Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia: state and territory summaries

In 2017–18:

• around 9 in 10 (90%) AOD agencies in Western Australia are non-government treatment agencies that receive public funding
• more than half (58%) of the 96 treatment agencies in Western Australia were located in Major cities  (Figure 16; Table SA.3)
• Very remote areas were the only areas where there were more government than non-government agencies.

In the 5 years to 2017–18, the number of publicly funded treatment agencies in Western Australia rose from 80 to 96 (Table SA.1).