Children in Out-of-Home Care — methodology

What this metric measures

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged 0-17 in out-of-home care at 30 June, per 1,000 Indigenous children, from the Closing the Gap data report.

Why it matters: Out-of-home care is one of the starkest gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. The rate is a Closing the Gap target area and a direct measure of child safety and family support.

Source & provenance

Publisher

Productivity Commission Closing the Gap annual data report - Table CtG12A.1 (out-of-home care rate, national)

Update frequency

annual

Licence

CC BY 4.0

How the score is computed

This metric is in a category that is tracked but does not contribute to the National Snapshot Index.