Notes
Amendments
1 Feb 2016 - In summary, correction to amount of children - Rates of children on care and protection orders and in out-of- home care continued to rise.
Child protection Australia 2013–14
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Topic: Child protection
Citation
AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2015) Child protection Australia 2013–14, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 16 April 2024.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2015). Child protection Australia 2013–14. Canberra: AIHW.
MLA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Child protection Australia 2013–14. AIHW, 2015.
Vancouver
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Child protection Australia 2013–14. Canberra: AIHW; 2015.
Harvard
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2015, Child protection Australia 2013–14, AIHW, Canberra.
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This report contains comprehensive information on state and territory child protection and support services in 2013-14, and the characteristics of Australian children within the child protection system. This report shows that: around 143,000 children, a rate of 27.2 per 1,000 children, received child protection services (investigation, care and protection order and/or in out-of-home care); three-quarters (73%) of these children had previously been the subject of an investigation, care and protection order and/or out-of-home care placement; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children were 7 times as likely as non-Indigenous children to be receiving child protection services.
- ISSN: 1320-081X
- ISBN: 978-1-74249-709-9
- Cat. no: CWS 52
- Pages: 146
Findings from this report:
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1 in 37 (143,023) children received child protection services in 2013–14
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73% of children who received child protection services were repeat clients
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Between 30 June 2010 and 30 June 2014, rates of children in out-of-home care rose from 7.1 to 8.1 per 1,000 children
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children were 7 times as likely to have received child protection services