1 in 33children received child protection services (investigation, care and protection order and/or were in out-of-home care) in 2018–19
68%of children receiving child protection services were repeat clients
Childrenfrom Very remote areas were 3 times as likely as those from Major cities to be the subject of a substantiation
92%of children in out-of-home care were in home-based care with a foster or relative/kinship carer
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanderchildren were 8 times as likely as non-Indigenous children to have received child protection services.
Emotional abusewas the most common type of abuse substantiated (54%)
13%of children in out-of-home care exited to a permanency outcome
Over 1 in 3 childrenwho were the subject of a substantiation were from the lowest socioeconomic areas