6.6	7.5	22.6	3.5	
To hospital	1.1	4.8	10.3	6.5	2.9	
To continuing residential care	1.4	3.6	8.9	3.2	2.6	
Other	0.7	0.3	4.1	6.5	1.0	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males						
Death	92.8	83.4	68.5	59.4	87.1	
Return to community	2.7	5.9	19.8	28.1	5.8	
To hospital	2.0	4.7	6.3	0.0	3.1	
To continuing residential care	1.5	4.7	3.6	3.1	2.6	
Other	1.0	1.3	1.8	9.4	1.3	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons						
Death	94.4	84.1	68.9	60.3	88.8	
Return to community	1.9	6.3	12.8	25.4	4.5	
To hospital	1.5	4.8	8.6	3.2	3.0	
To continuing residential care	1.4	4.1	6.6	3.2	2.6	
Other	0.8	0.7	3.1	7.9	1.1	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Note:  The table is for clients whose last appraisal during the time period is from the ACFI.
Table 4.32c: ACFI behaviour care level at separation, for permanent residents separating between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008, by sex and separation mode
	Level of care (Behaviour)	
Separation mode/sex	High 	Medium	Low	None	Total	
	Number	
Females						
Death	492	399	399	221	1,511	
Return to community	12	19	12	16	59	
To hospital	19	10	13	6	48	
To continuing residential care	17	8	7	11	43	
Other	3	9	5	0	17	
Total females	543	445	436	254	1,678	
Males						
Death	316	305	267	156	1,044	
Return to community	16	13	26	15	70	
To hospital	20	8	5	4	37	
To continuing residential care	10	9	11	1	31	
Other	7	4	1	4	16	
Total males	369	339	310	180	1,198	
Persons						
Death	808	704	666	377	2,555	
Return to community	28	32	38	31	129	
To hospital	39	18	18	10	85	
To continuing residential care	27	17	18	12	74	
Other	10	13	6	4	33	
Total persons	912	784	746	434	2,876	
	Per cent	
Females						
Death	90.6	89.7	91.5	87.0	90.0	
Return to community	2.2	4.3	2.8	6.3	3.5	
To hospital	3.5	2.2	3.0	2.4	2.9	
To continuing residential care	3.1	1.8	1.6	4.3	2.6	
Other	0.6	2.0	1.1	0.0	1.0	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males						
Death	85.6	90.0	86.1	86.7	87.1	
Return to community	4.3	3.8	8.4	8.3	5.8	
To hospital	5.4	2.4	1.6	2.2	3.1	
To continuing residential care	2.7	2.7	3.5	0.6	2.6	
Other	1.9	1.2	0.3	2.2	1.3	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons						
Death	88.6	89.8	89.3	86.9	88.8	
Return to community	3.1	4.1	5.1	7.1	4.5	
To hospital	4.3	2.3	2.4	2.3	3.0	
To continuing residential care	3.0	2.2	2.4	2.8	2.6	
Other	1.1	1.7	0.8	0.9	1.1	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Note:  The table is for clients whose last appraisal during the time period is from the ACFI.

Table 4.32d: ACFI complex health care level at separation, for permanent residents separating 
between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008, by sex and separation mode
	Level of care (Complex health care)	
Separation mode/sex	High 	Medium	Low	None	Total	
	Number	
Females						
Death	704	400	364	43	1,511	
Return to community	15	14	16	14	59	
To hospital	7	16	16	9	48	
To continuing residential care	4	16	14	9	43	
Other	5	2	6	4	17	
Total females	735	448	416	79	1,678	
Males						
Death	539	270	190	45	1,044	
Return to community	13	24	21	12	70	
To hospital	10	8	12	7	37	
To continuing residential care	6	11	10	4	31	
Other	4	6	3	3	16	
Total males	572	319	236	71	1,198	
Persons						
Death	1,243	670	554	88	2,555	
Return to community	28	38	37	26	129	
To hospital	17	24	28	16	85	
To continuing residential care	10	27	24	13	74	
Other	9	8	9	7	33	
Total persons	1,307	767	652	150	2,876	
	Per cent	
Females						
Death	95.8	89.3	87.5	54.4	90.0	
Return to community	2.0	3.1	3.8	17.7	3.5	
To hospital	1.0	3.6	3.8	11.4	2.9	
To continuing residential care	0.5	3.6	3.4	11.4	2.6	
Other	0.7	0.4	1.4	5.1	1.0	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males						
Death	94.2	84.6	80.5	63.4	87.1	
Return to community	2.3	7.5	8.9	16.9	5.8	
To hospital	1.7	2.5	5.1	9.9	3.1	
To continuing residential care	1.0	3.4	4.2	5.6	2.6	
Other	0.7	1.9	1.3	4.2	1.3	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons						
Death	95.1	87.4	85.0	58.7	88.8	
Return to community	2.1	5.0	5.7	17.3	4.5	
To hospital	1.3	3.1	4.3	10.7	3.0	
To continuing residential care	0.8	3.5	3.7	8.7	2.6	
Other	0.7	1.0	1.4	4.7	1.1	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Note:  The table is for clients whose last appraisal during the time period is from the ACFI.

Table 4.33a: RCS level at separation for permanent residents separating between 1 July 2007 
and 30 June 2008, by sex and length of stay
	High-dependency		Low-dependency		
Length of stay/sex	RCS 1	RCS 2	RCS 3	RCS 4		RCS 5	RCS 6	RCS 7	RCS 8	Total	
	Number		
Females											
<4 weeks	671	395	131	27		70	27	9	0	1,330	
4–<8 weeks	523	334	90	37		104	32	23	1	1,144	
8–<13 weeks	398	388	145	43		106	46	28	1	1,155	
13–<26 weeks	678	784	366	82		234	121	73	2	2,340	
26–<39 weeks	435	515	274	74		172	105	74	6	1,655	
39–<52 weeks	358	454	238	62		145	99	71	0	1,427	
1–<2 years	1,475	1,402	805	244		382	187	141	2	4,638	
2–<3 years	1,397	1,152	611	181		220	133	80	3	3,777	
3–<4 years	1,315	1,024	436	139		174	85	49	4	3,226	
4–<5 years	1,097	826	362	101		115	59	48	0	2,608	
5–<8 years	1,997	1,277	517	134		162	83	36	3	4,209	
8+ years	1,483	873	323	70		105	50	33	1	2,938	
Total females	11,827	9,424	4,298	1,194		1,989	1,027	665	23	30,447	
Males	     										
<4 weeks	763	393	130	22		63	18	12	0	1,401	
4–<8 weeks	487	326	96	18		53	34	14	0	1,028	
8–<13 weeks	381	349	124	33		86	56	27	5	1,061	
13–<26 weeks	654	689	279	80		170	109	65	2	2,048	
26–<39 weeks	397	482	233	50		107	78	63	2	1,412	
39–<52 weeks	293	349	168	43		90	72	56	1	1,072	
1–<2 years	1,104	1,007	493	140		162	99	77	4	3,086	
2–<3 years	845	649	285	78		120	78	43	1	2,099	
3–<4 years	645	443	173	48		66	53	38	1	1,467	
4–<5 years	448	262	108	32		42	26	24	1	943	
5–<8 years	605	371	170	38		65	40	24	2	1,315	
8+ years	404	203	88	21		31	16	24	3	790	
Total males	7,026	5,523	2,347	603		1,055	679	467	22	17,722	
Persons	     										
<4 weeks	1,434	788	261	49		133	45	21	0	2,731	
4–<8 weeks	1,010	660	186	55		157	66	37	1	2,172	
8–<13 weeks	779	737	269	76		192	102	55	6	2,216	
13–<26 weeks	1,332	1,473	645	162		404	230	138	4	4,388	
26–<39 weeks	832	997	507	124		279	183	137	8	3,067	
39–<52 weeks	651	803	406	105		235	171	127	1	2,499	
1–<2 years	2,579	2,409	1,298	384		544	286	218	6	7,724	
2–<3 years	2,242	1,801	896	259		340	211	123	4	5,876	
3–<4 years	1,960	1,467	609	187		240	138	87	5	4,693	
4–<5 years	1,545	1,088	470	133		157	85	72	1	3,551	
5–<8 years	2,602	1,648	687	172		227	123	60	5	5,524	
8+ years	1,887	1,076	411	91		136	66	57	4	3,728	
Total persons	18,853	14,947	6,645	1,797	 	3,044	1,706	1,132	45	48,169	
(continued)

Table 4.33a (continued): RCS level at separation for permanent residents separating between 
1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008, by sex and length of stay
	High-dependency		Low-dependency		
Length of stay/sex	RCS 1	RCS 2	RCS 3	RCS 4		RCS 5	RCS 6	RCS 7	RCS 8	Total	
	Per cent (row)		
Females											
<4 weeks	50.5	29.7	9.8	2.0		5.3	2.0	0.7	0.0	100.0	
4–<8 weeks	45.7	29.2	7.9	3.2		9.1	2.8	2.0	0.1	100.0	
8–<13 weeks	34.5	33.6	12.6	3.7		9.2	4.0	2.4	0.1	100.0	
13–<26 weeks	29.0	33.5	15.6	3.5		10.0	5.2	3.1	0.1	100.0	
26–<39 weeks	26.3	31.1	16.6	4.5		10.4	6.3	4.5	0.4	100.0	
39–<52 weeks	25.1	31.8	16.7	4.3		10.2	6.9	5.0	0.0	100.0	
1–<2 years	31.8	30.2	17.4	5.3		8.2	4.0	3.0	0.0	100.0	
2–<3 years	37.0	30.5	16.2	4.8		5.8	3.5	2.1	0.1	100.0	
3–<4 years	40.8	31.7	13.5	4.3		5.4	2.6	1.5	0.1	100.0	
4–<5 years	42.1	31.7	13.9	3.9		4.4	2.3	1.8	0.0	100.0	
5–<8 years	47.4	30.3	12.3	3.2		3.8	2.0	0.9	0.1	100.0	
8+ years	50.5	29.7	11.0	2.4		3.6	1.7	1.1	0.0	100.0	
Total females	38.8	31.0	14.1	3.9		6.5	3.4	2.2	0.1	100.0	
Males											
<4 weeks	54.5	28.1	9.3	1.6		4.5	1.3	0.9	0.0	100.0	
4–<8 weeks	47.4	31.7	9.3	1.8		5.2	3.3	1.4	0.0	100.0	
8–<13 weeks	35.9	32.9	11.7	3.1		8.1	5.3	2.5	0.5	100.0	
13–<26 weeks	31.9	33.6	13.6	3.9		8.3	5.3	3.2	0.1	100.0	
26–<39 weeks	28.1	34.1	16.5	3.5		7.6	5.5	4.5	0.1	100.0	
39–<52 weeks	27.3	32.6	15.7	4.0		8.4	6.7	5.2	0.1	100.0	
1–<2 years	35.8	32.6	16.0	4.5		5.2	3.2	2.5	0.1	100.0	
2–<3 years	40.3	30.9	13.6	3.7		5.7	3.7	2.0	0.0	100.0	
3–<4 years	44.0	30.2	11.8	3.3		4.5	3.6	2.6	0.1	100.0	
4–<5 years	47.5	27.8	11.5	3.4		4.5	2.8	2.5	0.1	100.0	
5–<8 years	46.0	28.2	12.9	2.9		4.9	3.0	1.8	0.2	100.0	
8+ years	51.1	25.7	11.1	2.7		3.9	2.0	3.0	0.4	100.0	
Total males	39.6	31.2	13.2	3.4		6.0	3.8	2.6	0.1	100.0	
Persons											
<4 weeks	52.5	28.9	9.6	1.8		4.9	1.6	0.8	0.0	100.0	
4–<8 weeks	46.5	30.4	8.6	2.5		7.2	3.0	1.7	0.0	100.0	
8–<13 weeks	35.2	33.3	12.1	3.4		8.7	4.6	2.5	0.3	100.0	
13–<26 weeks	30.4	33.6	14.7	3.7		9.2	5.2	3.1	0.1	100.0	
26–<39 weeks	27.1	32.5	16.5	4.0		9.1	6.0	4.5	0.3	100.0	
39–<52 weeks	26.1	32.1	16.2	4.2		9.4	6.8	5.1	0.0	100.0	
1–<2 years	33.4	31.2	16.8	5.0		7.0	3.7	2.8	0.1	100.0	
2–<3 years	38.2	30.7	15.2	4.4		5.8	3.6	2.1	0.1	100.0	
3–<4 years	41.8	31.3	13.0	4.0		5.1	2.9	1.9	0.1	100.0	
4–<5 years	43.5	30.6	13.2	3.7		4.4	2.4	2.0	0.0	100.0	
5–<8 years	47.1	29.8	12.4	3.1		4.1	2.2	1.1	0.1	100.0	
8+ years	50.6	28.9	11.0	2.4		3.6	1.8	1.5	0.1	100.0	
Total persons	39.1	31.0	13.8	3.7	 	6.3	3.5	2.4	0.1	100.0	
(continued)

