The Australian Government and state and territory governments fund non-government and government agencies to provide a range of alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment services. Treatment services are delivered in both residential and non-residential settings, and often include treatments such as detoxification, rehabilitation, counselling and pharmacotherapy.
In 2024–25:
- 1,316 publicly funded AOD treatment agencies reported to the AODTS NMDS.
- The number of agencies in each jurisdiction ranged from 16 in the Australian Capital Territory to 513 in New South Wales.
Between 2015–16 and 2024–25:
- The total number of AOD treatment agencies rose by 66% (from 791 to 1,316).
- The number of non-government AOD treatment services has grown from 462 in 2015–16 to 906 in 2024–25 due to increases in funding and expansion in the sector.
Reasons for expansion in the sector include:
- New funding arrangements for existing AOD programs to increase service capacity.
- Expanded collaboration across agencies to deliver new treatment services.
- Some jurisdictions may change data collection approaches, for example, by moving from collecting data at an administrative or management level to a service outlet level, an agency can have more than one service outlet operating in different locations.
See the Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS Data Quality Statement, 2024–25 for further information.
