Around 1,100 models of care were reported as being in use across Australia in 2025. Most maternity services with birthing facilities (99%) had models of care included in the 2025 Maternity Model of Care Data Set (MoC DS), an increase from 98% of services in 2024.
There were 2 maternity services with models of care included for the first time because they now offer birthing services, and 5 services no longer in scope for reporting because they do not currently have birthing services. While the total number of services with classified models of care was similar at around 250, the number of models reported increased by 40, from 1,062 in 2024 to 1,102 in 2025. Most of this increase was due to more models of care being classified by maternity services in New South Wales (11), Queensland (9) and Western Australia (11), and most of these were new models implemented since the last collection.
The key characteristics of these models of care can be explored in the following sections.
