Interactive vertical bar chart showing the number of community mental health care patients, service contacts and treatment days as well as the rate of contacts and patients (rate per 1,000 population) for states and territories in 2020–21. New South Wales had the highest number of patients (146,498), followed by Queensland (113,493), Victoria (80,500), Western Australia (67,654), South Australia (43,860), the Australian Capital Territory (11,579), Tasmania (10,158) and the Northern Territory (7,711). The Northern Territory reported the highest rate (31 patients per 1,000 population) followed by the Australian Capital Territory (27), Western Australia (25), South Australia (25), Queensland (22), Tasmania (19), New South Wales (18), and Victoria (12). The national rate of community mental health care patients was 19 per 1,000 population (refer to Table CMHC.1).