Statistical Area Level 3 of mother’s usual residence

A mother’s usual place of residence may be different to where she gives birth and can impact on access to health services.

The interactive data visualisation (Figure 3) presents statistics on all 12 National Core Maternal Indicators by the Statistical Area Level 3 (SA3) of the mother’s usual residence for the 3-year period, 2019–2021. Select the Data tables button to view data by SA3 and use the drop-down menu to view data for each indicator.

Figure 3: National Core Maternity Indicators by SA3 of mother’s usual residence

National Core Maternity Indicators by Statistical Area Level 3 (SA3) of mother’s usual residence

The chart shows the latest data for each of the 340 SA3s for each indicator. The first indicator listed shows the proportion of all women who gave birth who smoked in the first 20 weeks of pregnancy using a three-year aggregate, 2019–2021. Overall for Australia, 8.7% of all women who gave birth smoked in the first 20 weeks of pregnancy in 2019–2021. The percentage of women who gave birth who smoked in the first 20 weeks of pregnancy in 2019–2021 across SA3s varied between 0.4% and 49%.

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