This report has the latest data for adoptions in 2024–25, including the characteristics of adopted children, their parents, and adoptive families, as well as adoption processes, consent arrangements and intercountry adoption processing times.
- Cat. no: CWS 94
Key findings
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In the last 5 years adoptions have fallen by 41%, from 264 adoptions in 2020–21 to 155 adoptions in 2024–25
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Overseas adoptions have fallen by nearly half from 37 adoptions in 2019–20 to 19 adoptions in 2024–25
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The number of known child adoptions reduced by nearly one fifth from 147 in 2023–24 to 119 in 2024–25
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The median length of time from application to placement for an intercountry adoption was about 4 years