Children in out-of-home care

Created 11/08/2025

Updated 11/08/2025

Number and rate (per 1,000 population) of children and young people in out-of-home care. Note: The number of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children is based on December quarter data for each calendar year, while the rate for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children is based on June quarter data for that year. Non-Aboriginal children include children where Aboriginality was not stated.

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Title Children in out-of-home care
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/ec34464e-b8ca-4dc0-9133-df697a4d2fca
Remote Last Updated 21/07/2025
Contact Point
Department of Communities and Justice
?datansw@customerservice.nsw.gov.au
Reference Period 30/06/2019 - 30/12/2024
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    147.0179,
    -32.1618
  ],
  "type": "Point"
}
Data Portal DataNSW

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on DataNSW "Children in out-of-home care". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset/nsw-children-in-out-of-home-care