Latest findings
In 2020–21, 1 in 5 children in out-of-home care were reunified with family
In 2019–20, most children (87%) who exited out-of-home care to a permanency outcome did not return within 12 months
56% in the OOHC study population received income support—3 times the Australian population, nearly 4 times at age 30
58% of children aged 10–17 under youth justice supervision had received child protection services in the last 5 years
87% of foster carer households were retained in 2019–20
Indigenous children on care and protection orders at 30 June increased from about 19,700 in 2017 to about 24,200 in 2021