Table 4.33a (continued): RCS level at separation for permanent residents separating between 
1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008, by sex and length of stay
	High-dependency		Low-dependency		
Length of stay/sex	RCS 1	RCS 2	RCS 3	RCS 4		RCS 5	RCS 6	RCS 7	RCS 8	Total	
	Per cent (column)		
Females											
<4 weeks	5.7	4.2	3.0	2.3		3.5	2.6	1.4	0.0	4.4	
4–<8 weeks	4.4	3.5	2.1	3.1		5.2	3.1	3.5	4.3	3.8	
8–<13 weeks	3.4	4.1	3.4	3.6		5.3	4.5	4.2	4.3	3.8	
13–<26 weeks	5.7	8.3	8.5	6.9		11.8	11.8	11.0	8.7	7.7	
26–<39 weeks	3.7	5.5	6.4	6.2		8.6	10.2	11.1	26.1	5.4	
39–<52 weeks	3.0	4.8	5.5	5.2		7.3	9.6	10.7	0.0	4.7	
1–<2 years	12.5	14.9	18.7	20.4		19.2	18.2	21.2	8.7	15.2	
2–<3 years	11.8	12.2	14.2	15.2		11.1	13.0	12.0	13.0	12.4	
3–<4 years	11.1	10.9	10.1	11.6		8.7	8.3	7.4	17.4	10.6	
4–<5 years	9.3	8.8	8.4	8.5		5.8	5.7	7.2	0.0	8.6	
5–<8 years	16.9	13.6	12.0	11.2		8.1	8.1	5.4	13.0	13.8	
8+ years	12.5	9.3	7.5	5.9		5.3	4.9	5.0	4.3	9.6	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0		100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males											
<4 weeks	10.9	7.1	5.5	3.6		6.0	2.7	2.6	0.0	7.9	
4–<8 weeks	6.9	5.9	4.1	3.0		5.0	5.0	3.0	0.0	5.8	
8–<13 weeks	5.4	6.3	5.3	5.5		8.2	8.2	5.8	22.7	6.0	
13–<26 weeks	9.3	12.5	11.9	13.3		16.1	16.1	13.9	9.1	11.6	
26–<39 weeks	5.7	8.7	9.9	8.3		10.1	11.5	13.5	9.1	8.0	
39–<52 weeks	4.2	6.3	7.2	7.1		8.5	10.6	12.0	4.5	6.0	
1–<2 years	15.7	18.2	21.0	23.2		15.4	14.6	16.5	18.2	17.4	
2–<3 years	12.0	11.8	12.1	12.9		11.4	11.5	9.2	4.5	11.8	
3–<4 years	9.2	8.0	7.4	8.0		6.3	7.8	8.1	4.5	8.3	
4–<5 years	6.4	4.7	4.6	5.3		4.0	3.8	5.1	4.5	5.3	
5–<8 years	8.6	6.7	7.2	6.3		6.2	5.9	5.1	9.1	7.4	
8+ years	5.8	3.7	3.7	3.5		2.9	2.4	5.1	13.6	4.5	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0		100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons											
<4 weeks	7.6	5.3	3.9	2.7		4.4	2.6	1.9	0.0	5.7	
4–<8 weeks	5.4	4.4	2.8	3.1		5.2	3.9	3.3	2.2	4.5	
8–<13 weeks	4.1	4.9	4.0	4.2		6.3	6.0	4.9	13.3	4.6	
13–<26 weeks	7.1	9.9	9.7	9.0		13.3	13.5	12.2	8.9	9.1	
26–<39 weeks	4.4	6.7	7.6	6.9		9.2	10.7	12.1	17.8	6.4	
39–<52 weeks	3.5	5.4	6.1	5.8		7.7	10.0	11.2	2.2	5.2	
1–<2 years	13.7	16.1	19.5	21.4		17.9	16.8	19.3	13.3	16.0	
2–<3 years	11.9	12.0	13.5	14.4		11.2	12.4	10.9	8.9	12.2	
3–<4 years	10.4	9.8	9.2	10.4		7.9	8.1	7.7	11.1	9.7	
4–<5 years	8.2	7.3	7.1	7.4		5.2	5.0	6.4	2.2	7.4	
5–<8 years	13.8	11.0	10.3	9.6		7.5	7.2	5.3	11.1	11.5	
8+ years	10.0	7.2	6.2	5.1		4.5	3.9	5.0	8.9	7.7	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	 	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Note:   The table is for clients whose last appraisal during the time period is from the RCS. The length of stay is the length of stay evaluated 
from the last separation in the period. Transfers are not regarded as separations.

Table 4.33b: ACFI level of care for activities of daily living at separation for permanent residents separating between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008, by sex and length of stay
	Level of care (Activities of daily living)	
Length of stay/sex	High 	Medium	Low	None	Total	
	Number	
Females						
<4 weeks	225	82	25	4	336	
4–<8 weeks	124	55	29	4	212	
8–<13 weeks	60	31	15	4	110	
13–<26 weeks	27	7	3	0	37	
26–<39 weeks	18	13	1	0	32	
39–<52 weeks	20	7	1	1	29	
1–<2 years	148	56	23	4	231	
2–<3 years	103	33	11	4	151	
3–<4 years	88	30	15	2	135	
4–<5 years	66	19	4	4	93	
5–<8 years	141	35	14	2	192	
8+ years	89	24	5	2	120	
Total females	1,109	392	146	31	1,678	
Males				        		
<4 weeks	233	100	25	6	364	
4–<8 weeks	140	58	25	3	226	
8–<13 weeks	49	33	12	2	96	
13–<26 weeks	23	6	3	0	32	
26–<39 weeks	12	5	2	0	19	
39–<52 weeks	10	6	1	0	17	
1–<2 years	95	45	14	8	162	
2–<3 years	52	21	9	6	88	
3–<4 years	43	14	9	6	72	
4–<5 years	28	11	5	0	44	
5–<8 years	33	10	2	0	45	
8+ years	17	11	4	1	33	
Total males	735	320	111	32	1,198	
Persons				        		
<4 weeks	458	182	50	10	700	
4–<8 weeks	264	113	54	7	438	
8–<13 weeks	109	64	27	6	206	
13–<26 weeks	50	13	6	0	69	
26–<39 weeks	30	18	3	0	51	
39–<52 weeks	30	13	2	1	46	
1–<2 years	243	101	37	12	393	
2–<3 years	155	54	20	10	239	
3–<4 years	131	44	24	8	207	
4–<5 years	94	30	9	4	137	
5–<8 years	174	45	16	2	237	
8+ years	106	35	9	3	153	
Total persons	1,844	712	257	63	2,876	
					          (continued)	
Table 4.33b (continued): ACFI level of care for activities of daily living at separation for permanent residents separating between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008, by sex and length of stay
	Level of care (Activities of daily living)	
Length of stay/sex	High 	Medium	Low	None	Total	
	Per cent (row)	
Females						
<4 weeks	67.0	24.4	7.4	1.2	100.0	
4–<8 weeks	58.5	25.9	13.7	1.9	100.0	
8–<13 weeks	54.5	28.2	13.6	3.6	100.0	
13–<26 weeks	73.0	18.9	8.1	0.0	100.0	
26–<39 weeks	56.3	40.6	3.1	0.0	100.0	
39–<52 weeks	69.0	24.1	3.4	3.4	100.0	
1–<2 years	64.1	24.2	10.0	1.7	100.0	
2–<3 years	68.2	21.9	7.3	2.6	100.0	
3–<4 years	65.2	22.2	11.1	1.5	100.0	
4–<5 years	71.0	20.4	4.3	4.3	100.0	
5–<8 years	73.4	18.2	7.3	1.0	100.0	
8+ years	74.2	20.0	4.2	1.7	100.0	
Total females	66.1	23.4	8.7	1.8	100.0	
Males						
<4 weeks	64.0	27.5	6.9	1.6	100.0	
4–<8 weeks	61.9	25.7	11.1	1.3	100.0	
8–<13 weeks	51.0	34.4	12.5	2.1	100.0	
13–<26 weeks	71.9	18.8	9.4	0.0	100.0	
26–<39 weeks	63.2	26.3	10.5	0.0	100.0	
39–<52 weeks	58.8	35.3	5.9	0.0	100.0	
1–<2 years	58.6	27.8	8.6	4.9	100.0	
2–<3 years	59.1	23.9	10.2	6.8	100.0	
3–<4 years	59.7	19.4	12.5	8.3	100.0	
4–<5 years	63.6	25.0	11.4	0.0	100.0	
5–<8 years	73.3	22.2	4.4	0.0	100.0	
8+ years	51.5	33.3	12.1	3.0	100.0	
Total males	61.4	26.7	9.3	2.7	100.0	
Persons						
<4 weeks	65.4	26.0	7.1	1.4	100.0	
4–<8 weeks	60.3	25.8	12.3	1.6	100.0	
8–<13 weeks	52.9	31.1	13.1	2.9	100.0	
13–<26 weeks	72.5	18.8	8.7	0.0	100.0	
26–<39 weeks	58.8	35.3	5.9	0.0	100.0	
39–<52 weeks	65.2	28.3	4.3	2.2	100.0	
1–<2 years	61.8	25.7	9.4	3.1	100.0	
2–<3 years	64.9	22.6	8.4	4.2	100.0	
3–<4 years	63.3	21.3	11.6	3.9	100.0	
4–<5 years	68.6	21.9	6.6	2.9	100.0	
5–<8 years	73.4	19.0	6.8	0.8	100.0	
8+ years	69.3	22.9	5.9	2.0	100.0	
Total persons	64.1	24.8	8.9	2.2	100.0	
					         (continued)					

