Latest findings
58 per 1,000 Indigenous children and young people aged 0–17 are in out-of-home care
74% of Indigenous children aged 0–17 in care have a cultural support plan
54% of children aged 0–17 in out-of-home care are placed with relatives or kin
Between 2016–17 and 2020–21, emotional abuse remained the most common primary type of substantiated abuse or neglect
Between 2016–17 and 2020–21, the rate of children subject to substantiations remained stable at 9 per 1,000
Between 2016–17 and 2020–21, the rate of children subject to notifications increased from 43 to 52 per 1,000