Indicators

  • 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