Table 4.33b: (continued) ACFI level of care for activities of daily living at separation for permanent residents separating between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008, by sex and length of stay
	Level of care (Activities of daily living)	
Length of stay/sex	High 	Medium	Low	None	Total	
	Per cent (column)	
Females						
<4 weeks	20.3	20.9	17.1	12.9	20.0	
4–<8 weeks	11.2	14.0	19.9	12.9	12.6	
8–<13 weeks	5.4	7.9	10.3	12.9	6.6	
13–<26 weeks	2.4	1.8	2.1	0.0	2.2	
26–<39 weeks	1.6	3.3	0.7	0.0	1.9	
39–<52 weeks	1.8	1.8	0.7	3.2	1.7	
1–<2 years	13.3	14.3	15.8	12.9	13.8	
2–<3 years	9.3	8.4	7.5	12.9	9.0	
3–<4 years	7.9	7.7	10.3	6.5	8.0	
4–<5 years	6.0	4.8	2.7	12.9	5.5	
5–<8 years	12.7	8.9	9.6	6.5	11.4	
8+ years	8.0	6.1	3.4	6.5	7.2	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males						
<4 weeks	31.7	31.3	22.5	18.8	30.4	
4–<8 weeks	19.0	18.1	22.5	9.4	18.9	
8–<13 weeks	6.7	10.3	10.8	6.3	8.0	
13–<26 weeks	3.1	1.9	2.7	0.0	2.7	
26–<39 weeks	1.6	1.6	1.8	0.0	1.6	
39–<52 weeks	1.4	1.9	0.9	0.0	1.4	
1–<2 years	12.9	14.1	12.6	25.0	13.5	
2–<3 years	7.1	6.6	8.1	18.8	7.3	
3–<4 years	5.9	4.4	8.1	18.8	6.0	
4–<5 years	3.8	3.4	4.5	0.0	3.7	
5–<8 years	4.5	3.1	1.8	0.0	3.8	
8+ years	2.3	3.4	3.6	3.1	2.8	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons						
<4 weeks	24.8	25.6	19.5	15.9	24.3	
4–<8 weeks	14.3	15.9	21.0	11.1	15.2	
8–<13 weeks	5.9	9.0	10.5	9.5	7.2	
13–<26 weeks	2.7	1.8	2.3	0.0	2.4	
26–<39 weeks	1.6	2.5	1.2	0.0	1.8	
39–<52 weeks	1.6	1.8	0.8	1.6	1.6	
1–<2 years	13.2	14.2	14.4	19.0	13.7	
2–<3 years	8.4	7.6	7.8	15.9	8.3	
3–<4 years	7.1	6.2	9.3	12.7	7.2	
4–<5 years	5.1	4.2	3.5	6.3	4.8	
5–<8 years	9.4	6.3	6.2	3.2	8.2	
8+ years	5.7	4.9	3.5	4.8	5.3	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Note:   The table is for clients whose last appraisal during the time period is from the ACFI. The length of stay is the length of stay evaluated from the 
last separation in the period. Transfers are not regarded as separations.

Table 4.33c: ACFI behaviour level of care at separation for permanent residents separating between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008, by sex and length of stay
	Level of care (Behaviour)	
Length of stay/sex	High 	Medium	Low	None	Total	
	Number	
Females						
<4 weeks	54	90	104	88	336	
4–<8 weeks	55	73	51	33	212	
8–<13 weeks	34	27	30	19	110	
13–<26 weeks	13	9	8	7	37	
26–<39 weeks	5	8	8	11	32	
39–<52 weeks	6	9	11	3	29	
1–<2 years	95	49	59	28	231	
2–<3 years	60	41	39	11	151	
3–<4 years	56	26	36	17	135	
4–<5 years	42	15	26	10	93	
5–<8 years	81	65	34	12	192	
8+ years	42	33	30	15	120	
Total females	543	445	436	254	1,678	
Males						
<4 weeks	69	114	95	86	364	
4–<8 weeks	70	69	54	33	226	
8–<13 weeks	36	26	24	10	96	
13–<26 weeks	12	5	8	7	32	
26–<39 weeks	3	3	10	3	19	
39–<52 weeks	6	4	6	1	17	
1–<2 years	65	38	39	20	162	
2–<3 years	28	30	23	7	88	
3–<4 years	30	15	22	5	72	
4–<5 years	18	11	13	2	44	
5–<8 years	19	15	9	2	45	
8+ years	13	9	7	4	33	
Total males	369	339	310	180	1,198	
Persons						
<4 weeks	123	204	199	174	700	
4–<8 weeks	125	142	105	66	438	
8–<13 weeks	70	53	54	29	206	
13–<26 weeks	25	14	16	14	69	
26–<39 weeks	8	11	18	14	51	
39–<52 weeks	12	13	17	4	46	
1–<2 years	160	87	98	48	393	
2–<3 years	88	71	62	18	239	
3–<4 years	86	41	58	22	207	
4–<5 years	60	26	39	12	137	
5–<8 years	100	80	43	14	237	
8+ years	55	42	37	19	153	
Total persons	912	784	746	434	2,876	
					         (continued)					

Table 4.33c (continued): ACFI behaviour level of care at separation for permanent residents 
separating between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008, by sex and length of stay
	Level of care (Behaviour)	
Length of stay/sex	High 	Medium	Low	None	Total	
	Per cent (row)	
Females						
<4 weeks	16.1	26.8	31.0	26.2	100.0	
4–<8 weeks	25.9	34.4	24.1	15.6	100.0	
8–<13 weeks	30.9	24.5	27.3	17.3	100.0	
13–<26 weeks	35.1	24.3	21.6	18.9	100.0	
26–<39 weeks	15.6	25.0	25.0	34.4	100.0	
39–<52 weeks	20.7	31.0	37.9	10.3	100.0	
1–<2 years	41.1	21.2	25.5	12.1	100.0	
2–<3 years	39.7	27.2	25.8	7.3	100.0	
3–<4 years	41.5	19.3	26.7	12.6	100.0	
4–<5 years	45.2	16.1	28.0	10.8	100.0	
5–<8 years	42.2	33.9	17.7	6.3	100.0	
8+ years	35.0	27.5	25.0	12.5	100.0	
Total females	32.4	26.5	26.0	15.1	100.0	
Males						
<4 weeks	19.0	31.3	26.1	23.6	100.0	
4–<8 weeks	31.0	30.5	23.9	14.6	100.0	
8–<13 weeks	37.5	27.1	25.0	10.4	100.0	
13–<26 weeks	37.5	15.6	25.0	21.9	100.0	
26–<39 weeks	15.8	15.8	52.6	15.8	100.0	
39–<52 weeks	35.3	23.5	35.3	5.9	100.0	
1–<2 years	40.1	23.5	24.1	12.3	100.0	
2–<3 years	31.8	34.1	26.1	8.0	100.0	
3–<4 years	41.7	20.8	30.6	6.9	100.0	
4–<5 years	40.9	25.0	29.5	4.5	100.0	
5–<8 years	42.2	33.3	20.0	4.4	100.0	
8+ years	39.4	27.3	21.2	12.1	100.0	
Total males	30.8	28.3	25.9	15.0	100.0	
Persons						
<4 weeks	17.6	29.1	28.4	24.9	100.0	
4–<8 weeks	28.5	32.4	24.0	15.1	100.0	
8–<13 weeks	34.0	25.7	26.2	14.1	100.0	
13–<26 weeks	36.2	20.3	23.2	20.3	100.0	
26–<39 weeks	15.7	21.6	35.3	27.5	100.0	
39–<52 weeks	26.1	28.3	37.0	8.7	100.0	
1–<2 years	40.7	22.1	24.9	12.2	100.0	
2–<3 years	36.8	29.7	25.9	7.5	100.0	
3–<4 years	41.5	19.8	28.0	10.6	100.0	
4–<5 years	43.8	19.0	28.5	8.8	100.0	
5–<8 years	42.2	33.8	18.1	5.9	100.0	
8+ years	35.9	27.5	24.2	12.4	100.0	
Total persons	31.7	27.3	25.9	15.1	100.0	
					         (continued)					
Table 4.33c (continued): ACFI behaviour level of care at separation for permanent residents 
separating between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008, by sex and length of stay
	Level of care (Behaviour)	
Length of stay/sex	High 	Medium	Low	None	Total	
	Per cent (column)	
Females						
<4 weeks	9.9	20.2	23.9	34.6	20.0	
4–<8 weeks	10.1	16.4	11.7	13.0	12.6	
8–<13 weeks	6.3	6.1	6.9	7.5	6.6	
13–<26 weeks	2.4	2.0	1.8	2.8	2.2	
26–<39 weeks	0.9	1.8	1.8	4.3	1.9	
39–<52 weeks	1.1	2.0	2.5	1.2	1.7	
1–<2 years	17.5	11.0	13.5	11.0	13.8	
2–<3 years	11.0	9.2	8.9	4.3	9.0	
3–<4 years	10.3	5.8	8.3	6.7	8.0	
4–<5 years	7.7	3.4	6.0	3.9	5.5	
5–<8 years	14.9	14.6	7.8	4.7	11.4	
8+ years	7.7	7.4	6.9	5.9	7.2	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males						
<4 weeks	18.7	33.6	30.6	47.8	30.4	
4–<8 weeks	19.0	20.4	17.4	18.3	18.9	
8–<13 weeks	9.8	7.7	7.7	5.6	8.0	
13–<26 weeks	3.3	1.5	2.6	3.9	2.7	
26–<39 weeks	0.8	0.9	3.2	1.7	1.6	
39–<52 weeks	1.6	1.2	1.9	0.6	1.4	
1–<2 years	17.6	11.2	12.6	11.1	13.5	
2–<3 years	7.6	8.8	7.4	3.9	7.3	
3–<4 years	8.1	4.4	7.1	2.8	6.0	
4–<5 years	4.9	3.2	4.2	1.1	3.7	
5–<8 years	5.1	4.4	2.9	1.1	3.8	
8+ years	3.5	2.7	2.3	2.2	2.8	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons						
<4 weeks	13.5	26.0	26.7	40.1	24.3	
4–<8 weeks	13.7	18.1	14.1	15.2	15.2	
8–<13 weeks	7.7	6.8	7.2	6.7	7.2	
13–<26 weeks	2.7	1.8	2.1	3.2	2.4	
26–<39 weeks	0.9	1.4	2.4	3.2	1.8	
39–<52 weeks	1.3	1.7	2.3	0.9	1.6	
1–<2 years	17.5	11.1	13.1	11.1	13.7	
2–<3 years	9.6	9.1	8.3	4.1	8.3	
3–<4 years	9.4	5.2	7.8	5.1	7.2	
4–<5 years	6.6	3.3	5.2	2.8	4.8	
5–<8 years	11.0	10.2	5.8	3.2	8.2	
8+ years	6.0	5.4	5.0	4.4	5.3	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Note:   The table is for clients whose last appraisal during the time period is from the ACFI. The length of stay is the length of stay evaluated from the 
last separation in the period. Transfers are not regarded as separations.
Table 4.33d: ACFI complex health care level at separation for permanent residents separating between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008, by sex and length of stay
	Level of care (Complex health conditions)	
Length of stay/sex	High 	Medium	Low	None	Total	
	Number	
Females						
<4 weeks	209	59	53	15	336	
4–<8 weeks	112	46	41	13	212	
8–<13 weeks	43	29	31	7	110	
13–<26 weeks	18	10	9	0	37	
26–<39 weeks	18	5	8	1	32	
39–<52 weeks	10	8	10	1	29	
1–<2 years	94	61	57	19	231	
2–<3 years	57	50	38	6	151	
3–<4 years	41	42	47	5	135	
4–<5 years	35	31	22	5	93	
5–<8 years	59	68	60	5	192	
8+ years	39	39	40	2	120	
Total females	735	448	416	79	1,678	
Males	        					
<4 weeks	210	88	50	16	364	
4–<8 weeks	122	51	41	12	226	
8–<13 weeks	44	29	15	8	96	
13–<26 weeks	20	7	4	1	32	
26–<39 weeks	8	7	2	2	19	
39–<52 weeks	4	10	3	0	17	
1–<2 years	63	55	34	10	162	
2–<3 years	31	20	31	6	88	
3–<4 years	26	20	18	8	72	
4–<5 years	18	8	13	5	44	
5–<8 years	14	15	15	1	45	
8+ years	12	9	10	2	33	
Total males	572	319	236	71	1,198	
Persons	        					
<4 weeks	419	147	103	31	700	
4–<8 weeks	234	97	82	25	438	
8–<13 weeks	87	58	46	15	206	
13–<26 weeks	38	17	13	1	69	
26–<39 weeks	26	12	10	3	51	
39–<52 weeks	14	18	13	1	46	
1–<2 years	157	116	91	29	393	
2–<3 years	88	70	69	12	239	
3–<4 years	67	62	65	13	207	
4–<5 years	53	39	35	10	137	
5–<8 years	73	83	75	6	237	
8+ years	51	48	50	4	153	
Total persons	1,307	767	652	150	2,876	
					         (continued)					

