Children & youth

The Children’s Headline Indicators are a set of 19 indicators. They are high level, measureable indicators that identify the immediate environments as particularly important to children’s health, development and wellbeing.

The National Youth Information Framework (NYIF) data visualisations provide the latest available information on how Australia's young people aged 12–24 are faring.

This release covers the indicators under the National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children and the National Standards for Out-of-Home Care. It includes child protection indicators, along with a variety of other measures that focus on whether Australia’s children are safe and well.

The proportion of children (aged 2–17) and adults (aged 18 and over) not eating sufficient serves of fruit and vegetables each day to obtain a health benefit based on the Australian Dietary Guidelines. Available data: National - State & Territory

The proportion of households with dependent children (aged 0–14) where someone reports living with a smoker who smokes inside the home. Available data: National - State & Territory

The proportion of children (aged 2–17) and adults (aged 18 and over) who perform insufficient physical activity based on the Australian Physical Activity Guidelines. Available data: National - State & Territory - Primary Health Network

The proportion of children (aged 2–17) and adults (aged 18 and over) who are overweight or obese using the Body Mass Index (BMI) measure. Available data: National - State & Territory - Primary Health Network