In 2017–18, 159,000 children received child protection services (investigation, care and protection order and/or in out-of-home care)—this was a rate of 28.7 per 1,000 children.
Of children receiving child protection services in 2017–18, 105,000 were the subject of an investigation (19.0 per 1,000), 67,200 were on a care and protection order (12.2 per 1,000) and 55,300 were in out-of-home care (10.0 per 1,000) (Figure 1).