Table 4.33d (continued): ACFI complex health care level at separation,(a) for permanent residents separating between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008, by sex and length of stay
	Level of care (Complex health conditions)	
Length of stay/sex	High 	Medium	Low	None	Total	
	Per cent (row)	
Females						
<4 weeks	62.2	17.6	15.8	4.5	100.0	
4–<8 weeks	52.8	21.7	19.3	6.1	100.0	
8–<13 weeks	39.1	26.4	28.2	6.4	100.0	
13–<26 weeks	48.6	27.0	24.3	0.0	100.0	
26–<39 weeks	56.3	15.6	25.0	3.1	100.0	
39–<52 weeks	34.5	27.6	34.5	3.4	100.0	
1–<2 years	40.7	26.4	24.7	8.2	100.0	
2–<3 years	37.7	33.1	25.2	4.0	100.0	
3–<4 years	30.4	31.1	34.8	3.7	100.0	
4–<5 years	37.6	33.3	23.7	5.4	100.0	
5–<8 years	30.7	35.4	31.3	2.6	100.0	
8+ years	32.5	32.5	33.3	1.7	100.0	
Total females	43.8	26.7	24.8	4.7	100.0	
Males						
<4 weeks	57.7	24.2	13.7	4.4	100.0	
4–<8 weeks	54.0	22.6	18.1	5.3	100.0	
8–<13 weeks	45.8	30.2	15.6	8.3	100.0	
13–<26 weeks	62.5	21.9	12.5	3.1	100.0	
26–<39 weeks	42.1	36.8	10.5	10.5	100.0	
39–<52 weeks	23.5	58.8	17.6	0.0	100.0	
1–<2 years	38.9	34.0	21.0	6.2	100.0	
2–<3 years	35.2	22.7	35.2	6.8	100.0	
3–<4 years	36.1	27.8	25.0	11.1	100.0	
4–<5 years	40.9	18.2	29.5	11.4	100.0	
5–<8 years	31.1	33.3	33.3	2.2	100.0	
8+ years	36.4	27.3	30.3	6.1	100.0	
Total males	47.7	26.6	19.7	5.9	100.0	
Persons						
<4 weeks	59.9	21.0	14.7	4.4	100.0	
4–<8 weeks	53.4	22.1	18.7	5.7	100.0	
8–<13 weeks	42.2	28.2	22.3	7.3	100.0	
13–<26 weeks	55.1	24.6	18.8	1.4	100.0	
26–<39 weeks	51.0	23.5	19.6	5.9	100.0	
39–<52 weeks	30.4	39.1	28.3	2.2	100.0	
1–<2 years	39.9	29.5	23.2	7.4	100.0	
2–<3 years	36.8	29.3	28.9	5.0	100.0	
3–<4 years	32.4	30.0	31.4	6.3	100.0	
4–<5 years	38.7	28.5	25.5	7.3	100.0	
5–<8 years	30.8	35.0	31.6	2.5	100.0	
8+ years	33.3	31.4	32.7	2.6	100.0	
Total persons	45.4	26.7	22.7	5.2	100.0	
					         (continued)					
Table 4.33d (continued): ACFI complex health care level at separation,(a) for permanent residents separating between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008, by sex and length of stay
	Level of care (Complex health conditions)	
Length of stay/sex	High 	Medium	Low	None	Total	
	Per cent (column)	
Females						
<4 weeks	28.4	13.2	12.7	19.0	20.0	
4–<8 weeks	15.2	10.3	9.9	16.5	12.6	
8–<13 weeks	5.9	6.5	7.5	8.9	6.6	
13–<26 weeks	2.4	2.2	2.2	0.0	2.2	
26–<39 weeks	2.4	1.1	1.9	1.3	1.9	
39–<52 weeks	1.4	1.8	2.4	1.3	1.7	
1–<2 years	12.8	13.6	13.7	24.1	13.8	
2–<3 years	7.8	11.2	9.1	7.6	9.0	
3–<4 years	5.6	9.4	11.3	6.3	8.0	
4–<5 years	4.8	6.9	5.3	6.3	5.5	
5–<8 years	8.0	15.2	14.4	6.3	11.4	
8+ years	5.3	8.7	9.6	2.5	7.2	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males						
<4 weeks	36.7	27.6	21.2	22.5	30.4	
4–<8 weeks	21.3	16.0	17.4	16.9	18.9	
8–<13 weeks	7.7	9.1	6.4	11.3	8.0	
13–<26 weeks	3.5	2.2	1.7	1.4	2.7	
26–<39 weeks	1.4	2.2	0.8	2.8	1.6	
39–<52 weeks	0.7	3.1	1.3	0.0	1.4	
1–<2 years	11.0	17.2	14.4	14.1	13.5	
2–<3 years	5.4	6.3	13.1	8.5	7.3	
3–<4 years	4.5	6.3	7.6	11.3	6.0	
4–<5 years	3.1	2.5	5.5	7.0	3.7	
5–<8 years	2.4	4.7	6.4	1.4	3.8	
8+ years	2.1	2.8	4.2	2.8	2.8	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons						
<4 weeks	32.1	19.2	15.8	20.7	24.3	
4–<8 weeks	17.9	12.6	12.6	16.7	15.2	
8–<13 weeks	6.7	7.6	7.1	10.0	7.2	
13–<26 weeks	2.9	2.2	2.0	0.7	2.4	
26–<39 weeks	2.0	1.6	1.5	2.0	1.8	
39–<52 weeks	1.1	2.3	2.0	0.7	1.6	
1–<2 years	12.0	15.1	14.0	19.3	13.7	
2–<3 years	6.7	9.1	10.6	8.0	8.3	
3–<4 years	5.1	8.1	10.0	8.7	7.2	
4–<5 years	4.1	5.1	5.4	6.7	4.8	
5–<8 years	5.6	10.8	11.5	4.0	8.2	
8+ years	3.9	6.3	7.7	2.7	5.3	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Note: The table is for clients whose last appraisal during the time period is from the ACFI. The length of stay is the length of stay evaluated from the                last separation in the period. Transfers are not regarded as separations.

