Latest findings
56% in the OOHC study population received income support—3 times the Australian population, nearly 4 times at age 30
Females in the OOHC study population had higher income support receipt largely driven by parenting payments
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
Between 2016–17 and 2020–21, emotional abuse remained the most common primary type of substantiated abuse or neglect