This dashboard shows data for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle indicators by jurisdiction that are reportable in several line graphs.
For indicator 1.1 in Australia at 30 June 2022, 63.1% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children living in out-of-home care were living with relatives or kin or other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander carers, this is the same as 2021.
For indicator 1.2 in Australia in 2021–22, 16.3% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care were reconnected to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander relatives or kin through placement change. This is a 0.2 percentage point increase since 2020–21.
For indicator 1.3 in Australia in 2020–21, 54.8% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care who were reconnected to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander relatives or kin through placement change and remained with relatives or kin for 12 months or more. This is a 3.2 percentage point increase since 2019–20.
For indicator 1.4 in Australia in 2021–22, 26.1% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care were placed with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander relatives or kin for their first placement. This is a 0.2 percentage point increase since 2021–21.
For indicator 2.1 in Australia, at 30 June 2022, 21.0% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care were living with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander relatives or kin, or other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander carers, this is a 0.1 percentage point decrease since 2021.
For indicator 2.2 in Australia, at 30 June 2022, 78.2% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care who have a current, documented and approved cultural support plan. This is a 4.8 percentage point increase since 2021.
For indicator 2.3 in Australia, 2021–22, 14.9% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care (excluding children on long-term guardianship orders) were reunified. This is a 0.3 percentage point increase since 2020–21.
For indicator 2.4 in Australia, 2020–21, 83.1% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged 0–16 who exited out-of-home care to reunification in the reporting period and did not return to out-of-homme care within 12 months. This is a 0.1 percentage point increase since 2019–20.
For indicator 2.8 in Australia, 2021–22, 92.3% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care who were reunified were reunified with their birth parents. This is a 2.9 percentage point increase since 2020–21.
For indicator 2.9 in Australia 2021-22, 0% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care were reunified with relatives or kin (excludes birth parents). This is a 0.1 percentage point decrease from 2020–21.
For indicator 2.10, in Australia since 2017–18, children who were in out-of-home care for less time were more likely to be reunified.