Table 4.34: Main medical conditions for permanent residents with an ACFI classification at 30 June 2008 (excluding dementias and other mental illnesses)					
Disease category 	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Circulatory system	4,966	3,554	2,433	1,132	1,399	349	134	35	14,002	
Musculoskeletal & connective tissue	2,575	1,911	1,487	824	1,035	249	72	15	8,168	
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic disorders	1,456	1,283	659	389	499	109	38	15	4,448	
Nervous system 	1,147	903	575	300	330	105	29	10	3,399	
Eye and adnexa	834	606	445	218	225	74	25	4	2,431	
Respiratory system	650	554	388	177	238	56	20	4	2,087	
Genitourinary system	687	430	354	147	184	50	12	5	1,869	
Neoplasms (tumours/cancers)	636	430	261	152	155	40	10	4	1,688	
Digestive system	427	336	322	113	141	33	15	1	1,388	
Injury, poisoning and certain external causes	475	339	211	105	106	30	17	4	1,287	
Other	2,323	1,885	1,100	566	505	120	63	8	6,570	
Total	16,176	12,231	8,235	4,123	4,817	1,215	435	105	47,337	
	Per cent	
Circulatory system	30.7	29.1	29.5	27.5	29.0	28.7	30.8	33.3	29.6	
Musculoskeletal & connective tissue	15.9	15.6	18.1	20.0	21.5	20.5	16.6	14.3	17.3	
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic disorders	9.0	10.5	8.0	9.4	10.4	9.0	8.7	14.3	9.4	
Nervous system 	7.1	7.4	7.0	7.3	6.9	8.6	6.7	9.5	7.2	
Eye and adnexa	5.2	5.0	5.4	5.3	4.7	6.1	5.7	3.8	5.1	
Respiratory system	4.0	4.5	4.7	4.3	4.9	4.6	4.6	3.8	4.4	
Genitourinary system	4.2	3.5	4.3	3.6	3.8	4.1	2.8	4.8	3.9	
Neoplasms (tumours/cancers)	3.9	3.5	3.2	3.7	3.2	3.3	2.3	3.8	3.6	
Digestive system	2.6	2.7	3.9	2.7	2.9	2.7	3.4	1.0	2.9	
Injury, poisoning and certain external causes	2.9	2.8	2.6	2.5	2.2	2.5	3.9	3.8	2.7	
Other 	14.4	15.4	13.4	13.7	10.5	9.9	14.5	7.6	13.9	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Notes:
1.	The ACFI health condition codes, which are the same as the ACAP codes, map to equivalent codes in the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems—Tenth Revision—Australian Modification (1998) (also known as ICD–10–AM).
2.	One resident could not be linked in the database.
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Appendix 1	Additional time series data
Table A1.1: Trends in resident numbers at 30 June, 1999–2008
Year	All permanent residents	All respite residents	Permanent residents (85+)	Respite residents (85+)	Permanent residents (85+)(per cent)	Respite residents (85+)(per cent)	
1999	132,420	2,479	64,638	903	48.8	36.4	
2000	133,387	2,604	66,503	1,034	49.9	39.7	
2001	134,004	2,604	67,402	1,008	50.3	38.7	
2002	136,507	2,422	69,258	1,035	50.7	42.7	
2003	140,297	2,549	71,397	1,024	50.9	40.2	
2004	144,994	2,646	74,229	1,097	51.2	41.5	
2005	149,091	2,819	77,285	1,174	51.8	41.6	
2006	151,737	3,135	80,099	1,334	52.8	42.6	
2007	153,426	3,123	82,871	1,445	54.0	46.3	
2008	157,087	3,163	85,912	1,487	54.7	47.0	

Table A1.2: Proportion of residents aged 80 years and over and aged 90 years and 
over at admission, 1998–99 to 2007–08 (per cent)
Year	Permanent (80+)	Respite (80+)	Permanent (90+)	Respite (90+)	
1998–99	64.1	59.7	14.8	12.4	
1999–00	65.2	60.0	15.8	13.5	
2000–01	67.0	61.9	16.8	14.0	
2001–02	68.3	62.6	17.5	14.4	
2002–03	69.0	64.2	18.2	15.2	
2003–04	70.0	65.2	18.3	16.0	
2004–05	70.0	65.0	18.9	16.4	
2005–06	70.9	66.3	19.4	17.0	
2006–07	71.5	67.9	19.9	18.0	
2007–08	72.7	68.9	20.3	18.5	
Note:  Transfers are excluded from admissions.	

 Table A1.3: Permanent aged care residents at 30 June, by age group, 1998–2008			
Age (years)	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2007	2008	
	Number	
<65	5,768	5,942	6,004	5,948	5,984	6,073	6,240	6,483	6,562	6,606	
65–69	4,758	4,576	4,395	4,237	4,317	4,389	4,439	4,613	4,705	4,951	
70–74	10,012	9,824	9,578	9,368	8,999	8,783	8,720	8,503	8,344	8,626	
75–79	18,475	18,783	18,936	18,450	18,286	18,457	18,454	18,614	18,591	17,764	
80–84	29,543	28,657	27,971	28,599	29,663	31,198	32,912	33,593	33,436	33,228	
85+	62,614	64,638	66,503	67,402	69,258	71,397	74,229	77,285	80,099	85,912	
Total	131,170	132,420	133,387	134,004	136,507	140,297	144,994	149,091	151,737	157,087	
	Per cent	
<65	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	
65–69	3.6	3.5	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	
70–74	7.6	7.4	7.2	7.0	6.6	6.3	6.0	5.7	5.5	5.5	
75–79	14.1	14.2	14.2	13.8	13.4	13.2	12.7	12.5	12.3	11.3	
80–84	22.5	21.6	21.0	21.3	21.7	22.2	22.7	22.5	22.0	21.2	
85+	47.7	48.8	49.9	50.3	50.7	50.9	51.2	51.8	52.8	54.7	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
	Usage within age group per 1,000 population	
<65	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	
65–69	7.0	6.7	6.5	6.2	6.2	6.1	6.0	6.0	5.9	6.0	
70–74	16.2	15.6	15.1	14.7	14.1	13.9	13.9	13.6	13.2	13.0	
75–79	39.3	38.1	37.3	35.5	34.6	34.2	33.6	33.7	33.3	32.3	
80–84	100.9	96.9	90.5	86.7	85.1	85.0	85.2	83.7	81.2	78.5	
85+	278.3	270.6	263.2	254.1	250.2	249.2	248.8	245.3	237.0	235.5	
Total	7.0	7.0	7.0	6.9	7.0	7.1	7.2	7.3	7.4	7.4	

 Table A1.4: Trends in the number and size of residential aged care services, 30 June 1998 to 30 June 2008
Places	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	
	Number	
1–20	396	378	362	335	322	284	266	246	230	213	196	
21–40	1,194	1,188	1,163	1,120	1,069	999	939	874	834	762	695	
41–60	831	852	867	880	888	885	901	921	927	887	848	
61–80	322	325	337	357	376	403	434	458	455	469	475	
81–100	141	146	146	149	164	188	200	220	240	252	270	
101–120	64	70	71	75	77	87	95	107	123	140	174	
121+	67	59	59	61	65	81	97	107	122	149	172	
Total	3,015	3,018	3,005	2,977	2,961	2,927	2,932	2,933	2,931	2,872	2,830	
	Per cent	
1–20	13.1	12.5	12.0	11.3	10.9	9.7	9.1	8.4	7.8	7.4	6.9	
21–40	39.6	39.4	38.7	37.6	36.1	34.1	32.0	29.8	28.5	26.5	24.6	
41–60	27.6	28.2	28.9	29.6	30.0	30.2	30.7	31.4	31.6	30.9	30.0	
61–80	10.7	10.8	11.2	12.0	12.7	13.8	14.8	15.6	15.5	16.3	16.8	
81–100	4.7	4.8	4.9	5.0	5.5	6.4	6.8	7.5	8.2	8.8	9.5	
101–120	2.1	2.3	2.4	2.5	2.6	3.0	3.2	3.6	4.2	4.9	6.1	
121+	2.2	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.2	2.8	3.3	3.6	4.2	5.2	6.1	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
								
   Table A1.5: Average occupancy, 1998–99 to 2007–08
Year	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
1998–99	95.9	94.5	96.3	94.8	96.4	97.8	94.8	94.7	95.7	
1999–00	95.6	94.4	95.9	95.1	97.3	97.8	93.2	95.1	95.5	
2000–01	95.9	94.8	96.6	94.7	97.6	97.5	95.6	93.5	95.9	
2001–02	95.3	94.9	96.4	92.9	97.7	97.7	97.7	91.9	95.5	
2002–03	96.4	94.7	96.4	95.6	97.3	97.8	97.7	94.7	96.0	
2003–04	96.1	94.4	96.5	95.7	97.2	97.5	98.0	90.9	95.9	
2004–05	95.2	94.1	96.2	94.8	97.5	96.9	98.3	93.9	95.3	
2005–06	95.4	93.0	96.0	94.9	97.6	96.0	97.9	95.1	95.1	
2006–07	94.3	92.5	94.9	94.6	97.6	95.9	96.3	94.9	94.3	
2007–08	93.4	92.2	93.5	94.2	96.8	95.1	93.2	92.2	93.5	
   Note:   Refer to Table 3.6 for the method of calculating annual occupancy.	

Appendix 2	 Population data 
Table A2.1: Population, by age, sex and state/territory, 30 June 2008
Sex/age (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number

Females										
under 65	2,986,726	2,280,847	1,859,872	929,419	673,662	211,481	154,621	100,198	9,196,826	
65–69	140,003	104,563	81,671	39,642	34,802	11,264	5,643	2,197	419,785	
70–74	117,187	87,977	62,579	31,719	29,298	9,168	4,330	1,305	343,563	
75–79	102,554	76,418	52,568	26,297	26,373	7,765	3,344	804	296,123	
80–84	85,263	63,836	42,397	20,687	23,121	6,351	2,893	530	245,078	
85–89	54,279	40,460	27,247	13,176	14,924	4,080	1,803	279	156,248	
90–94	22,781	16,356	11,222	5,537	6,150	1,745	655	106	64,552	
95–99	6,274	4,678	3,155	1,684	1,868	447	159	28	18,293	
100+	908	672	479	235	258	59	32	3	2,646	
Total females	3,515,975	2,675,807	2,141,190	1,068,396	810,456	252,360	173,480	105,450	10,743,114	
Males
										
under 65	3,017,664	2,298,610	1,892,778	975,048	682,455	211,986	155,200	108,513	9,342,254	
65–69	135,672	101,230	82,657	40,243	32,711	11,169	5,411	2,873	411,966	
70–74	107,784	79,793	61,546	30,247	26,349	8,481	3,830	1,538	319,568	
75–79	86,549	64,542	46,652	23,171	21,942	6,557	2,873	880	253,166	
80–84	61,281	45,943	32,059	15,652	16,421	4,556	2,037	458	178,407	
85–89	30,983	23,060	16,302	7,701	8,403	2,244	1,022	177	89,892	
90–94	9,215	6,846	5,063	2,186	2,478	652	311	54	26,805	
95–99	1,849	1,529	1,032	551	523	134	67	5	5,690	
100+	227	200	132	52	83	24	5	0	723	
Total males	3,451,224	2,621,753	2,138,221	1,094,851	791,365	245,803	170,756	114,498	10,628,471	
Persons
										
under 65	6,004,390	4,579,457	3,752,650	1,904,467	1,356,117	423,467	309,821	208,711	18,539,080	
65–69	275,675	205,793	164,328	79,885	67,513	22,433	11,054	5,070	831,751	
70–74	224,971	167,770	124,125	61,966	55,647	17,649	8,160	2,843	663,131	
75–79	189,103	140,960	99,220	49,468	48,315	14,322	6,217	1,684	549,289	
80–84	146,544	109,779	74,456	36,339	39,542	10,907	4,930	988	423,485	
85–89	85,262	63,520	43,549	20,877	23,327	6,324	2,825	456	246,140	
90–94	31,996	23,202	16,285	7,723	8,628	2,397	966	160	91,357	
95–99	8,123	6,207	4,187	2,235	2,391	581	226	33	23,983	
100+	1,135	872	611	287	341	83	37	3	3,369	
Total persons	6,967,199	5,297,560	4,279,411	2,163,247	1,601,821	498,163	344,236	219,948	21,371,585	
                                                                                                                                                                                           (continued)
                                                      
