Child protection Australia 2014–15
Citation
AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2016) Child protection Australia 2014–15, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 29 March 2024.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2016). Child protection Australia 2014–15. Canberra: AIHW.
MLA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Child protection Australia 2014–15. AIHW, 2016.
Vancouver
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Child protection Australia 2014–15. Canberra: AIHW; 2016.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2016, Child protection Australia 2014–15, AIHW, Canberra.
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This report contains comprehensive information on state and territory child protection and support services in 2014-15, and on the characteristics of Australian children within the child protection system. This report shows that: 151,980 children, a rate of 28.6 per 1,000 children, received child protection services (investigation, care and protection order and/or were 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 were in out-of-home care; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children were 7 times as likely as non-Indigenous children to be receiving child protection services.
- ISSN: 2205-5037 (PDF) 1320-081X (Print)
- ISBN: 978-1-74249-923-9
- Cat. no: CWS 57
- Pages: 154
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1 in 35 (151,980) children received child protection services in 2014–15
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73% of children who received child protection services were repeat clients
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Between 30 June 2011 and 30 June 2015, rates of children in out-of-home care rose from 7.4 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