1 in 33children received child protection services (investigation, care and protection order and /or were in out-of-home care) in 2015–16
73%of children who received child protection services were repeat clients
1 in 3children who were the subject of a substantiation were from the lowest socioeconomic areas
Halfof children in relative/kinship placements (48%) were living with their grandparents
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanderchildren were 7 times as likely as non-Indigenous children to have received child protection services
Emotional abusewas the most common type of abuse substantiated (45%)
94%of children in out-of-home care were in home-based care with a foster or relative/kinship carer
Childrenfrom Very remote areas were 4 times as likely as those from Major cities to be the subject of a substantiation