    Table A2.1 (continued): Population, by age, sex and state/territory, 30 June 2008
Sex/age (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Per cent

Females										
under 65	84.9	85.2	86.9	87.0	83.1	83.8	89.1	95.0	85.6	
65–69	4.0	3.9	3.8	3.7	4.3	4.5	3.3	2.1	3.9	
70–74	3.3	3.3	2.9	3.0	3.6	3.6	2.5	1.2	3.2	
75–79	2.9	2.9	2.5	2.5	3.3	3.1	1.9	0.8	2.8	
80–84	2.4	2.4	2.0	1.9	2.9	2.5	1.7	0.5	2.3	
85–89	1.5	1.5	1.3	1.2	1.8	1.6	1.0	0.3	1.5	
90–94	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.8	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.6	
95–99	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.2	
100+	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males
										
under 65	87.4	87.7	88.5	89.1	86.2	86.2	90.9	94.8	87.9	
65–69	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.7	4.1	4.5	3.2	2.5	3.9	
70–74	3.1	3.0	2.9	2.8	3.3	3.5	2.2	1.3	3.0	
75–79	2.5	2.5	2.2	2.1	2.8	2.7	1.7	0.8	2.4	
80–84	1.8	1.8	1.5	1.4	2.1	1.9	1.2	0.4	1.7	
85–89	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.7	1.1	0.9	0.6	0.2	0.8	
90–94	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.3	
95–99	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	
100+	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons
										
under 65	86.2	86.4	87.7	88.0	84.7	85.0	90.0	94.9	86.7	
65–69	4.0	3.9	3.8	3.7	4.2	4.5	3.2	2.3	3.9	
70–74	3.2	3.2	2.9	2.9	3.5	3.5	2.4	1.3	3.1	
75–79	2.7	2.7	2.3	2.3	3.0	2.9	1.8	0.8	2.6	
80–84	2.1	2.1	1.7	1.7	2.5	2.2	1.4	0.4	2.0	
85–89	1.2	1.2	1.0	1.0	1.5	1.3	0.8	0.2	1.2	
90–94	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.4	
95–99	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	
100+	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Source: ABS estimated resident population at 30 June 2008; estimates released in December 2008, excluding external territories (ABS 2008).

Appendix 3	Aged Care Funding Instrument
The Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI) replaced the Residential Classification Scale (RCS) for determining the level of care payments for residents in aged care homes from 20 March 2008. It is designed to provide a simpler method which better matches funding to the needs of people with dementia and those with complex health care requirements. All new permanent admissions from 20 March 2008 are appraised using the ACFI and conversion from the RCS for existing residents will take place as residents require a review of their classification.
The ACFI measures the need for care through the use of standard assessment tools and the completion of ACFI checklists. It involves the appraisal of residents in relation to three separate domains which are considered to contribute to the costs of care: Activities of Daily Living, Behaviour supplement, and Complex Health Care supplement. Each of these domains has three funded levels – low, medium and high. In addition there is a ‘lowest applicable classification level’ in each domain which results in nil funding.
•	Activities of Daily Living (ADL) evaluates client needs with nutrition, mobility, personal hygiene, toileting and continence.
•	Mental and Behavioural Diagnosis (BEH) assesses resident care needs in respect of cognitive skills, wandering, verbal behaviour, physical behaviour and depression.
•	Complex Health Care (CHC) measures the needs of a client for medication and complex health care.
In addition there are two categories of health condition diagnosis (Mental and Behavioural, and Medical) which result in a record of diagnosed disorders. Diagnosis data is used to support other ratings and to determine whether supplementary funding is required.
ACFI classifications will be defined as high or low care. In order to be considered high care, the resident must be classified at one or more of the following levels:
•	Medium or High in the CHC supplement
•	Medium or High in the ADL domain
•	High in the BEH supplement.
If a resident appraisal score does not satisfy these conditions, they will be classified as low care. 
ACFI classifications will not generally expire, except in certain circumstances including:
•	six months after a resident enters care directly from hospital
•	six months after a major change in care needs
•	upon return from extended hospital leave
•	six months after return from extended hospital leave
•	upon departure from care.
Following implementation of the ACFI, Aged Care Assessment Teams will continue to make recommendations for either high- or low-level residential care. 

Appendix 4	Financial support arrangements
Prior to the Aged Care Act 1997, financially disadvantaged persons (FDPs) were a defined special needs group and limitations on allowable charges on their pension payments facilitated access to residential aged care.
The Aged Care Act 1997 introduced major changes to the structure and funding of aged care services. The principle of providing access to residential aged care to people with relatively low levels of income and assets continued to be applied through different types of concessions and assistance from 1 October 1997 up until 20 March 2008. These arrangements continue to apply to residents who were admitted to residential aged care during this period.
Residents who met the eligibility criteria for concessional status pay no accommodation charge or bond. In addition, a concessional supplement to the basic subsidy is paid to the service provider. The minimum requirements for concessional status were that the resident must:
•	be receiving an income support payment
•	not have owned a home for the past 2 years 
•	have assets of less than 2.5 times the annual single basic aged pension, rounded to the nearest $500. 
Service providers received a lower supplement for assisted residents, and, unlike a concessional resident, an assisted resident may be required to pay an accommodation bond or an accommodation charge, subject to certain conditions. The criteria for determining assisted resident status are the same as concessional resident status except that:
•	an assisted resident has assets of between 2.5 and 4 times the annual single basic aged pension amount, rounded to the nearest $500.
Supported residents 
Following the Aged Care Amendment Act 2008 clients entering permanent residential aged care are eligible to be supported residents (on or after 20 March 2008) if the value of their assets is less than $91,410. 
A client’s home is excluded from this assets test if the home is occupied by persons including:
•	their partner or a dependent child
•	their carer, who is eligible for an income support payment, and has occupied the home for the past two years
•	a close relation, who is eligible for an income support payment, and has occupied the home for the past five years.
Clients with assets of less than $35,500 will not be required to pay an accommodation bond or charge. Clients with assets between $35,500 and $91,410 (partially supported residents) will be required to make a contribution to their accommodation costs.
The dollar amounts above determining supported and partially supported status will change from time to time.
For a full description of the ramifications for residents and providers about assisted and concessional status, see The residential aged care manual maintained by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing and available on their website at <www.health.gov.au>.
Appendix 5	Data and their limitations
The main source of data in this report is administrative by-product data from the System for the Payment of Aged Residential Care (SPARC).
SPARC contains information gathered through a number of instruments. Among those instruments, the following three are directly relevant to this report:
•	Aged Care Application and Approval—a form completed by a person applying for admission to an aged care service or by someone (normally a carer) on behalf of the applicant.
•	Application for Classification—a form containing client evaluation on the Resident Classification Scale (RCS) and completed by the aged care service to determine the resident’s overall level of care needs (used up to 20 March 2008). From 20 March 2008, this form was revised to adjust to client appraisal using the Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI). 
•	Monthly Claim Form—a form for claiming Australian Government benefits completed by the aged care service as part of the monthly funding cycle.
The initial transfer of this information is moving from paper copy to electronic transfer. The word ‘form’ thus needs to be interpreted accordingly. 
Residential aged care in Australia was restructured in 1997–98. The two separate categories of residential care (nursing homes and hostels) were combined into a single program from 1 October 1997. As a result, from that date, SPARC replaced the two previous data collection systems (the Nursing Home Payment System (NHPS) and the Commonwealth Hostel Information Payment System (CHIPS)).
The new system inherited all existing records on the NHPS at 1 October 1997. For CHIPS data, only those records that related to the following two groups of people were carried over:
•	Those who were in a hostel at 1 October 1997.
•	Those who had a valid Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT) assessment covering 1 October 1997, as they were regarded as potential residents.
In other words, the records for residents discharged from hostels before 1 October 1997 are not available on SPARC, although they are still available on CHIPS. 
Under the amalgamated residential aged care system, length of stay refers to the period spent in the combined system, which may include both time spent under low care (previously hostel) and high care (previously nursing home). This is not comparable to combining length of stay measures from the previous separate nursing home and hostel measures of length of stay.
Population data are from the AIHW’s general population databases supplied by the ABS, and other ABS published data. 
Resident information
All residents admitted to residential aged care must have a valid Aged Care Application and Approval form completed by an authorised ACAT officer. This form is valid for 12 months from the date of the approval. 

