Children in out-of-home care

Department of Communities and Justice

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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Field Value
Title Children in out-of-home care
Type Dataset
Language English
Licence cc-by
Data Status active
Update Frequency quarterly
Landing Page https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset/ec34464e-b8ca-4dc0-9133-df697a4d2fca
Date Published 2025-07-21
Date Updated 2025-07-21
Contact Point Department of Communities and Justice
Temporal Coverage 2019-06-30 - 2024-12-30
Geospatial Coverage New South Wales (NSW81093)
Jurisdiction NSW
Data Portal Data.NSW
Publisher/Agency Department of Communities and Justice