The information entered into SPARC from the Aged Care Application and Approval form is the major source for the following data items in the tables:
•	sex
•	date of birth
•	marital status
•	pension status
•	Indigenous status 
•	country of birth
•	preferred language
•	resident’s usual residence (before admission) 
•	resident’s usual living arrangement (before admission).
Not all residents have all the above characteristics reported on SPARC.
Application for Classification
These forms are now sent directly to Medicare Australia in either electronic or paper form and processed for funding purposes according to the information provided. On the old Resident Classification Scale (RCS), a client would normally be reappraised annually on the anniversary of admission by the service provider. The RCS has been replaced with the Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI) from 20 March 2008 and the ACFI was phased in over a year as client RCS appraisals become due. There is no automatic reappraisal of clients in the ACFI appraisal system.
Admission and separation date
The monthly claim form is sent to approved services each calendar month, either electronically or as a paper form, as part of the payment cycle. It shows claim details for the previous month plus a forecast schedule for the current month. The service checks the information and records data on separations and absences (hospital and social leave) for these residents. It also adds information on any newly admitted residents for the current month.
The monthly claim form is also sent to Medicare Australia.
The claim form is the source for the following data items in the tables:
•	date of admission
•	date of separation
•	separation mode 
•	admission type.
Calculation of provision ratios
The ratios may differ slightly from those output by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing due to a difference in the date of calculation, the population numbers used, and the inclusion of a relatively small number of places and packages in programs not covered by the Aged Care Act 1997.
Populations used in the tables in this report
It should be noted that tables in this publication refer to several different sub-populations and, consequently, may not be directly comparable. The sub-populations covered in the tables in this report are summarised below. Excluding the reporting on provision, the data presented relate to mainstream services and their residents, and exclude residents in places provided by Multi‑purpose Services or funded through the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program.
Residents at 30 June 2008
All tables on this topic relate to the number of residents who were in mainstream aged care services on 30 June 2008. This population includes all approved residents and totalled 160,250.
All admissions and separations, 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008 
There were 53,737 admissions for permanent care (permanent admissions) and 51,293 admissions for respite care (respite admissions) over the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008. Over the same period, there were 53,819 separations of permanent residents and 51,280 separations of respite residents. Transfers within type of admission are excluded.
Admitted residents, 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Each person is counted once. For the full year reporting, there were 52,641 distinct resident admissions for permanent care and 37,085 distinct resident admissions for respite care. Transfers within type of admission are excluded.
Separated permanent residents, 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Each person is counted once. For the full year reporting, there were 52,953 distinct resident separations. Transfers of a similar type are excluded.
Tables on dependency 
The data on RCS and the ACFI invariably excludes some clients due to the time lag in data entering the warehouse from which the tables are derived, and also the programming structure which cannot allow for the full range of unusual data entry. The general trends in these tables are not altered by the missing data.
Data limitations
It should be noted that the accuracy of some specific data items may be limited. Such cases are listed below:
•	A reported date of birth implying that a resident is aged less than or equal to 10 years is regarded as an input error and 100 years is added to the age. This only alters a handful of entries in any one year.
•	Death indicator: in some cases, aged care services may not be equipped to care for some terminally ill residents. Accordingly, such residents are transferred to acute-care institutions before death; hence, there is an under-enumeration of discharges due to death.
•	Length of stay: complete length of stay of a resident is the time between the date of admission and the date of separation. For residents at 30 June 2008, incomplete length of stay is the time between the date of admission and 30 June 2008. When a person is transferred from one service to another, the date of admission to the first service is the date from which the length of stay is calculated.
•	The data on the number of residential places and community care packages stored in the Aged and Community Care Management Information System (ACCMIS) are sensitive to dates of entry, and ACCMIS is updated weekly from SPARC. Consequently the reader may find minor reporting variations depending on the version of ACCMIS used in the variety of reports on aspects of residential aged care.
•	Information on whether an admission was from an acute hospital is not available on SPARC. 
Care should be exercised in comparisons where percentages are given but some of the underlying numbers are small. For example, statements that compare the smaller states and territories with the larger states, and comparisons across remoteness areas need to be interpreted with caution.
Glossary
Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI)
The ACFI is a resource allocation instrument and focuses on three domains that discriminate care needs among residents. The ACFI assesses core needs as a basis for allocating funding. It was phased in over the year commencing 20 March 2008 to replace the Resident Classification Scale (RCS). See Appendix 3 for more detail.
Admission day
The first day of a person’s stay in an aged care service. In the case of a person transferring between services, where the time between leaving one service and entering another is less than 2 days, it is the date of the initial admission. Permanent and respite admissions are treated separately. For example, if a person transfers from a respite stay to a permanent stay, a new permanent admission is created.
Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT)
A multidisciplinary team of health professionals responsible for determining eligibility for entry to residential aged care.
Assisted residents 
See Appendix 4.
Care recipient
A person assessed by an Aged Care Assessment Team as having significant care needs, which can be appropriately met through the provision of residential care, community care, and/or flexible care.
Concessional residents 
See Appendix 4.
High-care resident
A permanent resident who was assigned to classification levels 1–4 using the Resident Classification Scale or who is appraised as ACFI high care (see Appendix 3).
Hostel for the aged
A care service in which residents receive hostel care or personal care services, unless designated as a ‘co-habitee’. In this publication, all references to hostels are to hostels for the aged; that is, those hostels designed to provide services to older people. A small number of young people with disabilities live in hostels for the aged. Hostels specifically established for young people with a disability are not included in this publication. Following the introduction of the Aged Care Act 1997, hostels no longer exist as legal entities. Current practice in the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing is to refer to both former nursing homes and former hostels as ‘residential aged care homes’, ‘residential aged care services’ or ‘residential aged care facilities’.
Length of stay
The length of stay of a separated resident is based upon the time between the date of admission and the date of separation, allowing for transfers. For a current resident, it is the time between the date of admission and 30 June 2008. The admission day and the specified day (30 June 2008) are included, but the separation day is excluded, from the calculation of length of stay.
Low-care resident
A resident who is assigned to classification levels 5–8 using the Resident Classification Scale or who is appraised as ACFI low care (see Appendix 3). 
Nursing home for the aged 
These include all nursing homes approved under the National Health Act 1963, other than nursing homes for disabled people. In this publication, all references to nursing homes are to nursing homes for the aged. There has been a small number of young people with disabilities living in nursing homes for the aged. Following the introduction of the Aged Care Act 1997 nursing homes no longer exist as legal entities. Current practice in the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing is to refer to both former nursing homes and former hostels as ‘residential aged care homes’ , ‘residential aged care services’ or ‘residential aged care facilities’.
Permanent admission
An admission to residential aged care for expected long-term care. 
Permanent care
A resident in residential aged care is under permanent care if this resident entered the service as a permanent admission.
Permanent resident
A resident who is admitted to residential aged care for permanent care (long-term care).
Place-day
A day on which a care recipient is occupying a place. The day that a care recipient enters residential aged care and the day he or she leaves are counted as 1 day.
Pro-rated missing data
The missing responses in a field value are distributed amongst the numbers in the other field values in accordance with the proportions of the known field numbers 
Remoteness 
The remoteness classification used in this report is based on the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) Remoteness Structure developed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. This categorises all Census Collection Districts (CDs) in Australia according to their remoteness, based on physical road distance to the nearest urban centre. Remoteness is measured by the Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia (ARIA) (ABS 2001). 

The structure of the classification is as follows:
Major cities 	CDs with an average ARIA index value of 0 to 0.2
Inner regional 	CDs with an average ARIA index value greater than 0.2 and less than or equal to 2.4
Outer regional 	CDs with an average ARIA index value greater than 2.4 and less than or equal to 5.92
Remote	CDs with an average ARIA index value greater than 5.92 and less than or equal to 10.53
Very remote	CDs with an average ARIA index value greater than 10.53.
Resident
A person who has been assessed by an Aged Care Assessment Team as requiring residential care and who resides in an Australian government-funded aged care service.
Resident Classification Scale (RCS)
An instrument which assesses a care recipient’s care needs. This scale has eight classification levels ranging from low care (RCS 8) to high care (RCS 1), with each level having a specified subsidy level which is paid to the provider for providing the required care to the care recipient. The RCS was introduced with the amalgamation of hostels and nursing homes into one system of care on 1 October 1997, replacing the Resident Classification Instrument for nursing homes and the Personal Classification Assessment Instrument for hostels. The RCS was replaced by the ACFI from 20 March 2008.
Residential aged care service
A service that consists of a number of approved places at a specific location.
Residential care
Personal and/or nursing care that is provided to a person in a residential care service in which the person is also provided with accommodation that includes meals, cleaning services, furniture and equipment. The residential aged care service must meet certain building standards and appropriate staffing in supplying the provision of that care and accommodation. 
Respite admission
A short-term admission to residential aged care for respite care purposes.
Respite care
Care given as an alternative care arrangement with the primary purpose of giving the carer or a care recipient a short-term break from their usual care arrangement.
Respite resident
A resident who is admitted to residential aged care for respite care.
Separation
Occurs when a person is discharged from residential aged care and has not re‑entered the same or another service within 2 days.
Separation day
The last day of a person’s stay in an aged care service; that is, the day on which the person leaves the service. Transfers between services were not viewed as separations in terms of length of stay calculations if the time between leaving one service and entering another was less than 2 days.
Separation mode
Indicates the destination of or outcome for a resident at separation, including death. 
Supported resident
Following the Aged Care Amendment Act 2008 clients entering permanent residential aged care with assets below a certain level are eligible to be supported residents (on or after 20 March 2008). The client’s level of assets determines the amount of any accommodation charges they pay (see Appendix 4).
System for the Payment of Aged Residential Care (SPARC)
The current payment system for residential aged care.
Transfer
Occurs where a person leaves an aged care service and is admitted to another within 2 days. 
Usual housing status
Refers to housing tenure before the resident’s application for admission to residential aged care.
References 
ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) 1997. Australian standard classification of languages. Cat. no. 1267.0. Canberra: ABS. 
ABS 1998. Australian standard classification of countries. Cat. no. 1269.0. Canberra: ABS. 
ABS 2001. Australian standard geographical classification (ASGC) 2001. Cat. no. 1216.0. Canberra: ABS.
ABS 2004. Experimental estimates and projections, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. Cat. no. 3238.0. Canberra: ABS.
ABS 2007. Migration Australia. Cat. no. 3412. Canberra: ABS.
ABS 2008. Population by age and sex, Australia states and territories. Cat. no. 3201.0. Canberra: ABS.
AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) 1995. Australia’s welfare 1995: services and assistance. Cat. no. AIHW 324. Canberra: AIHW.
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AIHW 2001. Residential aged care in Australia 1999–2000: a statistical overview. Aged care statistics series no. 9. Cat. no. AGE 19. Canberra: AIHW.
AIHW 2004. Community Aged Care Packages census 2002. Aged care statistics series no. 17. Cat. no. AGE 35. Canberra: AIHW.
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AIHW 2009. Aged care packages in the community 2007–2008 (forthcoming).
SCRGSP (Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision) 2009. Report on Government Services 2009. Canberra: Productivity Commission.
List of tables
Table 1.1: Number of operational residential aged care places, CACP, EACH, EACH Dementia and TCP, and the provision ratio per 1,000 persons aged 70 years and over, 30 June 1995 to 30 June 2008
Table 1.2: Residential aged care, CACP, EACH, EACH Dementia and TCP, by state/territory and remoteness,(a) 30 June 2008
Table 1.2 (continued): Residential aged care, CACP, EACH, EACH Dementia and TCP, by state/territory and remoteness,(a) 30 June 2008
Table 1.3: Residential aged care, CACP, EACH, EACH Dementia and TCP per 1,000 persons aged  70 years and over, by state/territory and remoteness,(a) 30 June 2008
Table 1.3 (continued): Residential aged care, CACP, EACH, EACH Dementia and TCP per 1,000 persons aged 70 years and over, by state/territory and remoteness,(a) 30 June 2008
Figure 2.3: Organisation type of service by remoteness, 30 June 2008 (per cent)
Table 2.1: Services, by state/territory and remoteness,(a) 30 June 2008
Table 2.2: Size of services, by state/territory, 30 June 2008
Table 2.3: Size of services, by remoteness,(a) 30 June 2008
Table 2.4: Services, by state/territory(a) and organisation type, 30 June 2008
Table 2.5: Services, by remoteness(a) and organisation type, 30 June 2008
Table 3.1: Admissions, separations and completed length of stay in residential aged care,  1998–99 to 2007–08
Table 3.2: Admissions and turnover, by type of care in residential aged care services, 1999–2008
Table 3.3: Age- and sex-specific usage rates for permanent residents, by English-speaking status,  based on country of birth, 30 June 2008 (per 1,000 population)
Table 3.4: Age- and sex-specific usage rates for permanent residents,(a) by Indigenous status, 30 June 2008 (per 1,000 population)(b)
Table 3.5: Occupied place-days, type of care, by state/territory and remoteness,(a) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Table 3.5 (continued): Occupied place-days, type of care by state/territory and remoteness,(a)  1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Table 3.6: Average occupancy rate, by state/territory and remoteness,(a)	1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Table 3.7: Permanent residents, length of stay to date, by sex and state/territory,(a) 30 June 2008
Table 3.7 (continued): Permanent residents, length of stay to date, by sex and state/territory,(a) 30 June 2008
Table 3.8: Permanent residents, length of stay to date, by sex and remoteness,(a) 30 June 2008
Table 3.8 (continued): Permanent residents, length of stay to date, by sex and remoteness,(a) 30 June 2008
Table 3.9: Separations of permanent residents, completed length of stay, by sex and state/territory,(a)       1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Table 3.9 (continued): Separations of permanent residents, completed length of stay, by sex and state/territory,(a) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Table 3.10: Average length of stay (weeks), separations of permanent residents, by state/territory,(a)  sex and remoteness,(b) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Table 3.11: Average length of stay (weeks), separations of respite residents, by state/territory,(a) sex  and remoteness,(b) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Table 3.12: All separations, separation mode, by sex and state/territory,(a) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Table 3.13: Separations of permanent residents, separation mode, by sex and state/territory,(a) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Table 3.14: Separations of respite residents, separation mode, by sex and state/territory,(a) 1 July 2007  to 30 June 2008
Table 3.15: Separations of permanent residents, length of stay, by separation mode, 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Table 4.1: Dependency levels of permanent residents in residential aged care  services, 30 June 1998 to 30 June 2008 (per cent)
Table 4.2: All residents, by age, sex and state/territory,(a) 30 June 2008
Table 4.2 (continued): All residents, by age, sex and state/territory,(a) 30 June 2008
Table 4.3: Permanent residents, by age, sex and state/territory,(a) 30 June 2008
Table 4.3 (continued): Permanent residents, by age, sex and state/territory,(a) 30 June 2008
Table 4.4: Respite residents, by age, sex and state/territory,(a) 30 June 2008
Table 4.4 (continued): Respite residents, by age, sex and state/territory,(a) 30 June 2008
Table 4.5: All residents, by age, sex and remoteness,(a) 30 June 2008
Table 4.5 (continued): All residents, by age, sex and remoteness,(a) 30 June 2008
Table 4.6: Permanent residents, marital status, by sex and state/territory,(a) 30 June 2008
Table 4.6 (continued): Permanent residents, marital status, by sex and state/territory,(a) 30 June 2008
Table 4.7: Respite residents, marital status, by sex and state/territory,(a) 30 June 2008
Table 4.7 (continued): Respite residents, marital status, by sex and state/territory,(a) 30 June 2008
Table 4.8: Permanent residents, Indigenous status, by sex and state/territory,(a) 30 June 2008
Table 4.9: Respite residents, Indigenous status, by sex and state/territory,(a) 30 June 2008
Table 4.10: Permanent residents, pension status, by sex and state/territory,(a) 30 June 2008
Table 4.10 (continued): Permanent residents, pension status, by sex and state/territory,(a)  30 June 2008
Table 4.11:  Financial support status of permanent residents at 30 June 2008 by admission date, sex and state/territory
Table 4.11 (continued): Financial support status of permanent residents at 30 June 2008 by admission date, sex and state/territory
Table 4.12: Financial support status of permanent residents at 30 June 2008 by admission date, sex and       remoteness area
Table 4.12 (continued): Financial support status of permanent residents at 30 June 2008 by admission date, sex and remoteness area
Table 4.13: Permanent residents, birthplace,(a) by sex and state/territory,(b) 30 June 2008
Table 4.13 (continued): Permanent residents, birthplace,(a) by sex and state/territory,(b) 30 June 2008
Table 4.14: Respite residents, birthplace,(a) by sex and state/territory,(b) 30 June 2008
Table 4.14 (continued): Respite residents, birthplace,(a) by sex and state/territory,(b) 30 June 2008
Table 4.15: Permanent residents, preferred language,(a) by sex and state/territory,(b) 30 June 2008
Table 4.15 (continued): Permanent residents, preferred language,(a) by sex and state/territory,(b) 30 June 2008
Table 4.16: Respite residents, preferred language,(a) by sex and state/territory,(b) 30 June 2008
Table 4.17: All admissions, age at admission, by sex and state/territory,(a) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Table 4.17 (continued): All admissions, age at admission, by sex and state/territory,(a) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Table 4.18: Permanent admissions, age at admission, by sex and state/territory,(a) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Table 4.18: (continued) Permanent admissions, age at admission, by sex and state/territory,(a) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Table 4.19: Respite admissions, age at admission by sex and state/territory,(a) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Table 4.19 (continued): Respite admissions, age at admission by sex and state/territory,(a) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Table 4.20: People admitted to residential aged care services for permanent care,(a) marital status, by sex and state/territory,(b) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Table 4.21: People admitted to residential aged care services for respite care,(a) marital status, by sex and state/territory,(b) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Table 4.22: People admitted to residential aged care services for permanent care,(a) usual housing status, by sex and state/territory,(b) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Table 4.23: People admitted to residential aged care services for respite care,(a) usual housing status,  by sex and state/territory,(b) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Table 4.24: People admitted to residential aged care services for permanent care,(a) prior living arrangement, by sex and state/territory,(b) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Table 4.25: People admitted to residential aged care services for respite care,(a) prior living arrangement, by sex and state/territory,(b) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Table 4.26: People admitted to residential aged care services for permanent care,(a) pension status, by sex and state/territory,(b) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Table 4.27a: RCS level at admission,(a)  permanent residents admitted to residential aged care,  by sex  and state/territory,(b) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Table 4.27a (continued): RCS level at admission(a), permanent residents admitted to residential  aged care, by sex and state/territory,(b) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Table 4.27b: ACFI care level at admission,(a)  for activities of daily living, permanent residents admitted to residential aged care, by sex and state/territory,(b) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Table 4.27c: ACFI behaviour care level at admission,(a)  permanent residents admitted to residential  aged care, by sex and state/territory,(b) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Table 4.27d: ACFI complex health care level at admission,(a) permanent residents admitted to  residential aged care, by sex and state/territory,(b) 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Table 4.28a: RCS level of dependency for permanent residents, by sex and state/territory,(a) at 30 June 2008
Table 4.28a (continued): RCS level of dependency for permanent residents, by sex and  state/territory,(a) at 30 June 2008
Table 4.28b: ACFI care level for activities of daily living, for permanent residents, by sex and state/territory,(a) at 30 June 2008
Table 4.28c: ACFI behaviour care level for permanent residents, by sex and state/territory,(a) at 30 June 2008
Table 4.28d: ACFI complex health care level for permanent residents, by sex and state/territory,(a) at 30 June 2008
Table 4.29a: RCS level for younger permanent residents, by age group and sex at 30 June 2008
Table 4.29b: ACFI care level for activities of daily living, younger people assessed in  permanent residential aged care, by age group and sex at 30 June 2008
Table 4.29c: ACFI behaviour care level for younger permanent residents, by age group and  sex at 30 June 2008
Table 4.29d: ACFI complex health care level, younger people assessed in permanent  residential aged care, by age group and sex at 30 June 2008
Table 4.30a: RCS level for permanent residents, by age group and sex at 30 June 2008
Table 4.30a (continued): RCS level for permanent residents, by age group and sex at 30 June 2008
Table 4.30b: ACFI care level for activities of daily living for permanent residents, by age group and sex at 30 June 2008
Table 4.30c: ACFI behaviour care level, all permanent residents, by age group and sex at 30 June 2008
Table 4.30d: ACFI complex health care level, all permanent residents, by age group and sex at 30 June 2008
Table 4.31a: RCS level at admission,(a) permanent residents admitted from 1 July 2007 to  30 June 2008, by sex and age group at admission
Table 4.31a (continued): RCS level at admission,(a)  permanent residents admitted from 1 July 2007  to 30 June 2008, by sex and age group at admission
Table 4.31b: ACFI care level at admission for activities of daily living, permanent residents admitted from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008, by sex and age group at admission
Table 4.31c: ACFI behaviour care level at admission, permanent residents admitted from 1 July 2007  to 30 June 2008, by sex and age group at admission
Table 4.31d: ACFI complex health care level at admission, permanent residents admitted from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008, by sex and age group at admission
Table 4.32a: RCS level at separation for permanent residents separating between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008, by sex and separation mode
Table 4.32b: ACFI level of care for activities of daily living at separation, for permanent residents separating between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008, by sex and separation mode
Table 4.32c: ACFI behaviour care level at separation, for permanent residents separating between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008, by sex and separation mode
Table 4.32d: ACFI complex health care level at separation, for permanent residents separating  between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008, by sex and separation mode
Table 4.33a: RCS level at separation for permanent residents separating between 1 July 2007  and 30 June 2008, by sex and length of stay
Table 4.33a (continued): RCS level at separation for permanent residents separating between  1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008, by sex and length of stay
Table 4.33a (continued): RCS level at separation for permanent residents separating between  1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008, by sex and length of stay
Table 4.33b: ACFI level of care for activities of daily living at separation for permanent residents separating between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008, by sex and length of stay
Table 4.33b (continued): ACFI level of care for activities of daily living at separation for permanent residents separating between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008, by sex and length of stay
Table 4.33b: (continued) ACFI level of care for activities of daily living at separation for permanent residents separating between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008, by sex and length of stay
Table 4.33c: ACFI behaviour level of care at separation for permanent residents separating between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008, by sex and length of stay
Table 4.33c (continued): ACFI behaviour level of care at separation for permanent residents  separating between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008, by sex and length of stay
Table 4.33c (continued): ACFI behaviour level of care at separation for permanent residents  separating between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008, by sex and length of stay
Table 4.33d: ACFI complex health care level at separation for permanent residents separating between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008, by sex and length of stay
Table 4.33d (continued): ACFI complex health care level at separation,(a) for permanent residents separating between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008, by sex and length of stay
Table 4.33d (continued): ACFI complex health care level at separation,(a) for permanent residents separating between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008, by sex and length of stay
Table 4.34: Main medical conditions for permanent residents with an ACFI classification at 30 June 2008 (excluding dementias and other mental illnesses)
Table A1.1: Trends in resident numbers at 30 June, 1999–2008
Table A1.2: Proportion of residents aged 80 years and over and aged 90 years and  over at admission, 1998–99 to 2007–08 (per cent)
Table A1.3: Permanent aged care residents at 30 June, by age group, 1998–2008
Table A1.4: Trends in the number and size of residential aged care services, 30 June 1998 to 30 June 2008
Table A1.5: Average occupancy, 1998–99 to 2007–08
Table A2.1: Population, by age, sex and state/territory, 30 June 2008
Table A2.1 (continued): Population, by age, sex and state/territory, 30 June 2008

List of figures
Figure 1.1:	Number of new aged care places, CACP, EACH and EACH Dementia allocated to approved providers, 1995–96 to 2007–08
Figure 2.1: 	Changes in the size of mainstream residential aged care  services, 1998–2008 
(per cent)
Figure 2.2:	Organisational type of service by state/territory, 30 June 2008 (per cent)
Figure 2.3:	Organisational type of service by remoteness, 30 June 2008 (per cent)
Figure 4.4: 	The level of care across the ACFI domains for permanent residents at 30 June 2008